Crime Fiction

The last people to die in Mary King's Close had been plague victims. But that was in the 1700s. Now a body has been discovered, brutally tortured and murdered in...

Rosamund Lupton meets Lupin in this accomplished debut from an eclectic, cut-throat new voice in thriller writing. 'A strong, twisting, literary journey of revelation and redemption. Five stars' JANICE HALLETT...

Letty Davenport is back, and this time she's taking no prisoners. The new incredible thriller from the #1 global bestseller. Letty Davenport's days working a desk job are behind her....

**WINNER OF THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024** ** The Times ' best crime and mystery books of 2024 so far** ** Daily Mail's best new books to read this...

Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon-to-be mums who turn detective when there's a murder at their antenatal class. FEATURED IN THE...

'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...

* FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET *'Catriona Ward is a sorceress of the highest order and Nowhere Burning is nothing short of spellbinding' -...

Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane, this gangland thriller shows how far one woman will go to protect her family's empire. ___________ Most authors write what they...

John Milton's in Mexico with a few days to kill... Milton has been off the grid for six months. He surfaces in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and immediately finds himself drawn...

Four washed-up spooks. Two dead civilians. One remote and deadly outpost. Harry Tate is a loyal MI5 officer and a servant of the State. But when two civilians are shot...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF CAST IRON , COFFIN ROAD AND THE BLACKHOUSE WHATEVER HAPPENS Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On...

In New York Times Bestselling author Richard Castle's newest novel, an illegal immigrant falls from the sky and NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat's investigation into his death quickly captures the...

Four years after he was presumed dead, Derrick Storm-the man who made Richard Castle a bestseller-is back. From Tokyo to London, high-level bankers are being gruesomely murdered. The killer, Gregor...

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and...

Summer, 1915. As Zeppelins rain death upon the rooftops of London, eminent members of society begin to behave erratically: a Member of Parliament throws himself naked into the Thames after...

A young man named Peter Maugram appears at the front door of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's Baker Street lodgings. Maugram's uncle is dead and his will has disappeared, leaving...

THE THIRD COLD-CASE INVESTIGATION FOR ENZO MACLEOD, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY MEGASELLER THE BLACKHOUSE. FRANCE. A death sentence. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Enzo Macleod is...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Bristling with suspense and crammed with false clues, it would make a fine Hitchcock film' Daily Mail 'Engrossing' The Times (Book of the Month) 'Thoroughly...

'Wow! An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart, funny , and what a voice she has' GILLIAN FLYNN Blown away. What else can I tell you? Brigid Quinn is a heroine to...

'An absolute delight to read . . . Paris is brought to life on the pages of this exquisite book' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'Are you waiting for Monsieur Bellivier,...

'Michel Bussi is one of France's most ingenious crime writers... has plenty of twists and turns in store in this fast-moving novel about a long-planned act of revenge' Joan Smith,...

The gripping third instalment in Adam Simcox's supernatural crime DYING SQUAD series. A MISSING DETECTIVE Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports...

The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series. THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND... When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray...

Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the internet. But most...

A MISSING CHILD RETURNS. BUT WHO TOOK HIM? A gripping, heart-wrenching thriller with the emotional power of series like BROADCHURCH and THE MISSING, this is the perfect read for fans...

'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing...

'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' Sophie Hannah 'One of the best legal thrillers ... as elegant and gripping as Scott Turow's Presumed...

The perfect brother. The perfect fiance. The perfect revenge. A thriller you won't be able to predict. For fans of reading group fiction and psychological suspense. 'I'm crazy in love...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb thriller writing.' Peter Robinson 'A brilliant, breathless thriller' M.J. Arlidge 'A high concept solution to a mystery' Sophie Hannah A body is...

Chosen for Simon Mayo's Radio 2 Book Club, this is the chilling new ghost story from the bestselling author of Dark Matter . The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on...

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it's the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the...

'Highly intelligent, twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable' Eva Dolan 'My life, what a thriller! Breathlessly brilliant and fiendishly clever.' Miranda Dickinson FRAUD. BLACKMAIL. MURDER. IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR...

The 2am phone call is from a young, frightened, lost girl who has called the one adult who had promised to help her if she ever got into any trouble:...

Strange things happen in the countryside. And for bisexual private detective Duffy, this is his strangest case yet. Summoned to a country mansion following an unusual murder, Duffy finds the...

Things aren't going so well for Brian McKechnie. His wife was attacked in their home, his cat was brutally killed and now a man with a suspiciously erratic accent is...

Danny Boy Lorca was used to having apocalyptic visions - the beatings he'd taken in jail and the booze he drank to forget them made sure of that. But what...

THE POWERFUL NEW THRILLER IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Beautifully structured, witty and twisty' ANN CLEEVES 'A perfect crime novel' KATE MOSSE 'Powerful, moving and...

'A perfect "lights off, punch the air" kinda read' - Loaded 'Perfection from T.F. Muir' - reader review ????? ______________ Glasgow, Scotland: When a man's body is pulled from the...

A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner...

When the body of a man is found in the countryside outside Dundee with a gun in his hand, DI Dania Gorska dismisses suicide in favour of murder. Italian voice...

THE BRAND NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE THRILLER FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The deadliest killer is back... There are some killers so savage, so twisted, that they leave a...

A superb new noir/science fiction fusion from the 'mastersinger of space opera' ( The Times ) and the creator of the beloved Revelation Space universe - strap in for a...

How perfect is too perfect? Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business....

The unputdownable, addictive and disturbing thriller, perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window, The Girl Before and The Silent Patient. 'Edgy, cool, and intriguing' HARRIET TYCE 'Emma Cook...

'One of the finest American writers' GUARDIAN -------- Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered by the sudden death of his daughter Fannie Mae. As he tries to honor her memory...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Moving, outrageous and outrageously funny' Dawn French When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody...

**THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FIRST LIE WINS ** *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'The story spins and twists towards the perfect end' Andrea...

Janet Evanovich takes readers on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent ....