Crime Fiction

Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels compelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information....

The second instalment in the Cold Case Quartet from one of Scandinavia's most successful writers It's been fifteen years since Simon Meier walked out of his house, never to be...

"Bottini is a terrific storyteller" SUNDAY EXPRESS The third in the Black Forest Investigations series - by CWA shortlisted author One wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family...

One of the classic works by the master of Japanese detective fiction A super-criminal - as deadly as she is beautiful - wagers all in an epic battle with a...

Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret. A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison... Each of...

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNS "Not just the extraordinary conclusion to the trilogy, but a work that contains its own fully-rounded plot . . . Brilliant" V al...

From the bestselling author of The Red Notebook When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a Parisian publishing house, everyone in the readers' room is convinced it's...

ONE OF DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95 'MUST READ BOOKS FOR 2026' One week to escape High in the mountains, a sudden rockslide traps ten hikers in an abandoned bunker, nicknamed 'The...

'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,...

Tokyo, 1947. The Pink Labyrinth is one of the bomb-scarred city's most shady neighbourhoods. There, in the dead of night a patrolling policeman catches a young Buddhist monk digging in...

The remote Clock House is filled with priceless timepieces from across the world. It is alsorumoured to be haunted by the spirit of a dead girl. A team of ghosthunters...

As the spring warmth melts the ice, divers search the wreckage at the bottom of the Angermanland River - but the murdered man they recover was put there much more...

'A tantalising mystery, executed with perfection.' - THOMAS ENGER He was locked inside an abandoned house. But he's not the only one . . . When a dead man is...

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...

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. The war...

From a major new international voice - gritty, humorous Korean literary crime novel about a housewife turned contract killer - for fans of BUTTER and KILLING EVE Discover the Korean...

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE SAMURAI DETECTIVES, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING SERIES OF THRILLING ADVENTURE AND INSCRUTABLE MYSTERY In the months since their last perilous quest, a fragile calm...

Shogun meets Sherlock Holmes! Over 24 million copies have been sold of this beloved samurai adventure It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a...

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,...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

A gripping new translation by David Bellos of the first novel which appeared in the famous Maigret series, revealing Simenon as a dark, visceral and surprising writer 'What he sought,...

A new translation of this novel set in the demi-monde of the sun-soaked Riviera, part of the Maigret series Half an hour later, he was in Cannes ... White everywhere!...

Li ge, the city of Simenon's youth, comes to life in this disturbing Maigret novel A vast emptiness. The room, in the darkness, seemed big as a cathedral. Warm currents...

A new translation of this gripping novel set in an insular fishing community, part of the new Maigret series It was indeed a photo, a picture of a woman. But...

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...

Pellegrino Artusi, the great gastronome and amateur detective, is back. It is 1900 and Pellegrino's famed cookbook is in its fifth edition. Flushed from his fortune and success, our hero...

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...

'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...

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...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Georges Simenon's brilliant pipe-smoking detective, Jules...

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...

When Yuko Moriguchi's four-year-old daughter died in the middle school where she teaches, everyone thought it was a tragic accident. It's the last day of term, and Yuko's last day...