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The last time Maureen O''Donnell saw Ann Harris, she was sitting in her office in the Glasgow Women''s Shelter smelling of a long binge on cheap drink. A month later Ann''s mutilated body is washed up on the banks of the Thames. No one, except for Maureen and her best mate, Leslie, seems to care about what has happened to her, and Maureen is the only person who thinks Ann''s husband is innocent.But solving Ann''s murder comes as light relief for Maureen. Her father is back in Glasgow, living in an area overlooking her bedroom window; Leslie is sloping about like a nervous spy; and then there''s Angus - Maureen''s old therapist - who''s twice as bright as she is and making her play a dangerous game with the police.In the long tradition of Scots in trouble, Maureen runs away to London. Looking for answers to the mystery surrounding Ann''s death, she becomes embroiled in a seedy world of deceit and violence. Alone and vulnerable in a strange city, Maureen starts to piece together Ann''s final days. But time is not on her side, and Maureen needs twelve more hours, just twelve, to put things right, and she doesn''t care what it costs...

A witty, wild anthology “filled with excellently plotted stories” of cooking, cleaning, and crime by some household names in mystery fiction (South Florida Sun Sentinel). Join Nevada Barr, Barbara Collins, Carole Nelson Douglas, Eileen Dreyer, Vicki Hendricks, Suzann Ledbetter, Elisabeth Massie, Christine Matthews, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan, and Julie Smith on a riotous ride through the dark but often hilarious corners of the housewife psyche . . . In the expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers—including New York Times bestsellers and Agatha, Anthony, Dagger, Macavity, Shamus, and Edgar Award winners—being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. Get ready for a lethal mix of meddling mothers-in-law, creepy neighbors, cheating husbands, fickle female friends, careers left behind, out-of-control kids, steamy sex, and much, much more in this thrilling collection of stories. Go behind the lace curtains and PTA smiles to explore the often mind-numbing reality of being a housewife. You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you’ll nod in recognition as victims bite the dust—and domestic divas get their hands dirty. “Excellent.” —Library Journal “Delightful.” —Booklist “[A] stellar list of contributors.” —Publishers Weekly

The human race is a vast herd—one that John Constantine separated himself from a long time ago. The lonely path he’s taken since then hasn’t been an easy one, but in the end it’s probably been for the best. Given his notoriety as England’s greatest street-level sorcerer, every tie that binds him to his fellow man is just another potential weapon for his infernal enemies to use against him. Self-sufficiency, however, can all too easily shade into complacency—a lesson that John forgets when a desperate stranger corners him in a bar and pleads for his help. The simple spell he performs for his petitioner quickly ensnares the famed magician in a much larger web of ancient, elemental magic—and transfers his new acquaintance’s crippling burden of universal empathy squarely onto his shoulders. Now Constantine must wage war against not only the powerful magus responsible for this hellish curse, but also the unfiltered emotions of an entire city. Typical for John’s luck, that city is Glasgow, Scotland—a world center for alcoholism, depression and barely concealed rage. Celebrated crime novelist Denise Mina teams with acclaimed artists Leonardo Manco and Cristiano Cucina to feel each other’s pain in Hellblazer Vol. 19: The Red Right Hand, collecting Mina’s complete run on the series from issues #216-228 as well as the never-before-reprinted story “With a Little Help from My Friends” from issue #229 by Hellblazer emeritus author Mike Carey and guest artist John Paul Leon.

Met Alibi heeft Denise Mina een weergaloze thriller geschreven waarin al haar kwaliteiten samenkomen: razendsnel, messcherp, met briljante dialogen en personages van vlees en bloed. In Alibi van Denise Mina, de Schotse queen of crime, luistert Anna McDonald tijdens het klaarzetten van de schoolspullen van haar kinderen naar een truecrimepodcast. Dan staat haar beste vriendin Estelle voor de deur en komt haar man de trap af met een koffer in zijn hand. Ze vertrekken samen en nemen de kinderen mee. Anna blijft in shock achter. Nu haar leven ineengestort is, zoekt ze afleiding in de podcast; over een gezonken jacht en een vermoord gezin, met een vleugje corruptie en machtsmisbruik. Dan ontdekt Anna dat ze een van de genoemde slachtoffers uit een vorig leven kent en raakt ze ervan overtuigd dat ze weet wat er is gebeurd. Dat betekent dat ze haar verleden niet langer verborgen kan houden. Ze besluit op jacht te gaan naar de waarheid, maar ze beseft niet dat daarmee alles waarvoor ze zo hard gewerkt heeft als een kaartenhuis zal instorten. Met Alibi heeft Denise Mina een weergaloze thriller geschreven waarin al haar kwaliteiten samenkomen: razendsnel, messcherp, met briljante dialogen en personages van vlees en bloed. Voor de fans van Killing Eve.

Empathy is the Enemy'' part 1! Constantine, still brooding over his recent ordeal, meets Chris Cole, an ordinary bloke who made the mistake of messing with a ''harmless'' bit of magic. He looks to Constantine to pull him out from the nightmare. But when Cole drops the name of an infamous Scottish occultist, Constantine realizes the nightmare is just getting under way.

