Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

When 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm descends. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm...

'Detective Inspector Alex Steen is up there with Jo Nesbo's notorious, extraordinary Harry Hole... A gripping, addictive and unforgettable read.' Crime Review'There's a real heart beating through Steen's darkness, and...

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

Alli Carson was once First Daughter, only child of the US President. Then, after a car crash killed her father and hospitalised her mother. Alli battled her grief and threw...

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle,...

Sophie is haunted by the things she can't remember - and visions from the past she will never forget.One morning, she wakes to find that the little boy in her...

*THE SMASH HIT NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ~ A GUARDIAN and SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH ~ TV IN DEVELOPMENT WITH NETFLIX* IT'S THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY Everyone knows...

'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going' GILLIAN FLYNN 'Gripping ... Bravura storytelling' VOGUE 'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMES From one of our most accomplished...

A propulsive rollercoaster high concept international thriller which dares to take the world to the edge of oblivion.THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS JUST SAID GOODNIGHT.On the anniversary eve of the...

Your invitation for the hottest summer thriller of the year has arrived . . .'The thriller of the summer' SARA OCHS'Smart, sharp and stylish' ANDREA MARA 'Addictive' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Everything...

Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller.A once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii.But a decades-old military secret could...

The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES. Season 2 out March 2025! 'I love the audacity of the Marlow gang, those ladies sure know how to...

Humanity has always believed it is the only intelligent species of life in the universe. But while excavating in Israel, an archaeologist unearths a tomb that has remained hidden for...

'A hugely entertaining character who is wry, gossipy and completelycompelling. Full of twists and turns worthy of a classic mystery novel' ALEX MICHAELIDES, author of The Silent Patient'Gripping . ....

'We have your son.'On an ordinary day, CIA analyst Jill Bailey has her life turned upside down by the voice at the end of the phone. In a split second...

A FIRE. A MURDER. A SILENT SUSPECT... On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground... By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed...

Trumble is a minimum security federal prison, home to drug dealers, bank robbers, swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, and three former judges who call themselves The Brethren. They meet each day...

You wake up in a strange room on a bed covered in blood. You have no idea how you got there. Beside you is a dead girl: Your girlfriend. The...

With over 400 million copies of his books sold worldwide, Dean Koontz is one of the most popular writers of our time. Read this page-turning, heart-breaking thriller to find why...

'One of the best psychological thrillers I've read in years. Thought provoking, unsettling and compelling' - John Marrs, bestselling author of The OneA STRING OF MURDERS. AND THE PERSON WHO...

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...

From the author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, comes an electrifying new novel -- prepare yourself for an adrenalin-fuelled ride. An ancient warrior For archaeologist Nina Wilde it's the opportunity...

A dramatic novel, based on a wonderful historical concept: the power of evil, given to one man. For thirty pieces of silver, Judas committed the most famous betrayal in history....

Burton and Swinburne return in a new wildly imaginative steampunk adventure, and this time they're facing their greatest foe...Leicester Square, London. Blood red snow falls from the sky and a...

Special Operative Eric Steele battles a renegade group of bioterrorists armed with a devastating virus in the fourth pulse-pounding military thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw...

A young English schoolteacher, Charlotte Parsons, is invited to resume her job as nanny to the children of a well-to-do Sicilian family. But this time Charley is the central figure...

"Susi Holliday is one of our best and most original creators of tense and twisty tales." -Ian Rankin Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy?...

The dead man followed the track until it rose above the last remaining trees and ceased to be a rough line of beaten earth and scruffy grass, to become a...

He thinks he sees a flash of emotion in her eyes. Sympathy? Then it's gone. 'Whatever you think this is going to be like,' she whispers, 'it's going to be...

Everyone envies the Randalls: beautiful, accomplished and high-flying, their lives are almost too good to be true.No one envies Stuart. A tough childhood has left him making his way as...