Crime Fiction

Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in nigh on 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks...

A determined reporter and a reluctant FBI agent face off against fascist elements in this gripping historical thriller set in World War II-era Boston from the multi-award-nominated author.Reporter Anne Lemire...

THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE...IS IF SOMEONE CONFESSES TO MURDER.***GUARDIAN CRIME AND THRILLERS OF THE MONTH***'Fiendishly clever and impossible to put down' SHARI LAPENA'Writes with his foot pressed hard on...

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all...

'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANEThe brand new gangland crime novel from bestseller Roberta Kray.IN THE EAST END OF LONDON, OLD LOYALTIES RUN DEEP . . .After losing her mum...

Family secrets are hiding a legacy of lies. Can DI Kelly Porter get to the truth before innocent lives are left?When the seventh Earl of Lowesdale is found hanging from...

To Die For is the electrifying third Travis Devine thriller from international no. 1 bestselling author David Baldacci, following The Edge and the runaway no. 1 bestseller The 6:20 Man.*...

Sister Fidelma returns in REVENGE OF THE STORMBRINGER, the thirty-fourth Celtic mystery by Peter Tremayne, acclaimed author of DEATH OF A HERETIC, THE HOUSE OF DEATH, and THE SHAPESHIFTER'S LAIR....

'Agatha Christie fans will love this ingenious thriller...the pace is fast and furious and the twists satisfying' Good HousekeepingSnow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint AntoineThe...

'Keogh is the queen of compelling narratives and twisty plots' Jenny O'BrienThe brilliant new psychological thriller from bestseller Valerie Keogh.'A wonderful book, I can't rate this one highly enough. If...

'Paula Hawkins is a genius' LISA JEWELLWhen a small bone at the centre of a famous sculpture is revealed to be human, three people become intimately connected by the secrets...

Mark Gridley's latest computer project - a program designed to protect online security by scanning for 'invisible' hackers - suddenly becomes very useful when his buddies, Dan Sanchez and Maj...

THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2024GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF 2024THE TELEGRAPH BEST BOOKS OF 2024FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2024WINNER OF THE 2024 EDGAR AWARD FOR...

Alain Delambre is a 57-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment.All he is offered are small, demoralizing jobs. He has reached his very lowest ebb, and...

THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE ICE AND NINE ELMS ROBERT BRYNDZA__________'You can't help turning the pages hungrily to see what happens...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser is the fourth title in his atmospheric...

'The boy turned and looked at me, and everything slowed right down...In that moment, there was nothing but me and our boy, our eyes holding each other's. Dillon.' Five years...

'Refreshingly original and laugh-out-loud funny' - CLARE MACKINTOSH'Delightfully shocking and irreverently funny' - JANICE HALLETTI have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die.Of course, it helps that...

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES'Disher is the equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES'Doesn't get better than this' - DOMINIC NOLAN NOTHING...

Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in...

***FROM THE AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END, 2020's MOST CAPTIVATING AND UNFORGETTABLE READ, DESCRIBED BY RUTH JONES AS 'SURELY DESTINED TO CONQUER THE WORLD'***'Noir has an anarchic new...

There's nothing more dangerous than a familiar face . . .As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the...

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** Whether you've read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, STILL DARK is perfect if...

The signs are unmistakable. The dog halts, his nose up nostrils quivering. Every inch of him is poised. Moss has a scent.When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC...

The ferociously readable, #1 bestselling crime thriller that led to the much-loved ITV show... 'Wholly satisfying' Ian Rankin Young girls are disappearing nationwide Dr Tony Hill sets his team a...

Buy Val McDermid's masterful new thriller, 1989, now!___________________'The Queen of Crime reigns again with a thrill from Hill' Independent 'No one can plot or tell a story like she can'...

A twisty, gripping, utterly believable DI Marnie Rome story, QUIETER THAN KILLING. From Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakstons Crime novel of the Year, and for fans of Val McDermid,...

Discover the gripping, ingenious new Scandinavian thriller that will keep you guessing right until the end...A father's search. A daughter in danger. A terrifying secret.It was ten past four on...

The Shawshank Redemption meets No Country for Old Men in the breathtaking new novel from international bestseller Michael Robotham -- already receiving rave reviews, this is the most original, compelling...

I am the most important figure in Marnie's life, but she doesn't know it yet . . .I am the one who watches.Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched....

Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Crime NovelWinner of the Macavity Award for Best Crime Novel Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Crime Novel***A monastery . . .Hidden...

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by 20th Century Fox, starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Julianne Moore OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD! THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES...

Discover the new gripping and atmospheric thriller from the global No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning.'A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling, and I...

"With "Die Again" Tess Gerritsen proves that she is still at the top of her game. I love this fantastically gripping story and can't wait for more".(Karin). "Slaughter The Victims...

THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ADAM DALGLIESH SERIES FROM THE 'QUEEN OF ENGLISH CRIME' (Guardian) 'A legend.' VAL MCDERMID'P. D. James took the classic crime novel and turned up the dial.' MICK...

1946, Texarkana: a town on the border of Texas and Arkansas. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders...

Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office. Instead he found himself in the village of his childhood - at the service of a veterinary surgeon...

'The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now...' The narrator of Robert Harris' gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter -...

ABSOLUTE FRIENDS is a superbly paced novel spanning fifty-six years, a theatrical masterstroke of tragi-comic writing, and a savage fable of our times, almost of our hours.The friends of the...

When Harry Barnett is anonymously informed that his son is languishing in hospital in a diabetic coma, he is certain there must be some mistake, since he does not have...

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past. She has only unhappy memories of Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life...

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT HURTS...'This is crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best'Harlan CobenA killer is targeting lone women, torturing and murdering them. The precision of his methods leads Detective Jane...