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PREPARE TO BE HOOKED by the brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell, author of No.1 bestsellers None of This Is True, Don't Let Him In and Then She Was Gone.----It...

No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrik Hedstroem and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo....

'In the running for the best mystery of 2026' Stephen King Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for Number One Sunday Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, and screenwriter and YA author...

Her dad's a villain. She's his princess.And their world is about to crash. For Terry, family is everything. But it's far from perfect... Billie Jo is the adored only child...

From the bestselling author of The Ex, The Wife and The Better Sister'Burke's latest propulsive thrill-ride is a suspenseful, twisty mystery about memory, friendship and secrets. A page-turner of the...

1817. Clemency van Emden receives an anonymous terse message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to...

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike HammerOne rainy night, Hammer sits brooding, alone, in a bar. But when he sees a desperate guy abandon his kid only...

From the international bestselling author of Dexter come a brilliant new thriller starring Riley Wolfe: a master thief, expert at disguise, and not averse to violence when it's needed. ********'Another...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on...

'Vivid characters, great storytelling and a spine-tingling twist.' Jo Spain'MacDonald builds the action to a spectacularly creepy climax, and there is a superbly worked twist to follow that will take...

Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now___________________'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent'No one can tell a...

The first thrilling standalone crime novel from the international number one bestseller and Sweden's answer to Val McDermid, Anders de la Motte.'Enthralling...De la Motte juxtaposes the horrors of war with...

Fearless Florida bounty-hunter Lori Anderson travels to Chicago to trap the head of a notorious crime family, in a high-stakes, nail-biting mission that sees her trapped in one of the...

Obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, Alistair Haston heads off to Greece, where she is on holiday. Mugged on the harbourside in Paros, he is robbed of everything. So when Ricky a...

War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer through the most forbidding and stark landscape he has ever encountered, in the fifth thriller from the bestselling author of The Drifter. Losing...

Martha - a home-makerVictoria - a social butterflySerena - a free spiritKirk - a hot-blooded manEleni - a risk takerTina - a young girl with a dark pastCarolyn Grand is...

If she'd turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died...When Cressida Howard catches her entrepreneur husband playing away from home, she hires security expert...

The new murder mystery thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller 'Compelling, up-all-night reading' Erin Kelly'Atmosphere you can cut with a knife'Alex Michaelides'Cunningly constructed' Louise Candlish'Gloriously twisty' Ruth Ware'Creepy and compelling'...

Kidnap and murder collide in Alex Barclay's heart-stopping new thriller featuring FBI Agent Ren Bryce. The only way to reach the end is to turn back... When the body of...

*THE OBSERVER THRILLER BOOK OF THE MONTH**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*----------------------------------------The perfect couple. The perfect house. . . . The perfect crime.Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the...

THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER***Includes a preview of Paula's scorching new thriller, A Slow Fire Burning ***'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of...

'A gritty, politically charged mystery.' LA TimesJuniper Song - private detective - has a talent for surveillance, and for knowing when a client isn't telling her the whole story.Rubina Gasparian,...

'Compelling from first to last page.' DENISE MINAMeet Juniper Song, an under employed, twenty-something, Raymond-Chandler-loving, Korean American woman from downtown LA.When a friend asks Song to carry out surveillance on...

Fifteen years ago, 29 Barley Street in Menham, South London, became notorious as the scene of alleged poltergeist activity which led to the death of young Holly Wasson. The shadow...

What do you do when your dream home becomes your worst nightmare?Gripping, suspenseful and completely unputdownable, Suspects will have you on the very edge of your seat . . .'A...

22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge - or her life.SFPD Sergeant Boxer has guns on her mind.There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the...

MADRID, 1982. Comandante Leopoldo Guzman has decided it is time to disappear. Franco is dead and there's no place in the new order for the former head of the tyrant's...

Maris used to be a loving, happy mother. Then her daughter was murdered. Who is she now? A man stands on the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. His son...

'A phenomenal, haunting debut.' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone GirlKaycee Mitchell died. And everyone has been lying about it. For years.Ten years ago, Abby Williams left her hometown behind. Ever...

'Starts off like a fired bullet and never lets up. A sheer delight' David Baldacci. At a global tech gala hosted at the British Museum, scientist Tobias Hawke is due...

The world's most ruthlessly efficient assassin, Jason Bourne, has carved a bloody swathe through all his opponents but now he's facing the one force he can't defeat - his own...

A 2021 FT and Herald Book of the Year A deadly flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow, killing hundreds of thousands. Anya and her husband Sergey decide they have no choice...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, SOON TO BE A MOVIE PRODUCED BY AND STARRING SHARON STONE A BUZZFEED MUST-READ FOR 2022 A young journalist embroiled in an international art scandal...

No matter how fast you run, the past always catches up with you. 'A gripping and tense thriller' - Heat 'A must have' - Sunday Express Dr Maria Martinez is...

BRAVE HERO OR CRIMINAL MASTERMIND? TONIGHT WE FIND OUT.'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN'Great plots, great characters, great action' LEE...

The Sleeping and The Dead is a tense psychological thriller from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera and The Long Call.Detective Peter Porteous...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE, WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AND NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN COMPSTON AND TUPPENCE MIDDLETON,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND THE HOTTEST BOOK OF 2021 'The new Queen of the bonkbuster' THE TIMES 'Glitz, glamour and ambition ... Perfect' WOMAN & HOME 'Does for TV...

The unputdownable new psychological thriller from S K Tremayne, the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Twins A hotel brimming with wealthy guests Surrounded by the Blackwater estuary,...

Ever so wholesome. Ever so deadly... When art restorer Astrid Swift moved from London to the Dorset village of Hanbury, she thought she was heading for a quiet life. Far...

'Breathtaking . . . filled with twists and turns' JEFFERY DEAVER 'A vivid portrait of a seedy world' GRAHAM MOORE*Featured on Crimereads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2022!* ______________A small...

'Leather's latest full-throttle thriller could hardly be more topical . . . it hurtles off the page, grabbing the reader by the throat' Daily Mail'This cracking Spider Shepherd thriller zips...

The new novel in the globally bestselling Alex Cross series.________________________Alex Cross ventures into the rugged Montana wilderness - where he will be the prey.He's not on the job, but on...

Most are here to recharge and refresh.But someone's here for revenge . . .The addictive new thriller from the global bestselling author of The Sanatorium.___________________________________They couldn't wait to stay here.An...

A feminist thriller for anyone who's ever sworn revenge on an ex. Perfect for fans of You, Clickbait and Blood Orange. 'Tense, topical and stylish' TM LOGAN'An addictive read!' ALICE...