Crime Fiction

A GRAMPIANS MURDER INVESTIGATION REVEALS AN INDIGENOUS MASSACRE... Archaeologist, young Aboriginal Tahlia Lock, accompanies Detective Sergeant Rory James to investigate bones uncovered in a gemstone fossicking site near the Grampians...

In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of The Hydro Majestic - Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed. And then Harry Simpson...

The world is in economic meltdown but a mining town of Hopetoun, Western Australia, is booming.With the town's population exploding, it's easy enough to hide a crime - and a...

Set in Sydney in the nineteenth century, when Henry Parkes asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the previously turgid and oppressive hospital system in the fledgling colony. Electra...

The year is 1935. Clive Staples Lewis (known to his friends as "Jack") and his brother Warren (known as "Warnie") are visiting their friend young Tom Morris at Nesfield Cathedral...

The new, long-awaited second crime novel featuring Teodor Szacki. It is spring 2009, and the prosecutor is no longer working in Warsaw - he has said goodbye to his family...

It is December 2001, and Argentina is in economic meltdown. While the country wallows in corruption, cynicism and indifference, Gotan, an ex-cop from the Federal Police, lives in the past....

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...

Rain falls relentlessly on the Po valley in northern Italy, and the river is swollen to its limits. A huge barge leaves its moorings, steering an erratic course downstream and...

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...

'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...

Four members of a radical ecological group are accused of the murder of the director of a chemical plant near Frankfurt. While admitting to material damage of the plant they...

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 killer is at work in the commuter belt. DCI Gillard needs answers, fast... Promising architect Peter Young is shot dead at his desk. DCI Craig Gillard is quickly on...

'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...

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...

The villagers of Stoney Cross were bustling about like hyperactive ants. In gardens, houses, and the village hall, figures flitted to and fro making last- minute preparations for their 'Great...

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 -...

Author: Thomas B. DeweyBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, 1969Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThomas B. Dewey's "Death and Taxes" is a hardboiled...

Author: T. C. HammondBinding: HardbackPublished: George M. Dash, Australia, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded cover. Frayed spine. In this compelling work of Christian apologetics, T....

Author: Eric BrutonBinding: HardbackPublished: T.V. Boardman, 1965Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ scuffed with a few tears. A bit of foxing to edges.The...

Author: Robert LudlumBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book introduces a man with amnesia, found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. He embarks on a perilous journey...

Author: Wilfred CookBinding: HardbackPublished: Cresset Press, London, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tear to the front of the DJ which has also dented the cover of the book....

Author: James AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1972Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ is a litle discoloured with small tears. Previous owners details on front cover....

Author: Donald StokesBinding: HardbackPublished: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1951Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA gripping narrative unfolds, drawing readers into a world of suspense and apprehension. The story promises a journey through...

Author: Francis BonnamyBinding: HardbackPublished: Gryphion Books Limited, London, 1953Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damage to the top of the DJThe book presents a compelling mystery set within...

Author: Lee LangleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, London, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Very good condition with price clipped DJ.A woman's intense gaze dominates the cover, her expression hinting...

Author: Edith PargeterBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1951Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book in excellent condition with minimal foxing. DJ unclipped and in very good conditions with a slight amount...