Crime Fiction

4 Seasons in Havana is a mini-series now on Netflix and is based on the Havana Quartet by Leonardo Padura Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year's...

On the eve of her adored adopted daughter Augusta's twenty-first birthday, and after bullying her harpist Tenella, and telling her great nephew Palin a family secret so dreadful he leaves...

"This letter has come straight from the murderer, don't you realize that? Hot from his bloody hand. Don't just stand there dithering, man. Don't you realize you hold the key...

Felicity Howard, a young American studying at the College of the Transfiguration in Yorkshire, is devastated when she finds her beloved Fr. Dominic bludgeoned to death and Fr. Antony, her...

When small-time gambler and petty crook Steinie Taylor turns up dead in a hopper of flour at a country bakery, Gently has to figure out not only how he got...

'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland' The Times 'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' S. J. Bolton Following her promotion and working now from Reykjavik, Gunnhildur is given responsibility for...

A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to Hong Kong by the promise of easy money. A serial killer is on the loose. His...

A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a...

'The kind of thriller writing that made me want to be a writer' Chris Brookmyre Fast-paced and blackly funny noir for fans of Philip Kerr and Raymond Chandler Glasgow in...

Bernie Gunther, Berlin's hardest-boiled private eye, returns in this his latest outing. Moving the plot from Pre-War Germany to the dangers of Argentina in 1950 and the post-war world of...

When the body of a half-clothed woman is discovered in an Edinburgh park, a murder investigation is launched. The victim has not been reported missing and there are few clues...

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER WITHOUT A BODY? Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belonging to a politician's nephew, ex-special investigator Louis Kehlweiler catches sight of...

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...

When big, hulking stranger John C. Faith arrives in Pomo, a faded lakeside resort in northern California, he immediately rouses suspicion. Who is he? What does he want? Everyone has...

A second case for Victorian sleuth Lord Francis Powerscourt; Early one morning in 1897 a corpse with no head or hands is dragged out of the Thames by London Bridge....

Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today.1548, Lorenzino de Medici,...

1942. Hull, East Yorkshire - It is the most heavily-bombed city outside of London - but for the sake of national morale the Hull Blitz is kept top secret. Only...

The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times -bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak investigates a strange disappearance in Dead in the Water . Last...

DCI Craig Gillard will be pushed to his limits... But will he break? It seems like a routine disappearance, a case of musician's stage fright. As a senior detective, Craig...

'A stand out brilliant crime novel - sophisticated, authentic and utterly gripping.' - Rosamund Lupton Please don't let me die. Please don't. The final words of teenager Spencer Cardoso as...

'Sympathetic and suspense-packed' Sunday Times 'A classy, satisfying read, superbly put together' Mari Hannah A cold case leads DI Grace Fisher on the hunt for the most dangerous killer of...

The latest brilliant instalment in Eva Dolan's critically acclaimed Zigic and Ferreira series sees the two detectives investigating an extremely high-profile murder case YOU CAN RUN FROM YOUR PAST. BUT...

Somewhere in the city of Cork, a woman's cry echoes through the rainy streets. On a bloodstained mattress in a grimy flat, a burly man lies dead. A terrified girl...

Dr Siri's bagged himself a holiday: an all-expenses-paid trip to the northern mountains of Laos. What's more, through a bit of skilful bartering (well, blackmail) he has wangled it so...

'Jane Halifax out of her depth and at her best. I could not put it down.' Rebecca Gibney, television's Jane Halifax JANE HALIFAX IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER THE GRITTY UNDERBELLY...

Already Dead is another heart-stopping ride of sheer suspense from the author of the bestselling Beyond Fear. Already Dead is another heart-stopping ride of sheer suspense from the author of...

The girls' hair fanned out prettily along a bed of moss, as though carefully arranged. You could see the dark gashes in their throats, but the garlands were camouflaged -...

He believes I can do no wrong. Sadly, he's mistaken. 'Irresistibly twisty, demands to be binge-read ... kept me hooked until the final, jaw-dropping pages' D. S. Butler 'Relentless pacing...

One day, Manuel Gemoni travels to the other end of the world to kill an old man in the Dominican Republic. When questioned by police, he can only explain his...

Aimee Leduc, a Parisian private investigator, has always sworn she would stick to tech investigation no criminal cases for her. Especially since her father, the late police detective, was killed...

Just as Aimee is about to leave for New York City to follow up on a lead about a man who might be her brother, her partner, Ren Friant, is...

It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young black women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South. In an Arkansas jail...

"A remarkably assured debut" Sunday Times "This is as much a novel as a reckoning ." New York Times The characters are alluring and ... engaging . So too are...

'A masterpiece of controlled tension and revelation' Daily Mail 'If The Handmaid's Tale and the Marvel Cinematic Universe had a baby, the result would probably look something like this feminist...

A triumph , a fine addition to a historical crime series that gets better with every book. Antonia Hodgson gives us dark melodrama with wit, and a driving narrative with...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twenty-first heart-warming Christmas novella. Can a missing person be found before it's too late? When Mariah Ellison arrives in the picturesque village of...

'D ripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph ' M....

'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times __________________ Keeping it in the family... After her painful divorce four years...

One of Irish Times' Best Crime Novels of 2017! Dublin, September 1940. An IRA attempt to capture the British diplomatic bag on its way from Ireland to England leaves a...

Christmas 1939. In Europe the Phoney War hides carnage to come. In Ireland Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie keeps tabs on Irishmen joining the British Forces. It's unpleasant work, but when...

The second John Grey historical mystery It is December 1657. John Grey, at his cramped desk in Lincoln's Inn, is attempting to resume his legal career. A mysterious message from...

DI Jessica Daniel is not having a good week. Her wallet's been nicked, the refurbished incident room is already falling apart, and a new football-mad constable is driving her crazy....

"At night Armand lay in bed with a sadness in his heart that ballooned until there was room for nothing else. He thought with horror of the lying-down room ....

In Paris in the year 1899, Marcel Despres is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to the famous Salpetriere asylum. And there the story might have stopped....