{"product_id":"crime-fiction-48-bargain-book-box-17-books","title":"Crime Fiction 48 Bargain Book Box (17 Books)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrime Fiction 48 Bargain Book Box (17 Books)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFour consecutive David Leadbeater thrillers. Two Maigret novels. Kay Scarpetta back on the slab. And Jeremy Vine, of all people, writing a murder mystery set in Sidmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe range here is the point. Peter May on a murder in the Gulf of St Lawrence that reaches back to the Highland Clearances. Elly Griffiths opening a new series with a cold case unit and something considerably stranger than it first appears. Alexander McCall Smith in Scandinavia being gently, precisely funny. Alex Hay running a Victorian con that takes five days and leaves no trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePlus Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, a Harlan Coben-endorsed thriller about ten seconds that ruin a life, and a serial killer novel the BBC Radio 2 Book Club picked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProcedurals, capers, classics, and one very long-running action series you can settle into properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBad Men\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eJulie Mae Cohen\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781804182161 | RRP: $39.99\u003cbr\u003eA BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. A serial killer who targets terrible men, and the true crime podcaster she becomes obsessed with. Darkly comic, genuinely romantic in its own warped way, and unlike anything else on the shelf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEntry Island\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003ePeter May\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781782062202 | RRP: $35.00\u003cbr\u003eA detective sent to a remote island in the Gulf of St Lawrence finds the murder suspect inexplicably familiar. Peter May weaves a contemporary investigation together with the Highland Clearances in one of his finest standalone novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Texas Murders\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eJames Patterson\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781529913545 | RRP: $34.99\u003cbr\u003ePatterson doing what Patterson does — short chapters, relentless pace, and a killer operating across Texas. Exactly the right book for when you want momentum and nothing else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eElly Griffiths\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781529433333 | RRP: $55.00\u003cbr\u003eElly Griffiths launches a new series with a cold case unit investigating a Victorian death — and a premise that takes a genuinely unexpected turn. Clever, warm, and full of the character work she’s known for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLast Stop on the Murder Express\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eC J Farrington\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781472133199 | RRP: $49.99\u003cbr\u003eA murder aboard a Siberian train and an investigation conducted in deep cold and deeper isolation. C J Farrington writes remote Russia with real atmosphere and a welcome streak of humour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIdentity Unknown\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003ePatricia Cornwell\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781408732618 | RRP: $65.00\u003cbr\u003eThe Kay Scarpetta thriller for 2024, bringing the forensic pathologist face to face with a case that is painfully personal. Cornwell essentially invented this subgenre and still writes autopsy scenes nobody can match.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTen Seconds\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eRobert Gold\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781408730577 | RRP: $49.99\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by Harlan Coben as a gripping thriller that twists and turns. Ten seconds that destroy a life, and the long reckoning that follows. Robert Gold plots with real precision.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Queen of Fives\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eAlex Hay\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9781035414291 | RRP: $49.99\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of The Housekeepers comes a Victorian con story built on a five-day rulebook for the perfect swindle — and a mark who may be running a game of his own. Stylish, clever, and tremendous fun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eAlexander McCall Smith\u003c\/em\u003e | ISBN: 9780349146034 | RRP: $32.99\u003cbr\u003eAnother instalment of the Detective Varg novels, set in the Swedish Department of Sensitive Crimes. 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