Crime Fiction

The body of a woman with her throat ripped out is found on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester. She is discovered in an area where several sightings of a mysterious large...

Elaina Estes's stubborn risk-taking has cost her dearly: her job, her confidence, her career in the narcotics division of the Miami PD and, most importantly, the life of a fellow...

Deaf Smith, Texas, a small town with small town problems until the local boy made good Earl Deitrich decides that he isn't prepared to share his kind of good fortune...

Tired of the corrosive politics of Capital City, hot-shot lawyer Paul Madriani has reached a watershed in his life. A new practice in San Diego, the mellow swells of the...

Plymouth 1967: Schoolgirl Nell Adams, all the newspapers reported, finds murder victim on train. And her photo covers the front pages. So he knew her name and her face. His...

The murder of a first-year student at Durham University shocks the city. But the very last thing anyone expects is an instant confession... As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates Joyce...

At Darling Harbour in Sydney, 9000 American lawyers have gathered for their annual convention. One of them is found shot dead, and the next day, the body of the security...

In every small town there's a gossip and sometimes words can kill . . . Charlotte Dean is happy to put her troubled life as a psychiatrist behind her. Life...

'Utterly unique, addictively readable.' - Pandora Sykes 'Intriguing, elegant and seductive.' - Jessica Moor 'You can't put it down.' - Kevin Wilson After the sudden death of her mother, Ava...

Control was the word Dr Toby Harper lived by. She strove to keep her life in order, her ER in order. But no one could have been prepared for the...

Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly the most famous detective in the world. His adventures have been portrayed in fourteen different TV series and twenty different TV movies as well as around...

A woman lies mummified in a hospital in Glasgow after acid has been thrown in her face. The woman is mute and nameless. And helpless. PC Alan McAlpine is put...

Sweetpea TV series starring Ella Purnell now on Sky Atlantic! Everyone's favourite serial killer is back, and she's more unpredictable than ever... Readers LOVE Thorn in My Side 'Perfect for...

'Non-stop action, breakneck pace, deliciously suspenseful... When Shadows Fall was my first DS Max Craigie book and won't be my last - I loved it.' Andrea Mara 'A good old...

A twisted killer targeting psychologists has left a grisly trail across Europe. Dr Tony Hill, expert at mapping the minds of murderers, is reluctant to get involved. But then the...

JOHN HANNEBERY NEVER WANTED TO BE A HITMAN. He had no system for it. And, although a dark part of him took pleasure in hurting people, bad people, he had...

Esther Williams is thirty and single. She lives with her grandmother in a small house and her life is one of routine and order; she takes a seaside holiday each...

Spanish separatists, angry activists and a mystery corpse: Bruno, chief of police has has his work cut out in the fourth in this internationally bestselling series. Life in the South...

'Nancy Bilyeau's passion for history infuses her books' - ALISON WEIR The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America's Playground. The...

Osaka, 1943: as the Second World War rages and American bombers rain death down upon the city, the once prosperous Omari family is already in decline, financially ruined by the...

'A compelling tale of faith, atonement and desire' - Guardian 'Douaihy brings the sights, sounds and smells of New Orleans alive, with twists and turns aplenty' - Marie Claire When...

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award Unintentional psychic Maud Drennan arrives to look after Cathal Flood, a belligerent...

London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities....

Discover the ingenious and edgy crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author, with suspense that will keep you guessing to the very last page . . . 'One of...

The bestselling first novel in the Black Book series How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime? Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The...

'WONDERFUL' - Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go 'INSIDIOUS' - Guardian 'BRILLIANT' - Fiona Barton, author of The Widow 'PROPULSIVE' - Metro 'INGENIOUS' - Sabine Durrant, author of...

When Cock Robin is found dead with an arrow through his chest, New York's DA calls in amateur detective and professional flaneur Philo Vance to solve the case. Vance quickly...

SHE'S ON A REMOTE ISLAND. DEFENDING A MURDERER. BUT SHE REMEMBERS NOTHING. 'Unputdownable' Sophia Hannah 'Mind-blowing, audaciously inventive' Chris Whitaker 'Totally recommend. Stuart Turton meets Agatha Christie' Sarah Moorhead 'A...

When childhood friend Pris breezes back into her life begging for help with a dangerous stalker, our heroine is thrust suddenly into the world of the Canadian uber-rich. And when...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A warm and interesting woman as the investigator and an unfamiliar but lovely city brought to vivid life' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Combines a surprising plot with sensuous descriptions'...

ISOLATIONHarith Athreya is taking a well-earned break at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills. But his holiday is swiftly cut short when mysterious bloody handprints start appearing on the...

Lucinda has lived her whole life in the shadow of her glamorous and outgoing high-end model sister Viviana. But when Viviana suddenly disappears on a trip to Sao Paulo, Lucinda...

It is springtime France's Perigord, a time of beauty and calm. But not for Bruno, chief of police of the small town of St Denis. A woman's body has been...

A high-powered attorney lands the case of her life - all while learning she has twelve months to live. James Patterson's favourite character since Alex Cross and a major new...

[A] fast-paced yarn that nimbly soars above the Irish crime fiction genre Kidd clearly knows very well. -- New York Times Book Review "[A] supernaturally skillful debut." -- Vanity Fair...

Before you discovered DCI Banks, Detective Arvo Hughes was on the case in this vintage standalone crime thriller from Peter Robinson. In 1990s Los Angeles, the beautiful star of a...

When Kay Lansing marries wealthy widower Peter Carrington, she is well aware of the rumours surrounding the mysterious death of Peter's first wife Grace, who was found floating in the...

IT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD On 22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through Dealey Plaza. He and his wife Jackie greeted the crowds on...

It must have been Otieno's idea of a joke. Too many offended egos back at headquarters, too many influential people unhappy with him in Nairobi. And yet, with his record,...

Amos Walker (dauntless, incorruptible and underpaid) is hired to find a reputable newsreader's son who, more often than not, is involved in drugs and women. What Walker finds is far...

Prosecutor Butch Karp takes on the deadliest case of his career in Robert Tanenbaum's most complex and suspenseful thriller to date. The focus of ABSOLUTE RAGE is the moral and...

When two newlyweds are murdered in an Arizona campground, Detective Laura Cardinal (Darkness on the Edge of Town) investigates. Still reeling from a tragedy of her own, and teamed with...

The death of a fiendish nobleman strikes close to home as Sebastian St. Cyr is tasked with finding the killer to save his young niece from persecution in this riveting...

"After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn's for an oyster supper." So begins the "enthralling" ( Booklist , starred review) and "ingenious" ( Boston Globe )...

On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse has decided to go without newspapers. But in the hotel he finds himself seated opposite a woman reading her paper, and Morse...