Classic crime and mystery fiction
Independently Published Sit By The River
£10.52
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Hit Tell
£14.03
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Die ChristkindlMorde
£11.84
Independently Published Il Caso del Tarocco
£11.72
Independently Published Murder in Act Three: a 1930s 'Reverend Shaw' Golden Age-style mystery thriller
£11.52
Independently Published Shadows Over Skiary: Highland Crime
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£14.99
Independently Published The Mystery of Treefall Manor: An Inspector Graves locked-room mystery
£11.52
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Gemini Connection
£12.82
HarperCollins Publishers The Unexpected Guest
Book SynopsisA young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story.But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so, who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspectsTHE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End, it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years.Trade ReviewFor Black Coffee: ‘A lively and light-hearted read which will give pleasure to all those who have long wished that there was just one more Christie to devour’— Antonia Fraser, Sunday Telegraph ‘A worthy addition to the Christie canon’— The Spectator
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HarperCollins Publishers The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
Book SynopsisThe world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirotlegendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nilereturns to solve a fiendish new mystery.Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. But there is a strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there.The coach is forced to stop when a distressed woman demands to get off, insisting that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. Although the rest of the journey passes without anyone being harmed, Poirot's curiosity is aroused, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered with a macabre note attachedCould this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving the mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And if Helen is innocent, can Poirot find the true culprit in time to save her from the gallows?Trade Review“‘Close enough to Christie’s own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this present novel without a stumble.”— New York Journal of Books “What Sophie and Agatha have in common is a rare talent for fiendish unpredictability. They make you see how the impossible might be possible after all.”— Sunday Telegraph “The latest in Sophie Hannah’s series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.”— Daily Mail “I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.”— Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl “Perfect…a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”— Tana French “Does Sophie Hannah’s Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so … Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.”— Alexander McCall Smith “Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”— The Scotsman
£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Hercule Poirots Silent Night
Book SynopsisThe world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice – puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.Trade Review‘Sophie Hannah's latest case for Agatha Christie's Belgian detective is a dark psychological thriller with an ingenious resolution and it certainly takes the kitsch out of Christmas.—Daily Record ‘If you want a Christie for Christmas, you coundlt do bvetter than this.’—Alex Michaelides ‘Infused with such love and energy … Poirot is exactly as Christie created him, with a vitality that recalls her very best novels.’—Daily Telegraph “Perfect…a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”—Tana French ‘A magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.’—Daily Mail “What Sophie and Agatha have in common is a rare talent for fiendish unpredictability: they make you see how the impossible might be possible after all.”— Sunday Telegraph “The latest in Sophie Hannah’s series of mysteries featuring Agatha Christie’s beloved detective is a magnificently intricate puzzle for Poirot’s famous little grey cells.”— Daily Mail “I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands.”— Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl “Does Sophie Hannah’s Poirot live up to our expectations? Yes, he does, and markedly so … Poirot is still Poirot. Poirot is back.”— Alexander McCall Smith “Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie’s heir.”— The Scotsman
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers The Beholders
Book Synopsis''Held me completely in its thrall until the very last line' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN''I was hooked from the start'' DAILY MAILA SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTHA TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS'' ASSOCIATION DEBUT CROWN PRIZEJune, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin.Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall. Fleeing the drudgery of an unwanted engagement in the small village where she grew up, Harriet is entranced by the grand country hall; she is entranced too by her glamorous mistress Clara Gethin, whose unearthly singing voice floats through the house. But Clara, though captivating, is erratic. The master of the house is a much-lauded politician, but he is strangely absent. And some of their beautiful belongings seem to tell terrible stories.Unable to ignore her growing unease, Harriet sets out to discover their secrets. When she uncovers a shocking truth, a chain of events is set in motion that could cost Harriet everything, even her freedomWhat readers are saying''I didn''t want to stop reading!'' ?????''This story has everything: murder, love, intrigue and heartbreak'' ?????''Plenty of unexpected twists and turns. A sold five stars from me!'' ?????''I couldn''t put it down til the very end'' ?????''Heartbreaking, intriguing, hard to put down'' ?????Trade Review‘A page-turning epistolary novel which takes us on a weaving tale of intrigue, full of heart, that held me completely in its thrall until the very last line. Bravo!’ Susan Stokes-Chapman, number one bestselling author of Pandora ‘A dark slice of the sort of gothic nineteenth-century readers were warned against. Thrumming with tension and posing chewy questions about power and complicity, within two pages it had me in its grip and I couldn’t bring myself to look away. Uneasy, unsettling, and unputdownable.’ Lianne Dillsworth, author of Theatre of Marvels ‘A well-researched and thoroughly convincing page-turner’ Laura Shepperson, bestselling author of The Heroines
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers The Moving Finger Book 3 Marple
