Crime Fiction

Jimmy Stone died of a broken heart. Literally - someone put a sharp object between his ribs and pushed, hard. He was found sitting in a circle with three other...

From the bestselling author of the Harry Hole series, comes this short, sharp, shock of a thriller. Blood on Snow- Drugs. Death. Murder. Revenge - and a hitman with two...

From the bestselling author of the Harry Hole series, comes this short, sharp, shock of a thriller. Blood on Snow- Drugs. Death. Murder. Revenge - and a hitman with two...

DS Catrin Price has been told to stay away. But sometimes you have to break the rules to find out the truth. The second book in the haunting new crime...

One of the Roman novels from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series Let multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis transport you back to 71 A.D. in this captivating mystery, full...

Not all angels are heaven sent. I am one such angel, and I have come to pass judgement on the living, and the dead... A report of a rare and...

New York Times Bestseller "An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page." -Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island...

"[Israel's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans." -- Publishers Weekly Author Ian Sansom "clearly loves a good laugh" ( Washington Post ),...

THE GRIPPING STANDALONE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION STONE MAIDENS He's in too deep... And almost out of time. Martin Gabriel is a runner for Ben. He runs...

* FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL IN TRANSLATION *'Kwok is an impressive talent' - KARIN SLAUGHTER'A hugely atmospheric and suspenseful mystery' - LUCY FOLEY'I will find...

'Memorable and utterly engaging' - S.G. MACLEAN'Nattrass is a master storyteller' - JANICE HALLETT'One of my favourite historical fiction authors' - PHILIPPA EASTLondon, 1774. The opening of a royal tomb...

'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN 'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' - J.M. HALL A snowstorm....

Nolan must rob every store in a mall in one night - or his girlfriend dies. Two Nolan novels from Grandmaster Max Allan Collins, collected in one volume for the...

Nolan must rob every store in a mall in one night - or his girlfriend dies. Two Nolan novels from Grandmaster Max Allan Collins, collected in one volume for the...

'Serial killers turn up all the time in crime fiction, but few are as patient or as devious as the murderer in Zhou Haohui's Death Notice . This extraordinary novel...

'MARTINA COLE FANS WILL LOVE THIS FAST-PACED THRILLER' SUNDAY MIRROR They came for her family. Now she's coming for them. This nail-biting thriller introduces Glasgow's newest gangland mistress, Kerry Casey....

Mike Hammer is at a high society party when a wealthy and well-respected man, Colby, is hit by a car and badly injured. When all he expected was a night...

'A beautiful sensory overload . . . I didn't want it to end.' - Kirstin Innes, bestselling author of Scabby Queen Three women. A deadly score to settle. EDINBURGH, 1791....

On a secret island in the Caribbean, bioengineers have devised a vacation resort like no other, promising the ultimate escape. But when Dr. Roger Clark investigates, he discovers the dark...

George Mann's Newbury & Hobbes steampunk series concludes as our special agent heroes discover a plot of empire-changing proportions. A plot to kill a queen. A chance to save the...

George Mann's Newbury & Hobbes steampunk series concludes as our special agent heroes discover a plot of empire-changing proportions. A plot to kill a queen. A chance to save the...

Summer, 2001. The mutilated bodies of young boys are turning up in the backstreets of Cairo, and the finger of suspicion is pointing at the city's Coptic community. As Makana,...

Praise for Ruddy Gore... "The appeal of this story is the glimpse it provides into the 1920s theater world." -Booklist "A comic opera in deft prose," -Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald...

An hilarious and gripping festive whodunnit, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie It's Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch. Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is...

A Guardian best crime and thriller book of 2024 'Excellently lean and tense crime novel with a touch of the nouveau roman about it' Ian Rankin 'Mason has been mainlining...

THE NEW MUST-READ SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLER The target - the Prime Minister. The assassins - hard-bitten jihadists with nothing to lose. The only man who can stop them? Dan "Spider"...

'I doubt if a more exciting and muscular book will come along this year' Peterborough Telegraph Money can't buy everything But it can buy revenge Can a doctor take lives...

She lives in fear of ... THE KNOCK Dora O'Brien had a good start in life, but things went bad when she began to mix with the wrong company. Pregnant...

From #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Gemma Halliday comes a female PI who is on the case of fun, fashion, and murder... Her name is...

When does a liar, become a killer? *The second novel in The San Diego Case Files series from Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose* Homicide Detective Kit McKittrick finds herself standing...

Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Dark magic is unleashed...

Prudence Bulstrode has fond memories of St Marianne's School for Girls, the beautiful Cornish school where she boarded as a girl. It was at St Marianne's that Prudence first learned...

A missing person report is not usually something that Hamish Macbeth sees as cause for undue distress. Should a child or a vulnerable person vanish, it's an urgent matter that...

'Contains the most tense and serpentine interrogation scenes outside of John Le Carre' - Guardian 'Taut, twisty, packed with all-too believable characters and rattles along at breakneck speed.' Woman and...

From America's Queen of Suspense comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions. It has...

'Fresh, gripping and addictive' DAILY MAIL 'Tense and absorbing . . . R eminiscent of And Then There Were None' WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Grips you from start to finish' KATE...

'All the makings of a classic series.' - Mick Herron ---------- St Andrews, Scotland: When a woman's eviscerated body is found on the golf course close to the Fairmont Hotel,...

Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don't do whodunit. They do score-settling. They do vendettas. They do petty revenge. They do can't-miss-whodunit. It's a lesson that...

EVEN ANGELS HAVE THEIR DEMONS . . . PARIS, CHRISTMAS 2021. After a heart attack, Mathias Taillefer wakes up in hospital with a stranger at his bedside. The mysterious girl...

'Been reading this on m'olidays. It's perfectly ridiculous & also v funny...' DAWN FRENCH ' Curtain Call To Murder positively explodes with the double-entendres and vicious wit that has become...

'An atmospheric and disturbing thriller' THE OBSERVER ' A gripping narrative with an unforgettable sting in its tail' SABINE DURANT 'As fresh and exciting as it is dark' ELLERY LLYOD...

' All I can say is WOW . I was immediately glued to the pages. This is one of the best books I've read this year ... The authors did...

' All I can say is WOW . I was immediately glued to the pages. This is one of the best books I've read this year ... The authors did...

From the ballrooms and mansions of Denver's newly wealthy, to the seamy life of desperate women, Fallen Women illuminates the darkest places of the human heart. It is the spring...