Crime Fiction

'Fresh, original, authentic and gritty' A series of bizarre drug-related deaths among runaway teenagers has set the North East's homeless community on edge. The word on the street is that...

Lucinda has lived her whole life in the shadow of her glamorous and outgoing high-end model sister Viviana. But when Viviana suddenly disappears on a trip to Sao Paulo, Lucinda...

Promising Young Woman meets High Fidelity in the dark and twisty thriller from the bestselling author of The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know and The Paris Affair. A bad...

WHO WILL BELIEVE YOUR STORY IF THE ONLY WITNESS IS DEAD? 'What a storyteller Rachel Abbott is... I was hooked from the start' CARA HUNTER 'A truly compelling, twisty, enthralling...

On the Mongolian steppes a general in the People's Liberation Army stakes his career, and his life, on a GPS-free missile guidance system that will change the balance of power...

A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads the much-admired and traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful country hotel....

' The Split meets Apple Tree Yard . Sharp, clever and wildly addictive... the ultimate summer page-turner ' Sunday Times bestseller B P Walter 'The best kind of up-all-night page-turner...

A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Dinah Jefferies and Kate Mosse. 'A poignant page-turning story, beautifully written' Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue Water 'Hugely evocative and beautifully written'...

'Gritty, compelling storytelling' Daily Mail 'Dark, tense, action-packed, and so, so clever ... I couldn't stop until the very last page. Outstanding' Andrea Mara, number one Sunday Times bestselling author...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

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'Hauntingly creepy' - ERIN KELLY 'A unique jewel of a book' - LIZZY BARBER 'A heartfelt and chilling gothic tragedy' - CHRIS WHITAKER People come to visit my home and...

In this gripping mystery, an FBI Agent's search for her sister clashes with a military investigator's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy--from which neither of them...

The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia...

Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND...

'My new favourite cosy crime series!' A DOLLOP OF JAM. A SPOT OF TEA. A SLICE OF MURDER . . . It has been a year since Tess had to...

IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN. A Rizzoli & Isles bestseller. JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING . . . 'Absolutely riveting - you won't be able to put this down' Mo...

IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN. A Rizzoli & Isles bestseller. STARE DEATH IN THE FACE 'If you're home alone, do not risk even the first sentence. Once you've started...

From the bestselling breakout author of The Bluffs comes a heart-stopping new thriller set on the rugged coast of Tasmania about family bonds and betrayals, and the hidden dangers that...

The number one bestselling thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestseller. Secrets start to unravel in a family-friendly neighbourhood when a local girl goes missing. 'The most...

A spellbinding, edge-of your seat thriller, INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE follows a family tasked with guarding a trove of magical but deadly books, and the shadowy organisation that will do...

A new look for the first installment in the award-winning Brunetti series by crime fiction writer Donna Leon 'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city...

In this gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of The Stranger, Wilde follows a tip that he hopes will finally solve the mystery...

From the global number one bestselling author of The Family Upstairs- an unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers and an unidentified body. It can only be...

A page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the international bestselling author of the Harry Hole series. **THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR** **Shortlisted for the Crime Writers'...

Murder stalks a touring stage production of A Christmas Carol in this 1930s-set festive mystery. It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an...

How do you stop a murder when it's already happened? Find out the lengths one woman will go to save her family It's every parent's nightmare. Your happy, funny, innocent...

Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? The follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? By the time the last goal is...

Would you kill for... THE PERFECT LIFE? Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When...

The killer isn't out there. It's one of you. Everyone thinks that Sadie Saunders is dead. Missing now for a week - there are whispers of murder. As the police...

The British Secret Service turn their attentions to a linguistic prodigy in the Congo in this espionage thriller, new to Penguin Modern Classics At a top-secret meeting between Western financiers...

**A Journey into the Wild and the Human Heart** From the author of the international bestseller Migrations comes a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands INDIE FICTION...

Philip Marlowe's client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. Easy. Probably too...

A woman has been reported missing to detective Marlowe and a corpse is found in the lake. Yet it is not the body of the missing person, but that of...

When the services of famed detective Sherlock Holmes are engaged to ensure the safety of Baskerville heir Sir Henry - recently arrived from America - Dr Watson is surprised to...

Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of iniquity . ....

Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is the definitive hardboiled detective story and Philip Marlowe the perfect expression of the cynical, world-weary gumshoe. Hired by the crippled General Sternwood to shake...

A beautifully sinister, propulsive page-turning adult debut that explores themes of obsession, identity and privilege, about a woman who takes a job as a cleaner - but what she's really...

Fire in the Head addresses a deep taboo in Australian society- the legacy of child sexual abuse and what victims must endure to bring perpetrators to justice. Part crime drama,...

Everybody needs good neighbours... When Claire Corral goes missing from her home on Carnation Way, her neighbour Jamie isn't too concerned. He's busy-caring for his dad, recovering from a broken...

The man you love just took three people hostage... The edge-of-your-seat thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. It's Camilla's first day back at work, her daughter's...

How do you find something that doesn't exist? Find out, in the most joyful mystery of 2025... 'A perfect crime caper.' Woman & Home 'Comic, thrilling and ultimately moving.' The...

A brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming - from the author of the international bestseller HHhH. Florence, New...

Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP - Deferred Retirement Option Plan - and given three years before his retirement is enforced....

In investigating the poisoning of a young man in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, and the wrongful arrest of one Miss Sylvia Lee, Phryne Fisher is plunged into a...