Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit . . . Twenty five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus...

State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage stand-off unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. An armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. His finger...

'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes 'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' Mark Billingham'A gripping read' Sunday Times THE FIRST BOOK...

The window to the past can never be closed...1963: At the stark and isolated modernist mansion of controversial political philosopher Richard Acklehurst, the glittering annual New Year party has not...

THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR27 MILLION BOOKS SOLDWINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARDJussi Adler-Olsen returns with the newest book in his acclaimed Department Q series. In the middle of...

'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 new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphA mystery writer turns detective to protect the woman he loves. But is he hunter...

'A real spine-chiller that confirms Ruth Ware as the true heir to Christie's crown. Ingenious plotting sees the body count rise and multiple suspects eliminated until we're left with breathless...

Master of suspense Jeffery Deaver returns with the latest gripping thriller featuring paraplegic forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme.Technology is everywhere. It makes our lives easier, our connections faster and journeys quicker....

'Gripping, stylish, convincing' Sunday Times They won't all live to tell the tale... Seven friends. One killer. No escape... A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn...

He's a rich, anonymous white guy. When he's not making money in the boardrooms of multi-national pharmaceutical companies, he's at one of his palatial homes with his wife and daughter...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR' ASSOCIATED PRESSHOW DO YOU STOP THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH?Evan Smoak, code-named Orphan-X, was raised in a secret...

THE GRIPPING NEW SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUT OF THE DARK AND ORPHAN X'STELLAR. GETS BETTER WITH EACH INSTALLMENT'DAILY MAILHE WANTED TO END IT....

The No. 1 Bestselling The Nowhere Man is a thrilling, pulse-pounding ride for readers and the hero of Orphan X . . .'THE PACE NEVER LETS UP' DAILY MAILTHEY TRAINED...

"Atmospheric, suspenseful... A series to be devoured!"-Lucy ClarkeAs The Shell House Detectives try to solve a family mystery, their investigation runs dangerously close to a murder case. Are the two...

A MISSING BOY Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SNOWMAN - OVER 9 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE THE MARK OF THE DEVIL, THE SIGN OF A KILLER...A young woman is murdered in her flat...

"Grippando has become a master at taking 'ripped from the headlines' events and turning them into involving thrillers." - Miami Herald Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way...

GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSFrom the Booker Prize-nominated author of The Water Cure comes a chilling new feminist fable based on the true story of an unsolved mystery ....

Harry Rigby likes a smoke, the easy life, and Robert Ryan playing the bad guy in late night black-and-whites. Sweet. But when the wife of a prominent politician is murdered...

Lincoln and Amelia are recruited to track down a cargo ship carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as the Ghost....

The fourth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series...

Jane Logan is a stranger to Berlin and she finds the city alive and echoing with the ghosts of its turbulent past. At six months pregnant, she's instructed by her...

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

How can a man who's already dead be wanted for murder?This is the question sports agent Myron Bolitar asks himself when two FBI agents visit him in New York.The man...

When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes from his home, his indefatigable agent, Elsie Thirkettle, is soon on his trail. Finding him proves surprisingly easy. Bringing him home is another...

'A masterclass in murder. Millie is the serial killer you never knew you needed in your life.' LM Chilton Are you on a date that doesn't feel right? Can't shake...

'A twisty, utterly riveting tale.' Tess Gerritsen***The fast-paced, addictive No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller. Over one million copies sold.***PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ALMOST ANYTHING.You never know what's happening on the...

'Seek and ye shall find.' With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or...

Eight years a soldier, Peter Ash came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls 'white static', a buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has...

July 2005, and the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland. With daily marches, demonstrations, and scuffles, the police are at full stretch. Detective Inspector John Rebus, however, has been sidelined,...

It is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing...A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the city's ancient subterranean streets and marks on the corpse...

They want an eye for an eye. He'll fight until the last drop is spilled.The incredible latest novel in the most visceral, action-packed series around sees the assassin Victor fighting...

GRIPPING AND FAST-PACED CRIME FICTION FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FROZEN GRAVE AND COLD KILLERS. On a freezing cold winter's day, the body of a young woman is pulled from...

The ADDICTIVE THRILLER perfect for fans of Fiona Barton's The Child and Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone.________'I think you might be my father . . .'Zoe Barry walks into...

'Head-to-head with Nicci French and Karin Slaughter' Daily MirrorTHE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY.She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat...

The year is 1740. George II is on the throne but England's remoter provinces remain largely a law unto themselves. In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a Squire's...

The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir***The Times BOOK...

___________________________________ A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.When forensic...

DEEP DECEPTION. TWISTED FATE.'As great a contribution to the noble British genre of detective fiction as any writer for decades' Stephen FryThames Valley has a new Superintendent - DCS Wainwright...

'A modern horror classic from one of the most exciting writers in the field today' Starburst Magazine 'An astonishing debut from Jonathan Sims. A wonderful new twist on an age-old...