Book SynopsisA malicious letterA tragic deathA village filled with suspectsNothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock.Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear.They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, I can't go on'.As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover who is writing these letters before anyone else is hurt.Never underestimate Miss MarpleMiss Marple is one of the most subversive, the most original, most distinctive characters in fiction. Often underestimated and overlooked, she always triumphs in the end.'Kate MosseBeyond all doubt the puzzle in The Moving Finger is fit for experts.'The TimesTrade Review‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson ‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor ‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis ‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci ‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James ‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana French
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Last Death of the Year
£24.72
Penguin Books Ltd The Game Is Murder
£13.49
Little, Brown Book Group The Amazing Test Match Crime
Book SynopsisThe best cricket novel ever written . . .Before ''Sandpapergate'' there was The Amazing Test Match Crime.''Cricket is the great narrative sport, and a close, hard-fought Test Match is the nearest any sport comes to the structure, rhythm and feel of a good novel. The opening is there, if someone is brave enough to take it . . .'' Marcus BerkmannEngland are due to play Australia Imperia (names have been changed for legal reasons) at the Oval, in the final Test of the summer.The series hangs in the balance when England''s Captain and star player disappears without trace . . .A wonderful novel which reads like a cross between an episode of Blackadder and England, Their England.Trade ReviewI can quite honestly say that I have never laughed as much at a book since I read about that classic cricket match in England Their England -- Brian JohnstonA glorious romp -- Emma John
£9.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Punishment She Deserves
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDetective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are forced to confront the past as they try to solve a crime that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of a quiet, historic medieval town in EnglandThe cozy, bucolic town of Ludlow is stunned when one of its most revered and respected citizens--Ian Druitt, the local deacon--is accused of a serious crime. Then, while in police custody, Ian is found dead. Did he kill himself? Or was he murdered?When Barbara Havers is sent to Ludlow to investigate the chain of events that led to Ian's death, all the evidence points to suicide. But Barbara can't shake the feeling that she's missing something. She decides to take a closer look at the seemingly ordinary inhabitants of Ludlow--mainly elderly retirees and college students--and discovers that almost everyone in town has something to hide.A masterful work of suspense, The Punishment She Deserves
£15.30
Random House Publishing Group The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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£999.99
Faber & Faber Murder at Gulls Nest
£14.24
The History Press Ltd The Circle of Sappho
Book SynopsisWhen a teacher and pupil are found dead at an exclusive girls' school in Bath, Jack Swann, the Regency Detective, becomes involved in one of the most intriguing cases of his career.Trade Review"Entertaining."--Publishers Weekly Online
£8.54
Orion Publishing Co The Frumious Bandersnatch Murder Room
Book SynopsisThe brand new 87th Precinct Novel from the master himself - Ed McBain.
£9.99
Headline Publishing Group Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Book Synopsis''He is the Napoleon of Crime...He is the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city''. A man like Sherlock Holmes has many enemies. Violent murderers, deviant villains, ghosts of old loves, blackmailers and poisonous scribes, to to name but a few. But none are so deadly, so powerful, as Professor Moriarty. Moriarty - the only man who can compete with Holmes'' genius. The only man who can, perhaps, ultimately defeat the great detective ...Trade ReviewHe is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman * Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection *
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Headline Publishing Group Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow Sherlock Complete
Book SynopsisAbout to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe''. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases. A woman receives a gruesome package - two human ears in a box. A vital government secret is threatened with exposure. Miss Brenda Tregennis is found scared to death - could she really have died from fright alone? And when the stability of the country is threatend, Holmes'' unrivalled talents are called upon once again ...Trade ReviewHe is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman * Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection *
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Headline Publishing Group Sherlock Holmes The Sign of Four Sherlock
Book Synopsis''Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement''. Whilst the seamy streets of London drown in a sea of smog, Sherlock Holmes sinks into a cocaine-induced melancholy, until Miss Mary Morstan presents him with a most intriguing case. A terrible death, an unknown benefactor, stolen treasure, and a secret pact between criminals stretching back to a mutiny-torn India, lead Holmes into an epic pursuit of the truth...Trade ReviewHe is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman * Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection *
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Headline Publishing Group Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear Sherlock
Book Synopsis''It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn. Wait, young man, and you will learn for yourself''. Sherlock Holmes is intrigued and disturbed when he receives an ominous coded message: a Mr Douglas of Birlstone House is in terrible danger. Before Holmes can act, shocking news arrives. Douglas has been founded dead - his face blown off by a shotgun. Scotland Yard is stumped. Was this suicide or murder? But Holmes is in no doubt. For he recognises the calling card of his nemesis. Professor James Moriarty.Trade ReviewHe is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman * Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection *
£9.99
Random House Publishing Group Island of the Mad
£21.73
Random House Publishing Group In Cold Blood
Book SynopsisPowerful account of the brutal slaying of a Kansas family by two young ex-convicts.
