Crime Fiction

The ground-breaking first novel from Umberto Eco - a murder mystery, an enthralling chronicle of the Middle Ages, a piece of biblical analysis and a stunning popular and critical success...

You DO NOT MESS with the Special Investigators! The events of 9/11 changed Jack Reacher s drifter life in a practical way. In addition to his folding toothbrush, he now...

As civil war between Caesar and Pompey engulfs the Roman world, Gordianus the Finder receives an anonymous message informing him of the death of his son Meto who has been...

The perfect Christmas gift for fans of Murdle, the classic mysteries of Agatha Christie or Richard Osman! Get your mince pies and Christmas crackers at the ready for the most...

'Agatha Christie vibes with archaeology in the beautiful Sussex countryside, what's not to love!' 'A brilliant cosy crime novel' 'I thoroughly enjoyed this cosy murder mystery and would highly recommend'...

Tina Rossi, the world's leading coloratura soprano, has travelled to Edinburgh, ostensibly to sing in the Festival, in reality to meet her lover, top scientist Kenneth Holmes. But instead of...

Mikael Blomkvist, Millennium magazine's legendary star reporter, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent...

The third DS Logan McRae thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. A crime of passion ... or cold-hearted murder? 'MacBride is a damned fine writer' Peter...

Trail Of Threats - Jessica R. Patch An arsonist at large... a K-9 team in the line of fire. Single mum Sadie Owens's fear of being watched is confirmed when...

A retarded child is ritually murdered while on a school outing in a nature reserve. The police, led by Milo Sturgis, have got nowhere and are hampered by the girl's...

Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two...

'Luminously written, thrilling, unexpectedly erudite, and beautifully structured' Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail When Ellie Pascoe finds herself under threat, her husband DCI Peter Pascoe and Superintendent Andy Dalziel assume it's...

This is Francis writing at his very best' Evening Standard Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator who appears in Odds Against and Whip Hand , is back. In Come...

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'The series gets better and better . . . a very credible medieval world . . . Oswald is such an appealing character, growing richer and deeper with every book'...

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A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist...

There is no hiding from a killer undergroundDecember 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seekrefuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service toprovide shelter...

1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at Yorkstation. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons andbarking dogs are thrown into a state of...

One of the Claridge's kitchen porters is found dead - strangled. He was a recent employee w ho claimed to be Romanian, but evidence suggests he may have been German....

1897, London. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National Gallery, eviscerated in a manner that recalls all too strongly...

The eleventh Scarpetta novel, in which the Chief Medical Examiner is under a Grand Jury investigation for murder. She knows she's being framed and she no longer knows who she...

Don't miss the third adrenaline-filled, action-adventure in the Joe Mason series! When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only...

*** THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH *** 'A master storyteller ' - GUARDIAN 'A writer at the top of his game... Sanctuary is a superlative chase thriller' -...

"Expertly told, the plot crackles with life" DAILY MAIL "Salander is centre stage . . . A pacy read" SUNDAY EXPRESS "Exciting and disturbing" LITERARY REVIEW ********************************************************************************** THE GIRL WITH...

The new rip-roaring thriller in the NUMA series from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler ANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . . When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'A superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong' SUNDAY TIMES...

First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice caused a scandal with its explosive mix of violence and sex and immediately became a bestseller. The torrid story of Frank...

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...

THE RICHARD & JUDY PICK 'Deliciously dark and utterly addictive - my favourite Ruth Ware yet' LUCY FOLEY Everyone wanted her life Someone wanted her dead It was Hannah who...

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...

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...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies Dark, strange, thick...

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...

A Gothic-feeling, atmospheric mystery story set in the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust from the globally bestselling and master storyteller Sir Philip Pullman. 'D'you -...

**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...

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was...

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...

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...

And Then There Were None meets The Sanatorium by way of Magpie Murders in this twisty, up-all-night love letter to mystery thrillers. The Host Legendary mystery author J. R. Alastor's...

A luxury hotel full of assassins - what could go wrong? The original, twisty and inventive sequel to the international bestseller Bullet Train 'Fresh and fun and full-throttle' A.J. FINN,...

A riveting dark academia fantasy about the limits of truth and power, from the author of The Sword of Kaigen. The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of...

A detective and FBI agent join forces on a manhunt for a cold-blooded serial killer in this intense psychological thriller. From coastal California to upstate New York, a killer is...