Fiction Genres

A thrilling read set in the American West from New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, now adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky.

Joe Pickett's in his last week as the temporary game warden in the town of Baggs, Wyoming, but there have been strange things going on in the mountains, and his conscience won't let him leave without checking them out: reports of camps looted, tents slashed, AND elk butchered.

And then there's the runner who simply vanished one day. Joe doesn't mind admitting that the farther he rides, the more he wishes he could just turn around and go home.

When he'd first saddled up, Joe had thought of this as his last patrol. What he hadn't known was just how accurate that thought might turn out to be. Because what awaits him is like nothing he's ever dealt with: like something out of an old story, except this is all too real and too deadly.

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging killers – one animal, one human – in this riveting NEW YORK TIMES #2 BESTSELLING NOVEL from award-winning author C.J. Box.

A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage, killing, among others, the prospective fiancé of Joe Pickett's daughter.

At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up, is released from prison with a list of six names tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.

Targeted are his lawyer, a judge, the county prosecutor, a prison guard, Joe's associate Nate Romanowski – and Joe Pickett himself.

Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates devises a method of violence identical to the bear killings and sets out to methodically check off his list. Can Joe stop him before he himself becomes the next target on the killer's list?

Could Joe Pickett's foster daughter, seemingly killed six years ago, still be alive? A gripping read from award-winning author and New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.

'Tell Sherry April called.'

A simple message that shakes Sheridan Pickett to the core. For April – foster daughter to Sheridan's parents Joe and Marybeth – has been presumed dead since a brutal massacre that Joe Pickett himself witnessed.

To Joe, it doesn't seem possible that April could have survived. But the person who now begins to text Sheridan is able to recall things only April would know about.

When the texts turn ominous, Marybeth discovers that they are being sent from locations where vicious murders have taken place. Desperate to discover if April really is still alive and if so, to protect her, Joe and Sheridan take to the road with Joe's associate Nate Romanowski.

Their paths will cross with a dying Chicago mobster on a mission of his own, as Joe and his family seek to discover the truth, and if the danger is as real as it seems.

Deep in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, where the full moon rests on the horizon, lies a secret kingdom called Darksea. Ruled by the Pirate King, Captain O’Malley, Darksea’s tranquil waters have, of late, been haunted by an invisible and deadly monster – a monster that is eating the once-beautiful islands in gigantic bites. On the other side of the horizon, at his home in Galway, Max Reid and his family are battling a different monster. His big brother Christopher is in hospital and getting sicker – and his parents have begun to talk of miracles. Then one night a loud, bright red parrot taps on Max’s bedroom window, carrying an invitation from the pirate king. Captain O’Malley needs a new crew member for a dangerous quest; and the reward is everything Max has been hoping for. But in Darksea, not everyone is as they seem. When Captain O’Malley’s secret threatens to upend their mission and destroy Max’s chance to help his family, Max realises he''s going to have to navigate much more than he bargained for…

Galatea has taken over the throne, Prince Mather has run off with Cinderella, and now Bari must find a new royal to marry. After discovering that there is an illegitimate prince in another Queendom, Bari sets off to make him fall in love with her - and acquire his land as well. But Bari''s mission is soon complicated when South joins her and sparks begin to fly . . . Meanwhile, Farrow is on her own journey to reunite with Cinderella and Prince Mather in the first Queendom. Amid brewing conflict, Farrow continues to grapple with her love for Mather and her loyalty to Cinderella. Once as close as sisters, Bari and Farrow now find themselves on opposing sides. Will malice win out, or will Farrow find a way to bring them all back to their less vengeful selves?

There’s a place where all the wildest stories began … From Katherine Rundell, the British Book Awards Author of the Year, comes the paperback release of the first novel in the critically acclaimed, award winning, best-selling Impossible Creatures series. This edition includes The Centaur’s Spectacles bonus short story.