In Bloody Scotland a selection of Scotland''s best crime writers use the sinister side of the country''s built heritage in stories that are by turns gripping, chilling and redemptive.Stellar contributors Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina, Ann Cleeves, Louise Welsh, Lin Anderson, Doug Johnstone, Gordon Brown, Craig Robertson, E S Thomson, Sara Sheridan and Stuart MacBride explore the thrilling potential of Scotland''s iconic sites and structures. From murder in an ancient broch and a macabre tale of revenge among the furious clamour of an eighteenth century mill, to a dark psychological thriller set within the tourist throng of Edinburgh Castle and a rivalry turning fatal in the concrete galleries of an abandoned modernist ruin, this collection uncovers the intimate - and deadly - connections between people and places.Prepare for a dangerous journey into the dark shadows of our nation''s buildings - where passion, fury, desire and death collide.

Headed toward Scotland with his newfound mate Cole, Constantine senses that he''s on a Sunday drive taking him to his own doom. A carload of demons disguised as street toughs could make John''s trip even quicker. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 2.

Acclaimed author Mike Carey concludes his groundbreaking run on London’s working-class magus with JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER VOL. 18: THE GIFT. To restore his mind and save his life, John Constantine was forced to give a day of his life to a she-demon named Rosacarnis. It was a bad bargain, and one that he knew he’d regret—but he had no idea how quickly everything would go straight to hell in its aftermath. Over the course of that single day, England’s savviest street sorcerer lived several lifetimes—and sired three infernal offspring, whose incandescent hatred of him was carefully nurtured by their mother. Luckily for Constantine, the blood he shares with his sulfurous brood makes it impossible for them to kill him outright. Unluckily, his dwindling roster of friends and loved ones enjoy no such protection. And now that war has been declared on all that John holds dear, the lives and souls of his best friend, his ex-flame, his niece and his sister are all fair game for the non-existent mercies of Rosacarnis and her family. Can Constantine defeat his progeny, their mother and their all-powerful grandfather? Or will the so-called gift of fatherhood finally be the death of him? Collects issues #202-215 of the signature VERTIGO series and featuring the artistic talents of Leonardo Manco, Frazer Irving, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Lorenzo Ruggiero.

A stand-alone story from John Constantine''s recent past finds him repaying a debt to a fellow magus who''s dying—along with the city of London itself. The killer? A terror that at first seems supernatural in origin, but turns out to be all too realistic.

When an ex-boyfriend and fellow journalist is found murdered, reporter Paddy Meehan is shocked to learn that the victim has left her his home, where she discovers suitcases filled with incriminating notes.

It''s mid-September, a heatwave has descended on the parched hills of LA and Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery Estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy 22-year-old Chrissie Montgomery, set to inherit an enormous fortune, is missing.She''s a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father, along with his sultry bottle-blonde girlfriend, wants her found before that happens. They''ve hired Anne Riordan, Marlowe''s nemesis, too. The search takes them to the roughest neighbourhoods of LA through dive bars and Skid Row. And that''s before he finds the body at the Brody Hotel. Who will get to her first, Marlowe, Anne, or the men chasing her fortune? And does she want to be found?

On the highway to Glasgow, John encounters a forgotten acquaintance from his troubled youth. Coincidence, or a setup engineered by a shadowy sect rooted in nine centuries of Scottish mysticism? ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 3.

The Red Right Hand'' part 1! Steve Evans''s dream of universal empathy proves to be hell on Earth for Glasgow, where he finds there''s far more pain to go around than he''d ever imagined. Glaswegians are tearing each other apart, and now Evans needs John Constantine''s help to stop the carnage.

John Constantine and Chris arrive in Glasgow, hoping to get answers from the mysterious Steve Evans as to why they were summoned to Scotland in the first place. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 4.

With the British Army closing in on one side and roving gangs of hungry Praexis demons in tracksuits on the other, John revisits the Third Place. But what he learns there doesn''t bode well for Glasgow or the world beyond. ''The Red Right Hand'' part 3.

Empathy is the Enemy'' concludes! Inside the mansion of the Oransay Contingent, Constantine comes face to face with Steve Evans, who reveals the magical significance of Glasgow''s Park Circus. But to make it work, he must manipulate the newly empathic Constantine into a horrifying sacrifice.

"Paddy Meehan finally has it all: a flat of her own in Glasgow and a job as one of Scotland''s leading newspaper columnists. Then the police knock on her door. Her former lover Terry has been found in a ditch, shot through the head.Even though they had split up months before, Terry has left her everything, including a house in Ayrshire and boxes of notebooks. As Paddy digs deeper into his murder, it soon becomes clear that the secret he was about to expose is worth killing for. And that she is next in line. "--Publisher description.

Everywhere is where young adults find elsewhere Everywhere bends the rules and lets imagination run wild through stories, comic strips, and poetry. Features David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Julia Donaldson, John Fardell, Keith Gray, Barry Hutchison, Elizabeth Laird, Denise Mina, Michael Morpurgo, Marcus Sedgwick, Andy Stanton, and Jenny Valentine.

Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant new thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions. Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Michael Brown ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals she''s known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Brown''s trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells. When the investigation leads to a privileged Scottish lawyer who''s expecting to be assassinated after a money laundering scheme goes bad, and a woman who''s spying on the people who put her in jail, Morrow has her hands full. And that''s before she even gets to her family issues. THE RED ROAD is a thrilling new novel from a masterful writer, proving once again that "If you don''t love Denise Mina, you don''t love crime fiction." (Val McDermid)

In Glasgow, Maureen O''Donnell is accused of murdering a doctor who had sex with her while she was in a mental institution. She did not do it and to clear her name she has to find the real killer. A tale of exploitation of mental patients.

Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the island owned and inhabited by the Vanger family, her uncle hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate, in graphic novel format.

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--