Crime & Thrillers

THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR27 MILLION BOOKS SOLDWINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARDIn the heart-pounding eighth instalment of the No.1 bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one...

There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House - now a major ITV series - comes a nail-biting story about a mother's obsession...

'I was captivated... What a stunning story of sisterhood, sacrifice and forgiveness!' Lana Kortchik, USA Today bestselling author of Sisters of War Three sisters. Three ships. One heartbreaking story. 1911...

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARDFROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS, NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES, AND THE SUSPECT, NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES'A gripping and eerie read. You won't be able to look away' Karin SlaughterThe girl...

THE MUST-READ RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other. 'Beautifully told, with two superbly drawn young protagonists, Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent' Daily Mail'Superbly creepy,...

Napoleon has escaped from Elba - the Hundred Days have begun. The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing...

'A thrilling and gripping novel.' Roberta Kray 'No matter what she did, he would always be there, right behind her. She could never escape' Breaking the rules has fatal consequences... Sixteen-year-old...

She can't prove he did it. But she might die trying... From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel. Revenge...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER!What if winning means losing everything?'A gripping story of greed, lies and dark family secrets' Lisa Jewell'Utterly engrossing and brilliant' Lucy Foley'Addictive, provocative... brilliantly crafted' TM Logan ...

'While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for its oysters, has Pearl' Daily MailStrictly Murder is the eighth book in Julie Wassmer's popular crime series - now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private detective and...

The sixth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.'An outstanding creation' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHIt is August in Edinburgh and the Festival is in full swing... A brutally tortured body is discovered in one of the...

'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Mail'Brody's writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive' Ann Cleeves AN IDYLLIC SEASIDE TOWNNothing ever happens in August, and...

Butch Roberson was known by all as a local business owner, a hard worker, and a family man. Then he disappeared, leaving two dead bodies in his wake. Now he's known as a murderer - though Joe Pickett cannot believe someone as gentle as Butch could have...

'A perfect detective for our time' Stephen Fry No fingerprints. No weapon. No witnesses. Can DS Cross prove it was murder? THE DETECTIVE DS George Cross doesn't rely on guesswork and he has no time for false assumptions. He is a detective who...

**THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MO HAYDER, WITH A FOREWORD FROM KARIN SLAUGHTER**A terrifying accident . . . Alex Mullins knows she is one of the lucky ones. When a fatal coach crash at her school reunion killed several of her...

'Martin Cruz Smith's deftness of touch, lightness of humour and depth of knowledge are on display as ever in The Siberian Dilemma' Observer 'Makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin' IndependentInvestigator Arkady Renko, described as 'one...

A glamorous ship. A missing woman. A holiday to DIE for... The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller! 'A brilliant new storyteller has arrived' ERIN KELLY ...

When unsolved crimes resurface, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a possible copycat killing in Dead Like You, by award winning crime author Peter James.The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year's Eve ball, a woman is attacked as she...

'A drought-busting, brain-vexing double act' - GuardianAlicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby.Told...

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There were never such devoted sisters...Things are far from simple in the noisy, warm-hearted Bertalone family. Carmina is the quintessential extrovert with beaus flocking to her side like bees round a honeypot - all except Luc Fabriani. For some...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved, million-copy selling Stark series, comes Dirtiest Secret, the provocative first book in the Stark S.I.N. series. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas...

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Disher is the equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES 'Doesn't get better than this' - DOMINIC NOLAN NOTHING STAYS BURIED FOREVER... Twenty years ago, Charlie Deravin's...

Kate Morton's heartbreaking novel, The Secret Keeper, is a spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, moving between the 1930s, the 1960s and the 2010s.1961: On a sweltering summer's day, while her family picnics by the stream...

Here is a sparkling collection of mystery gems, polished puzzlers from the pen of Agatha Christie starring the vain, eccentric and utterly brilliant Hercule Poirot. Hercule Poirot grapples with a chain of mysteries that challenge his ingenuity and...

SHORTLISTED for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016. WINNER of the SALTIRE SOCIETY FICTION BOOK of the YEAR 2016. The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick...

FROM FLYNN BERRY, AUTHOR OF REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK NORTHERN SPY How do you find your sister's killer when no one will help you?When Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the Oxfordshire countryside, she expects to find...

Tie-in to the major motion picture, released on 12th March 2010.US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderer named Rachel Solando.As a killer hurricane bears down...

'Leon's books are a joy, and the 19th Venice-based Commissario Brunetti novel is well up to her consistently high standard.' GuardianA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association BestsellerOne of Deadly Pleasures Best Novels of the...

Terry McCaleb, one of the most effective serial-killer investigators in the history of the FBI, hunts down his heart donor's killer. An unputdownable story from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author.'Blood Work' - that's what Terry McCaleb used to...

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is haunted by the past in his latest case, and his private life, in Dead Man's Time, by award winning crime writer Peter James.A vicious robbery at a secluded Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant fighting for...

'The most addictive book I've read in ages - so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.'LISA JEWELL'I was obsessed with Everyone Here is Lying . . . Fast paced, tightly-plotted and with twists so well executed they floored me. Loved every...

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill, hero of TV's Wire in the Blood. The award-winning Val McDermid is at the height of her powers in this tense masterclass in psychological suspense. The race is on to...

The latest gripping novel from the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Richard & Judy thriller pick She Lies in Wait'Gripping, multi-layered and fresh. Terrific' WILL DEAN, author of Dark Pines_________Aidan Poole logs onto his laptop late at night to...

'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping as the finest thriller' - Peter James, author of Picture You DeadDiscover the truth beyond the police tape in What Lies Beneath, the arresting memoir of...

When the danger is already inside, nowhere is safe...Highton prison sits nestled within the moors of western Cumbria, close to the coastal road. When two former inmates turn up dead, DI Kelly Porter is tasked with finding out why. It soon becomes obvious...

Malta, in 1813, is ostensibly a safe harbour, yet the island is a nest of French spies, and even those in authority are not to be trusted. As Captain Jack Aubrey cools his heels in a Maltese harbour, awaiting repairs to his ship, war rages on...

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER... 'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction - Gripping' ERIN KELLY 'For those who love their crime fiction rich in psychology,...

'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the first instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth seriesWorkmen in the small market town of Lydmouth are...

The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in The Edge, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane.With a mind sharper than a razor blade it was only a matter of time before Ruby Darke fought her...