Thrillers

'High-octane . . . nail-biting' Daily MailThree women are on the run, wanted for the murder of a high-ranking mobster in this stunning new stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer James Patterson.______________________Sarah, his personal...

Thousands will die.It is not known where, or how, or who is behind the threat.007 is given carte blanche to do anything necessary to protect his country, but there is no blank slate when innocent lives are at stake.The only suspects are career killers...

The twisty psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of After Anna and Seven Days Everyone lies...but some lies are deadly. For Claire Daniels, life is good. She has everything she's...

From the author of the bestselling Luckiest Girl Alive comes Jessica Knoll's thriller, The Favourite Sister, which follows a pair of competitive and uber-successful sisters whose secrets and lies result in murder. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's...

Ford County. The heart of the American deep South. A place of harsh beauty, of broken dreams and final wishes.From legendary legal thriller author John Grisham comes a unique collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County.From a...

The action-packed second novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series, bringing to the epic story of Genghis Khan brilliantly to life The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming but finally, triumphantly,...

Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century. Something that craves revenge... 1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky...

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Hong Kong. The British administration is preparing to hand the capitalist colony back to Communist China with the minimum of fuss.Colonel Joel Tyler, however, has other plans for the British colony - plans that involve four Vietnam War veterans and a...

Clash of Civilisations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio tells the story of the immigrant tenants of a building in Rome, who offer skewed accounts of a murder. In this award-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author Amara Lakhous, each...

A gripping, addictive thriller from the bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP.'Simultaneously believable and terrifying...An edgy, disturbing read.' ObserverShe loves her husband.She's obsessed by a stranger.She's a devoted mother.She's prepared to...

For whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea.'The best swashbuckler of the year ... There are echoes of Horatio Hornblower in Nightingale's introspection and doubts. The gay love story is beautifully written and the evocation of life on board...

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'The plot goes like a train . . . vivid and compelling' Ian Rankin One chance to crack the case. A million ways to lose. Federal prosecutor Nora Carleton has spent years building a case against a powerful New York mobster. She finally has a star...

A DEADLY VIRUS. QUARANTINE. A WORLD IN LOCKDOWN. THE THRILLER THAT PREDICTED IT ALL. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Flies thrillingly, eerily close to reality' Guardian'This page-turner... is riveting and spookily anticipates much that has...

It's 1977. Ike and Lucy, the kids of Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder, are grown up-and in trouble.US Marine Ike has gone AWOL after a military operation gone horribly wrong. Now he's off the grid, working on the pit crew of the moody stunt master...

From the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal, now a major Netflix series... Reputation: it takes a lifetime to build and just one moment to destroy.'Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb' Shari Lapena Emma Webster is a respectable MP. Emma...

PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE DRY AND MAKING A MURDERER'Outstanding . . . an absorbing thriller told with heart and wit. Morality and ambition clash on a journey full of twists as [this] takes readers from the cut-throat media landscape to a sleepy town full...

WITH JUST ONE LOOK, SHE KNOWS HOW AND WHEN YOU WILL DIE . . .'Strikingly well-told, and with a compelling central character' Daily Mail _______Nothing surprises Adam Brandt anymore. As a forensic psychologist, he's seen and heard everything. That is,...

NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING LAURA CARMICHAELThe electrifying thriller from the mind behind ITV series THE SUSPECT and Richard & Judy Pick and No.1 bestseller WHEN SHE WAS GOOD'Two terrific female characters, both with secrets. Add Michael Robotham's...

Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with...

Cowardice is a very dirty word. When Malachy Kitchen, an intelligence officer in Iraq, is accused of running away in the face of enemy fire, his career is left in tatters.Kicked out of the amry, Malachy sinks into despair. He becomes an isolated recluse...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2022The girl who... survivedThe girl who... inspiresThe girl who... has something to hidePeople can't bring themselves to say what happened to her. They just describe her as 'the girl who... you know...'. But...

'Complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing - Alan Furst is in a class of his own' William Boyd 'Furst's ability to recreate the terrors of espionage is matchless' Robert Harris 'Furst never stops astounding me' Tom Hanks Chosen as one of the 50 Best...

"The bell tolls at midnight as death requires it." But will it finally toll for Sean Dillon & company in the explosive new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. In Ulster, Northern Ireland, a petty...

The CIA take on Colombian drug lords in Tom Clancy's fifth No 1 bestseller - now reissued with a new cover. Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated the American Ambassador and the visiting...

A tragic accident. A blackmail plot. A house of cards.And murder.In his late father's house, Carl finds a hoard of pills, 'wonder drugs' and herbal remedies. He sells a box of slimming pills to his close friend Stacey.She dies.And Carl's new tenant is...

Your favourite authors have been gripped by this electric psychological thriller!'A dark world of emotional complexity and betrayal, where twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems' ALEX MICHAELIDES'Exhilarating, addictive, fierce' BRIDGET...

***BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES******CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES***'Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London.' IAN RANKIN'Extraordinary...a career-defining performance.' THE SUNDAY TIMES'This is crime...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me, a novel starring three lottery winners, two heavily armed psychopaths, and a big-city investigative journalist set deep in Florida Bay.Grange, Florida, is, famous for its miracles-the weeping...

Two missing boys.A stolen bolt gun.One fatal shot.Three ingredients for murder.When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case...

***A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK***'Glorious and tender . . . I finished it with tears in my eyes' JENNIFER SAINT'A stunning achievement' CHRISTY LEFTERI'An immersive, expertly plotted and elegantly written novel ' SHARLENE TEOWith every misfortune there is a...

'The world's greatest storyteller' Guardian'Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense' Stephen King'One of the finest crime writers of any generation' Daily Mail_______________________________Harry Barnett is shocked to learn that he has a son -...

'Wonderfully witchy and emotionally astute' Chloe Ashby'Unsettling and atmospheric' Harriet Tyce 'Bloody brilliant' Clare PollardPropulsive and wry, this razor-sharp debut is perfect for fans of Boy Parts and My Year of Rest and Relaxation explores all...

'A compelling, prescient tale of an alternate world with far too many scary similarities to our own.' Angela ClarkeLet me repeat myself, so we can be very clear. Women are not the enemy. We must protect them from themselves, just as much as we must...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR' ASSOCIATED PRESSHOW DO YOU STOP THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH?Evan Smoak, code-named Orphan-X, was raised in a secret government programme.He left it behind long ago but now someone has...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'The most polished crime writer on the murder beat' Daily ExpressFive footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here. Yesterday they were a family just like any other: Anna and James, and their...

_________________________________________Desire leaves a man destroyed - a young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden - an accidental encounter on a train ends violently - ambition leads to a curious exchange - an uncanny likeness changes...

A mysterious terrorist group is killing other terrorists, IRA thugs and CIA and KGB agents, all in a bid to break the fragile peace process. Sean Dillon is the only man who can find them, if he can live long enough. No one is more feared than...

A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith. A disturbing mystery awaits Paul and Jane Sinclair when they arrive in Eden-Olympia, a...