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Pan Macmillan A Slowly Dying Cause
Book SynopsisElizabeth George is the #1 New York Times, London Times, and Der Spiegel bestselling author of more than twenty British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages and featured on television by the BBC. She has twice been nominated for the Edgar Award and is the recipient of the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, France's Grand Prix de Literatture Policiere, and Germany's MIMI.
£14.24
Headline Publishing Group Family Lies
£14.24
St. Martin's Publishing Group The Grey Wolf
£11.16
Sourcebooks Muzzled
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Hands Down
Book SynopsisTHRILLERS 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… Sid Halley, former British jump racing champion and private detective, is not having a good time. His wife Marina has decided she needs some time out of their marriage to think about the future and Sid is devastated. But then Gary Bremner, an ex-jockey trainer, calls him to ask for his help – he is being threatened by someone in the racing world and he needs a friend he can trust. However, the very next morning, Gary’s stable yard is torched, horses killed, and Gary has disappeared. Determined to uncover the truth and to help his friend, Sid starts to investigate. He soon finds himself embroiled in a con
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Bonnier Books UK Limited The Picture House Murders
£10.79
The Murder Room Miss Pinkerton
Book SynopsisAn old mansion, and a killer on the loose - nurse turned private detective for the police is in more danger than ever before. Superb classic crime from 'A true mistress of the mystery' Charlotte MacleodTrade ReviewA literary celebrity with few rivals ... she wrote more bestselling novels ... over a longer period than almost any other American writer, had two hits plays running simultaneously on Broadway, and, acting as a war correspondent, was the first journalist - man or woman - to reach the front during World War I * WASHINGTON POST *Rinehart's prose is reminiscent of Shirley Jackson ... and she excels at the tantalising tease * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *Queen of the mystery novel * crimereads.com *A true mistress of the mystery -- Charlotte MacleodThe capable Hilda proves herself to be a savvy sleuth with superior powers of observation. Rinehart keeps the pages turning without stinting on characterisation * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
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The Murder Room Lost or Found
Book SynopsisA wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance...Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel''Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations'' BooklistWhen Eunice Bailey takes her wedding ring to a London jeweller to have it enlarged, she is very keen for it to be done quickly. She is a reliable and favoured customer and when the jeweller is unable to get in touch with her to collect the ring, he contacts the police.Detective Chief Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole are assigned to the case, and what begins as a fairly simple missing person enquiry develops into a mystery that has ramifications stretching as far as Bermuda . . .Trade ReviewDevilishly engaging characters and authentic details of police operations * BOOKLIST *A consistently entertaining series * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *His story is plotted elaborately but convincingly and the settings are well-visualised * FINANCIAL TIMES *A realistic look at the challenges of modern-day policing, bolstered by sardonic British humour and a twisty plot * BOOKLIST *Excels at twisty, psychological suspense * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
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Little, Brown Book Group A Dead Man in Barcelona
Book SynopsisBarcelona, 1912. A city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called ''Tragic Week'' when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city''s dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting, many were killed, and afterwards, even more put in prison. Including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell.The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar, so what had he been doing in Barcelona? What part did he play in the illicit three-way trade between Gibraltar, Spanish Morocco and Barcelona? And just how did he really meet his end - murdered, in a prison cell?The case, in Gibraltar''s view, crys out for investigation - and by someone independent of the Spanish authorities. So Scotland Yard are summoned to send out one of their men - but who? Seymour ticks all the right boxes - he has experience of the tangled diplomatic world of that part of the Mediterranean. He speaks foreign langTrade ReviewPraise for Michael Pearce's previous books: 'Effortlessly funny and engaging. Packed, as ever, with fact, flavour and the kind of insouciance which makes history lighter than air'. Literary ReviewContinues to refresh the parts others seldom reach. - ObserverLight touch and witty dialogue . . . a continuing delight. - Sunday TelegraphSheer fun. - The Times
