Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Frustrated with the sheer ennui of London life and looking for fresh excitement, Anthony Anstruther and his girlfriend leave a nightclub to find a drunken Russian tramp playing noughts and...

Paul Leibovitz was once an ambitious advisor, dedicated father, and loving husband. But after living for nearly thirty years in Hong Kong, personal tragedy strikes and Paul's marriage unravels in...

The Bad Book Affair features the magnificently hapless Israel Armstrong - the duffle-coat wearing, navel-gazing Jewish librarian who solves crimes, mysteries, and domestic problems whilst driving a mobile library around...

Libro, Sweden. A mutilated body is found lying in the snow. Husband, father and reformed trouble-maker John Jonsson leaves behind a devastated family and friends to struggle on without him....

'Love is the death of me,' read the handwritten note. The gunshot victim was found in Detective Sergeant Kathy Mallory's apartment. It was not clear at first if it was...

Sultan Gadaffi has escaped from Libya with a fistful of dangerous secrets. The British Government want ex-Special Forces operative Steve Range, the go-to man for any Black-Ops missions, to lead...

The enemy within...It should have been a routine protection operation. But when the Croatian Foreign Minister is kidnapped on British soil by a known assassin, maverick DPU agent Charlie Paddon...

A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow.Two families entangled in a long and complex history...

When Serena Sheridan's grandfather vanishes into the vast and infamous swamps of Louisiana for no apparent reason, she feels compelled to abandon her successful career as a psychologist and go...

'Hypnotic . . . An uncommonly clever whodunnit' New York Times Book Review'Magical in every way ... One of the best novels I've ever read'Fearne Cotton'Deftly plotted with vivid, compelling...

Obsession. Intrigue. Revenge. Get ready for one of the most twisty thrillers this year!'I've been yearning for something to give me Girl on the Train vibes. . . this is...

When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on the steps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is one of the first on...

'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror' Lee Child, international bestselling author-----In the murky world of espionage the rules of war do not apply2005: Jed Walker has just...

*The sparkling new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of THE MAID* 'Utterly delightful' DAILY MAIL 'Captivates from page one' JANICE HALLETT _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT DISTURB. WHODUNNIT IN PROGRESS ......

`A gripping, flawless novel . . . memorable, atmospheric and chilling' Sophie Hannah Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside,...

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...

The psychological thriller from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Nurse A terrible wife...Sarah Westfield is unhappily married to perfect husband Nick. Handsome, devoted and kind, he should be...

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...

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....

____________________'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...

"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...

Don't trust the Liar.Do not cross the King.Never, ever go in the River.In Red Valley, California, you follow the rules if you want to stay alive. But they won't be...