Domestic Crime

When a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, DS Amelie Davis struggles to keep her own trauma from clouding the investigation. After suffering years of abuse at the hands of her father, Amelie has only ever trusted one man—her husband, Edward. In the middle of the night, she receives a phone call from an unknown number. The voice at the other end asks: Do you think you know your husband?

Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members. After World War II, Sydney experienced a crime wave that was chillingly calculated. Discontent mixed with despair, greed with callous disregard. Women who had lost their wartime freedoms headed back into the kitchen with sinister intent and the household poison thallium, normally used to kill rats, was repurposed to kill husbands and other inconvenient family members.

False claims can hurt a person mentally and financially. False accusations can destroy lives. Shock, withdrawal, and panic are different stages of being falsely accused of rape. They may lose their sense of self-worth, their respect, their friends, their partner, and their freedom. They may experience high anxiety levels, severe depression, anxiety attacks, anger, be fearful, paranoid, suicidal, and PTSD. It is a horrible reality that people lie about being raped to get revenge or to hurt someone.

In Stoneham, Massachusetts, not far from Boston, Marco and his friend Antonio are after a mysterious artifact hidden somewhere inside a Victorian house in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The house has new owners, so getting their hands on the artifact is more challenging than they bargained for—and more dangerous. The artifact itself holds secrets Marco and Antonio don't even know about, and to make matters worse, they're not the only ones after it. Meanwhile, Marco's pizzeria-owning uncle dials up the pressure to retrieve the artifact. And he's not the only one breathing down their necks.

Tara Costigan was the woman next door. A hard worker. Quick to laugh and easy to like. She was happy, confident, strong. A woman who always looked after herself and her kids. Close with her family and her friends, she was much loved. Then, in 2013, she met Marcus Rappel. A local tradie, he was charming and sincere, they dated and fell in love. That should have been the end of a happy-ever-after story. But for Tara, it was much uglier. And for her family it would be devastating.

When police investigator Susan Adler is called to the roadside murder of a fellow state trooper, she's tasked with finding the people responsible for the cold-blooded act caught on the trooper's dashboard cam. She traces the car to a nurse who, along with her elderly patient, has been missing for days. At the old man's house, she finds disturbing evidence that instantly revives two cold cases involving long-missing children.

Kitty Marchland has always known that her family isn't like others. But when her father uproots them to a remote cottage in the woods, she realises that her parents are keeping secrets from her - secrets that could unravel everything. Years later, Kitty starts to question what really happened out in the forest. When the police revisit a suspicious death, she must examine her most painful memories - and this time, there’s nowhere to hide.

A young woman turns up at a police station. She has been kept prisoner in her own home. Abused and tortured, her every move watched, her every thought controlled. Now she's finally escaped. That's what she says. But when the police arrive at the address she's given them, her story doesn't seem to add up. Her husband is missing, but his phone and wallet are still in the house. She says she's the victim, but what if she's not? What if the stories she's telling aren't her stories at all....

Jack Steel and Christie Thorton are blackmailed: Become assassins or you and everyone you love will die.... The Jack Steel series is now in development for a major motion picture. Deadly Blackhood Ops specialist Jack Steel has it all; his loving partner Christie, his daughter Rachel, and a protection agency he's proud of. But it's all torn apart when a madman seeking revenge blackmails Steel and Christy. Their skills are pushed to the limit when they must become assassins to save those they love.

From Thomas Fincham, the new voice in crime and suspense genre. A mystery that will keep you listening all through the night. What could push a mother to harm her son? Three women are found murdered inside a women’s shelter. Detective Dana Fisher and Detective Greg Holt are tasked to find who is behind this horrific act. Fisher believes it could be a hate crime, while Holt has his reservations. This puts a strain on their working relationship, which could have an impact on their investigation.

The butchered body of a professor is found in a private office of Exeter University. It is the first in a spate of horrific murders that shakes the city to its core. Who would target a seemingly innocent man, and why? DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles turn to his students for answers, but their investigation turns up no leads. Someone must know more than they’re letting on....

