Crime Fiction

He began swimming in slow, broad strokes. The sea smelled harsh, stinging his nostrils like champagne, and he nearly got drunk on it ...In a fraction of a second, Montalbano...

_______________________________________THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERJohn Grisham's first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaugheyWhen Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who...

It was a holiday to die for.FBI agent John O'Hara receives a call from a man desperate for his help. His son and daughter-in-law have been found murdered on their...

Deborah Jones, rookie reporter on the "Miami Herald", is determined to discover the truth about William Craig, an 82-year-old Scot and Second World War hero who is on death row...

The second in a dystopian thriller series, where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient fight to the death in the streets of Edinburgh. New Season. New Rules. Same deadly game...The...

Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena KnowsFifteen years after killing her husband's lover, Ines is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new...

A thriller like you've never read one before, from the hottest new voice in Korean fiction 'Kill Bill meets Murakami' D. B. John, author of Star of the North 'A...

'A cracking debut from a talented author' J.P. Carter, author of In Safe Hands 'A chilling concept, excellently done. And a brand-new procedural character to lead the fight against crime.'...

Agatha Christie's classic Miss Marple railway mystery, reissued in a beautiful new classic hardcover edition designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. 'Oh,...

No.1 international bestseller Jeffery Deaver returns with a stunning thriller - the first in an exciting series featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw. Escape or die trying... Three people are kidnapped...

'Dark. Twisty. Addictive. I couldn't put it down' LISA JEWELL She loves her family. She'd never let anything happen to them . . . Would she? On the outside, Maddie...

Her enemies will learn the true meaning of fear... The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with the fourth Jane Hawk blockbuster. 'I will...

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including...

The very first case for Oxford-based sleuth Gervase Fen, one of the last of the great Golden Age detectives. As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse, this...

'Compelling' Sunday Times A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall - the wrecking and the drowned sailors - where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds... Shipwrecks are part...

The twisty new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of After Anna, Killing Kate and Copycat Everyone lies...but some lies are deadly. For Claire Daniels, life is good....

The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot - the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket-returns in a...

The gripping psychological thriller debut of No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. 'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, The Ice Princess is a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid A...

'A chilling, gut-wrenching thriller' Helen Fields 'Extremely scary scandi-noir...first class' Daily Mail The perfect wife. The perfect mother. The perfect lie. A gripping page-turner for fans of The Couple Next...

'I was gripped immediately' KATERINA DIAMOND, author of THE TEACHER 'Terrific characterisation, great writing and twists to leave you dizzy.' TERESA DRISCOLL, author of I AM WATCHING YOU Do you...

His name fills the streets with fear... In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and DI McCormack follows...

A classic murder mystery from the award-winning Michael Pearce, which sees the Mamur Zapt investigate a series of suspicious kidnappings in the Cairo of the 1900s. Cairo in the 1900s....

Shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award for best historical crime novel, this is an engrossing murder mystery set in the Egypt of the 1900s, featuring the inimitable Mamur Zapt. It's...

'A brilliant read' B A Paris Two sisters go missing Only one returns. Getting people to believe you is easy. If you tell them what they want to hear. When...

A PACY, CHILLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP READING! It begins, they say, with a woman screaming... On a remote Scottish island, the McBride house stands guard...

The death of internal affairs investigator Andy Fallon is a potential political bomb for the Minneapolis Police Department. Andy Fallon was gay, and he was investigating a possible cop connection...

The ultimate gripping murder mystery for winter nights, from the bestselling author of The Stranger Diaries and the Dr Ruth Galloway MysteriesPS: thanks for the murders.The death of a ninety-year-old...

Meet Jessica Blackwood, FBI Agent and ex-illusionist. Called in because of her past to offer expertise on the mysterious 'Warlock' case, Jessica must put all her unique knowledge to the...

The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia...

'A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects' Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week 'A rollicking read' Evening Standard'Ingenious' IndependentBryce Peabody is ready to give a scandalous talk at the annual...

An ugly duckling as a child, Jodie Bentley had two dreams in life - to be beautiful and rich. She's achieved the first, with a little help from a plastic...

Danny Buchanan is a top Washington lobbyist who once earned a vast fortune serving the interests of giant corporations. Appalled by the desperate poverty he witnessed on his global travels,...

Edited and with an introduction by Lee Child, a new collection of stories which reveals the shocking consequences when men and women take the law into their own hands.Vengeance features...

Bletchley Park: the top-secret landmark of World War Two, where a group of young people were fighting to defeat Hitler, and win the war. March 1943, the Second World War...

Never published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1950, Back Room Girl was the first original novel by Francis Durbridge. Retiring to No Man's Cove...

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLER 'Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch' Andy McDermott Even when ex-SAS major Ben Hope...

'The year's best thriller' The Times, Books of the Year The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force...

'What a rollercoaster of a read!' LISA HALL, bestselling author of Between You and Me Two girls go missing, decades apart. What would you do if one was your daughter?...

'The perfect thriller' Elle 'Immensely gripping' Sophie Hannah 'Gripping, creepy and very addictive!' BA Paris 'He's so handsome and clever and romantic. I just wished he hadn't forced Tilda under...

A unique crime classic: the very first detective novel written by an African-American, set in 1930s New York with only Black characters. When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African...

*The explosive new thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller* TWO CHILDHOOD FRIENDS Best friends Tommy Boyle and Scratch always had each other's backs. Dragged up in care, and cruelly...

From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of Seven Days and The Choice comes a gripping serial killer thriller with a psychological edge you won't want to put down!...

After Art in the Blood and Unquiet Spirits, Holmes and Watson are back in the third of Bonnie MacBird's critically acclaimed Sherlock Holmes Adventures, written in the tradition of Conan...

'A fabulously satisfying addition to the canon of vintage crime' DAILY EXPRESS 'One of the best in the genre' THE SUN 'Tremendous fun' THE INDEPENDENT No 1 Ladies Detective Agency...

The irresistible new Stephanie Plum mystery from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. AN INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Stephanie Plum, Trenton's most underappreciated bounty...