Jo used to be the perfect high-school girl – class president, popular, bright and successful. But when nude photos of her were leaked to the entire school, her grades plummeted, her friends fell away and now she's a reckless, difficult social outcast. The girl who 'deserved' it. Then her former best friend Maddie disappears. Everyone else assumes Maddie has just run away but that doesn't add up to Jo. To discover the truth, Jo needs to get back in with the group of classmates who have shut her out: the boys who betrayed her and the clique of girls who whisper behind her back. And she has to make it look as if she wants to be there. The only way back in is through Hudson. An old fling with his own reasons for finding Maddie, he persuades Jo to fake date him. And it works. But as the truth about Maddie's disappearance comes to light, so do long-hidden secrets from Jo's past. Who is Jo really trying to find-Maddie, or the girl she herself used to be? A gripping read, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

ما الخيط الذي يربط بين اختفاء رضيع، وجريمة انتحار فظيعة، ولوحة إيفان الرهيب، وروح عالقة تبحث عن النيكوتين؟ كان الضابط نوح الألفي منشغلًا باستعدادات زواجه من دليلة، ولكن رغبة زميله قطز في تناول الكباب عند كبابجي شهير قادتهما إلى التورط في قضية فتحت عليهما أبواب أسئلة لا تنتهي… ضابطان عاديان كانا سيقفان عاجزَين أمام ملابسات هذه القضية، ولكن نوح الألفي الذي تعرَّض لحادث جعله يُبصر غوامض لا يراها غيره، وزميله قطز المحمدي، ليسا ضابطين عاديين. ثم ما عنب الثعلب أصلًا؟ قضية جديدة مثيرة في سلسلة «تحقيقات نوح الألفي».

"ظل"، بطل غريب الأطوار، لديه شغف مرعب بجمع جثث الموتى والاعتناء بها، ويرى نفسه "البطل الخارق للأموات." حياته المظلمة تنقلب رأسًا على عقب عندما تصل إليه جثة غامضة بلا ملامح... ومعها تبدأ أسوأ كوابيسه. ما سر هذه الجثة؟ ولأي أعماق من الجحيم ستأخذنا رحلة "ظل"؟

في السادس عشر من شهر آب من كل سنة، اعتادت آنا ماجدلينا أن تستقلّ العبّارة إلى جزيرة دُفنت فيها أمها. فتضع باقة من الزنابق على قبرها، وتمضي ليلتها في فندق السيناتور، ثم تعود في اليوم التالي إلى منزلها وعائلتها. لكن، في آب الذي كانت قد بلغت فيه السادسة والأربعين عامًا حدث تغيّر. تلتقي في الحانة برجل وتُمضي الليلة معه… فكانت المرة الأولى لها مع غير زوجها دومينيكو. على الرغم من أن هذا المجهول ظنّ أنها مومس، فقد بقيت مهووسة بهذا اللقاء. وفي السنة التالية، لم تعثر على هذا الرجل، إلا أنها بدأت مرحلة جديدة في حياتها إذ راحت تبحث عن مغامرة أخرى. وهكذا في كل آب، كانت تعيش مغامرة جديدة: لقاء مع قواد وقاتل، علاقة مع أسقف، مصادفة صديق الطفولة بعد فراق طويل… خلال هذا الوقت، بدأ زواجها يتفكّك تدريجًا، وعندما تكتشف، أخيرًا، لماذا اختارت والدتها أن تُدفن في هذا المكان بالذات، تتساءل آنا إن كانت تلك المغامرات قد وصلت إلى نهايتها… بأسلوبه المدهش باستمرار، والحسّي المبهج، يأخذنا ماركيز خلال الأمسيات في الجزيرة إلى المناطق النائية لرغبات آنا والخوف المختبئ في قلبها، ويتأمل بعمق في الحرية، والندم، والتحول الذاتي وأسرار الحب… تاركًا لنا في آخر ما كتب، أغنية للحياة والرغبات التي تقاوم مرور الزمن