<div><B>The past lives of two London strangers converge in this &ldquo;addictive, ironic and darkly suspenseful combination of mystery and romance&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> It&rsquo;s been ten years since Kate Fullerton survived a suspicious car accident in Ecuador that took the lives of her father, stepmother, and younger sister. Haunted by the tragedy, and with her inheritance lost to a con artist husband, Kate&rsquo;s been adrift ever since. She only begins to feel on solid ground again when she secures a job at a travel agency and agrees to share a comfortable apartment with her accommodating new boss. If only she could shake the feeling that she&rsquo;s being followed.<BR />  <BR /> Then, a decomposed body is found floating in a nearby canal. And a handsome amateur detective solicits her help in booking passage for a vacation getaway&mdash;in South America. Kate may have thought she was pulling her life together. Instead, it&rsquo;s her past that&rsquo;s slowly coming into focus. For Kate, that&rsquo;s a very dangerous thing.<BR />  <BR /><I>Loose Ends </I>&ldquo;is Moody at her best. An outstanding psychological thriller&rdquo; about the secrets that bind us, and those that can kill (<I>Booklist</I>).</div>

Loose Ends

<div><B>A &ldquo;frightening . . . page-turner&rdquo; of madness, murder, and family secrets from an acclaimed British master of psychological suspense (<I>Booklist Online</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> Hoping to make peace with a family tragedy, Chantal Frazer has checked in to the Weston Lodge in the Cotswolds. Twenty-three-years before, it was the private country house of wealthy Clio Palliser, a woman convicted of murdering her two sons and her au pair&mdash;Chantal&rsquo;s sister, Sabine. Only a little boy, a childhood friend of the victims, escaped with his life. What happened that terrible night when the respectable mother went berserk? What happened to Clio herself, who disappeared after her release from an asylum? Among local authorities, fellow guests, and Sabine&rsquo;s former boyfriend, Chantal is looking for answers.<BR />  <BR /> Soon the dark history of the boutique hotel will give up its secrets. One by one they&rsquo;re leading Chantal to the truth&mdash;and nearer to someone who&rsquo;ll do anything to make sure it remains buried.</div>

A Final Reckoning

<div><B>A woman returns to an English coastal village&mdash;the scene of a childhood crime&mdash;in a &ldquo;gripping murder mystery and . . . psychologically complex coming-of-age tale&rdquo; (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> After losing her husband in World War II, Fiona Beecham brought her two children to live with their aunt on the coast of Kent. Alice and Orlando enjoyed a quiet adolescence in the sprawling Glenfield House. But that all changed when Nicola Stone arrived. Thirteen-year-old Nicola was manipulative, sexually precocious, and unnerving to the na&iuml;ve Alice and Orlando. Then, only days after Alice&rsquo;s twelfth birthday, Nicola&rsquo;s body was found&mdash;beaten to death and barely concealed.<BR />  <BR /> Twenty years later, Alice returns to the small town of Shale to resettle after her divorce, and put to rest the unsolved murder that has haunted her for so long. As Alice fits together the pieces of that brutal summer, she realizes that no one has forgotten Nicola. Not the local boys she teased, the adults she affronted, or the friends she terrorized. But the secrets of the troubled girl&rsquo;s past hide a motive for murder beyond anything Alice ever imagined.</div>

Losing Nicola

<div><B>A former detective turned art expert investigates her friend&rsquo;s disappearance in this British mystery series debut from the author of <I>A Final Reckoning</I>.</B><BR />  <BR /> Former Detective Inspector Alexandra Quick has given up her badge to pursue a career as an art expert. But when her business partner, the acclaimed art historian Dr. Helena Drummond, disappears, Alexandra knows she must once gain put her investigative skills to use.<BR />  <BR /> Shortly before she vanished, Helena had complained of being menaced by a stalker, and Alex now regrets having dismissed her fears as groundless. But the more she uncovers, the more Alex realizes how little she really knew about Helena. The woman she had thought of as a close friend had been keeping a great many secrets from her. Now Alex must decide: is Helena a victim . . . or is she a killer?</div>

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Quick and the Dead

<div><B><I>Alex Quick investigates the murder of a close family friend in this intriguing, intricately-plotted mystery</I></B><br>In her former career as a police detective, Alex Quick was exposed to some brutally violent crimes - but none as horrific as this. A badly mutilated corpse is discovered in a field, the victim castrated, the word 'cheat' carved across his chest.  The dead man was a close family friend of Alex, and his sister has asked her to find out who killed him - and why. <br><br>Although they'd been friends as long as she can remember, how well did Alex really know the late Tristan Huber? Why would someone murder him in such a violent and cruel way? Whoever she questions, Alex finds that people are reluctant to talk, keeping things back from her - including Tristan's sister, Dimsie. The more Alex uncovers, the clearer it becomes that Tristan Huber was not who, or what, he appeared to be. But is she prepared for the shocking truth?</div>

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Losing Nicola

Quick and the Dead

Quick off the Mark

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