Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

Winner of the 2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best FictionRAIN DOGS WAS WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD 2017Book 3 in the Detective Sean Duffy series.'McKinty is one of Britain's great...

Is a change of identity all it takes to leave prison? Colin Burrows is desperate. Recently sent to prison for burglary, he knows that his four year sentence means that...

Two missing boys.A stolen bolt gun.One fatal shot.Three ingredients for murder.When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village,...

The number 35, the Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following...

In the war-torn chaos of Berlin the Jews ran from hide-out to hide-out, hunted down in the name of Nazi purity. Survival was all - staying one step ahead of...

'Fast, taut, tense, accurate. A terrific read' FREDERICK FORSYTH 'Authenticity seeps from every page . . . this is a promising start' DAILY MAIL Introducing Luke Carlton - ex-Special Boat...

The body of a well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a drystone wall near the village of Helmthorpe, Swainsdale. Who on earth would want to kill such a thoughtful,...

For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, a twisty, escapist suspense about a mysterious retreat center harboring violent secrets."Masterfully plotted and superbly twisty, The Vicious Circle is a read-in-one-sitting...

Winner of the 2017 Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger.The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama...

*** WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2021, and an INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ***'The leading character is the deftly drawn Persis Wadia, the country's first female detective. She's a...

A treasure to die for?Join Freya and Aunt Carole for more sleuthing in the second instalment in your new favourite crime series, The Antique Hunters. The Antique Hunter's: Death on...

'A cracking debut thriller packed with great characters that leaves the reader wanting more' Irish IndependentHe turned away for a split second. And she was gone.Eighteen years ago David Dunnigan...

The instant internationally bestselling outrageously unputdownable debut for fans of Bunny, Bat Eater and Yellowface'An absolute masterpiece' STYLIST'You'll enjoy this nail-biting life-swap ride through the glossy influencer scene' DAILY MAIL...

'WHAT A READ!... Completely engrossing, undeniably enthralling... The biggest five stars.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars 'A masterclass in storytelling... Unforgettable.' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife Everyone has a...

Christmas can be murder . . . Carole Seddon hates Christmas - it all seems rather a waste of time. So when her neighbour and best friend, Jude, drags her...

Olympic rowing hopeful and senior Metropolitan Police officer DCI Rebecca Meredith goes out alone to train on the river in Henley on a dark afternoon in late October - and...

Agatha's former husband James is engaged to be married to a beautiful, young woman and Agatha has been kindly invited to the wedding. To take her mind off this, Agatha...

THE NEW PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES Mitch Rapp owes powerful criminal Damian Losa a favour, and it's being called in. With no choice...

Incomer Gloria French is at first welcomed in the Cotswold village of Piddlebury. She seems like a do-gooder par excellence, raising funds for the church and caring for the elderly....

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed'...

The Metropolitan Police have an unsolvable problem: 'Lachy' Wilson is a ruthless and obscenely rich British drugs lord who has bought off dozens of their officers. Thanks to these informants,...

'Claustrophobic and compelling' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'A rollercoaster with multiple twists' DAILY MAIL 'A million dollar new story from a million selling author' SARAH PINBOROUGH Sometimes your first love won't let...

It's a deadly game of blackmail. And they're making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he's good looking, has a brilliant mind...

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...

It may be winter, but things heat up when Police Chief Lew Ferris discovers a mystery buried under the icy waters of a local lake.It's ice-fishing season in Loon Lake...

Architect Kate O'Connor appears to have it all. A lighthouse home, a successful politician husband and an eight-year-old daughter. Yet everything is not as it seems.A snowstorm approaches, and with...

The sixth Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller.Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to forget her childhood in Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's...

'One of the best in the genre' THE SUN'A fabulously satisfying addition to the canon of vintage crime' DAILY EXPRESS'A delicious adventure' DAILY MAIL on The Riviera Express *** Murder...

Can you really see evil when you look into someone's eyes? In a rundown house, a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in...

'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY___________________________Watch Will Trent on Disney+ The second gripping...

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane... From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air...

'THE AGATHA CHRISTIE OF JAPAN' MURDER & MAYHEM'A TREAT . . . A REDISCOVERED CLASSIC FOR US ALL TO ENJOY' THE TIMES'FULL OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS, A PERFECT MYSTERY FOR A...

'One of our finest crime writers' Peter James 'Fabulous' The Sun'Creepy and complex' The TimesBuried in the shadows and roots of the forest is a deadly secret that was never...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A 'Book of the Year' in The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Daily Telegraph, Spectator, Sunday Express, TLS, Irish Times*'Pure class' Ian Rankin 'Pitch-perfect' Lee Child'A...

Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two strangers by his bed. They show him a list of names and ask a simple but impossible question. Minutes later he...

**HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2021 CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD** She's a murderer. Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees - why else would his dead body be found in her shed?...

Father. Husband. Hitman. He lost it all - he'll kill to get it back.Perfect read for fans of Breaking Bad and Stephen King.*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOKS OF 2022**SHORTLISTED...

'You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment' Stephen King Don Winslow's acclaimed fiction collection featuring 'Crime 101' the upcoming major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo,...