John Nicholl
1) The Father
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'A dark and devastating story that grips you from the very first page' T. J. Emerson, author of The Perfect Holiday.
What you don't know can hurt you.
Thirty years ago Anthony Mailer was a seven-year-old boy trapped in Dr Galbraith's basement. Now he's a journalist, a husband and a father. But no matter how far he's come, at times he's still that scared little boy.
In order to save his marriage, he has to stop hiding from what happened and deal...
2) The Wife
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What drives a woman to murder?
Twenty-nine-year-old Cynthia Galbraith is serving a life sentence for murder, and struggling with the traumatic past that put her behind bars.
When the prison counsellor suggests Cynthia write a personal journal exploring the events that drove her to murder, she figures she has all the time in the world and very little, if anything, to lose. So she begins to write, revealing the secrets that haunt her and the truths...
3) The Holiday
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It was meant to be the perfect getaway…
As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever.
Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even try for another baby, and pray that this time it doesn't end heartbreakingly.
I just need to not think about what George has done. He's my husband. And this is the holiday where we make things right.
But then I realise...
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One missing girl. Five bodies. Time is running out.
When nineteen-year-old university student Emma goes missing, Detective Inspector Gareth Gravel is called in. But what is a simple missing person case soon turns into something much darker as Gravel's inquiries lead him to the graves of five young women - each of whom looks just like Emma.
With a serial killer on the loose and his latest victim already in his control, can the police find Emma in time?...
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Is it revenge or is it justice?
DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday is cut short. Back on the job, he's shocked when the case leads him to the victim from an old case
Seventeen years ago, the system failed Rebecca. They let the abuser of a six-year-old girl walk free. But she's all grown up now and talking the law into her own hands.
Is this one killer DI Gravel doesn't...
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Be careful who you trust.
The Mailer family are oblivious to the terrible danger that enters their lives when seven-year-old Anthony is referred to the child guidance service by the family GP following the breakdown of his parents' marriage.
Fifty-eight year old Dr. David Galbraith, a sadistic, predatory paedophile employed as a consultant child psychiatrist, has already murdered one child in the soundproofed cellar below the South Wales Georgian...
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Un thriller noir et psychologique à succès, un roman à suspense écrit par John Nicholl, ancien agent de police et travailleur social spécialisé dans la protection de l'enfance.
La famille Mailer n'a pas conscience du terrible danger qui entre dans leur vie lorsqu'Anthony, sept ans, est envoyé dans un centre d'orientation pour enfants par son médecin de famille après la rupture du mariage de ses parents.
Le Dr David Galbraith, âgé de cinquante-huit...
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She's on trial for murder… Now it's her turn to tell her story…
The truth is that I loved James with my whole heart. We were soulmates: meant to be together forever. On the morning of our wedding, I had just found out I was carrying his child.
But it's time to tell my side of the story. It's time everyone knew what happened on that wedding day, on our honeymoon, and on that fateful last drive together. It's time everyone found out about the...
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The chilling, dark psychological suspense thriller from ex police officer and child protection social worker John Nicholl.
Revised edition 12, June 2015.
Be careful who you trust...
The Mailer family are oblivious to the terrible danger that enters their lives when seven-year-old Anthony is referred to the child guidance service by the family GP following the breakdown of his parents' marriage.
Fifty-eight year old Dr David Galbraith, a sadistic...
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Ten cuidado en quién confías… La familia Mailer no es consciente del terrible peligro que corren sus vidas cuando su médica de cabecera remite a su hijo de siete años, Anthony, a un servicio de orientación psicológica tras el fracaso y ruptura del matrimonio de sus padres. El doctor David Galbraith, de 58 años, es un depredador pedófilo sádico, que trabaja como psiquiatra infantil, y ya ha asesinado a un niño en el sótano insonorizado...
11) The Sisters
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'A dark, gritty, and compulsive read' Daily Express
Nineteen-year-old Sally is battered and bruised, and lying in the hospital once again. It's nothing new, it's happened before and it'll happen again.
