Thomas Smoke is a killer.An uncompromising predator.Considered boy-next-door handsome by those who know him—and those who want to, he is a man with a ready smile, who loves to kiss, and who does it often and well.Hunting the trails of Central Park's densest woodland and within the chrome-plated grunge of New York City, he is as well suited to its opulent penthouses, tony rooftop bars, and socialite bedsheets as he is to the bone-numbing grottos and bloody subterranean passages hundreds of feet below the Manhattan grid.But he isn't the only killer in the city. And when their paths cross, the race for his life begins. Not only to stay alive but to determine his own identity and whether he is the good guy or the bad.From the author who penned the polarizing thriller "Roxelana and Suleyman" and the unprecedented "America: Tuwaqachi" which catapults the reader through 18,000 years of turbulent adventure, comes a thriller enriched by his years...

When everything is at stake, how far would you go to save your neighbour? When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands' residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved aunt's home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden. But as the Nazis' net closes in, it's soon more than just detection that is at stake for Helen and Peggy – it's their very lives... Readers adore Deborah Carr: 'Wonderful characters make a story and this one is full of them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Carr has delivered another outstanding read. Her attention to detail is just brilliant, how she brings her...

A young artist meets Stephen Crane as America's hunger for empire draws them both into warOliver Fischer, a self-styled bohemian, boardwalk caricaturist, and student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, enrages his banker father and earns the contempt of Philadelphia's foremost realist painter Thomas Eakins when he attempts to stage Manet's scandalous painting The Luncheon on the Grass. Soon after, he is ensnarled, along with Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, in a clash between the Anti-Imperialist League and their expansionist foes. Sent to Key West to sketch the 1898 American invasion of Cuba, in company with war correspondent Stephen Crane, he realizes––in the flash of a naval bombardment––that our lives are suspended by a thread between radiance and annihilation.The Caricaturist, the penultimate, stand-alone book in The American Novels series, is a tragicomic portrait of America struggling to honor its...

*Extreme Content Warning: Reader Beware** Two brutal killers. One bloody game. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY? Hello. I'm David. But that's not my only name. The media call me The London Strangler . . . and I've been terrorising this city for years. But the thing is: I'm getting bored. Murder's a lonely game and I need someone to play with. Now I think I've found the perfect partner. Someone I know well. Someone I trust. Someone who has a secret as dark as my own - a secret I know he'll kill to keep hidden, whether he wants to or not . . . It's killer vs killer in this disturbingly gripping and bloody thriller, perfect for hardcore fans of Clive Barker, Stephen King, American Psycho and Luther - and definitely only for readers with strong stomachs!

Dawn, a self-employed cleaning lady in upstate New York, agrees to pose in the houses she cleans for her friend Matthew' s provocative photography project. Over the course of one week, she and Matthew scour the contents of each home to find inspiration but what she uncovers instead is an unexpected connection to the people who live there: from the insecure Bridget Riley, and the recent immigrant Wei Chen, to the pretentious Robert McIntyre. But it' s the troubled housewife, Barb Turner, and the chaos of her life that finally force Dawn to confront her darkest secret about the death of her fiancé . Coming Clean is a novel of forgiveness, family, and fresh starts.