From Thomas Fincham, the new voice in crime and suspense genre. A mystery that will keep you up all night to find out what happens next. Would you kill to save someone you love? Dillon Scott is a beloved actor who is found dead in his home. Detective Dana Fisher is called in to investigate Scott’s death and what she discovers may change everything she knew about him. Private Investigator Lee Callaway is on the brink of closing his PI business when he gets a case that looks deceivingly simple, but is anything but.

Isaiah Whitcomb is found dead in a parked car. Isaiah is a promising athlete and he also happens to be Detective Greg Holt’s nephew. It’s personal for Holt and he will stop at nothing to find who is behind his nephew’s murder.

When eighteen-year-old Ellie Canning is discovered wandering the countryside, dazed and traumatized, she tells a harrowing story of abduction, captivity, and escape. An overnight symbol of survival and empowerment, Ellie enthralls an outraged nation. Then authorities zero in on an unlikely suspect: high school teacher Suzannah Wells, identified by Ellie as the woman who kept her drugged and bound in a basement. The evidence against Suzannah is damning—vilified by the media, Suzannah’s only defense is that not a single word Ellie says is true. Suzannah has no reason to lie.

A stranger died to save you...now it’s your turn. Meet Beth Turner. From the outside she looks like any other 33-year-old woman, with a gorgeous house and beautiful daughter. But Beth has a secret that has haunted her past for as long as she can remember. A secret that only those closest to her know. Aged seven, she almost drowned on a family holiday...and a stranger died saving her life. Survivor's guilt has been the defining characteristic of her life ever since.

Most Americans old enough to follow the news during the 1990s are instantly familiar with the Unabomber, a name given to the man behind a series of bombs that were periodically mailed or delivered to university professors and airlines, which led to the FBI giving the investigation the codename "UNABOM", an acronym for "University and Airline Bomber".

Step into the disturbing real-life story of the Unabomber and the 20-year manhunt to catch him. As a fascinating and deeply chilling example of what happens when genius goes wrong, the life of Ted Kaczynski stands as a disturbing testament to madness, murder, and a mind pushed to the brink. Now, this eye-opening biography retraces the nearly 20-year manhunt that bewildered the FBI’s greatest investigators, along with the series of life-changing events that motivated the Unabomber’s war against society.

Sidst i marts 2021 dræber en 61-årig mand sin 62-årige ekskone i Horsens. Den dræbte er forfatteren Niels Franks søster, Elin. Knap tre måneder tidligere har Elin forladt sin mand gennem 30 år og faren til deres to voksne sønner. De næste uger flytter hun rundt mellem hemmelige adresser i Horsens, inden hun til sidst flytter ind på et krisecenter – hele tiden i frygt for, hvad hendes eksmand, der har brugt de sidste mange år på at ydmyge og skælde hende ud, kan finde på.

Den dag bodelingen skal foregå, ringer Niels Franks telefon klokken 8.32, og så ved han, at det er gået galt.

Once you cross the line between love and hate, can you ever go back? When a young woman is found dead at a popular island party spot, in what appears to be an accidental drowning, homicide detective Maggie Novak knows her weekend is about to get interesting...In the eyes of her parents, Christie Coleman is a good girl. But her siblings know her better. Christie has dark secrets and a string of boyfriends with shady pasts. And now her family must face the real possibility that Christie's murder is the result of her dallying with danger one too many times.

When Blake Barton opens the door to a stranger one morning, he comes face to face with an unimaginable evil. Because this stranger claims to be the devil, and he promises to kill Blake—not now, but in six days, six hours, and six minutes exactly. Plunged into a nightmare race to save his wife and young son, Blake finds himself fighting not only the stranger but an army of young men who call themselves the devil's disciples—men who will do anything to please their master. As time runs out, Blake realizes that in order to fight evil, he must find the devil inside himself.