Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Cane, Cob and Chimney Jewett are young Georgia sharecroppers held under the thumb of their God-fearing father, Pearl. When he dies unexpectedly, they set out on horseback for Canada, robbing...

Danger is closer than you think...Single Mum Kate Wilde has escaped an abusive marriage and hasn't had a holiday in years, so when she wins a five-day trip to Paris...

A great novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers...They never found the killer.All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing...

The second that Columbia law student Jack Mullen steps down from the train at East Hampton, he knows that something is very wrong. As he greets his family, his kid...

Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and Hollywood celebrities. But his clients are the people he grew up with, the people who...

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'Lots of clever links in the breakneck plot' Cork Evening Echo'This crime drama races along in short, action-packed chapters' My Weekly______________The Sunday Times bestsellerA city...

'Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with' Lisa Jewell'Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it!' Graham Norton'MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet,...

A young tech genius is offered the opportunity of a lifetime . . . one that could end hers When Angela Hoot is kicked off her graduate programme at MIT...

Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past. She has only unhappy memories of Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life...

'I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?' Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address...

Pre-order THE KILL LIST in paperback now! 'Dark, tense, action-packed, and so, so clever ... I couldn't stop until the very last page. Outstanding' Andrea Mara, number one Sunday Times...

How far would you go to bury the truth?While searching for a missing hill walker, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team uncovers a body - just not the one they were looking...

A long lost library. A priceless manuscript. A deadly secret...About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a young hot-shot banker, is sent to help one of...

This breathtaking mystery thriller international bestselling author Michael White expertly meshes past and present, cryptic clues and constant menace. It's absolutely perfect for fans of Dan Brown, James Becker and...

You've seen the worldwide #1 Netflix film - now read the latest breathtaking Gray Man thrillerCourt Gentry is caught between the Russian mafia and the CIA in the new novel...

The 15th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series Detective Alex Cross delves deep into the past - to the case that haunts his family history... In his own inimitable...

The terrifying sequel to Karen Rose's brilliant DIE FOR ME. Daniel Vartanian is trying to come to terms with a chilling discovery. Photographs taken, and kept hidden, by his brother...

'The Best Thriller Writer Alive' Ken FollettJohn Grisham's newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that shouldn't exist.They were three young law students. They dreamed of changing the...

'OMG THAT ENDING!!!!' Reader Review 'Oh my! I thought The Serial Killer's Wife was good but Alice Hunter has really turned up the heat for The Serial Killer's Daughter. Reader...

Early summer brings warm weather to the Body Farm in East Tennessee, but Dr Bill Brockton's about to get more heat than he's bargained for. A former student who's now...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!'ONE OF THE FINEST MYSTERIES I HAVE EVER READ' Rob Rinder, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trial'A TANTALISING MYSTERY FOR WORD SLEUTHS AND CRIME FANS...

PART OF BBC TWO'S BOOK CLUB BETWEEN THE COVERSTWO SISTERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. THEY ACCUSE EACH OTHER.WHO DO YOU BELIEVE?'911 what's your emergency?''My dad's dead. My sister Sofia killed...

Take his hand and follow him into the darkness . . .John Connolly, bestselling author of seven brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to...

No one can escape from the past.James Blake and his family were safe and secure - until he received a phone call that could mean only one thing: their enemies...

People are voluntarily dying before their time in California. Some call it assisted suicide when cancer or heart disease or painful old age make the quality of life unbearable. Others...

Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a...

In the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavinia Fanshaw and her live-in nurse, Dorothy Jenkins. As shock...

A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world's most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.Without...

The Sunday Times number one bestseller Jo Nesbo's brand new thriller'A 100% buy-today-read-tonight delight' LEE CHILD 'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express...

'Bad Apple is a must-read for lovers of thrillers!' Reader Review, 'I tore through this edge-of-your-seat, up-all-night thriller...Timely and gripping, don't miss this one.' - bestselling author Katy Brent Trusted...

*** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL *** 'An absolute original' - MICK HERRON 'Hallett at her very best' - ELLY GRIFFITHS'A slice of genius' - LOUISE CANDLISH Six...

Paul Schumann is a contract hitman for the mob in 1936. But with Prohibition over and the gang wars associated with it coming to an end, Schumann is finding less...

'I raced through this twisty, compelling domestic thriller' Daily Mail'Intriguing domestic thriller' HeatTHE EXPLOSIVE NUMBER ONE EBOOK BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN RAVING ABOUT'Gripping' LAURA MARSHALL'Page-turning' CATHERINE COOPER'Tension that doesn't...

Heart-racing suspense and irresistible characters from the bestselling author of TOUCH & GO, CATCH ME, LOVE YOU MORE and many others.My name is Dr Adeline Glen. Due to a genetic...

This exciting thriller by the late Frank Froest, himself a detective of international fame, will satisfy the most exacting of detective story connoisseurs. Against a familiar London background we have...

'One of the most strikingly original police procedurals this year . . . It is breathtakingly good' - Daily Mail'A masterclass of suspense' - David BaldacciThe electrifying crime novel featuring...

'The twist is perfection. I think it's just about the cleverest thing I ever read' Gillian McAllisterThe twistiest murder mystery you are ever likely to read?A story about a family...