A blistering new thriller about the horrors of war and the struggle to survive in the face of pure evil.
Foreign correspondent Connie Burns is hunting a British mercenary that she believes is responsible for the rape and murder of five women in Sierra Leone in 2002. Two years later she finds him training Iraqi police in Baghdad. Connie is determined to expose his crimes, but then she is kidnapped and released after three days of unspeakable torture. Silently, she returns to England and attempts to isolate herself, but it soon becomes apparent that the horrors of the world and her own...

In this acclaimed psychological mystery, Jinx Kingsley, a prominent photographer and millionaire s daughter, wakes up in an exclusive hospital suffering from amnesia.Not only can she not remember the car accident that caused her memory loss, but she doesn t remember that her impending wedding has been called off or that her former fiance and his girlfriend have been brutally murdered in the same way her first husband had been ten years before. Now she must try to piece together her memories in order to determine her innocence. With deft psychological explorations and shocking twists, Walters...

In this hypnotic novel of psychological suspense, a homeless man is found starved to death in the garage of a ritzy London home. The police chalk it up to an unfortunate accident, but a journalist, Michael Deacon, is intrigued. Amanda Powell, a socialite whose wealthy husband vanished five years ago after being accused of embezzlement, is just as interested as Michael in finding out who died in her garage. They have no idea that this simple story will unveil a web of deceit that is an appalling as the people behind it.

When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines, and suspicious of his psychiatrist, he b

Mordfall im südenglischen Sussex, 1920er Jahre. Elsie Cameron ist eine traurige Figur: wenig Selbstvertrauen, kaum Hoffnung, dass ihr Freund sie endlich heiratet. Norman Thorne, der Verlobte, mehr oder minder erfolgloser Hühnerfarmer und immer zögernder in seiner Beziehung zu Elsie, verliebt sich schließlich in eine andere Frau und das Ganze nimmt ein tragisches Ende. Der Mordprozess wird zum Skandal - schuldig oder unschuldig? §Eine wahre Geschichte, die sich als Lektüre vorwiegend für Erwachsene eignet.

A retired university professor is diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease that will lead him to lose his memory and die within a few years. On his way home from the doctor's office, he witnesses a pretty young girl being kidnapped right off the street. As the police drag their heels, he realizes that if he doesn't act the girl may never be found alive. Jennifer Riggins, the kidnapped girl, is being held prisoner by a perverted couple who run an exclusive Web site called What Comes Next, on which viewers can watch, in real time, the horrors inflicted on their victims. Given the moniker...

Chickenfeed
As part of World Book Day 2006, Minette Walters took part in the Quick Reads initiative, designed to encourage developing readers and adult learners as they explore the exciting world of books. Chickenfeed, Walter's contribution, is a crackling tale based on the true story of the 'chicken farm murder' that took place in Blackness Road, Crowborough, East Sussex in December, 1924.
Although Norman Thorne never confessed to killing his girlfriend Elsie, he was tried and hanged for the crime. Minette's fictionalised account of their relationship is told from the points of view...