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`A gripping, flawless novel . . . memorable, atmospheric and chilling' Sophie Hannah Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside,...

Chilling new YA, perfect for fans of Orange is the New Black and Stephen King. After three years in juvie, Angela Davis is just three months shy of release. She'll...

The third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning Page is an action-packed literary adventure! When it's your job to save the day -...

When an eccentric widow claims she is being stalked by her former lodger, Detective Jack Warr is the only person who believes her wild claims.Days later, she is found brutally...

Cassie Dewell returns in this thrilling new read from the series that inspired the hit TV show Big Sky, from award-winning author C.J. Box.Investigator Cassie Dewell is headed to Anaconda,...

'Alex Cross is a legend' Harlan Coben'A character for the ages' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child'Alex Cross. . . only gets better and better' Lisa Scottoline'No one gets this big...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2020! 'You should read ELEVATOR PITCH by Linwood Barclay as soon as possible. It's one hell of a suspense novel' STEPHEN KING 'Moves as...

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history...

Don't miss the captivating new page-turner from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis You think you know your neighbours. When Jeannie Symonds vanishes without a trace, her small town is...

The second psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. In the fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, peaceful - and for some, tragically short. Foul...

'A gripping page-turner ... will make you gasp' Catherine Ryan Howard'I couldn't put it down' Andrea MaraFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRUEL DEEDSShe said yes to a dinner invitation. Now...

'Britain's answer to Donna Tartt' Sunday Times'A huge talent' Hilary Mantel'Was this how it was going to be for ever? Wrapping things for customers in womenswear, no conversation. Polishing the...

AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB HIT BETTER OFF DEAD'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive'Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan XFrom bestselling author Tom Wood comes a unique and gasp-inducing...

When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London....

The gripping top ten Sunday Times bestselling thriller from Jeffery Deaver - featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw Say goodbye to your problemsIn pursuit of two armed fugitives in the wilderness...

Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack. She...

PI John Craine - still struggling to cope with the weight of his past - is forced to finally confront it in his most personal and frightening case yet.PI John...

Money can buy you anything. Even a verdict...In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking guilty verdict against a chemical company. Accused of dumping toxic waste into...

The addictive new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller and global phenomenon.In the last days before her death,...

Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling...

Fourteen-year-old Tory Brennan is as fascinated by bones and dead bodies as her famous aunt, acclaimed forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan. However living on a secluded island off Charleston in South...

In his sixteenth novel featuring the indomitable prosecutor Butch Karp, Robert K. Tanenbaum blends real-life headlines into exciting plotlines, brilliantly combining the seedy underworld of rap and the scandal-plagued Catholic...

At the end of CITY OF BONES Harry Bosch quit the LAPD, but he's back in a new role, one that will give him more freedom to pursue the cases...

Even for Private Investigations, the world's top detective agency, it's tough to find a man who doesn't exist . . . Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite...

In the aftermath of the great fire, eighteenth-century London is a city of extremes. Squalor and superstition vie with elegance and reason as brilliant architect, Nicholas Dyer, is commissioned to...

Many years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband. A manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime: an ambush on the highway, a...

SIX FOUR. THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT. For five days in January 1989, the parents of a...

Someone had spent time with her - someone well-practised in the art of pain...Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping...

Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, faces his most mysterious case yet in Need You Dead.Lorna Belling, desperate to escape the marriage from...

'Gripping . . . Both women deal with personal and family issues that reveal their humanity and lend credibility to this deft thriller.' Publishers WeeklyEVIL IS ON THE PROWLA severed...

Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders remain unsolved. Darby Shaw, a brilliant and beautiful New Orleans legal student, draws up a speculative legal brief which links the deaths...

'A vivid cast of characters, endless intrigue and all the fun of a Golden Age mystery await you at Kilfenora House' Catherine Ryan Howard'Witty, twisty and featuring my favourite antiheroine...

**NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES**'Timely and compelling' Shari Lapena, Books of the Year, Sunday Times Crime Club'People are calling this the new Apple Tree Yard, but I'd beg to differ......

Set in the heart of the American jungle and featuring Declan Carberry, the not-so handsome hero of Day of Wrath, this page-turner oozes excitement, exotica and Formula One suspense. Archaeologist...

Daniel Easterman crosses boundaries never before visited with this awesome novel of politics, fundamentalism and kidnapping. In an idyllic Northumberland village, the locals prepare for the Harvest Festival as they...

A MISSING BOY Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former...

Detective Charlie Parker returns with a complex new case - not to be missed for fans of Michael Connelly and Jeffery Deaver.The Black Angel is not an object. The Black...

A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder.September 16, 1920. Under...

Frustrated with the sheer ennui of London life and looking for fresh excitement, Anthony Anstruther and his girlfriend leave a nightclub to find a drunken Russian tramp playing noughts and...

For fans of Tana French and Gillian Flynn, THE GATES OF EVANGELINE is the addictive first book in a fantastic new crime series, that will have you guessing until the...

A gripping international thriller, perfect for fans of Homeland. Trust. Betrayal. Conspiracy. Jacob Seger is a trainee diplomat who dreams of changing the world. But on his first posting, in...

*** THE THRILLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ****** THE BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ***'I haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl' - STEPHEN...