Crime Fiction

'Here's a novel to make the great and the good quake.... Harris writes with compassion or satirical glee, depending on which his characters deserve, and this third Kane novel puts...

In the latest Robicheaux novel, Clete Purcel - veteran, private investigator, and former New Orleans cop - takes centre stage for the first time. **** Clete Purcel - private investigator,...

Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the gripping new book in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series. 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' THE TIMES Despite many...

The perfect wife. The perfect motive. The imperfect murder. In this gripping cat-and-mouse thriller, a brilliant cop must nail down an ingenious true crime author for murder. Wife. Writer. Murderer?...

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERS In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred...

*The thrilling new novel from the author of the bestselling Killing Eve series* Escaping online is easy. In real life it won't be so simple. Jaleesa, Kai, Ilya and Dani...

'Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical crime fiction' JESS KIDD In the darkness, her face glimmered...

'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling 'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost...

' Inventive, thrilling and with a fine sense of place, it glistens with menace' DAILY MAIL 'Grips you from start to finish' KATE RHODES __________ The island was abandoned for...

'A bold, beautiful, sexy, full-throttle thriller: immaculately constructed and rich with detail, it is a gorgeous, creepy Gothic story for our times' NICCI FRENCH 'The queen of psychological gothic reigns'...

*A SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF THE MONTH* 'Agatha Christie, with a thrilling modern twist' DAILY MAIL 'Pacy and tense - I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Superb ... A riveting read'...

When the body of a Bushman is discovered near the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the death is written off as an accident. But all is not as it seems. An...

Newly appointed police inspector Domenic Jejeune doesn't mind ruffling a few feathers. Indeed his success has elevated him into a poster boy for the police. The problem is Jejeune doesn't...

THE NEW FRONTLIST THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF COFFIN ROAD AND THE BLACKHOUSE In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin into a picturesque lake in...

This Eden is a smart modern-day adventure reminiscent of both the cyber noir novels of William Gibson and the golden age of espionage fiction. 'An incredibly fast-paced literary thriller ,...

"A superior police procedural" Mark Sanderson, The Times Crime Club "Northern Italy's answer to Inspector Montalbano" Alessandro Baricco September 2008. Commissario Arcadipane arrives at the scene of a macabre discovery:...

'The series gets better and better . . . a very credible medieval world . . . Oswald is such an appealing character, growing richer and deeper with every book'...

Six years ago, Laura McCaffrey's three-year-old daughter Melanie was kidnapped by Laura's estranged husband, Dylan, and seemingly vanished from the face of the earth. Now, Melanie has been found, a...

Thirty-fourth in line to the throne - and England's poorest heiress - Lady Georgiana finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs . . . With my hateful brother...

" Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn't want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn't stop turning pages! House of...

'You know you're in the presence of an expert when you read The Siege. A gripping debut novel.' Jeffrey Archer Nine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all....

When three young women are discovered strangled and mutilated in a Glasgow park, it is up to DCI Lorimer to find their killer. Frustrated by a lack of progress in...

A gruesome discovery at an old children's home lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. 'The setting is enticingly atmospheric ....

The second electrifying novel in the Guardian series, by New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards. Clever. Cunning. Highly skilled. There's only one Bianca St. Ives. And for her enemies,...

BERLIN. JANUARY 1940. After Germany's invasion of Poland, the world is holding its breath and hoping for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing...

Filled with intrigue, romance and mystery, Lindsay Emory's THE ROYAL RUNAWAY will whisk you away on a romantic, glamorous and royal adventure. For fans of The Princess Diaries and The...

When Tommy Phan discovers a mysterious rag doll on his doorstep one day, he's curious but tries to dismiss it. However, the thing seems ominously foreboding - a feeling borne...

The first in the atmospheric Amsterdam-set crime series, which combines the city's old-world charm with contemporary issues of corruption, immigration and crime. A suicide. A drowned man. A sudden death....

You fall asleep in the playground. Your son is gone. 10 years later, will you finally get the truth? Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's...

*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER 2016 *** 'Beautifully written and plotted, cementing the author's place as one of the finest contemporary British crime writers' Daily Express 'Brilliant' Metro...

A remote winery. A missing friend. And a bunch of sour grapes. An ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend's disappearance by recreating their fateful final girls' trip in this...

The worst day of Tim Blake's life started out with him making breakfast for his seventeen-year-old daughter Sydney. Syd was staying with him while she worked a summer job -...

GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR. 'An unrelenting page-turner' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END 'A triumph' THE i 'The real star is the...

One balmy Texas evening, widowed financier Ben Fosberg answers the door to two Homeland Security agents. From the minute he lets them in, his life spirals out of control. A...

'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES In 1999, after publishing three cult novels, celebrated author Nathan Fawles announces the end of his writing career and withdraws to Beaumont, a...

A story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. **** These eight stories move between the marshlands of the...

The Sanatorium took you to the Alps and chilled you to the bone. Now, The Wilds will take you deep into the woods . . . and out there, it's...

A slick, smart, stylish - and shocking - thriller from one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. On a lonely farmstead, a 70-year-old woman falls down outside...

A new job. A new home. A new start. It's all Anna wants. But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not...

Commandant Michel de Palma follows an anonymous tip-off to a gated mansion by the coast and finds a body whose face is obscured by a fearsome tribal mask. Beneath it...

Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage, both seeking solace after the recent, traumatic events in Gidleigh. Together they travel across Europe...

BRAVE HERO OR CRIMINAL MASTERMIND? TONIGHT WE FIND OUT. 'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN 'Great plots, great characters, great...

ARE YOU READY TO SAVE A LIFE? WHY HER? Becca Palmer has just lost her job as assistant to Simon Jones MP - the highly-regarded Policing Minister, tipped as a...

The twenty-fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. If you are the founder and Managing Director of the No. 1 Ladies'...

A war-hardened veteran returns home to discover her worst nightmare come to life, in this gripping tale of fear, family, and the lengths we go to to protect the ones...

Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew return in a thrilling new adventure continuing the bestselling series from the grand master of adventure, Clive Cussler. In 1808, the infamous Chinese Pirate...

Mayo Street. It's a very desirable address. And it seems to promise the perfect suburban dream. Until three of the street's residents die. Behind its respectable facades lie some terrible...

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London. 'A gripping story of revenge, guilt and redemption, sweetened by love.' Daisy Wood, author of...