Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

'Compelling debut. Introduces a significant new voice--has something of the shock effect of Piers Torday's There May Be a Castle and the raw force of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls.'...

'If you haven't caught up with Peter Robinson already, now is the time to start.' - "Independent Sunday". One foggy night, Deborah Harrison is found lying in the churchyard behind...

1967, Lake City, Ohio. Tony Lord and Sam Robb, both in their teens, are best friends and athletic rivals. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful San francisco attorney; sam...

'Crofts constructs his alibi with immense elaboration...The story is highly successful, and Mr Crofts is to be congratulated upon his experiment' - Dorothy L. SayersWe begin with a body. Andrew...

What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? `Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex,' said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blonde, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender...

From the No. 1 bestselling author of Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the FutureNostradamus wrote a thousand prophecies. Only 942 have survived. What happened to the missing predictions? And what...

Cowardice is a very dirty word. When Malachy Kitchen, an intelligence officer in Iraq, is accused of running away in the face of enemy fire, his career is left in...

Michael Kelly, a tough-talking Irish cop turned Private Investigator, is hired by an ex-flame to tail her abusive husband. But what looked like a bread-and-butter domestic dispute will turn out...

Sam Fuller is a retired marijuana smuggler who has never figured out if it was a bomb or just a leaking gas line that blew up his boat, nearly drowned...

Bill Wyeth is a successful attorney with a beautiful wife and son who, in one devastating night, loses everything: family, job, status. Moving out of his home and into a...

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAMASCUS STATION (THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR) AND MOSCOW X (SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR)ALL YOUR...

The Edge is the pulse-pounding second Travis Devine thriller from international number one bestselling author David Baldacci, following the runaway bestseller The 6:20 Man.* * * * *A BRUTAL MURDERRetired...

NOW A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERThis is a life told back to front.This is a man who has lied all his life.Roy is a conman living in a leafy...

Kate Parker has had so much bad luck in her life, she's convinced she's cursed. But when she tries to do her best to keep herself and her son safe,...

Sunday Times Top-Ten Bestseller There is a fire and they are in there. They are in there ...Black smoke stains a summer blue sky. A school is on fire. And...

The Stranger I Married is an erotic tale of love and awakened desire in Victorian England . . . perfect for fans of E. L. James . . . They...

The Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club author of Sleep returns with her most gripping book yet. STRANGERS: A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER 'Fast-paced and satisfying'...

Attention all Jason Bourne, James Bond or Jack Reacher fans - this is the book for you! This is a thriller in every sense of the word, with double-backs and...

In this tense thriller from the bestselling author of What You Did and The Other Wife, a woman finds a dead body. Will she make the same mistake as last...

"Claire McGowan at her very best." Peter JamesFrom the bestselling author of What You Did comes the story of a young couple who are about to discover that in a...

The Store doesn't just want your money - it wants your soul.Imagine a future of unparalleled convenience. A powerful retailer, The Store, can deliver anything to your door, anticipating the...

A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret.A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the...

They call me the Headhunter...you may be familiar with my work.'It's Christmas and a machete-wielding predator with links to Kenya's most feared crime organisation is handing out severed heads as...

THE SENSATIONAL NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL BEFORE'The kind of book that keeps you up at night' My Weekly'Utterly terrifying and compelling' Stephanie Wrobel'JP...

When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter.' Dr Marc Seidman is living in a classic American suburb in New Jersey with his new wife, Monica,...

THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR. THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK.'Utterly bewitching ... a pitch-perfect modern Gothic' AJ FINN, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOWA dark...

'One of the most strikingly original police procedurals this year . . . It is breathtakingly good' - Daily Mail'This thriller has it all' - T. M. Logan'Breathless plotting and...

The Siege by Adrian Levy & Cathy Scott-Clark - a searing account of the 2005 terrorist attacks at Mumbai's famous Taj HotelOn 26th November 2008 the Taj Mahal Palace hotel...

A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller!'A rip-roaring, brilliant page-turner, but it's also timely, cheeky, important and wonderfully, courageously provocative. What great fun!' - James Patterson'Smart and fast and...

'I'm going to tell you about the worst thing that ever happened to me.'Will's a nice guy. So when he takes a shortcut to the tube station after a few...

Three housemates. One dead, one missing and one accused of murder.The new standalone thriller from the award-winning writer of the bestselling Gemma Woodstock trilogy. Dubbed the Housemate Homicide, it's a...

This powerful, gritty, and vivid novel is the unforgettable story of Carlito Brigante, a Harlem drug dealer in the 1960s, and his rise to the top. Drug dealer, thief, and...

NYPD Red - the task force attacking the most extreme crimes in America's most extreme city -hunts a killer who is on an impossible mission.A vigilante serial killer is on...

The Worldwide Number One Bestseller Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a captivating new novel that will transport you to extraordinary times. EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK. Pharaoh Tamose lies...

Brigid Quinn has been shot at, stabbed in the spleen with a nail file and used as serial-killer bait. But she's always been able to trust her instincts and her...

'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' J.M. HALLA snowstorm. A country house. Old...