Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

The macabre discovery of a truck full of dead Chinese in southern Texas brings American pathologist Margaret Campbell together again with Li Yan, the Beijing detective with whom she once...

The new thriller featuring ex-soldier Peter Ash by award-winning American author Nick Petrie.When Peter Ash receives a four a.m. phone call to help out a former criminal, it's just the...

The first in a gripping new crime thriller series set in Yorkshire, for fans of Ian Rankin and Joseph Knox. 'A striking debut' Peter Robinson 'The twisted big brother to...

A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control.DI Kate Young is on leave. She's the force's best detective, but her bosses know she's under pressure,...

Stranger are the creatures in the dark mind of man than in the deepest, darkest forest . . . Joe Frye, the only female detective in the Miami PD's Homicide...

'A harrowing and suspenseful page turner that perfectly encapsulates "Northern Noir". This is how a police procedural is done.' Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man Four dead bodies. One...

CAN THEY UNPICK THE TRUTH AND BRING A KILLER TO JUSTICE? DS Ferreira is back on the force after being severely injured in the line of duty. The first case...

On the Polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner...

When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape. Logan is a...

Boulder, Colorado - in the foothills of the Rockies, the brutal murder of a district attorney is just the beginning of a terrifying plot of terror. Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory...

Wayward backbencher Tom Goodfellowe makes his third appearance in the new novel of treachery at the highest levels from the bestselling author of House of Cards. Colonel Peter Amadeus is...

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn, sitting on his porch, when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls...

'BRILLIANT AT CAPTURING THE MURDEROUS CHARMS OF RURAL FRANCE ' MirrorMillions of fans worldwide have discovered the world of Bruno, Chief of Police, and the lovely Perigord town that he...

It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the...

'Great Opportunity for the Right Applicants: Western Australia. Housekeeper/companions required. Would suit young couple. Remote, rural location. Cooking, cleaning, gardening and caring duties. Applicants must be self-sufficient and resourceful.' Cassie...

HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWISTThe Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.A 300-year-old legendRumour has it...

SOME WILL WAIT A LIFETIME TO TAKE THEIR REVENGE ...A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying. And millions of pounds' worth of valuables have...

The spine-tingling moral dilemma thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Jack Jordan...SOON TO BE ADAPTED FOR TVSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER...

When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers back in 1990, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess. His wife had left...

Douglas Petty is a man who enjoys his reputation as an unreconstructed male with a penchant for too much wine and too many women. Inheriting his father's eccentric estate and...

Sarah Fortune is happy to be sorting out the inheritance problems of the Pardoes, as it promises to distance her from a claustrophobic relationship with Malcolm Cook, and she cannot...

On a cold Sunday morning, ex-copper Ray Flowers has little more to worry about than tackling an unwieldy honeysuckle in his garden. But his weekend peace is suddenly interrupted by...

December 1999. London is poised on the brink of a new Millennium as the Trinity Chapter religious cult prepares for the Resurrection of its leader, Trinity the Divine, in the...

In the wake of the World Trade Centre bombing of 1993, Samir Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers, and spies. An operative...