Crime, Thrillers & Mystery Books

Fragile is absolutely STUNNING' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups 'Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers - Fragile dials the chi...

** 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...

David Baldacci's heart-stopping Hour Game is the second fast-paced thriller in the King and Maxwell series. Following their collaboration in Spli...

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

Sunday Times Bestseller - BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick - BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeThe intoxicating story of one woman's dreams of freedom in Victor...

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION * 'One of the biggest reads of...

You Don't Know Me, the adaptation of Imran Mahmood's brilliant debut thriller, is currently one of the most screened series on Netflix! LONGLISTED ...

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...

'Immensely, cheerily silly' Guardian'A thunderously good read, so funny and action packed. Children are going to love it!' Serena Patel, author of ...

_______________'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 ...

A secluded hut in the middle of the woods. A double life that could be his downfall. The Secret Life of Mr Roos is the third Inspector Barbarotti n...

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...

The Fifth Column is a thrilling novel about the only man who can thwart a Nazi sympathizer uprising in New York during the Second World War, from b...

A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Da...

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 ...

Set in an era of turbulent social changes, A Place Called Freedom is a magnificent novel from the undisputed master of suspense and drama, Ken Foll...

Set amid the decadence of Victorian England, A Dangerous Fortune tells of the dramatic highs and lows of the wealthy Pilaster family, from the best...

The Modigliani Scandal is a high-speed, high-stakes thriller from Ken Follett, the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth. A Priceless Ar...

The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating novel that follows five families through the world-shaking ...

'Here ends one of the finest achievements of recent crime fiction' - Sunday Telegraph'Outstanding' - The Times*Winner of the 2022 CWA Historical Da...

'Here ends one of the finest achievements of recent crime fiction' - Sunday Telegraph'Outstanding' - The Times*Winner of the 2022 CWA Historical Da...

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...

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Outrageously entertaining' The TimesREVENGE IS WORTH WAITING FOR... Jamal loves to run. But one morning - as he is...

'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...

It is the breezy Scottish summer of 1936, Lady Dandy Gilver has been called, with trusted colleague Alec Osbourne, to solve the strange case of the...

WE ALL NEED TO GET AWAY SOMETIMES ... A house in the south of FranceA group of wealthy friendsAnd the woman watching their every move... As the h...

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

***THE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'A dazzling psychological thriller' Sunday Times'Kelly paints a picture of a claustrophobic, rarefied, piercingly...

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 ...

'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' CHRIS RYAN, AUTHOR OF Zero 22'The fast-paced action scene...