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Headline Publishing Group Fireraiser Oslo Crime Files 3
Book SynopsisThe third psychological mystery in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo.A man obsessed with the cleansing power of fire is destroying everything that reminds him of his youth. He calls himself the Fire Man.That same Easter, a teenager is threatened by his girlfriend''s tradition-bound family. Karsten''s attempts to protect himself put him and his sister Synne at even greater risk. Then he disappears all together.Eight years later, Synne is determined to find out what happened that night. But her investigation will ignite smouldering and dangerous memories.And the Fire Man is still there, waiting, and watching her search for the truth at every step...Praise for international bestseller Torkil Damhaug:''Delivered with maximum psychological intensity'' Barry Forshaw, Independent''Nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller'' Trade ReviewTorkil Damhaug distinguishes himself through his attention-grabbing depictions of places and personalities. He has now taken his place in the top ranks of Norwegian crime fiction writers * Aftenposten *Nothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller. The first in a series called the Oslo Crime Files, it is a more than promising debut -- Mark Sanderson * Evening Standard *One of the best-written and nerve-wracking works of crime fiction in a long time * Dagens Næringsliv *A novel about blame and guilt, about revenge and rage, about fantasies and frustrations - there are many powerful emotions and experiences in wait for the reader, too... Not a novel to pass up * Dagbladet *Damhaug sneaks right up to the cutting edge with his new thriller * Dagsavisen *Damhaug's new thriller is an exciting, original and disturbing novel with intriguing nuance and depth * VG *The book delivers surprises up to the very last moment ... Damhaug knows the art of telling a spellbinding crime story * Jyllands-Posten, Denmark 3 *If you haven't read any of Torkil Damhaug's books, you really should. For a gripping thriller, set firmly in today's reality - it's hard to beat * Real Crime *
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Headline Publishing Group Death By Water Oslo Crime Files 2
Book SynopsisThe second novel in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo.Psychologist Mailin Bjerke is due to appear on the notorious TV show Taboo, tackling its most sensational subject yet. But she never arrives at the studio.As the police struggle to find any sign of Mailin, her sister Liss, living on the edge in Amsterdam, takes matters into her own hands. Flying home to Olso, she discovers a complex backdrop of friends and enemies, where no one can be relied upon to tell the truth. Her battle is made harder by the fractured memories of a childhood where Mailin was always her protector, and by the secrets she must keep hidden. And she has no idea that Mailin''s disappearance is somehow connected to a chance meeting more than a decade before...Praise for international bestseller Torkil Damhaug:''Delivered with maximum psychological intensity'' Barry FoTrade ReviewNothing is as it seems in this sleek and cunning thriller. The first in a series called the Oslo Crime Files, it is a more than promising debut -- Mark Sanderson * Evening Standard *
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Hodder & Stoughton Green Sun
