Thriller
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The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency
Quick ViewQuick ViewLondon, 1868. The streets are haunted by thieves, murderers… and demons from beyond the Aether.
Spencer and Bart are the city’s most incompetent crooks, and they are in deep trouble. Hunted by both police and their fellow criminals, they are forced to consider the unthinkable —going straight.
Forming The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency, they think their troubles are behind them, but they soon find themselves caught up in a web far more dangerous than they could ever imagine, pitched against demons, criminals and evil magicians.
The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency is the new novel from Peter Oxley, the author of the Infernal Aether series. If you like dark gothic adventures with a light-hearted twist, then you’ll love The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency.
Published by Burning Chair on 2 March 2023 – pre-order your copy today!
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Run to the Blue
Quick ViewQuick View….Breaking News!… TV reporter Tess Anderson is on the run – her husband’s affair has been exposed and a London crime boss has ordered her death. She was last seen in the Greek islands with a mysterious American yachtsman….more follows….
The latest novel from P N Johnson, the author of Killer in the Crowd, Run to the Blue is a fast-moving action thriller set in the world of television news in London, and in the beautiful Greek islands.
Published by Burning Chair on 31 March 2023 – pre-order your copy today!
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The Head of the Snake
Quick ViewQuick ViewBook Two in the Sarah Black Series
Sarah Black is back and—with or without her MI6 handlers—is hungry for revenge.
Scarred from her exploits in Tbilisi, she still has unfinished business in the murky world of global espionage. But will bringing her foe to justice really be enough to satisfy her need for vengeance, or must she find and cut off the real head of the snake?
The Head of the Snake is the second novel in the Sarah Black series, and the sequel to The King’s Pawn, described by bestselling author Richard Lyntton as “A world of intrigue, deception, and a perilous slalom of twists and turns you… might never recover from”.
Published by Burning Chair on 31 March 2023 – pre-order your copy today!
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The King’s Pawn
Quick ViewQuick ViewBook One in the Sarah Black Series
Sarah Black is the ultimate rookie. Young, naïve and inexperienced, she is thrown into a world where nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted. Unsupported and out of her depth, Sarah must learn the rules of the spy game to survive.
The King’s Pawn is the debut spy thriller from exciting new author Lucy Hooft, and is published by Burning Chair on 17 November 2022. Buy your copy today by clicking below!
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Blue Sky
Quick ViewQuick ViewNo longer the fresh-faced new cop in the station, life should be getting easier for WPC Samantha Barrie. She is settled into her job, is well liked on her beats, and is on track to pass her probation and become a fully-fledged police constable.
However, when her colleague and best friend, Steve, is arrested for apparently trying to smuggle drugs into the Isle of Man, Sam is determined to prove his innocence.
Blue Sky is the sequel to Blue Bird and the second book in the WPC Sam Barrie series, described by readers as “Hard to put down,” “Authentic”, and “Move over Lynda La Plante – you have been equalled, if not bettered!”
Blue Sky, by Trish Finnegan, is published by Burning Chair on 22 September 2022 – get your copy today by clicking below!
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The Retribution
Quick ViewQuick ViewA wronged man. A hidden treasure. A secret that could change the world.
England, 1741. When a young farmhand is sent away on The Retribution, flagship of the Stevenson fleet, he must come to terms with the thrills and dangers of life at sea as he finds himself voyaging to the New World, a dangerous place where slavers and pirates stalk the seas. And the most dangerous pirate of all — Jackson Bell, leader of the notorious and feared Scarlets — wants the secret that The Retribution is carrying. A secret so great it could grant the bearer power over the known world.
Wilbur Smith and Clive Cussler meet Bernard Cornwell in this story about the price of freedom, the cost of revenge and the siren song of power and privilege.
The Retribution, by Mike Wardle, is published by Burning Chair on 2 June 2022. Pre-order your copy today!
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The Other Side of Trust
Quick ViewQuick ViewWhen the world is turned upside down, who can you trust?
A series of mysterious deaths, all connected to the Iranian regime, sets in motion an investigation by the British Secret Intelligence Service to seek out who was responsible for these murders, a mission which at first seems deceptively simple. But as with so many things in the shadowy world of espionage, all is not what it seems.
British agent Sebastian Friend finds himself in a battle for survival as he follows the trail from London to Tehran and back, untangling a complex web which could throw the entire established world order on its head.
The Other Side of Trust is published by Burning Chair – buy your copy today!
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Burning Bridges
Quick ViewQuick ViewThe Isle of Sheppey. The discovery of a wounded, unconscious man left for dead sets in motion a series of events where mistakes once thought buried in the past are forced to the surface. With lethal results.
Burning Bridges is the explosive new thriller from Matthew Ross, the author of Death of a Painter and The Red Admiral’s Secret.
Burning Bridges is published by Burning Chair on 5 May 2020 – pre-order your copy now!
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Killer in the Crowd
Quick ViewQuick View**FINALIST – PAGE TURNER AWARDS 2022**
“Utterly compelling. Mystery in the music world.” – Steve Harley – Cockney Rebel – singer, songwriter
“A real escapist page-turner with plenty of plot twists, oodles of drama and a compelling cast. Terrific.” – Nick Crane, author and broadcaster
Live music is in her blood, but as the death threats arrive, she fears there’s a killer in the crowd.
If you love mystery thrillers with a musical twist, then you’ll love Killer in the Crowd, the debut novel from P N Johnson.
Killer in the Crowd is published by Burning Chair. Buy your copy today!
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Shadow of the Knife
Quick ViewQuick ViewA genius criminologist haunted by his past. A brilliant detective with everything stacked against him. A mysterious murderer that can’t be stopped.
It has been two years since Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London. Two years in which the East End slowly returned to normality.
And then the killings start again.
Ripper Street meets Sherlock Holmes in this gripping new thriller from Richard Ayre, author of A Life Eternal.
Shadow of the Knife is published by Burning Chair. Get your copy today!
