by Joi Fīrudingu (2005)
Losing Julia has become a contant in Cindy Carver's life. The first time Julia disapeared, she was five years old and vanished at the playground. Every stranger was a possible fiend.
Meg Gardiner
When her quiet life is shattered by a bus accident that reveals she is not related to the five-year-old she claims is her daughter, skip tracer Sarah Keller, unable to prove her innocence, flees authorities and uses her unique skills to protect her daughter and herself.
Ben Brown
Ever wondered what it is like to work in a war zone? 'We live more in one year than most people do in a lifetime, ' is Danny Lowenstein's simple retort. Set in a world where life is cheap, vengeance is long and betrayals can be deadly, Sandstealers is a masterly thriller- infused with a deep knowledge of modern war and its reporting.
Christobel Kent
When the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his wife, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Detective Inspector Sandro Cellini is summoned to investigate.
Denise Mina
Alex Morrow traces a wealthy businesswoman who's vanished from her Glasgow home to a little seaside town, where a dead body in the lake is only one of many clues that all is not as peaceful as it seems.