Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

He was never truly gone, only biding his time...Late on midsummer's night there is a splash in the river Thames. A body is found on an island, asphyxiated and laced...

For DCI Gillard, sometimes old sins cast long shadows...Under a motorway flyover lies the body of a young man. Days earlier, he had been involved in an altercation with DCI...

Dan Abatangelo and Shel Beaudry are two 'for life' lovers, whose adventures as the last of the independent 'gentleman' marijuana smugglers ('no violence - it's all about the money') come...

'Magnificent.' Richard Osman'Razor-sharp.' Erin Kelly'Fresh, frightening, bittersweet and brutal.' Chris Whitaker 'Catnip for fans of Saltburn.' GuardianAVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOWA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKHe's found a life...

They said there'd be karma, but he thought, why wait?They killed his wife, now he must wrap his daughter in love... but that doesn't mean they'll get away with it.Father,...

'A bold, beautiful, sexy, full-throttle thriller: it is a gorgeous, creepy Gothic story for our times' NICCI FRENCHOne of them has killed before.One of them will kill again.In the sweltering...

From the author of Sunday Times bestseller Holmes, Margaret and Poe..._____________________________It's their toughest case yet. And their best detective is missing.Holmes, Margaret and Poe's Brooklyn-based detective agency solves the crimes...

Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in...

'Warm, smart and laugh-out-loud funny' Andrea Mara'Delightful' Stuart Turton'Alice Bell writes with real verve' Janice HallettGroup holidays are always murder...An unfinished wellness retreat was not Claire's first choice of holiday...

Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father's failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also...

Duncan Claymore could have it all. He's one of the country's up and coming young jockeys and this season his sights are set on getting right to the top. He...

The latest gripping thriller from world-class forensic anthropologist, Kathy Reichs, bestselling author of Bare Bones and Monday Mourning 'Death by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head' is the on-scene assessment,...

'One of this country's most exciting crime novelists.' Daily MailSomeone is brutally killing priests. Is it revenge? Or something more sinister?One cold spring morning in County Cork, two fishermen find...

Should she catch the killer - or let them strike again? On a bloodstained mattress in a grimy flat, a man lies dead. A terrified girl kneels over his body....

"This is exactly the sort of big, meaty, ambitious thriller that the market needs. I haven't read a book like this since I Am Pilgrim." ANTHONY HOROWITZ------------"Superb - there's an...

For Alex Delaware, this crime is personal: if he couldn't help his former patient in life, he will in death. FLESH AND BLOOD is a fast-paced and complex thriller from...

In a late-night showdown, Detective Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision: in self-defence she fires her weapon - and sets off a chain of events that leaves a...

A family wedding. An unsolved murder. Til death us do part?Dr Nell Ward is in the lush, emerald-green hills of Ireland to attend the wedding of two dear friends at...

____________________'A gripping read, a literary blockbuster with brains. Horribly compelling' The Observer'Featuring an explosive twist-in-the-tail climax, this terrifying hybrid of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Zamyatin's We is a triumph' The...

The latest pulse-pounding thriller from master of the moral dilemma and Sunday Times bestseller Jack Jordan.'Tense, dark, emotional, and beautifully written, this action-packed gut-punch of a novel is flawless, and...

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...

Samson Kolechko has been assigned a most perplexing case - though it is mostly perplexing because it's hard to understand why selling the meat of one's own pig constitutes a...

When Finchmere's first summer fete turns fatal, Nell has more than just a killer to net...Since their YouTube channel, Following Finchmere, has taken flight, showcasing Dr Nell Ward's sustainability transformation...

_______________________________TICK... A KILLER'S COUNTDOWN BEGINS.A rash of horrifying crimes tears through New York City, throwing it into complete chaos.TICK... CAN MICHAEL BENNETT CATCH HIM?The city calls on Detective Michael Bennett,...

When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family's estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the...

Kathleen, from privileged Newport, Rhode Island; Colleen, from a poor Irish village - two teenagers who are both pregnant, and both in great danger. A private detective named Anne Fitzgerald...

'Stunning ... Scrublands is that rare combination, a page-turner that stays long in the memory' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month)'A heatwave of a novel, scorching and powerful... Extraordinary'...

A classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious...

"If there are thriller writers better than this, I'd like to know who they are. John Altman is a major new talent on the scene" JACK HIGGINS A female Nazi...

'A pacy, witty, engaging thriller, entertaining and delightfully authentic, but hard-hitting and thought-provoking too. I can't wait for you all to read it' - Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland...

Inspector Carlyle has a new partner in crime . . . but for how long?When a fortune in uncut diamonds are nicked by a group of soldiers, Carlyle teams up...

The final nail-biting instalment in the critically acclaimed Hidden Iceland series - FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'A world-class crime writer . . . One of the most astonishing plots...