But when DI Laura Kesey introduces Sally to a new social worker, she finds hope at a local women's domestic violence refuge, where she's surrounded by women just like her.
But then a man is mowed down in a hit and run. Soon a second suspicious...
12) Mr Nice
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Your worst nightmare is about to come true...
When Megan discovers that her young daughter is missing, she thinks that her ex-husband is to blame.
But was it someone else entirely?
Someone out for revenge? Someone with a grudge?
As DI Laura Kesey begins her investigation, she discovers that the case is infinitely more wicked than she could ever have imagined.
The clock is ticking.
But will Kesey find Lottie before it's too late?
It's every...
13) The Cellar
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'A dark tale that gets under your skin. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the page' Gemma Rogers, author of The Feud
Dark, disturbing and gripping. This is not for the faint of heart.
Nurse. Protégé. Murderer.
Marcus Gove has been all these things. He's reached the pinnacle of his art and now it's time for him to take a protégé. Lovely Lucy is perfect for the role, or she will be . . .
Artist. Teacher. Daughter.
Lucy Williams is just like...
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He's inside her home.
Successful novelist Mia is being stalked. Photos of her and her four-year-old daughter arrive in untraceable emails that demand Mia perform various tasks or else . . . Terrified, Mia tries to escape, but the killer follows her all the way to Italy. In desperation, she returns home, but nowhere is safe.
Meanwhile, DI Gravel is investigating the murder of three women. The detective's last case pushed him to new extremes. Now...
15) The Doctor
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Be careful who you trust.
The Mailer family are oblivious to the terrible danger that enters their lives when seven-year-old Anthony is referred to the child guidance service by the family GP following the breakdown of his parents' marriage.
Fifty-eight year old Dr. David Galbraith, a sadistic, predatory paedophile employed as a consultant child psychiatrist, has already murdered one child in the soundproofed cellar below the South Wales Georgian...
16) The Victim
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Alice Granger is no ordinary survivor. She has a tale to tell, a story of revenge.
Alice feels driven to protect the innocent from dangerous men. Men like her father. Men who hurt children. Predators who prey on the innocent. And there's nothing Alice won't do to make them pay.
Alice wants to make them suffer as their victims did. But the police are one step behind. And as the net closes, Alice's life spirals out of control, the lines between good...
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DI Gravel and his daughter Emily are oblivious to the terrible danger she is in when she accepts a job working for the solicitor Charles Turner. Meanwhile, Gravel is on the hunt for a serial killer. And when Emily becomes the killer's latest obsession, the murderer will stop at nothing to make his grotesque fantasies reality. But as further bodies are discovered, the killer seeks to befriend DI Gravel and misdirect his investigation. How can you catch...
18) The Bride
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She's on trial for murder… Now it's her turn to tell her story…
The truth is that I loved James with my whole heart. We were soulmates: meant to be together forever. On the morning of our wedding, I had just found out I was carrying his child.
But it's time to tell my side of the story. It's time everyone knew what happened on that wedding day, on our honeymoon, and on that fateful last drive together. It's time everyone found out about the...
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It's different when it's your daughter.
DI Gravel's daughter Emily has landed her dream job working for high profile solicitor Charles Turner. But the job turns deadly when she attracts the attention of a serial killer.
Gravel is already on the case, the bodies are piling up and the killer's sick fantasies are enough to give the detective nightmares. However, the killer's obsession with Emily raises the stakes.
Can Gravel and Emily survive the...
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Your worst nightmare is about to come true...
When Megan discovers that her young daughter is missing, she thinks that her ex-husband is to blame.
But was it someone else entirely?
Someone out for revenge? Someone with a grudge?
As DI Laura Kesey begins her investigation, she discovers that the case is infinitely more wicked than she could ever have imagined.
The clock is ticking.
But will Kesey find Lottie before it's too late?
It's every...