Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories — Simon Kernick

In Dead Man's Gift, MP Tim Horton arrives home to find his seven-year-old son has been abducted by a ruthless gang of kidnappers. All they have left behind is the brutally murdered body of the Horton's nanny. The gang's demands are simple: Tim must sacrifice his own life in order to save his son's. In One by One, six former school-friends have been brought together on a remote island. They haven't all been in contact since a fateful night 21 years ago, when their friend Rachel was found dead. The man arrested for her murder has now been acquitted, and the seven friends fear for their own lives. But are they hiding from the right person? These stories are followed by three more thrillers guaranteed to keep you gripped to the page.