Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box 43 (17 Books)

Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box 43 (17 Books)

From psychological suspense and serial killer procedurals to courtroom twists and cold-blooded conspiracies, this box brings together seventeen of the most gripping names in crime fiction and thriller writing. Whether you prefer your tension slow-burning or breakneck, your detectives weathered or your villains charming, there's a next favourite in here waiting to be found.

1. Pure Evil — Lynda La Plante | ISBN: 9781804181126 | RRP: $32.99 The Queen of Crime Drama returns with a propulsive new thriller that reminds you exactly why she owns that title. Dark, twisty, and utterly relentless — Pure Evil is La Plante at the height of her powers.
2. Dark Horizon — James Swallow | ISBN: 9781802793215 | RRP: $26.99 A high-octane thriller from the author of Nomad, pitting a lone operative against a conspiracy with global consequences. Swallow writes action with precision and pace — this one does not let up.
3. The Great Deceiver — Elly Griffiths | ISBN: 9781529409901 | RRP: $55.00 A gripping standalone from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Elly Griffiths brings her trademark intelligence and atmosphere to a story of secrets, deception, and the lies people tell themselves as much as each other.
4. The First 48 Hours — Simon Kernick | ISBN: 9781472292407 | RRP: $55.00 The Sunday Times bestseller delivers another twisting, breathless thriller built around the most critical window in any investigation. Kernick knows exactly how to keep you turning pages long past the point you promised yourself you'd stop.
5. Loyalty — Martina Cole | ISBN: 9781472249456 | RRP: $59.99 Martina Cole returns to the world she knows better than anyone — organised crime, fractured families, and the brutal cost of loyalty. Uncompromising, compelling, and utterly absorbing from the first page to the last.
6. Harbor Lights — James Lee Burke | ISBN: 9781409199502 | RRP: $55.00 A stunning collection of stories from one of American crime fiction's greatest living writers. James Lee Burke brings his singular voice — lyrical, moral, and shot through with the light and shadow of the American South — to a series of tales that linger long after the final page.
7. A Game of Lies — Clare Mackintosh | ISBN: 9781408725993 | RRP: $24.99 A reality TV show becomes the backdrop for something far more sinister in this taut, timely thriller from Clare Mackintosh. When the cameras keep rolling and the public keeps watching, who is really in control — and who is really in danger?
8. Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead — Jenny Hollander | ISBN: 9781408719572 | RRP: $49.99 A psychological thriller built around a devastating secret from the past and the question of who knows what — and why now. Jenny Hollander constructs her twists with care and deploys them with devastating effect.
9. The Fake Wife — Sharon Bolton | ISBN: 9781398709836 | RRP: $24.99 From the author of The Split comes another razor-edged psychological thriller about identity, trust, and what happens when the person closest to you may not be who you think. Bolton is one of the genre's most consistently brilliant practitioners.
10. Last Witness — Lucie Whitehouse | ISBN: 9781398709249 | RRP: $49.99 A brand new crime thriller that earns its promise to keep you up all night. Whitehouse builds her tension carefully and then pulls it tight in a story about the last person who saw something — and what it's costing them to stay silent.
11. Eye for An Eye — M J Arlidge | ISBN: 9781398708204 | RRP: $22.99 The Richard & Judy Winter 2024 Book Club pick. MJ Arlidge delivers another tightly wound thriller that had book clubs across the country talking — a story of retribution, justice, and the very thin line between the two.
12. Complicit — Winnie M Li | ISBN: 9781398705081 | RRP: $24.99 A compulsive and urgently relevant thriller about power, complicity, and who gets believed. Winnie M Li writes with real authority about the systems that protect the guilty, and the cost borne by those who try to expose them.
13. Questions for a Dead Man — Alex Gray | ISBN: 9780751583328 | RRP: $24.99 Book 20 in the Sunday Times bestselling DSI William Lorimer series, and proof that a great detective only gets more compelling with time. Alex Gray's Glasgow is vivid, atmospheric, and home to the kind of darkness that only a detective of Lorimer's experience can illuminate.
14. In Her Place — Edel Coffey | ISBN: 9780751582413 | RRP: $55.00 From the award-winning author comes a gripping suspense novel perfectly pitched for book clubs — the kind of story that raises uncomfortable questions about ambition, identity, and the lengths we go to in order to become who we want to be.
15. The Killing Place — Kate Ellis | ISBN: 9780349433158 | RRP: $24.99 A thrilling, atmospheric mystery set against the dramatic landscapes of Devon. Kate Ellis brings deep local knowledge and a sure hand with character to a story where the past refuses to stay buried.
16. The Ski Trip — Sarah Clarke | ISBN: 9780008670948 | RRP: $32.99 A luxury ski resort. A group of friends with shared history. And secrets that are about to come apart in the cold. Sarah Clarke delivers a sharp, confined thriller that makes excellent use of its isolated, high-altitude setting.
17. End of Story — A J Finn | ISBN: 9780008234218 | RRP: $32.99 From the author of The Woman in the Window comes a clever, layered thriller about a true crime writer who becomes dangerously entangled in a case that hits closer to home than she ever anticipated. Finn plays expertly with genre, obsession, and the stories we tell to make sense of the world.