Crime Fiction

'He'd just learnt to walk,' she said. 'He was sitting playing on his blanket, then all of a sudden he was gone.' A 16-month-old boy is found drowned in a...

DI Jack Lennon and DCI Serena Flanagan must join forces to investigate a series of murders reaching back decadesRea Carlisle inherits a house from an uncle she never knew -...

'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express SONNY'S ON THE RUN Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other...

The third gripping novel in the Shepherd series from America's most exciting new thriller writer.A father returns home to find that his family has been kidnapped and the only way...

'The multiple award-winning Leon has lost none of her talent for weaving intrigue, and the atmosphere of Venice is as beguiling as ever.' Living NorthA Washington Post BestsellerA New York...

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLA deadly new threat awaits Simon Serrailler in this compulsive thriller from...

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

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

The first book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.She was found in the local diner. Brutally murdered. Ritually mutilated.And she won't be the last._________________________________________The sleepy town of Heartsdale,...

A pulse-racing Harry Hole thriller that will keep you guessing till the finale page. 'This tale of revenge has twists galore' Time Out Harry can't trust his own memory A...

Outside a London theatre a throng of people wait expectantly for the last performance of a popular musical. But as the doors open at last, something spoils all thought of...

Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress...

Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two...

Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When...

____________________________You think you have the perfect life.You're successful. Attractive. Well liked.And you've just got married for the third time. But that's OK, because everyone's happy. Your children are happy. You're...

_________________________________________'Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today, and Cop Town shows the author at the top of her game... I'd follow her anywhere' Gillian Flynn...

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY___________________________________The seventh Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling authorSpecial Agent Will Trent...

An edge-of-your seat Harry Hole page-turner you won't be able to put down.'Nesbo is several steps ahead of you in this endlessly twisting, multi-layered thriller' Sun The police urgently need...

An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. A cryptic note and a photograph of a young girl's grave are left behind. DID THE DEAD MAN'S PAST COME...

It's 1968. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King are dead. The Mob, Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover are in a struggle for America's soul, drawing into their murderous conspiracies...

A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the fifties. New Year's Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles: The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel...

Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and...

DALLAS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1963.Wayne Tedrow Jr has arrived to kill a man. The fee is $6,000. He finds himself instead in the middle of the cover-up following JFK's assassination. There...

The first novel in Ellroy's extraordinary Underworld USA Trilogy as featured on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read. 1958. America is about to emerge into a bright new age -...

Myron is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Terese. She is in unspecified trouble and needs his help. When he gets there, he discovers that her...

An original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective, DI Richard Poole. Enhance your enjoyment of the...

'Cruz Smith at his best: ace storytelling with dry, laconic dialogue and a crumpled but courageous hero' Adam LeBor, Financial Times Investigator Arkady Renko, described as 'one of the most...

This collection of stories from all Shakespeare's plays, with beautiful illustrations and quotations, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare. Each story includes short details about the main characters, and famous...

During one of the hottest summers on record, Dr Temperance Brennan is haunted by a string of horrifying events.First, the bones of a newborn baby are discovered in a wood...

#1 bestselling authors Preston & Child return with the next book in a series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson.'A collision between past and present that will...

The Stasi and MI6 clash in this gripping Cold War crime thriller, from the award-winning author of Stasi Child.______________________Dresden, East Germany, 1980 - A man's body is found buried in...

Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel.You know your fear is irrational, you've checked the statistics. Flying is safer than driving...

Every year, on average 23 people disappear without a trace from cruise ships.No one has ever come back.Until now.Five years ago police psychologist Martin Schwartz lost his wife and son....

'Fun and entertaining... The action never stops' DAILY MAIL. Sean is at a shopping mall when Henry Alan Keen, scorned by a woman he's been dating, pulls out a gun...

The twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Reese's Book Club pick The Last House Guest.Everyone knows the story of the girl from Widow Hills...When Arden Maynor was six...

'God, he's good' Stephen King Jerry Pardoe and Jamila Patel hunt down a ritualistic cult inspired by Neothilic cannibals in the new chilling horror from Graham Masterton. A BURNING PYRE...

Alone and isolated in a vast Scandinavian forest, a therapist begins to read her client's novel manuscript, only to discover the main character is terrifyingly familiar... You are her therapist....

He looks the same. He looks like a stranger. Super recognisers are born with the ability to remember a face forever, even from a single glance. Kate was one of...

A sea of unanswered questions. Dozens of identical shoes have washed up on the beach in the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida. They appear completely ordinary but for...

Fan favourites Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson return in the new thriller from international bestsellers Preston and Child. Forced to leave her post at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, Nora...

The latest installment in the crime series that inspired Big Sky.The ties that bind can burn you.Former investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start over. But when an old friend...

'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' - DAVID BALDACCIAgent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to...

Investigator Cassie Dewell is on the trail of a serial killer in the book that inspired the series Big Sky.There's a killer on the road...It was Danielle and Gracie's secret....

'A storming debut' The Sun Perfect for fans of JP Delaney and C.L. Taylor, this is a complex thriller about the secrets we keep and the damage they do. ___________...

In the crosshairs, no one is safe. In the new Joe Pickett novel, the Wyoming game warden must investigate an attempted assassination on his own turf... Wyoming's Twelve Sleep County...

'Both gripping and scarily plausible, from the first page to its chilling conclusion, The Cover Wife is a book that demands to be read' Kevin Wignall, author of A Death...