Crime Fiction

Namibia in January. In the heat of a summer's evening in the affluent Ludwigsdorf suburb of Windhoek, a gardener is cold-bloodedly murdered while children splash and play in the swimming...

When a woman is found dead shortly after attending a seance, Detective Erlendur, already haunted by an unsolved mystery from thirty years ago, begins his investigations. One cold autumn night,...

The first three novels in Andrea Camilleri's bestselling Inspector Montalbano series. The Shape of Water: On a waste ground in Vigata, the Sicilian town's dark underbelly flourishes: drug dealers and...

New paperback edition published to coincide with the major motion picture. Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful...

"The greatest exponent of the policier at work today" Mark Sanderson, The Times Undercover police officer Adam Sirkis needs to flee Syria. He knows it's a risk and he's ready...

When criminal justice lawyer Joanna Chylka is tasked with defending the son of Zelasny & McVay's biggest client, she is stumped for the first time. Assisted by average law graduate...

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any...

'Intriguing and very scary' Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen. Returned at twenty-eight. Is it time to go back into the labyrinth? A young woman named Samantha Andretti wakes up in...

A suspicious device is found inside a suitcase near a nursery in Holon, Tel Aviv. The children are taken to safety; a man is caught fleeing the scene. Then comes...

For fans of Scandinavian crime, Intrigo is the gripping collection of Hakan Nesser's best novellas and short stories, three of which have been adapted into major motion pictures. Set in...

This is ostensibly a detective story, about a crime that is committed in 1917, and solved 20 years later. The location is a small town in Northern France, near V.,...

Private investigator Julia Stark receives an unannounced visit at the office. The man at the door is one of the owners of a successful family business. The day before, he...

The sequel to the iconic worldwide bestseller THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR "If you liked The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair , you will love this" The...

The novels that inspired Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders - the major TV series "Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund" iNews "In a television...

When Montalbano comes to the aid of his new neighbour, Liliana Lombardo, after the engine of her car is interfered with, the inspector can little imagine where this innocuous event...

CRIMEA, 1914 When the Tzar's head of security is assassinated, Erast Fandorin is called to investigate: the killer has been overheard mentioning a 'black city' so Fandorin and his trusty...

SOON-TO-BE A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES, DISCOVER JO NESBO'S DEBUT IN TRANSLATION. This is the novel that launched his career 20 years ago in a series that has gone on to...

#1 bestseller in Sweden with over 1.5 million copies sold 'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' Guardian The...

The first installment in a new Dutch trilogy which draws parallels with Stieg Larsson's Millennium series A young boy is found in woods outside Amsterdam. Broken and bloody, he appears...

When Maigret becomes the accused he must rely on his investigative skills to prove his innocence For the first time in his career Inspector Maigret receives written summons to the...

The police make a terrible discovery in a suburb of Copenhagen. A young woman has been killed and dumped at a playground. One of her hands has been cut off,...

From the Sunday Times number one bestselling author Jo Nesbo comes an explosive standalone thriller. Down-and-out Detective Bob Oz investigates a series of assassinations in Minnesota. Is it gang related?...

A MAN CALLED OVE meets INSPECTOR MONTALBANO , Auntie Poldi leaves no stone unturned in her quest for answers. Wine and murder - nothing is more likely to rouse Auntie...

Thora peered at the floor, but couldn't see anything that could have frightened Markus that much, only three mounds of dust. She moved the light of her torch over them....

A devastating train crash in the suburbs of Buenos Aires leaves forty-three people dead, but not Hugo Lamadrid, a criminal wanted for murder. He seizes his chance to disappear, abandoning...

The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the internationally bestselling author of The Name of the Rose The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the...

A married couple is found dead in their jacuzzi. Their adopted five-year-old daughter has vanished. Inspector Malin Fors, the troubled but brilliant star of the Linkoping police force, is put...

A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times) While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a...

THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN THE HILDUR SERIES - available for pre-order now! As Christmas comes to the west cost of Iceland, a corpse is found in a fish farming...

'An absolute page-turner' Mail on Sunday Dear Mr. M, I'd like to start by telling you that I'm doing better now. I do so because you probably have no idea...

The epic conclusion to Camilla Lackberg and Henrik Fexeus' pulse-racing Swedish crime thriller trilogy 'Hello Niklas Sockenberg. We hope you have been satisfied with our services during this time, which...

'The Sleeping Nymph': a work of art of magnetic beauty, painted by a young partisan fighter during the last days of the Second World War. A painting carrying a shocking...

Giverny. During the day, tourists flock to the former home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his Water Lilies. But when silence returns, there...

Soul-shattering and profound detective novel from the international award-winning sensation. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN NEVER HURT YOU. THE UNKNOWN Mazal Bengtson doesn't know what her husband was doing on...

Author: Alex Ahndoril Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Private investigator Julia Stark receives an unannounced visit at the office. The man at the door is one of the owners...

Author: Max Seeck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A CHILLING NORDIC THRILLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD 'Seeck has an uncanny ability to get the reader's...

An endlessly ingenious battle across Japan between dogged detective Akechi Kogoro and the many-faced thief Gold Mask A frenzied test of wits between ace detective Akechi Kogoro and the seemingly...

It is the year 1893. Thirty-eight-year-old Zofia Turbotynska has assured her husband's rise through the ranks to university professor and is now looking for something to fill her long days...

A father's worst nightmare - Melchor Marin's teenage daughter has disappeared. Years have passed since Melchor took revenge for his mother's murder and at last found peace with his daughter...

"One of the pleasures of The Living and the Dead in Winsford is the drip feed of vital information that hurtles you through its 471 pages..." The Times A woman...

'Superlative... No other thriller writer can make you break into a sweat and break your heart at the same time' THE TIMES Nothing is as fragile as the memory of...

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Outrageously entertaining' The Times 'Utterly spellbinding' Daily Mail 'As exhilarating as Bussi's breakthrough novel After the Crash '...

'Fresh, fearless, faithful and original. One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands' Chris Whitaker Discover Lisbeth Salander - one of...

'Yrsa is a magnificent writer' Karin Slaughter 'The queen of Icelandic thriller writers' Guardian A chilling note written by a thirteen-year-old predicting the deaths of six people is found in...

When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues point to Ayane being the logical suspect, but...

The epic conclusion to Camilla Lackberg and Henrik Fexeus' pulse-racing Swedish crime thriller trilogy 'Hello Niklas Sockenberg. We hope you have been satisfied with our services during this time, which...

Reykjavik, August 1941. When a travelling salesman is found murdered in a basement flat, killed by a bullet from a Colt .45, the police initially suspect a member of the...

For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he's happily married, and expecting his first child with the lovely Irene. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder so savage that...