Crime & mystery

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK 'Brilliantly recounts the...

'So chillingly addictive you'll forget to breathe' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END THEY BELIEVE HIS LIES. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH. You ...

Simon Weekes becomes an overnight celebrity after his heroics during the 7/7 Bombings. But Simon can't afford the newfound fame and attention - he ...

'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Mail A theatre party Yorkshire, 1927. Eclipse fever grips the nation, and when...

'Taut, compelling and authentic ... an edge-of-your-seat thriller' Andrea Carter David Dunnigan just received the phone call he has spent eighteen...

'A masterpiece' Martin Amis 'The coolest, hottest writer in America' Chicago Tribune A major Hollywood film starring John Travolta, GET SHORTY ha...

Donald Westlake turns the world of crime and criminals upside down and has the last laugh in WHAT'S SO FUNNY?, his latest comic caper novel. His pe...

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series. When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a '...

Club Gouge: Chicago's edgiest night spot, where a woman calling herself the Body Artist invites the audience to use her naked body as a canvas. Th...

The twelfth murder mystery in the enthralling Kate Shackleton series set in 1930s Yorkshire. When a dead body is discovered during a garden party a...

Step into the vibrant streets of 19th-century Istanbul, where intrigue and danger lurk around every corner. Join Yashim, a resourceful investigator...

'[Lippman] only seems to be getting better.' Entertainment Weekly 'A first-rate collection.' Booklist FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SUNBURN AND D...

The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey The spiritualist movement has captivated a segment of Victorian London: manifestations, the occ...

In the comfortable surrounds of Los Angeles an affluent Jewish family disappears into thin air. The father's trade is diamonds, a risky internation...

Review The writing is as smooth as polished steel, and the small touches that reveal character, especially the memorable Hen, approach genius. Thi...

Forbidden in Victorian England, the grim and violent world of bare-knuckle fighting has gone underground. So when a headless body is found floating...

How far will a father go to save his son? A page-turning story of rebellion, greed, and the high price of a second chance from 'one of the finest c...

Evil stalks an idyllic retreat...A tranquil Spanish village by the sea is the perfect place for Primavera Blackstone to raise her ten-year-old Tom,...

"So much to relish here . . . the plot is gripping, there's a beautifully handled thread on reading and writing, and the writing is just lovely!" D...

THE SECOND INSTALMENT IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES 'They'll follow you home... breathe down your phone at night... a prime target for every p...

THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES. A superbly chilling story of corruption in the corridors of power. A drug dealer is battered...

'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 chanc...

'His most gripping thriller to date.' Mirror Hurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans into a violent wasteland. Criminals capitalise on the d...

'An astonishing feat.' Megan Abbott 'I can't stop thinking about this book.' Alafair Burke 'Layered, engrossing and nerve shattering.' Lisa Unger '...

LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch work together to hunt the killer who is Bosch's "white whale"- a man responsible for the murder of an ...

Review Margaret Kirk's brilliant Inverness series is atmospheric and gripping. She goes from strength to strength. What Lies Buried is an absolute...

The second installment in the Marion Lane mysteries series. The envelope was tied with three delicate silk ribbons: "One of the new recruits is no...

The room is full of guns. Old ones. New ones. Modified ones. Hundreds of them. This is a collection belonging to someone who's been killing a long...

A wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance... Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel 'Devilishly engaging ...

Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor...

'Vivid, pungent and perilous' CHRIS BROOKMYRE 'Evocative...brilliant plotting' REBECCA GRIFFITHS A dark and richly atmospheric thriller, perfect...

Trouble is afoot in the remote Scottish fishing village of Stoyre, where the inhabitants are acting kind of... fishy. On a routine visit, Hamish Ma...

A sudden outbreak of maliciousness strikes the town of Lochdubh in the form of a rash of poison pen letters. Things turn deadly when the local post...

'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club 'An absolute delight' L C Tyler 'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychologica...

Product Description 'A great yarn - Shrager knows her food and she's cooked up a storm. . . Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry brings us the second exciting instalment in her new thriller series, set in a time of increasing fear ...

The ultimate glamorous, escapist blockbuster - perfect for fans of Melanie Blake, Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran's Lace. 'Just the kind of glam...

Review Untameably original, so stylish and packed with a biting humour ― Rob Parker, author of A Wanted Man THE DYING SQUAD is one of those books...

Book Description Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and grippi...

About the Author Louise Penny is an international award-winning and bestselling author whose books have hit number one on the New York Times, USA ...

Product Description Two girls go missing. Only one will return. The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losin...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2022 A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 3 Edinburgh, 1850. This city...

** A WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD ** 'One of the Scottish crime books of the year....

A Stylist Best New Fiction of 2021 Selection, this stunning 1950s set debut mystery is a perfect summer read. 'A remarkably assured debut. A tale ...

Super sleuth Sister Fidelma returns in THE HAUNTED ABBOT, the twelfth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of SMOKE IN THE WIND, ...

'Hurricane Katrina ripped the soul out of Burke's beloved New Orleans and inspired him to write what has to be his most gripping thriller to date.'...

Product Description The people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, none faster than the Court of Charl...

'Calling to mind the best of Harlan Coben, Johnstone shows us how quickly an ordinary life can take one dark turn and nothing is ever the same agai...