Jane E James

A collection of short stories from some of your favourite authors. Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds—a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place By the Water? What goes on behind A Stranger’s Eyes? And what is so special about Slow Roast Pork? From master authors such as Lisa Hall, Steven Dunne, Louise Jensen and Anita Waller, readers can expect a one hell of a ride . . . All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Hospice UK and Sophie’s Appeal. Dark Minds is a collection of 40 crime and thriller short stories from authors including; Louise Jensen, L.J. Ross, Lisa Hall, Steven Dunne, Betsy Reavley, Alex Walters and Anita Waller plus many more. For the complete table of contents, Look Inside.

I might be a grandmother. But I'm not some sweet, harmless old lady who people can push around.Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I'm told they're my granddaughters. This is the first time I've met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother.They've come to live with me because their mother - my daughter - was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by.I think their father, Vince, killed my daughter. But the police can't prove it. I've always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I warned her he'd cheat on her - but she wouldn't listen.But then, most people have a dark side - and I'm no different.Now he wants his daughters back.Over my dead body.I finally have a family of my own. And nobody is going to take it away from me.AN EXHILARATING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE WITH TWISTS THAT WILL MAKE YOU GASP.This shocking story of family secrets and lies is perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Steena Holmes, Valerie Keogh, Patricia MacDonald, Shalini Boland, T.M. Logan and Clare Mackintosh.

Me: I've just turned forty. My ex dumped me a year ago - and I'm still not over him.Her: My best friend Maddie has everything I've ever wanted. A successful, handsome husband. A designer riverside home. A cleaner. A gardener. A luxury kitchen that cost three times my salary. And Joe, their sixteen-year-old son.Him: Joe, my strapping, sweet-natured godson, says I'm like his second mum. Sometimes I think I'm closer to him than his real mum.Then, late one night, there's a hammering at the door. It's Joe. Visibly upset and angry. He rushes past me before I even get the chance to invite him inside.What he tells me - and what happens next will destroy EVERYTHING.AN EXHILARATING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE WITH TWISTS THAT WILL MAKE YOU GASP.This shocking story of family secrets and lies is perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, Patricia MacDonald, Shalini Boland, T.M. Logan and Clare Mackintosh.

I just met my new son-in-law . . . And he's my ex-husband.They're here. I watch them arrive from the kitchen window. My pregnant daughter and her new husband. They've barely known each other six months.I greet him with a tight smile that he recognizes as fake.Luke is no good for my beautiful, fragile Cerys. He'll break her heart. I know that because he broke mine - when he was married to me.I don't know what he wants. But I'm going to make it my business to find out.I'll do anything to keep my daughter safe. Don't underestimate me.AN EXHILARATING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE WITH TWISTS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS.

AN UNPUTDOWNABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A BREATHTAKING TWIST.All Tara longs for is her lost child to find her. But she should be careful what she wishes for . . .Tara's life is almost perfect. Her handsome husband Dino adores her. They have two beautiful children. Although money is tight, their marriage is happy.But there's something missing.Tara can never forget the baby she was forced to give up for adoption all those years ago. The boy she called Ryan. She always wonders what happened to him.Finally, a young man comes looking for Tara. He says he's Ryan, her long-lost son.His arrival will destroy everything in Tara's carefully-constructed new life.Because Tara has been keeping secrets from her husband and everyone around her. Secrets that Ryan's appearance will force into the open - with horrifying consequences.AN EXHILARATING BLEND OF DOMESTIC SUSPENSE AND NAIL-BITING TENSION WITH A SHATTERING FINAL TWIST.Perfect for fans of Patricia MacDonald, Lisa Jewell, Shalini Boland, T.M. Logan and Clare Mackintosh.

Your husband's dead. He's never coming back. So why is he on a dating site asking you to go out with him? Then Linda has it all: a gorgeous home, a devoted husband, two loving daughters. But she throws it all away to chase an impossible dream. Now Linda is alone and penniless, living in a shabby rented flat. With nothing to lose, she joins a dating site for the over 50s. But the one man who responds to her profile, a man calling himself Tony Fortin, is not who he says he is. Linda recognizes him immediately. He's Marcus, her second husband. But that's impossible. Marcus died eight months ago. He drowned off the coast of Corfu. As Linda digs deeper, she discovers that the man she married second time around had been keeping secrets from her. Very dark secrets. Now the one person who can help her is the person who has every reason not to get involved. Her first husband.

A house of secrets. A missing child. And Parents who lie.My name is Lucy Valentine and I have been missing for thirty-one days. I am eight on my next birthday and I would very much like to go home.A wealthy couple plays dangerous mind games with a reluctant psychic and her daughter in a desperate attempt to locate their own missing child.The parents think it's their worst fear to lose a child, but the real nightmare begins when another Lucy is foundBlackmailed into helping John and Jane Valentine discover the whereabouts of their daughter, Lucy, Cindy Martin must convince everyone her clairvoyant abilities have not failed her when she arrives at Moon Hollow, a house with the darkest of secrets.She must also ensure her own daughter is safely ensconced under the Valentine's protection before she can start looking for the missing heiress.When it becomes clear the Valentines are withholding vital information about Lucy's disappearance, Cindy realises she cannot trust anyone. Everyone acts suspiciously, even the child's parents.Who abducted Lucy Valentine? And who is the other Lucy? the mysterious young woman who keeps appearing in Cindy's visions. What is she trying to tell Cindy?

In a Welsh seaside town known as Suicide Bay, a young woman just released from an asylum is unsure if she can trust anyone—including herself When Natalie Powers returns home for the first time in thirteen years, she must convince everyone she has fully recovered from the mental illness that’s seen her institutionalized for most of her young life. But instead of being welcomed back, Natalie enters a baffling world of deception. She must fight her way through the lies in order to discover the truth about her mother’s sudden disappearance sixteen years earlier. To do this, Natalie must also try to make sense of the hazy memories from the past that continue to haunt her. In the village of Little Downey, where a series of cliff-top suicides have caused a decline in tourism, everybody appears to harbor a secret—including her father, the village butcher, who refuses to discuss the subject. But who can Natalie trust if not her own father? Especially when it becomes clear her protector and confidant, Dr. Moses, is not all he appears? Natalie only hopes she can uncover the truth before her own frailty and self-doubt catapults her back into the institution—in this atmospheric psychological thriller from the author of The Crying Boy and The Long Weekend.

A grieving mother develops a dangerous bond with a haunted painting in this chilling thriller from the author of The Butcher’s Daughter. Clayton and Avril Shaw have lost their little boy and are still mourning when they move into Swallow’s Nest on the Yorkshire moors. In their new house Avril discovers a painting. When she learns that the boy in the painting was deaf, like her dead son, she starts to try to communicate with his ghost. Meanwhile, Clayton finds himself entangled in an equally undesirable friendship with a retired fire chief who knows more about the painting than he is prepared to let on. Is The Crying Boy painting cursed, and can numerous house fires be linked to it? Struggling with their unstable marriage, the couple find themselves in further danger as an increasingly disturbing bond develops between Avril and The Crying Boy. In a twist of events Avril’s irrational behavior is brought to a dramatic halt when she discovers she is pregnant. With her affections once again restored for Clayton, she decides to dispose of the sinister portrait. But the cast off painting wants revenge and its anger towards Avril’s unborn child might just prove immeasurable.