Minette Walters: 25 books

When the Black Death enters England through the port in Dorsetshire in June 1348, no one knows what manner of sickness it is—or how it spreads and kills so quickly. The Church cites God as the cause, and fear grips the people as they come to believe that the plague is a punishment for wickedness. But...

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...

Two suspenseful stories in one volume from the Edgar Award–winning author of The Dark Room. From an acclaimed, multimillion-selling author known for her tales about seemingly normal people driven to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable, Innocent Victims collects two novellas in one volume: Chickenfeed Following...

From the author of The Devil's Feather comes a haunting psychological thriller about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner turmoil of a killer.Somewhere in the endless, deadly desert between Basra and Baghdad, Lieutenant Charles Acland's convoy was attacked. Recovering...

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...

The compelling, taut and suspenseful conclusion to The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young...

A psychological thriller about race, family, and the brutal power of raw emotion.Mrs. Ranelagh has never stopped thinking about the dead body she found in the gutter twenty years ago, during Britain’s Winter of Discontent. “Mad Annie,” as she was known, was the only black resident of her West...

Chilling psychological suspense with “exceptional punch” from the Edgar Award–winning author of The Dark Room (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). It seems like a respectable British home, occupied by the Songolis, an upstanding family of African immigrants. But hidden within the cellar...

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...

Munas Leben ist die Hölle. Und niemand kommt ihr zu Hilfe, denn keiner weiß, dass die Familie Songolis ihr Hausmädchen behandelt wie eine Sklavin. Dabei muss sie sich nicht nur Tag für Tag bis zur Erschöpfung um das Wohl der Songolis kümmern, sondern wird auch noch jede Nacht in einen dunklen,...

Méfiez-vous du monstre que vous avez créé. En apparence, une famille bourgeoise sans histoire, émigrée en Angleterre depuis un pays africain : la mère, le père et les deux fils. Mais les Songoli cachent un secret : Muna, quatorze ans, orpheline. Elle dort à la cave, vit recluse, sans que personne...

Als die Fotografin Jinx Kingsley aus ihrer tiefen Bewusstlosigkeit erwacht, kann sie sich an die letzten Wochen ihres Lebens nicht mehr erinnern. Sie befindet sich in einer Privatklinik in der Nähe von Salisbury, wo ihr Vater sie untergebracht hat, nachdem sie aus einem völlig zertrümmerten Auto...

»Ein Schwarzer Tod hat unser Land befallen. Nur wenige werden verschont bleiben.« Südengland, Juli 1348: An der Küste ist die Pest ins Land gekrochen. Binnen kürzester Zeit entvölkert sie ganze Landstriche, Angst und Panik regieren. Allein Lady Anne, die Herrin von Develish, nimmt das...

Handelt es sich bei der Leiche im Eishaus des englischen Landsitzes Streech Grange um die sterblichen Überreste des Hausherrn David Maybury? Seit zehn Jahren fehlt von ihm jede Spur, und für die Dorfbewohner gibt es nur eine Erklärung: Phoebe Maybury hat ihren Mann umgebracht. Auch Inspector Walsh...