Crime Fiction

The teenage girl was the first victim.Her throat cut to the bone, she didn't stand a chance.Her mother was the second.She, at least, had time to fight back. Briefly.Called to...

In the attic of a deserted tenement, the body of a criminal is found hanging with his face horribly disfigured. Investigating officers DI Anderson and DS Costello believe he was...

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________The fifth book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.Deep in the...

'David Baldacci at his best' - Michael Connelly'An instant classic' - Alex Michaelides'Baldacci on top form' - Peter James'A tour de force' - S.A. CosbySet in the tumultuous year of...

The summer of 1992 had been exceptionally cold in southern Italy. But that's not the reason why it is still remembered. On May 23, 1992, a roadside explosion killed the...

When Rose Trevelyan sees a young girl being carried away by someone who appears to be her father, she thinks nothing of it. Until, that is, the appearance of a...

'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee ChildPeter James, the number one, multi-million copy bestselling author of the Grace...

______________________________________________ A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKRead the novel that kept Tess Gerritsen transfixed and entertained until the very last pageYou've been held captive in...

A new award-winning author joins the Crime Classics series with one of her best novels. This is a mystery of international intrigue set in London at Christmas time, mixing the...

Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and when he never returned home, his grieving family assumed the worst. Then, thirty years later, teenage singing star Leah Wakefield disappears and...

'SUPERB' TELEGRAPH'YOU EITHER GOT IT OR YOU DON'T ... WATT ABSOLUTELY HAS' THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH'THE FINAL CHASE SCENE ... IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE READ' OBSERVER...

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller'Pure gold indeed' Heat magazine'JD Robb is a fantastic storyteller who knows how to keep the pages flying by' #1 International Bestselling Author, Karin Slaughter"One...

With friends like these, who needs enemies?'Devilishly clever' Alice Clark-Platts'Chillingly relatable' Sarah J Naughton'A true single-sitting read' Alex Marwood Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met fellow mums...

Longlisted for the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award'I loved every single page!' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME 'A thoroughly compulsive ticking-clock thriller'...

'Terrific and hugely thought-provoking' Ian Rankin 'One of my ten best reads of the year. Easy five stars' Lisa Jewell * Waterstones Thriller of the Month - August 2023 *...

Hettie Bagshot has bitten off more than any cat could chew. No sooner has she launched her No. 2 Feline Detective Agency than she's thrown into her first case.Furcross, home...

Small guy. Big trouble.Death threats, highly trained assassins and highly untrained assassins are all in a day's work for Stephanie Plum in Top Secret Twenty-One. Janet Evanovich's hilarious bestselling series...

Karen Riney is a young woman desperate to put bad memories behind her and get back on her feet when she hits upon an idea to make fast money. In...

It's a peaceful Sunday evening in suburban Glasgow until a battered van pulls up to one home and disgorges a group of armed men in balaclavas. They smash into the...

It's dangerous to owe money to a mobster... Stephanie Plum's no-good cousin and boss, Vinnie, has been kidnapped over gambling debts - and if there's no Vinnie, that means she's...

The fifth thrilling mystery in Quintin Jardine's Primavera Blackstone series.Primavera Blackstone has finally found contentment by the Spanish sea. A fiercely protective single mother, she doesn't appreciate an offer of...

Stephanie's out of the frying pan and into the firing line...Finger Lickin' Fifteen is the spiciest, sauciest, most rib-sticking Stephanie Plum adventure yet. Janet Evanovich's hilarious fifteenth novel in the...

Dorothy Pengelly lived alone in her remote, dilapidated cottage with only herpets as company. When her old friend, Rose Trevelyan calls round to visit andfinds Dorothy dead she is devastated....

An injured woman stumbles into an inner-city hospital with a horrifying story: she has just been carjacked by a man who was apparently unaware that her son was asleep on...

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was...

In the brutal chaos of the Second World War, three people find their lives inextricably interwoven in a web of courage, betrayal and love. Julie Lescaux, the young Englishwoman caught...

The fourth book in the Detective D.D. Warren series from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES YOU'LL LIVE TO TELL WHAT IS...

From Mark Mills, author of the award-winning THE SAVAGE GARDEN comes THE LONG SHADOW, a first-class thriller in the vein of Robert Harris and William Boyd. Blood brothers or sworn...

In ALONE IN THE DARK, Karen Rose - the Sunday Times bestselling author of CLOSER THAN YOU THINK - returns with a breath-taking new novel in the Cincinnati series -...

What would you do if the man you love was accused of murder?Bad things never happen to Charlotte. She's living the life she's always wanted and about to marry wealthy...

The seventeenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed William Monk series1864 - Monk and his wife Hester are doing their best to care for Scuff - a homeless boy slowly recovering...

KILLER is a shocking thriller that unveils the darkest reaches of the human psyche. The novels of bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, which include MOTIVE and BREAKDOWN, are must-reads for fans...

Success comes at a deadly price... THE GRAFT by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a...

Sotheby's, London, 1936. A paper by Sir Isaac Newton is sold at auction to a bookseller's agent and within minutes of leaving the auction house, he is killed and the...

Just when Hamish most needs him - the dentist turns up dead...In Scotland, where thrift and a 'nice set of dentures' are generally admired, dental surgeon Dr Frederick Gilchrist's cheap...

THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DARK ICELAND SERIES OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE When a police officer is murdered in the dead of night, in the isolated...

NOW A MAJOR STREAMING SERIESA riveting technological thriller following a woman whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash and she is left...

A spellbinding tale of grief, jealousy and betrayal, from the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club selected SECRETS OF THE TIDES.1980. On a hot summer's day five friends...

Has DI Kate Burrows met her match?Sequel to THE LADYKILLER, BROKEN is the second book in the DI Kate Burrows series: the only time the 'undisputed queen of crime writing'...

Can Skinner surmount the greatest challenge of his life... and if he does, will he ever be the same? A thrilling novel in the hugely popular Scottish crime series.When a...