Crime & Thrillers

'The Jigsaw Man ranks amongst the very best debut thrillers - we're talking top-ten territory here - I've read this past decade... It evokes, vibrantly and indelibly, a world I've never even glimpsed, much less entered - neither in literature nor in life...

Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series.'A stunning opening to the series' Sunday Times Harry is out of his depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has...

'Tense and gripping…A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER –––––––––––––––––– Don't miss the gripping and emotional debut crime novel in which a child’s tragic drowning rips a small community apart with devastating consequences…...

In an alternative continuity in the Death Note setting, ace detective L's name has been placed in a Death Note. He has twenty-three days to bring a terrorist group to justice, or they will use a deadly new virus to change the world...by killing off most...

A missing girl. A buried secret. From the ten-million-copy bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsively twisty psychological thriller that will keep you hooked to the very last page.'A tense, clever page-turner that everyone will be...

'So much fun!' Lilly Wachowski'Horrifying and delightful' Kristen ArnettRenee has made it: she's in the final four. But is she dying to win?Renee should be thrilled to have been chosen as one of the final four contestants in The Catch, the world's...

The astonishing true story of Glasgow gangland confidant James McIntyre, aka Jimmy Two GunsJames 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law...

Lights, camera, murder In the Lake District, someone’s laying on a deadly welcome… The cast and crew of a popular TV crime drama are shooting in the Lake District – but behind the scenes, relationships are as tense as on-screen. The director’s...

A woman goes missing - and for the detective, this time it's personal.Criminologist Martin Knight lives a gilded life. But then his wife Liz disappears. There is no good explanation and Martin goes on the run.To make things worse, Liz is the...

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Last Protector and The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett during the time of King Charles II. Over...

A deeply atmospheric literary horror novel about the nature of repressed guilt, grief and fear. Daniel once had a baby brother, but he died, a long time ago now. And he had a wife and a daughter, but that didn't work out, so now he's alone. The easy...

THE CHILLING AND GRIPPING RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKSHE'LL NEVER STOP RUNNING. BUT HE'LL NEVER STOP LOOKING.A year ago Felicity Lloyd fled England to South Georgia, one of the most remote islands in the world, escaping her past and the man she once...

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary...

Optioned for television by the hit team behind KILLING EVE.'Filled with intrigue and suspense. The Craftsman is spellbinding.' - Clare Mackintosh'Sharon Bolton at her absolute finest. Beautifully dark and disturbing.' - Jenny Blackhurst 'Darkly gothic...

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...Early one morning DI Clare Mackay receives a message from her boss DCI Alastair Gibson telling her to meet him in secret. She does as he asks and is taken from St Andrews to a secure location in the...

'An unmissable insight into the true lives behind the county lines gangs. You should read this.' Pippa Crerar, Daily Mirror Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned county lines drug dealer. Danielle has a safe, happy...

'James Patterson and Mark Seal have brought Sin City to life' TELEGRAPHWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now.Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you . . ...

'GRIPS LIKE A VICE' - Val McDermid'Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced' - Daily MailTwenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age.Their ten year-old...

"Child's best for some time...with detective-story and romcom elements (even sly humour) on top of the psychological duels and set-piece violence." (Sunday Times)Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there.A remote...

**WINNER 2018 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE**'Even better than his first' Daily Telegraph India, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police must investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharaja's son... Sam Wyndham is...

WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICKThe Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.What's the one...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2020In a famous Scottish town, someone is bent on murder - but why?On the night of a wedding celebration, one guest meets a grisly end when he's killed in a hit-and-run. A card bearing...

'Absolutely brilliant ...impossible to put this book down! ... A must read' The Quiet KnitterIf the Night Stalker is watching, you're already dead...In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer's night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The...

Could the child once accused of murder really be innocent?'So good . . . Ballantyne makes it look easy' NEW YORK TIMES'Beautifully told' DAILY MAIL'Thought-provoking and unsettling' ALEX GRAY'A breathless thriller' WOMAN'S OWN'Had me turning the pages...

The electrifying new thriller from the author of the acclaimed The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.Kepler is like you, but not like you. With a simple touch, Kepler can move into any body, live any life - for a moment, a day or for years. And your...

*** PRE-ORDER THE NEXT THRILLING INSTALMENT IN THE SERIES BEHIND THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW - FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU IS OUT IN PAPERBACK SPRING 2024 ***'Crazy, sexy, cool: Caroline Kepnes gets better - and Joe Goldberg gets worse - with every book' ERIN...

*Read it before you watch it - now a major TV series for Paramount+* 'The final double twist is well worth waiting for' My Weekly 'Hooks you in to the drama straight away and does not let you...

Discover Kate Morton's multi-million copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition.Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the YearSummer, 1924.On the eve of a...

On the day she was abducted, thirty-two year-old Annie Sullivan had three goals - sell a house, forget a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. Then a van pulls up outside the house she is selling...

***THE UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOW YOU SEE HER***'Slick, gripping and compelling. I couldn't put it down' LISA JEWELL____________________________THREE PERFECT WOMEN.THREE PERFECT LIVES.WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?When Laura returns from...

Following SHELTER and SECONDS AWAY - the gripping new Mickey Bolitar YA thriller from the internationally bestselling master of suspense.It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark...

An obsessive psychopath must be stopped whilst Detective Superintendent Roy Grace also deals with a very personal mystery in Want You Dead, by award winning crime writer Peter James.Grace's wife Sandy is officially declared dead after being missing for a...

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'I read this in two lightning-quick sittings...I absolutely adored it' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Family UpstairsHAL MUST KEEP GOING OR RISK LOSING EVERYTHING...EVEN HER LIFE. When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her...

'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes' Mick Herron'The thing about Lee Child's books is that you can't put the damn things down. . .there's something about his writing that's addictive. The Enemy is no exception. . .Superb.' Independent...

There is no client as scary as an innocent man...Mickey is a Lincoln Lawyer - a criminal defence attorney operating out of the back of his car, a Lincoln - taking whatever cases the system throws at him. He's been a defence lawyer for a long time, and he...

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! ***Global icon John Grisham returns to Mississippi in his most gripping thriller yet.'As ever with Grisham there are corkscrew twists and turns as he ratchets up the suspense. It is exceptional story-telling, which leaves...

After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night, investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally reveals what he alleges to be the truth - Princess Diana fell victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. Twenty years...

"Full of twists and turns, this is an exciting, pacy read." -Heat, Book of the Week "The brilliant Teresa Driscoll builds tension and menace with a flick of a sentence." -Fiona Barton "A creepy and addictive read" -Katherine Faulkner "A...

Don't miss Past Lying, the twisty new Karen Pirie thriller___________________'A compulsively readable tale' Irish Times'Another stellar read from McDermid, and further evidence that her "Queen of Crime" status will not be challenged' Scotsman'Somebody...