Book SynopsisOakland, 1982: one good cop against the world. GREEN SUN is the long-awaited third novel from cult author Kent Anderson.Trade ReviewFearsomely authentic and moving, it paints a scary portrait of an officer's life * Daily Mail *You might sign up for the promise of thrills but you'll leave utterly sated by the very human magic of the finest crime writer alive. * Metro *Kent Anderson serves up the best of what crime fiction can do in Green Sun, showing us a slice of the world that stands for the whole wide world, and giving us Officer Hanson, whose perseverance and bedrock fairness and understanding of human frailty make him a hero for all places and times. The Hanson Trilogy should not be a secret. It's the best of the best in American storytelling today. -- Michael ConnellyAnderson was, like his maverick hero, a Vietnam vet, an Oakland cop and an English lecturer - experiences that give this fiction the compelling authenticity other writers strive for. * Sunday Times Crime Club *This is only Kent Anderson's third novel in 30-odd years but it's worth the wait...There's a wealth of hard-won knowledge, if not much conventional plot, in this brilliant, subtle, finally optimistic, cop novel. * Mail on Sunday *Green Sun tells the unvarnished truth about what it is to be a cop in modern day America. I can give a suspense novel no higher compliment -- James PattersonAnderson is adept at finding a terrible kind of beauty in the worst circumstances, which makes Green Sun difficult to put down even when it's emotionally painful to keep reading. * NPR *Kent Anderson is one of the unsung legends of crime fiction * Chicago Tribune *Deeply moving...couldn't be more timely * Publishers Weekly, starred review *Kent Anderson immediately pulls you into his taut, authentic depiction of a cop's life in early-80s Oakland. Green Sun is crime fiction at its best: smart, unflinching, and, ultimately, compassionate. -- Alafair BurkeKent Anderson has crafted a literary miracle here. We're transported to 'Nam and circa-'80 Oakland, reimagined as Hell, seen through the eyes of a crusading cop unique in the annals of police literature. This jazzy - and jazz influenced - novel is like the best of early Joseph Wambaugh. -- James Ellroy, New York Times bestselling author of PerfidiaThe best cop novel I have ever read. There's never been anything like it. -- James Crumley, author of The Last Good KissAnderson doesn't publish much, but when he does, it's something to remember...It is perhaps the perfect time for an honest, realistic, unflinching portrayal of a good cop, and Anderson delivers just that. * Booklist (Starred) *Kent Anderson is the finest portrayer of the cop novel, elevating the genre to the highest literary form. With Green Sun, he completes a trilogy that would sit effortlessly alongside the masters, Cormac McCarthy and James Lee Burke. This is Ellroy for a whole new generation. -- Ken Bruen
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Borgo Press Meet Jimmy Strange
£9.99
Graphic Arts Books The Dead Secret
Book SynopsisThe Dead Secret (1856) is a novel by Wilkie Collins. Written in the aftermath of Antonina (1850), his successful debut, The Dead Secret finds the author honing the trademark sense of mystery and psychological unease that would make him a household name around the world. Recognized as an important Victorian novelist and pioneer of detective fiction, Wilkie Collins was a writer with a gift for thoughtful entertainment, stories written for a popular audience that continue to resonate with scholars and readers today. Born in Porthgenna Tower, Rosamond Treverton is a child of secrecy. Her birthmother, Sarah Leeson, became pregnant after an affair with a local miner. Unable to raise her daughter, she allowed her to be adopted by Mrs. Treverton, the lady of the Tower, herself unable to bear children. Sworn to silence, Sarah leaves a hidden note in a room at Porthgenna before disappearing into the night. Years later, the Tower has been inherited by Rosamond, who continues to live there with her husband Leonard Frankland. When she becomes pregnant, a strange nurse arrives to take care of her and soon reveals the secret of her birth, threatening Rosamond’s control of Porthgenna Tower and the Treverton family fortune. Beyond its sensational plot, The Dead Secret is a masterpiece of Gothic suspense and mystery for seasoned readers of Victorian fiction and newcomers alike. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Wilkie Collins’ The Dead Secret is a classic work of English literature reimagined for modern readers.
£999.99
Soho Press Inc This Is What Happened
Book SynopsisFrom CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking, twisted novel of psychological suspense about one woman's attempt to be better than ordinary. Twenty-six-year-old Maggie Barnes is someone you would never look at twice. Living alone in a month-to-month sublet in the huge city of London, with no family but an estranged sister, no partner, and not much in the way of friends, Maggie is just the kind of person who could vanish from the face of the earth without anyone taking notice. Or just the kind of person MI5 needs to infiltrate the establishment and thwart an international plot that puts all of Britain at risk. Now one young woman has the chance to be a hero—if she can think quickly enough to stay alive.
