Mystery & Detective

Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci.Private Investigator and WWII veteran, Aloysius Archer, returns to solve a new case in Hollywood in Dream Town, a riveting thriller from international number 1 bestselling author, David Baldacci.All...

THRILLERS THAT RACE FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE . . . 'Felix Francis' novels gallop along splendidly' Jilly Cooper 'From winning post to top of the bestseller lists' Sunday Times An old friend in need, a dangerous conspiracy - a new case for Sid Halley... ...

ONCE, SHE SAVED HIS LIFE...NOW, HE'LL TAKE HERS.When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames, off-duty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaster. But who would want to hurt a child?DCI Mark Joesbury has been...

The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. ...

On his return to Geneva, Brian Innes must meet Audrey Page and find a way to prevent her from joining the strangely temperamental group of people gathered around film star Eve Eden at the Villa Rosalind. With characteristic stubbornness, if not trusting...

'A thrilling new voice in Scottish fiction' Marion ToddIf the dead could speak, what secrets would they tell?With her daughter on an archaeological dig, the only bodies DI Shona Oliver expects to find are long-dead. But when a corpse from the 1980s is...

'Vintage Simenon, a dark masterpiece . . . eerily prophetic' John Banville, Guardian'It's not because you're foreigners. It's because you aren't foreign enough . . . or else that you are too foreign'Just as the Krull house sits on the edge of a rural...

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'A brilliant writer' EVENING STANDARDJoe Pike must take on his toughest challenge yet. He must hunt down and rescue . . . Elvis Cole.A nail-biting Cole and Pike novel from the No. 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author.Elvis Cole. All round nice guy. Always...

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping story of family secrets, all-consuming love and the chaos of war.2011. When Lucy's troubled father Tom passes away, she travels to Cornwall to visit his childhood home - the once-beautiful...

A bloody murder. An open and shut case? In Oliver Cromwell's London, nothing is as it seems - Captain Damian Seeker must battle to find justice, when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance.'Challenges CJ Sansom for dominion of historical crime'...

If you thought fiction couldn't get darker than David Peace's extraordinary debut, Nineteen Seventy Four, then think again. Nineteen Seventy Seven, the second instalment of the Red Riding Quartet, is one long nightmare. Its heroes - the half decent...

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LEWIS TRILOGY AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'Enzo MacLeod is one of the most unusual crime solvers I have ever met.' BookBrowse'No one can create a more...

'If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life' Heat MagazineThe brand new thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling series For a Homicide cop, murder often started the day. For the mixed-race...

An eagerly awaited collection of brand new, specially commissioned short stories from the master of historical crime fiction Edward Marston, featuring his quick-witted Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck. In this thrilling selection of...

'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening StandardWhen the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice...

The girl who has everything...Including a bullet in the head A cruise down the Nile on a river steamer sounds like the perfect way to get away from it all - a luxurious retreat, miles from civilization. But the warm and...

WINNER OF THE McILVANNEY PRIZE for SCOTTISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR FEATURES AN EXTRACT FROM THE NEXT ALISON MCCOIST THRILLER, PAPERBOY 'Amazingly accomplished' The Times, Crime Book of the Month 'Loved it'Kevin Bridges 'A talent to...

Murder At The Allotment is the tenth book in Julie Wassmer's popular crime series - now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private detective and restaurateur, Pearl Nolan'While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for...

Autumn clouds are drawing in over the village of Askham, at the edge of the picturesque Lake District, and mourners, including Simmy Henderson, are heading to the funeral of Humphrey Craig. Taking a quiet moment later to visit the grave and admire the...

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls. Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends...

From the bestselling author of Devil's Breath, Jill Johnson is back with another gripping Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery...Betrayal is a bitter poison . . . After a nerve-racking investigation, Professor Eustacia Rose's life is returning to normal. She...

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch in a modern thriller from No. 1 bestseller Michael Connelly - author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and ANGELS FLIGHT.In 1993 Homicide Detective Harry Bosch was assigned the case of a missing person, Marie Gesto. The young woman was...

'This is high quality crime writing' A A DhandThe second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M. W. Craven, the acclaimed author of The Puppet Show.Investigating how a severed hand ends up on the third green of a Cumbrian golf course...

1860, Wimborne, Dorset. Rebecca Tullidge, miserably married to her callous husband, is having an affair with a railway officer, who she finds dead on the railway tracks. Determined to win votes for the upcoming election of mayor, Mr Feltham calls for...

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 it.' LEE CHILD, international bestselling...

The heartfelt page-turner from Saturday Kitchen's Helen McGinn!'Packed full of emotional wisdom, heartbreak and hope. Wonderful - I loved it' Daily MailA story about friends, sisters, motherhood and starting again - one day at a time...Stella fell in...

Ruthless crime lord James Machie was assassinated in the back of a prison ambulance following his trial and conviction. But now, five years later, he appears to be back from the grave and hell-bent on wreaking vengeance on those who brought him down. ...

A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series. September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool to New York on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Posing as a passenger, Dillman is in fact an undercover...

A sleuth to rival Shardlake or Cadfael - a mystery that will chill your blood. A must-read for fans of Rory Clements and SJ Parris.'A satisfying, skillfully constructed mystery with richly developed characters ... A truly memorable and exciting read'...

"Outback noir has a new star" The TimesBurnt-out from policework, Detective Sergeant George Manolis flies from Australia to Greece for a holiday. Recently divorced and mourning the death of his father, who emigrated from the turbulent Prespes region...

What if someone wanted your family dead?-------- 'I was hooked from beginning to end' Claire Douglas'Confirms her place in the front rank of British crime writers' Sunday Times It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The...

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane... From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly...

Los Angeles Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new legal thriller from the bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER and THE BLACK ECHO, Michael Connelly.In the LA Police's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder...

'Here are characters who are real and likeable, even when they are complicated and flawed. Paula Hawkins is a genius'Lisa JewellIT'S THE QUIET ONES YOU HAVE TO WATCHThree women, connected by one brutal crime.Three women, determined to right the wrongs...

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and a BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick!'Outstanding' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe'Gripping, intriguing and unique' - Kate Mosse, author of The Burning ChambersNorthern Iceland, 1829. A woman...

In his deadliest case yet, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a complex kidnapping in Dead If You Don't, by award winning crime writer Peter James. Now a major ITV series, Grace, starring John Simm.Kipp Brown, successful businessman and compulsive...

Don't miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, The Institution. Coming March 2023 - available to pre-order now! 'Relentless pace, devilish cleverness and a laser-sharp focus on plot.'...

Winter, snow, murder-and a centuries-dead suspect. In the chilly depths of a Yorkshire winter, a well-liked rector is found bludgeoned to death in her own church. With no sign of a murder weapon, local superstition quickly pins the blame on the ghost...

MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN 'A gripping evocative thriller set in Berlin's seedy underworld during the roaring Twenties.' -Mail on Sunday Babylon Berlin is the first book in the...