Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Brighton, winter 1951. Pantomime season is in full swing on the pier with Max Mephisto starring in Aladdin, but Max's headlines have been stolen by the disappearance --of two local...

Stark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn. What's more, it knows the Earth is dying.Deep in...

From the BAFTA-winning writer behind the TV series PRIME SUSPECT and author of WIDOWS, now a major motion picture When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan...

An Indian 'Miss Smilla' set in Bombay; interwoven with this utterly gripping detective story is a remarkable layering of knowlege gleaned from old books on storms, the monsoon, poisons and...

Since serial killer Gretchen Lowell went on the run, following Detective Archie Sheridan's latest near-fatal encounter with her, the city of Portland has descended into Beauty Killer hysteria. Even fan...

What do you see in your dying moments...? A young woman is on the run, her boyfriend found brutally slain in their bed. A simple crime of passion. Or is...

'Adele Parks consistently writes banger after banger, and Our Beautiful Mess might just be her best yet. Addictive and brilliant' Lisa Jewell 'Had me gripped from beginning to end. Masterfully...

DO YOU DARE MAKE THE PLEDGE?The brand-new destination thriller from the half-a-million-copy bestseller._________________________A MYSTERIOUS OFFERWhen Thea deciphers a cryptic invitation, she can't believe it's real. Yet the next moment she's...

'Fantastic. Ann Cleeves is a stone cold genius' - Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Favorite Mistake'Everything Ann Cleeves writes is incredible' - Richard Osman, No. 1 bestselling...

Kim lived a wild and rootless youth, entirely devoid of meaning, until he discovered his passion: deep-sea diving. In his exploration of the stunning, untouched paradise beneath the surface of...

YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THE FLOWER GIRLSThe Flower Girls. Laurel and Primrose. One convicted of murder, the other given a new identity.Now, nineteen years later, another child has gone missing.And The...

THE NO.4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKGET READY FOR THE MOST GRIPPING THRILLER OF THE YEAR...You've won the house of your dreams. It's about to become...

A BRAND NEW utterly gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Andrea Mara and Department Q.'Is he your little boy?''No. No....

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER! THE GRIPPING SECOND NOVEL FROM ROB RINDER AND FOLLOW-UP TO NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE TRIAL**When the UK's favourite breakfast TV presenter dies live on...

No matter who you are, love comes at a price...'Perfect for a lengthy spot of tanning ... immerse yourself in the lives of four women looking for love' GRAZIA'Best-selling author...

'An impressive debut novel' The Times'Fantastic' GuardianCan you ever come to terms with a missing child? Julia Davidsson has not. Her five-year-old son disappeared twenty years previously on the Swedish...

'A compelling, gripping and emotional thriller about dark family secrets and the past coming back to haunt you. I loved it!' Claire DouglasTHERE'S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . .The...

There is only one way in and there is only one way out: the river. One stifling afternoon, a mysterious supply boat docks at a research station deep in the...

Their hangovers may fade, but this is a hen party they'll never forget...Lauren, Saskia, Dominica, Farah and Tansy have been friends since nursery. They wonder if that was the last...

The bestselling 17th novel in the Women's Murder Club series A KILLER WITH A PLAN Detective Lindsay Boxer is on the case of a series of shootings of the homeless...

How far would you go to keep a secret? It has been ten years since 21-year-old Mack went missing. A Columbia University senior, he walked out of his room and...

In2 Deep is an action thriller, and from a new author who knows what it is like to be under fire. In2Deep is the direct result of the author's combat...

Gina is on the run from a lot of things, but the one that's going to get her into most trouble is prison. She and two mates are in hiding,...

'There is an Enemy. It is coming. It is relentless.' Schoolteacher Jim Ironheart flies on an impulse to Portland, Oregon. There he risks his life to save a child from...

General Patrick McLanahan returns in a battle to expose the corruption at the heart of the American government. General Patrick McLanahan's provocative Aerospace Battle Force has grown in to a...

Sam Capra is an ex-CIA agent, an ex-husband, and an utterly devoted father - to a child stolen from him by Novem Soles, an international intelligence agency as mysterious as...