Crime Fiction

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major feature film. DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE...

The epic sequel to Victim Without a Face. ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY. A car speeds through the streets of Helsingborg. When it reaches the harbour, the driver keeps going,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER1941, and Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie is ferrying documents between Dublin and war-torn London. When Ireland's greatest actor is arrested in Soho, after the brutal...

'A dazzling hall-of-mirrors thriller: ferociously smart, furiously paced, and - best of all - honest-to-goodness surprising. All hail Wendy Walker.' AJ Finn Rosie Ferro and Laura Heart are sisters, but...

'Brilliant' M.J. Arlidge'Exciting' Linwood BarclayA locked room. A dead body. A secret that went to the grave.When retired police officer Finlay Shaw is found dead in a locked room, everyone...

Eighteen years ago Martha said goodbye to best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath.The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned at the waterside.She was never seen again.Nearly two...

'A heart in your mouth read' Red Magazine *****THE ADDICTIVE BESTSELLERAfter sixteen years apart sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. With the past now behind them, the warmth they once...

'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESTwo sistersJust before her wedding day,...

A gripping new thriller from the author of The Poison Artist - selected for BBC Radio 2 Book Club with Simon MayoHomicide inspector Gavin Cain is standing by a grave...

'One of the world's finest thriller writers on the top of his game. A Noise Downstairs is a blinder - his best yet'PETER JAMES * * * * *EVERY STEP...Paul...

'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly On its surface, life in Houston is...

From its opening scene in revolutionary Mexico to the Battle of the Marne in 1918, and on to the bordellos and saloons of San Antonio during the reign of the...

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

In America, kings are not born, they are made.Danny McCabe isn't his real name. America certainly isn't his real home.But now Danny finds himself fleeing Ireland for the bright lights...

Broken Promise is the first book in the epic Promise Falls Trilogy from master of the thriller, Linwood Barclay.When David Harwood is asked to look in on his cousin Marla,...

A reissue of Linwood Barclay's brilliant first thriller - the fastest-selling Richard & Judy title to date - including a chapter of the sequel NO SAFE HOUSEOn the morning she...

THEY TAUGHT HIM TO KILL. NOW THEY WANT HIM DEAD.'One of the best new series characters since Jack Reacher' Lisa Gardner*It's been five years since Carter Blake parted ways with...

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike HammerPI Mike Hammer runs into a red-headed prostitute in a bar. He's not interested in her professional services, so he buys...

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer...

'Horowitz has captured Holmes Heaven' (THE TIMES) - THE HOUSE OF SILK was the first official new Sherlock Holmes mystery and a SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.THE GAME'S AFOOT . . .It...

The long-awaited eleventh novel in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series.Everybody's favourite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and...

The long-awaited eleventh novel in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series.Everybody's favourite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and...

When the two strangers turn up at Rowena Cooper's isolated Colorado farmhouse, she knows instantly that it's the end of everything. For the two haunted and driven men, on the...

A MISSING GIRL. A DESPERATE FATHER.A CASE WHICH WILL TEAR THEM APART.'Plotting that takes the breath away' Ian Rankin'A fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham* * * * *WHO IS DEADLIER...

A brand-new collection of stories from one of America's hottest crime writers.A collection of stories, mostly gritty low-level crime stories set on Washington DC's mean streets. THE MARTINI SHOT itself...

An incredible crime novel that won the prestigious THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013.'GODS AND BEASTS is vintage Mina: a complex three-ply plot involving a shooting,...

A powerfully gripping thriller from the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS AWARD, 'one of the most exciting writers to have emerged in Britain for years' Ian Rankin.In Glasgow, a child...

A brutal attack. A mysterious demand for money. An unexpected kidnap... A superb novel from the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD and...

Taut, terrifying and impossible to put down - the new novel from the bestselling author of THE DEMONOLOGIST and THE LOST GIRLS. Perfect for fans of Lauren Beukes, Stephen King...

The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store. His identity is unknown. His motives are unclear. His information is...

It's hard to recognize the devil when his hand is on your shoulder...Ex-FBI Agent Brigid Quinn thinks she has a second chance at life. After too many years spent in...

May 1992, and after four LAPD officers were acquitted after the savage beating of Rodney King, Los Angeles is ablaze. As looting and burning take over the city, law and...

Danny Boy Lorca was used to having apocalyptic visions - the beatings he'd taken in jail and the booze he drank to forget them made sure of that. But what...

Corruption, conspiracy and a cop in trouble - only Cole and Pike can help.Elvis Cole is just a detective who can't say no, especially to a girl in a terrible...

Corruption, murder, beauty and innocence . . . 'Great crime fiction started with Hammett' James Ellroy'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMESNed...

The Dark Room...it's the place fear comes from.For DI Andrew Hicks, solving a murder is logical: your first suspicions are usually right. So when the brutally beaten body of a...

In the days following the death of Pope John Paul II, 115 cardinals are called to the Vatican in order to take part in the conclave and elect the new...

The dramatic second novel in a three-book story arc starring enigmatic FBI Agent Pendergast on his search for his long-lost wife, Helen.Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was...

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads...

The explosive fifth book in the Keller series from the master of classic American crime.Keller thought he was done killing people for money. He has a new name, a new...

A brilliant standalone novel from the crime-writing genius, James Lee Burke.James Lee Burke's new novel begins in West Texas in 1934, and the story opens with a fateful encounter between...

Charlotte Alton has put her old life behind her. The life where she bought and sold information, unearthing secrets buried too deep for anyone else to find, or fabricating new...

It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the shocking, tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's...

When the rains came they found the girl's face. Just her face. At least that was how it appeared...On a perfect summer evening in 1954, sixteen-year-old Nancy Denton walked into...

It should have all been so easy for Vincent Madigan. Take four hundred grand from the thieves who stole it in the first place and who could they turn to...