"Evil left unfinished always finds its way back.
1972: Elijah and Joanna Ingham were found bludgeoned to death, blood smeared across their walls in cryptic symbols. Their daughters vanished into the night.
2016: Nine–year–old Erin Jackson disappeared in Harwood Forest. Her father, Tom, searches desperately, uncovering ties between his missing child, the forest, and the Ingham murders.
To save Erin, Tom must face a darkness that has been waiting decades to claim its next victim."
"Close your eyes. He’s waiting for you.
Julian Harris is haunted by dreams in which he becomes a monster—an evil beyond comprehension. Sometimes it feels like something is trying to get inside him. Or maybe it is already there, waiting for the chance to escape into the waking world.
Godthorne, Julian’s picture–postcard hometown, hides a darkness of its own. Fifteen years ago, five girls vanished from its streets. Now another schoolgirl is missing. The man blamed for the original crimes is long dead. So is this the work of a copycat, or something far stranger?
Drawn by the same sinister force that stalks his dreams, Julian returns to Godthorne for the first time in years. To uncover the truth, he must confront not only the secrets of the forest that surrounds the town but also the ghosts of his own past.
Mr Moonlight is a standalone supernatural thriller in The Devil’s Ledger series, perfect for fans of small–town secrets, ritualistic horror, dark folklore, and gothic suspense."
"Deep in the forest stands a cottage. A witch once lived there, or so they say.
Hazel and her daughter Lily move to Blackmoss Cottage to escape a recent tragedy. At first the house feels like the perfect place to rebuild their lives. But appearances can be deceptive. In the surrounding villages, old superstitions still thrive. People whisper of covens gathering beneath the moonlit trees, and hang sprigs of rowan in their windows to ward off the Witch of Blackmoss Cottage.
Hazel and Lily carry secrets of their own, shadows from the past that refuse to stay buried. And on the hill above the cottage rises the Crow Tree, where a witch was once burned alive.
Lily doesn’t believe in magic, yet like the crows that circle its twisted branches, she is drawn to the tree. Locals say something lives inside its hollow trunk. What if the tales are true? What if the tree holds the key to her family’s darkest secret?"
"How do you catch the uncatchable?
There is a hotel. And in that hotel there is a room. And in that room, something terrible happened.
Hugh was only ten at the time. Twenty–five years have passed, but he is still stuck in that moment. Every night when he closes his eyes, he sees the blood. So much blood. On the bed, the walls, the carpet.
Now Hugh is returning to the hotel where his life changed forever. Something stole his childhood that stormy night, and he is determined to uncover the truth.
But how do you fight what cannot be seen or touched? Hugh believes he has the answer. He has built a trap, not for flesh and blood, but for the entity that haunts the hotel.
Hugh is about to risk everything—his marriage, his life, even his soul—to do the impossible: catch a ghost."
"Two years ago, the Piper family fled Fenton House after their dream of a new life turned into an unspeakable nightmare. The house has stood empty ever since, given a wide berth by everyone except ghost hunters and occult fanatics. Now something is trying to lure the Pipers back to Fenton House. But is that “something” a malevolent supernatural entity? Or is there a more earthly explanation? Whatever the truth, Adam and Ella Piper are about to discover that their family’s future is inextricably bound up with the last place they ever wanted to see again. The Pipers aren’t the only ones whose fate is tied to Fenton House. Three thieves seeking their fortune and a mysterious redheaded woman are also converging on the remote Cornish mansion. Over the course of a single stormy night, each of them will be forced to confront their true self. How far are they willing to go in pursuit of their deepest, darkest desires? How much are they prepared to give in order to simply survive till dawn?"
"After the tragic death of their eleven-year-old son, Adam and Ella are fighting to keep their family from falling apart. Then comes an opportunity that seems too good to be true. They win a competition to live for free in a breathtakingly beautiful mansion on the Cornish Lizard Peninsula. There’s just one catch: the house is supposedly haunted. Mystery has always swirled around Fenton House. In 1920, the house’s original owner, reclusive industrialist Walter Lewarne, hanged himself from its highest turret. In 1996, the then inhabitants, George Trehearne, his wife Sofia, and their young daughter Heloise, disappeared without a trace. Neither mystery was ever solved. Adam is not the type to believe in ghosts. As far as he’s concerned, ghosts are simply memories. Everywhere he looks in their cramped London home he sees his dead son. Despite misgivings, the chance to start afresh is too tempting to pass up. Adam, Ella, and their surviving son, Henry, move into Fenton House. At first, the change of scenery gives them all a new lease of life. But as the house starts to reveal its secrets, they come to suspect that they may not be alone after all…"
"What happens when the watcher becomes the watched? Jack has it all – a beautiful wife and daughter, a home, a career. Then his wife Rebecca plunges to her death from the Sussex coast cliffs. Was it an accident or did she jump? He moves to Manchester with his daughter, to start afresh… but things don't go as planned. He didn't think life could get any worse... Then, Jack sees a woman in a window who is the image of Rebecca. Attraction turns into obsession as he returns to the window night after night. But he isn't the only one watching her... Jack is about to be drawn into a deadly game. The woman lies dead. The latest victim in a series of savage murders. Someone is going to go down for the crimes. If Jack doesn't find out who the killer is, that 'someone' may well be him.
‘Fast-moving action and lots of twists.' The Times."
"After the death of his wife, Jack is starting to get his life back on track. But things are about to get complicated. A woman lies in a hospital bed, clinging to life after being shot in the head. She claims to remember nothing, not even her own name. Who is she? That is the question Jack must answer. All he has to go on is a mysterious facial tattoo. Damaged kindred spirits, Jack and the nameless woman quickly form a bond. But he can't afford to fall for someone who might put his family at risk. People are dying. Their deaths appear to be connected to the woman. What if she isn't really the victim? What if she's just as bad as the ‘Unspeakable Monsters' who put her in hospital?"
"February 14th, 1993: Sheffield United supporters remember it as the day their team won a famous victory against Manchester United. The date is lodged in Anna Young's brain for a different reason. That was the day her sister, Jessica, was abducted. Fast forward twenty years. The case has long since gone cold. But Anna made a promise to look after her little sister. And it's a promise she intends to keep no matter how long it takes..."
"Would you break the law to see justice done?
In Sheffield, a bankrupt businessman has murdered his family. It seems like an open-and-shut case: a desperate man resorting to desperate measures.
In Middlesbrough, a woman named Angel is heading south. She is a woman alone. A prostitute. Now a murderer. And she has only one thing on her mind: revenge. Two crimes, a hundred miles apart, but a terrible secret connects them."
"'Last night, eight-year old Ethan Reed was abducted at gunpoint from his home by an armed intruder.'
Four years ago, Detective Inspector Harlan Miller killed someone. Now - divorced, alone, consumed by guilt - the world outside his prison walls holds little for him. Until an eight-year-old boy is abducted. Ethan Reed. The son of the man he killed.
Frustrated by a police search that finds nothing, Ethan's mother appeals to the man she has reason to hate most in the world. She has one question to ask - beg - of Harlan Miller. Find her little boy. Do whatever it takes."
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