It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unknown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet.
Tag: Thriller
Deep Black by Andy McNab
Nick Stone's future looks bleak. The only person he's ever loved is dead. The only people who might save him have turned their backs. Until a chance encounter reunited him with a man whose life he saved ten years ago.
The Innocent by Ian McEwan
A psychological thriller set in Berlin during the Cold War, based on an actual (but little known) incident which tells of the secret tunnel under the Soviet sector which the British and Americans built in 1954 to gain access to the Russians' communication system.
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Saturday is a novel set in Fitzrovia, London, on Saturday, 15 February 2003, as a large demonstration is taking place against the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Cut Her Dead by Iain McDowall
Brady, Annabel, Maria, Adrian. Four bright, sexy, nice-looking 20-somethings leading the high life at other people's expense. They have an interesting sideline too: abducting and terrifying young women and calling it "art."
The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
The Distant Echo - an intricate, thought-provoking tale of murder and revenge.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears.
The First Casualty by Ben Elton
Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama which explores some fundamental questions. What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle?
Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman
C.J. Townsend, a brilliant prosecutor from Miami, returns in Hoffman's second novel that's filled with vivid crime scene investigations and a thrilling plot.
Nocturne by Graham Hurley
A compulsive novel about a young woman hijacked by her own ambition and the blind love of two obsessive men.