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THE TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 COSTA NOVEL AWARD 'This is crime writing of the highest order' The TimesWhen Margo goes ...

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL'Beautifu...

The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series...

Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the...

The fourth Shetland novelA remote island on lockdown. A killer on the loose . . . Shetland detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult hom...

The third Shetland novel featuring detective Jimmy Perez. Sometimes the dead won't stay buried . . . When a young archaeologist uncovers a set ...

The second Shetland novelWhen the sun never sets it brings to light deadly secrets . . . On Shetland, the launch of an exhibition at The Herring ...

The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera. ...

Julia Chapman's sixth Dales Detective Agency novel, Date with Deceit, sees Delilah going undercover at a shoot involving dangerous criminals. A pag...

Opening up a world of magic and adventure, The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu is the first book in the Edinburgh Nights series. 'A fast-movin...

Set on the coast of Sicily, The Safety Net is the twenty-fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. ***Adapt...

Set on the coast of Sicily, The Safety Net is the twenty-fifth novel in the bestselling Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. ***Adapt...

The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkn...

The Innocent Dead is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod who must solve the case of a young girl who ...

The Innocent Dead is a gripping crime novel by Lin Anderson featuring forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod who must solve the case of a young girl who ...

'Stunning' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups'Chilling' - Val McDermid, author of The Wire in the BloodFragile is a modern Gothic psychological th...

** FEATURED ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS **'Unlike anything else you'll read this year, Sixteen Horses is a deeply disconcerting ride. Irresisti...

The Interview is a gripping locked-room thriller from C. M. Ewan, the acclaimed author of A Window Breaks and the half-a-million-copy bestseller Sa...

Julia Chapman's fifth Dales Detectives Agency novel, Date With Danger, sees our intrepid leads Samson and Delilah on the trail of a sheep rustler t...

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2019, Diary of a Somebody is a unique mix of poetry and diary by the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitte...

Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of Peter James's award-winning detective series, which is now a major...

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace unearths a powerful criminal network in the sinister crime novel Find Them Dead, by award winning author Peter J...

Zero Day is the explosive first instalment in David Baldacci's thrilling John Puller series. Distinguished as a top investigator in the US govern...

The Other End of the Line is the twenty-fourth darkly humorous Inspector Montalbano mystery from the international bestselling author Andrea Camill...

Waterstones Thriller of the Month'Lightseekers is ripe with all the twists and turns you could hope for... A fast-paced thriller that offers insigh...

*THE BRAND NEW MURDER MYSTERY FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN*'Another delectable crime story... While between the covers of her books, the world seems a...

***Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021***THE ACCLAIMED MURDER MYSTERY FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF RI...

_______________'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling' - Irish Times'Magical in every way ... One of the best novels I've ever read' - ...

Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hopin...

'One of the best Nordic Noir writers' - GuardianA trip behind the Iron Curtain would change their lives forever . . . It begins in 1969. Six youn...

'One of the best Nordic Noir writers' GuardianA trip behind the Iron Curtain would change their lives forever . . . It begins in 1969. Six young ...

Vera Stanhope, star of ITV's Vera, returns in the tenth novel in number one bestseller Ann Cleeves' acclaimed series. Fifty years ago, a group o...

Sisters is an unsettling story of sibling rivalry for fans of TM Logan, by the number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend, Michelle Frances. ...

'GRIPS LIKE A VICE' - Val McDermid'Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced' - Daily MailTwenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela ...

Too Good To Be True is a gripping Quick Read from Ann Cleeves, featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez from the bestselling Shetland series. Wh...

Ezekiel "Easy" Porterhouse Rawlins is an unlicensed private investigator turned hard-boiled detective always willing to do what it takes to get thi...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this...

'There's only been one time that Rose couldn't stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life...

'A magnificent writer' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Sigurdardottir remains incontrovertibly the Queen of Icelandic Crime - and one of the most reliable practiti...

'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery -...

'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery -...

'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily ExpressOn a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of e...

*** WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2021 ***'The leading character is the deftly drawn Persis Wadia, the country's first female de...

One woman's secret is her neighbour's opportunity. 'Masterly' Louise Candlish'Incredible!' Lucy Atkins'Riveting' Clare Mackintosh'Extraordinary' ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS, WHICH IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD AND WON THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZE'(a) meticulous and ...

The new thrilling instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. He is our best hope. He is our last hope. On a lonely moor in ...

The gripping new thriller in the brilliant Constance Fairchild series, from one of Scotland's foremost crime writers. On compassionate leave foll...