Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Dr Jekyll and his monstrous alter-ego join forces with his ex-fiancee to solve a series of disappearances across Victorian London in this thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Stuart Turton...

On the morning after Boat Race Day, a man's body is found in a nature reserve beside the Thames. He has been viciously stabbed, his tongue cut out, and an...

Conspiracy thrillers don't come any bigger or better than THE KEY - from the author of the bestselling thriller debut of 2011, SANCTUS: 'Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and...

'Clemence Michallon has written a classic... Daring and completely satisfying' James Patterson'Beautifully written, entirely convincing and relentlessly gripping ... so brilliantly told, with characters so plausible and compelling, that I...

THE PERFECT HUSBAND Jim Beckett was everything Tess had ever dreamed of ...But two years after Tess married Jim and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for...

Samantha Laschen, a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder, has moved to the Essex coast with her small daughter, Elsie, to escape the problems of her London life. Or so...

Mid-winter, St. Andrews, Scotland: When a university lecturer fails to turn up for class, he is found dead at home, with evidence of having committed suicide. A female student reports...

THE NEW AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MOUNTAIN"Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica."D'Andrea piles...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTSFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025'A dazzlingly clever murder mystery, told backwards.' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Deliciously dark.' JOHN...

One dead wife is tragic. Two looks like murder... ________ 'Motherland meets Big Little Lies, It's Always the Husband is a totally addictive, up-all-night read. A masterclass in misdirection with...

In New York, in 1946, Ellen returns home to her husband after the breakdown that has interrupted her career as one of the city's most gifted harpsichordists. Over the next...

READ THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYANWhen the great bear growls . . .Russia is hurting. It's economy is tanking and its 'adventures' abroad have...

'A Neighbour's Guide to Murder is fiendishly sharp, clever and gripping. Nobody captures the mores of neighbourhoods and communities, and multi-generational complexities, like Louise Candlish. She's in a league of...

Through years of success in Hollywood composing music for Oscar-winning films, Chris Lowndes always imagined he would come full circle, home to Yorkshire with his beloved wife Laura. Now he's...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither...

A heart-stopping thriller set in the darkest days of WWII. Johann Halder, an Abwehr agent with immense talent and a tortured soul, races across the desert to assassinate Roosevelt and...

Whisky is a bloody business . . .When a dilapidated distillery comes up for sale in rural Kintyre, Eilidh and her wife Morag jump at the chance. But their ambition...

The new Dirk Pitt adventure from the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling authorAs Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding...

Secrets.What secrets are hidden at the heart of family life?Deceit.The lies we tell ourselves are often more dangerous than the truth.When forty-one-year-old Sarah Price is reported missing after having arranged...

DS Benjamin Chambers and DC Adam Winter are hunting a twisted serial killer who recreates famous works of art using the bodies of his victims. But after Chambers almost loses...

'One of the most hypnotically gripping books I've read in a long, long time.' TESS GERRITSENYour friend's child is missing. It's your fault.No family is perfect.A husband, three children and...

A brand-new, unputdownable cat-and-mouse psychological thriller from the Number One international bestselling author Adele Parks! 'Addictive and brilliant' Lisa Jewell on Our Beautiful Mess ***** Be afraid. Someone's watching. At...

When Imogen is told she's inherited a country mansion near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago:...

Christmas is coming to the picturesque Cotswold countryside, and the days are merry and bright at the Slocombe house. Thea's daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter...

James Bond meets The Thomas Crown Affair in a spellbinding tale of international intrigue and suspense. Tom Kirk. The world's greatest art thief. Jennifer Browne. An FBI agent desperate for...

A strange piece of graffiti daubed on the window of a north London restaurant is the catalyst that propels Alfie Flowers into an intriguing mystery involving the mysterious Nomads' Club,...

'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS'An affectionate homage to classic murder mysteries' - DAILY MAIL'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIANA snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.It's...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024*Richard Osman meets MasterChef. In this cookery school, murder is on the menu...'If Agatha Christie were to go on Masterchef, this novel would...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH**A THE TIMES BEST THRILLER FOR APRIL**OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION IN A SEVEN-WAY AUCTION*'Delightful' THE TIMES'Enthralling' THE SUNDAY TIMES'A serpentine thriller' SPECTATOR'A pure delight' NEIL...

'Remarkedly assured debut ... the advent of a real talent...One to watch' Sunday Times'Immersive, intriguing, and intelligent - incredibly impressive, up there with the best in the genre' Lee Child________________________It...

From the master of suspense, a fierce thriller of terrorism, murder and revenge. In Higgins' acclaimed bestseller DARK JUSTICE, intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues in Britain and the...

The unputdownable, addictive and disturbing thriller, perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window, The Girl Before and The Silent Patient.'Edgy, cool, and intriguing' HARRIET TYCE'Emma Cook keeps you...

'A touch of Jekyll and Hyde in this story of murder, vengeance and bonds of friendship. Fine stuff' Ian Rankin 'BRILLIANT!!' Suzy K Quinn 'Thrilling' Riley Sager 'A smart, taut...

'A stunning, audacious new thriller... It will shock you, horrify you, unsettle you, and that's exactly the point. As brave as it is brutal, it lets nothing and nobody off...