Secondhand Crime Fiction Books

As Peter Carlyle, a smooth-talking, super-successful lawyer, waved his family off on a sailing holiday, all they had in mind was lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm...

The truth will set you free - if it doesn't kill you first. New York attorney Trevor Mann's world shatters when he receives a phone call telling him his girlfriend...

Private Investigator Karl Kane returns to the streets of Belfast investigating the discovery of a severed hand. Karl believes it's the work of an elusive serial killer, but the police...

In the backwoods of South America, an ex-SAS officer now working for British Intelligence embarks on a terrifying mission to find a woman who holds the key to a dark...

SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIES____________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves...

PERFECT HUSBAND. PERFECT FATHER. PERFECT LIAR?'You'll devour this terrific debut like the rest of us, skipping lunch, losing sleep, turning pages until the end.' JOHN GRISHAM'Hold on tight! What a...

Stephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week. An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. But hey,...

Stephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week. An ordinary person would cave under the pressure. But hey,...

When only the dead have the answers, who can tell you the truth?DI Owen Sheen and DC Aoife McCusker are back working on the reformed Serious Historic Offences Team in...

James Ellroy is acknowledged as one of America's greatest living writers. As well as his critically acclaimed novels, he is a regular contributor to GQ magazine in the States. This...

'An eerie and atmospheric mystery that kept me guessing from start to finish' Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver One year ago, Leah's twenty-one-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned near her family-owned...

The debut cosy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4's Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and The Kumars at No. 42. Shortlisted...

'Utterly compelling . . . the writing is mesmeric' Ali Land, Sunday Times bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me'This book haunted me . . . The writing is beautiful...

'It was the stunned, pale look of bad news' Immediately Lieutenant Peter Decker of the LA police thinks of his elderly parents. Rina, his wife, reassures him the family's fine,...

AN INTENSELY CREEPY SERIAL KILLER THRILLER DEBUT, FOR FANS OF CHRIS CARTER AND M. W. CRAVEN.'A truly extraordinary crime novel' - Lynda La Plante'Written with a clear grasp of social...

Gideon Davis, whose behind-the-scenes negotiating skills have earned him the role of peacemaker in conflicts around the globe, knows more about hush-hush discussions in Capitol corridors than he does about...

The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir***The Times BOOK...

'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review An impossible heist. An ancient code. A deadly...

All your friends are invited. But which of them will survive? 'Wow... This is a complete page turner. I couldn't put it down' ***** Netgalley reviewer An addictive and twisty...

'I was totally engrossed... huge thumbs up' Real Reader Review'Had me hooked from the first page' Real Reader Review'An exciting page turning thriller that kept me gripped' Real Reader ReviewIt...

Where did they come from? Why did they fall?In a quiet town, a thousand dead starlings fall onto a high school field, unleashing a horrifying and unexpected chain of events...

June 1941: Nazi troops surround the city of Leningrad, planning to shell and starve the people into submission. Most of the cultural elite is evacuated, but the famous composer Shostakovich...

Blood is thicker than water - and far more deadly ... A woman is lured to a remote spot in the Scottish Highlands and strangled almost to the point of...

'The best spy novel set in wartime London. A masterpiece' Edward Wilson, author of A Very British EndingLondon, 1941. The city is in blackout, besieged by nightly air raids from...

A mother's worst nightmare Maria Colson leaves her baby Dylan outside the store for a few seconds. Then she sees the empty pram - Dylan has vanished without a trace....

'One of the best thriller writers working today'Lee Child'Chris Mooney is an exceptional thriller writer. I envy those who have yet to read him'John ConnollyBy the time you read this,...

'A gripping and smart thriller that kept me guessing .Sensitive but not sensationalist, a page turner with an important message, I was hooked.' MARISA BATEWhen Rob decides the family needs...

From the beaches of the Philippines to the mean streets of London, a hunt for justice becomes a battle for survival. When renegade ex-cop Dennis Milne stumbles upon information that...

July 2012: The Games have arrived in London. Preparations have gone flawlessly and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. But one man...

In his chilling new thriller Guy Walters turns his attention to Britain in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Edward VIII has not abdicated but reigns with Queen Wallis. His...

BANKS IS BACK - AND THE HUNT IS ON.When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, the local community is filled with unease. Then a bloodstain is discovered in a disused...

'Gripping, stylish, convincing' Sunday Times They won't all live to tell the tale... Seven friends. One killer. No escape... A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn...