Mystery & Detective

'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime...

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.It starts with a magician and a murder in a Brighton boarding house; throw in a show on Brighton pier, a sinister radio personality and a potential serial...

If you love Dilly Court, you'll love Sunday Times Bestseller Rosie Goodwin. ALL SHE WANTS IS SOMEONE TO CALL HER OWN 1884, Nuneaton. Fourteen-year-old Sunday Small has never lived outside the Nuneaton workhouse. The regime is cruel, and if it weren't...

The final novel in the bestselling Alan Banks crime series - and a NUMBER ONE PAPERBACK BESTSELLER (January 2024) - by the master of the police procedural.'The best mystery-procedural series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' STEPHEN KINGLate...

Discover the gripping, Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller that will keep you hooked to the very end.*A NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK**SHORTLISTED FOR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR, IRISH INDEPENDENT*'Such a clever...

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES.YOU KNOW WHO'LL LOVE RECEIVING THIS FOR CHRISTMAS? EVERYONE!----------'Moving, hilarious, brilliantly suspenseful' Jeffery Deaver'A thing of joy' Kate...

***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***'The Cuckoo's Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place' VAL MCDERMID-----Now a major BBC...

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike face a cryptic case and a terrifyingly unpredictable killer in this twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. Traci Beller was only...

This Christmas, the hunters become the hunted... When four trail hunters go missing in the fells of Cumbria on Christmas Eve, the race is on to find them before nightfall - when the temperature plummets. ...

Start right here! Discover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and become obsessed with one of the most popular crime series in Britain.'Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse' The Times'I've never before read a crime novel in which archaeology and...

***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***'Deliriously clever' GUARDIAN-----Now a major BBC drama: The Strike seriesWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cosy crime of a superior order' Sunday TimesWords can be dangerous. Sometimes they kill...Natalka and Edwin are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is...

1866. On a train bound for Portsmouth, an elegant woman shares a compartment with the lecherous Giles Blanchard. It is a lucky encounter for her, as she steps off the train after picking his pocket and in possession of scandalous material for a potential...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES on Drama and UKTV Play 'I was hooked from the first page, wonderful' Reader review, 'Brilliant, brilliant book . . . this was one of the best books I've read in a long time' Reader review, ...

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDHell has unleashed a demon - and he's coming for you...Detective Chief Inspector Ryan's worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and...

Christmas is coming - and death is at the door. DCI Vera Stanhope returns in The Darkest Evening, the ninth novel in number one Sunday Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's phenomenally popular crime series.The darkest nights can hide the deadliest secrets . . ...

***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it*** Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021 'One of crime's most engaging duos'...

The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite. 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier...

***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***'Teems with sly humour, witty asides and intelligence ... A pleasure to read' TIMES-----Now a major BBC drama: The Strike...

THE GRIPPING THRILLER THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES********'A sizzling summer read fans won't want to miss' - Bustle'Sink into this book like a hot, scented bath . . . a delicious, relaxing pleasure. And a clever whodunit at the same time' -...

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDAre you afraid of the dark..?After his climactic battle with notorious serial killer The Hacker, DCI Ryan is spending the summer with his fiancee within the grounds of Cragside, a spectacular...

'An irresistible Hitchcockian gem: a fiendishly-plotted crime novel told in crisp, elegant prose' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'Matsumoto was Japan's Agatha Christie' Laura Hackett, The Sunday Times'It was a puzzle with no solution...

Life moves at a slower pace on the canals. But death always comes when you least expect it.The last thing DS Stephanie Johnson and DS Andy Carter expected during their much-needed canal holiday was a murder. When retired folk musician Annie Shipton is...

*THE THEAKSTON'S OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021**WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR**WINNER OF THE NED KELLY INTERNATIONAL AWARD*A GUARDIAN BEST THRILLER OF THE YEARAn EXPRESS BEST THRILLER OF THE YEARAn i BEST...

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective.23 million books sold.'One of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world' - Lee ChildPeter James, the number one, multi-million copy bestselling author...

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: she survived by hiding in a closet...

Life is tough. Women are tougher. When Gina Turner's husband, Scott, is sent down for a ten-year stretch, her world falls apart. It's not just that she misses her husband, but the fact that the Proceeds of Crime team...

Historical crimes involving a Victorian child killer may hold the key to several contemporary deaths in this macabre outing for Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. Perfect for fans of Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves.'Told with a deepening sense of the...

The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. 'The main danger,...

The first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is perfect for fans of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and Toshikazu Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold...

"Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre" New York Times"A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer . . . A fascinating read in the...

** REACHER SEASON 2: BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE out now on Prime video **"The invincible Reacher is as irresistible as ever." (Sunday Telegraph)You do not mess with Jack Reacher.He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his...

Pre-order the next thrilling Hawthorne mystery CLOSE TO DEATH - coming soon!Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling...

'Fabulous, cosy, mystery... Wonderful... Absolutely perfect for fans of Richard Osman!' NetGalley Review Introducing the three unlikeliest sleuths you'll ever meet... Every...

WNNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. The shadow of the Second World War looms dark over the third chilling mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. Some buried secrets shouldn't be uncovered.'A melancholy setting, an eerie discovery, a lone investigator.....

From the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once comes the #1 Sunday Times bestseller about the ties we have to our past-and the lies that bind us together...It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But...

It's the best night of her life. It's the last night of her life.Sixteen-year-old Jenna Harbough's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes...

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were...

Someone knows where the bodies are buried...'Taut, dark and expertly crafted tale' [GUARDIAN] from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'No one in Britain writes better crime novels today' Evening StandardRetirement doesn't suit John...

A masterwork by the incomparable, genre-defying, wondrous Italo Calvino. You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But there is a printer's error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a...