Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Meet Ash, thirteen years old, saying goodbye to his father before he goes to serve a stretch in prison. His dad's friend Kieran helps get rid of social services and...

Shortlisted for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime NovelAnna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has just started working as a criminal investigator in a northern...

READ THE CONTROVERSIAL THRILLER THAT SHOCKED THE WORLDTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERGLAMOUR'S WRITER OF THE YEARBy day Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a London auction house.By night she's a...

Voinjama Johnson is an investigative journalist for the Cape Town magazine Urban. Her life is a mess and Vee's been seeing things: a teenage girl in a red hat that...

WHAT IF IT WAS SOMEONE YOU KNEW?'Utterly engrossing . . . I lived inside this book for two days - and I'm still thinking about it. Superb!' Shari Lapena, bestselling...

Don't miss book two in the brilliant gangland series from bestselling author, Kerry Kaya!Another gripping and gritty read from one of the best gangland authors. Perfect for fans of Martina...

Two brothers with a shared tragic past, caused by a two-second decision that haunts them both. One decides to avenge it. The other, to forgive. Both will pay for their...

When a Turkish labourer is stabbed to death in Frankfurt's red light district the local police see no reason to work overtime. Kemal Kayankaya, however has a different attitude. He...

Secrets can be fatal. But so can the truth.When the murdered body of Lauren Shaw is discovered laid out on the altar of St Mary the Virgin church in Eastbourne...

After the death of Vourniass Lycern, child-bearer to the Seriattic Royal Household, her twin sons, fathered by former Military Intelligence Officer Alexander Delgado, have grown up ignorant of their relationship....

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...

James Patterson and Bill Clinton - the 'dream team' (Lee Child) - return with a thriller even more compelling than global number one bestseller The President is Missing.____________Every detail is...

The New Year started with a bang in Sydney's Chinatown - and it wasn't just the fireworks. While the rest of the country were celebrating, the biggest bank job in...

Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now___________________'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game' Independent'No one can tell a...

A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK'Fiendish good fun' ANTHONY HOROWITZIf you want to get away with murder, play by the rules Years ago Malcolm Kershaw wrote a list of...

Alex Barclay is back with another stunning Ren Bryce FBI thriller NOWHERE TO RUN FBI agent Ren Bryce's hunt for some of the country's most dangerous killers is about to...

Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in...

TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, HE MUST SACRIFICE EVERYTHING . . .Discover 2024's most original new thriller, a story of glamour, secrets and obsession...'GRABS YOU FROM THE OPENING LINE AND WON'T LET...

She thought she'd seen the back of the Delaneys. How wrong could she be . . .Ruthless is the fifth book in the compelling Annie Carter series by hit crime...

Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandos deep into Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from joining the nuclear arms race, he has been publicly hailed...

An aircraft carrier adrift with a crew the size of a small town. A murderer in their midst. And the disgraced Navy SEAL who must track him down...'Sensationally good -...

Seconded from MI5 to the SIS, Tallis must take on his most explosive mission yet. A series of high profile killings has made the Russian government increasingly authoritarian. And for...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the latest volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of...

When Brian Willcox is found brutally battered to death next to a suburban railway line in Glasgow, it is assumed that the toddler is the victim of a vicious sexual...

Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown's brilliant new thriller, THE SECRET OF SECRETS, available for pre-order now.Discover the bestselling thriller of all time from global phenomenon Dan Brown.Harvard professor Robert...

Hers was the ultimate ambition ...The Prodigal Daughter is the magnificent story of love and politics that continues the saga Jeffrey Archer began with Kane and Abel. The titanic battle...

What would you do if you woke up in your home... but it wasn't your home at all? When a man wearing a picture mask of her daughter Maisie's face...

Control was the word Dr Toby Harper lived by. She strove to keep her life in order, her ER in order. But no one could have been prepared for the...

A young man is found dead in a seedy hotel room; electrocuted in his bath with a toaster. This is the second electrocution murder Lindsay Boxer has come across and...

Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his latest wife to be brutally murdered. All the clues suggest the killer comes...

When, despite all his training and twenty five years experience as a private detective, Phil Kramer is shot dead on a quiet suburban south California street his wife and partners...

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...

'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The TimesFrom multi-million-copy number one bestseller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired...

From the outside, the house was unremarkable. Just one of many on an ordinary, suburban estate. But inside was a different matter. With pink ribbons and pink walls, stuffed toy...

Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still...