Crime Fiction

Detective Inspector Jane Tennison was beginning to feel she'd made a big mistake. Having requested a transfer to a station nearer her home, she's now wondering if any serious crimes...

A new full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play, and beautifully re-packaged with stunning new cover illustrations. When a stranger runs his car into a ditch...

A new audio edition of the Agatha Christie thriller. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as...

'Spellbinding' Ian Rankin'A riveting murder mystery and a beautifully wrought picture of a rural community under extreme pressure' Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week'Packed with sneaky moves and teasing...

She lay so still, blue eyes shining, blonde hair fanned out, her mouth stuck forever open in a soundless scream...When Rachel Mullen is found dead by her only sister Beth,...

'Outstanding. The best thriller in years' MARTINA COLE'One of the best thrillers I have read in years' THE OBSERVER'I couldn't put it down. A visceral nightmare of a book with...

When a body is found in a hotel room, reporters are soon all over the case: it appears to be a missing LAPD narcotics detective, apparently gone to the bad....

A classic Marple mystery, superbly read by Joan Hickson. Available for the first time on audio. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house'...

'Well plotted and page turning' - Patricia Gibney'A tense, fast-paced, and deftly plotted thriller, which kept me guessing right to the end. I'm already looking forward to the next outing...

John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it's not the first time the legendary detective...

'The Branded pulls you straight into the story, snares you, and won't let you escape until you turn the last page' Patricia GibneyDuring an unprecedented heatwave, the body of a...

'Lottie Parker is one of the most compelling characters in Irish detective fiction' LIZ NUGENT'An action-packed, twisty tale of murder' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'Addictive . . . There's a reason why she...

In this classic thriller, Ira Levin imagines Dr Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich. Alive and hiding in South America, thirty years after the end of the...

THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'Eerily macabre... Wonderful' Guardian'A nerve-fraying thriller' New York Times'Every bit as horribly fascinating as In Cold Blood' Daily MailLibby Day was seven when her family was murdered:...

THE GRIPPING SUMMER 2021 RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKA secret room. A silent girl. A shocking truth.Evie Cormac was found at a murder scene six years ago, hiding in...

1992. Two strangers bring a hospital patient a list of names. They ask him for one more, but it's a question the patient can't answer. Minutes later he is dispatched...

PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND NEW HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOREveryone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer. When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she...

'Small Mercies is thought provoking, engaging, enraging, and can't-put-it-down entertainment' Stephen King'A jaw-dropping thriller... a resonant, unflinching story written by a novelist who is simply one of the best around'...

Critically acclaimed international bestseller Jane Harper returns.A mother disappears from a busy festival on a warm spring night.Her baby lies alone in the pram, her mother's possessions surrounding her, waiting...

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD AND JUDY SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER COMPETITION'After a dramatic and brutal opening, Jo Spain's amazing debut, With Our Blessing, settles into a very...

She opened a Pandora's box of betrayal and deceitPandora - Dora - Condren wakes one morning to discover her 17-year old daughter Ellie, has not come home after a party.The...

'The Buried's undoubted strengths include Bolton's deftly shaded portrayal of the attitudes of yesteryear towards women and the bonds of necessity between them' THE TIMESAN OLD ENEMY IS LAID TO...

A classic novel of desire and jealousy. Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only child, Sarah, cannot contemplate the idea of her...

'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON'If you haven't read M W Craven yet, now is the time to start' Abir Mukherjee______________________It's Christmas...

SOME CRIMES LIGHT A FIRE THAT NEVER GOES OUT...'Connelly is at the top of his game - a humdinger of a thriller' Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Masterfully structured, hugely...

After getting fired from the Atlantic City Press, journalist Adam Jordan has landed a job writing true crime pieces for Real Detective magazine. The story he's working on now -...

The Drop follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a cover scheme of funelling cash to local gangsters -- 'money drops' -- in the underworld of Boston bars. Under the heavy...

Part of a new look for Hercule Poirot for the 21st Century. Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. Mr Shaitana was famous as...

One rotten apple can spoil the bunchThe Keane sisters grew up together at Raven House, a luxurious riverside home that their mother inherited. On the day of a party at...

*FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING SLOUGH HOUSE THRILLERS*Mick Herron is 'Britain's finest living thriller writer' (Sunday Express) and author of the bestselling and award-winning Slough House novels. Dolphin Junction...

*Soon to be a TV series starring Oscar-award winning actor Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb*'The new king of the spy thriller' Mail on Sunday'Razor-sharp prose, fully formed characters and an...

THE SENSATIONAL NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL BEFORE'The kind of book that keeps you up at night' My Weekly'Utterly terrifying and compelling' Stephanie Wrobel'JP...

'Her best yet... Andrea conjures up a phenomenal sense of place. She is such an assured, stylish writer and The Body Falls is remarkably gripping' Jo SpainApril in Florida and...

To prevent an arms shipment from reaching the Middle East, a terrorist group has been carrying out targeted assassinations in Egypt, Portugal, Denmark, and France. In response, the US sends...

Discover how it all began in the very first Rebus novel from 'Britain's No.1 crime writer' Daily Mirror'And in Edinburgh of all places. I mean, you never think of that...

*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2020**LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2020*'BLACKTOP WASTELAND may be the book of the year.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Sensationally good' LEE CHILD'I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND' STEPHEN KING'Stunning....

Usually, when you call a burlesque act a 'show stopper', you don't mean it quite so literally. But this time, that's just what happened: The show stopped dead, and so...

Part of the new look for Hercule Poirot titles for the 21st century. Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. A few weeks after...

THE LAST THING A TWIN EXPECTS IS TO BE ALONE ...*** From the acclaimed author of THE LAST THING TO BURN comes a new thriller about identity, rivalry and deceit....

THE UNMISSABLE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER SHARON BOLTON - POLICE OFFICER LACEY FLINT FACES HER MOST DANGEROUS CASE YET When a baby is snatched from its...

An exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race, by astronaut and New York Times bestselling author Chris Hadfield'An exciting journey to an alternate past' Andy...

**Pre-order the brand new novel from No. 1 bestseller Martina Cole**They need to value one thing above all elseLOYALTYDara Tailor has had to grow up fast. With a mother addicted...

'You'd think they'd do something about the taxi shortage,' he says. 'Especially with the missing women.'Stranded on a dark road in the middle of the night, a young woman accepts...

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.When your name is Jack Reacher, the truth is always worth doing time for.Gerrardsville, Colorado....

A CIA officer and his recruit arrive in Damascus to hunt for a killer'The most realistic and authentic depiction of modern-day tradecraft in nonpermissive and hostile environments you will find...

*Now a major TV series starring Gary Oldman*'The best thriller writer in Britain today' Sunday ExpressAt Regent's Park, the Intelligence Service HQ, new First Desk Claude Whelan is learning the...

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED____________________One of Holly Willoughby's summer reading highlights! 'I genuinely struggled to put this one down and ended up staying very late to finish it.' THE UNMUMSY MUM'A...