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Poisoned Pen Press Murder After Christmas
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Sourcebooks The Christmas Jigsaw Murders
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£12.57
Eventispress A Habit of Mind
£9.24
Orion Publishing Co Five Days of Fog: Peaky Blinders with a feminist
Book Synopsis'Think Patrick Hamilton meets Peaky Blinders with a feminist twist' Metro'Utterly transporting, read and lose yourself completely' Stylist'A cinematic, rogueish, and utterly entertaining page-turner by the queen of feisty historical women. Goes down in one jewel-fisted slug' Abigail Tarttelin, author of DEAD GIRLS'My mum always said, a fistful of rings is as good as a knuckleduster'The Great Smog descends on London overnight; a leadership feud breaks out amongst a gang of female thieves who have terrorized the city for years; and Florrie, the girl who is set to inherit the bloody crown, falls in love with a good boy. Can she find her own path and the courage to stumble along it - in a fog so thick that she can see her own feet?'A fascinating insight into early girl gangs, full of menace and gritty glamour' Sunday Mirror'A gripping, greasy, gritty thriller. You'll be able to taste the fog in the back of your throat' Red MagazineTrade ReviewQuestions of legacy, loyalty and the freedom to determine your own path combine with a propulsive plot in which dank, bombed-out London becomes its own malign character. Think Patrick Hamilton meets Peaky Blinders with a feminist twist. * Metro *Baby, it's cold outside and there is literally no better book to curl up with than Five Days Of Fog ... An atmospheric and gripping story ... Utterly transporting, read and lose yourself completely. * Stylist *Inspired by the real events of the Great Smog, and providing a fascinating insight into the culture of early girl gangs, this is a pacey tale is full of menace and gritty glamour. * Sunday Mirror *The London fog becomes as potent a presence as any of the characters in a lively story of divided loyalties -- Nick Rennison * The Sunday Times *With a tough, likable protagonist, this is a fascinating and very readable slice of social history, as well as an evocative portrait of a clannish and dangerous world * Guardian *Thoroughly at home with her material, the author enjoys herself with her sharply realised cast of characters in her pacy, sometimes brutal, but entertaining novel. * Daily Mail *Fog descends on a London just out of wartime, a leadership feud stirs disquiet in a gang of female thieves, and the girl who might inherit the bloody crown falls in love with a good boy. But will she be allowed to walk away, or do all women who stand up for themselves have a price to pay? A cinematic, rogueish, and utterly entertaining page-turner by the queen of feisty historical women. Goes down in one jewel-fisted slug. -- Abigail Tarttelin, author of DEAD GIRLSFreeman is excellent on the grim and violent realities of a life of crime and the queasy moral choices that its followers make. Her gripping novel is suffused with an atmosphere of menace as thick as the London smog of 1952 in which it is set. * Mail on Sunday *A gripping, greasy, gritty thriller. You'll be able to taste the fog in the back of your throat. * Red magazine *A brilliant, bold and unforgettable debut. Freeman transports us to a history we'd never have imagined and makes it viscerally real -- Nathan Filer on THE FAIR FIGHTA hugely exciting and entertaining novel, written with warmth, charm, authority and, above all, terrific flair. I loved it -- Sarah Waters, on THE FAIR FIGHTAnna Freeman's familiarity with this rough and raunchy period of history and her wonderfully imagined cast of characters, often down but never out, makes this a brilliant debut novel * THE TIMES on THE FAIR FIGHT *Cracking . . . a lively, rambunctious read * SUNDAY EXPRESS on THE FAIR FIGHT *An exceptional work of historical fiction * NetGalley *Based on the real-life, all-female gang, the Forty Elephants, FIVE DAYS OF FOG is told with verve and style * Bookseller *
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Y Lolfa Investigating Mr Wakefield
Book SynopsisA psychological thriller which studies the male desire to possess, control and watch his beloved in the most intimate of spaces.
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Eye Books The Ambrosia Project: A Burton and Lamb Case
Book SynopsisWhen food magnate Brett Ingram collapses and dies at a public event, his seafood allergy is blamed and the caterer, Nick Demetriou, charged with manslaughter. Nick hires legal duo Judith Burton and Constance Lamb to defend him. They scrutinise the colourful panellists at the event - a food blogger, a beef farmer, a food scientist, a TV chef and a radio host - who all seem to be holding something back. There's something fishy about the allergy story. Did one of the speakers have a hand in the businessman's death? And what of the nasty incidents that keep befalling them? Should the net be cast wider to include opponents of Brett's mysterious Ambrosia initiative? In another of Abi Silver's nail-biting games of courtroom cat-and-mouse, Judith and Constance must find the truth among a smorgasbord of lies and deception.Trade Review'Abi Silver writes her years of legal experience into each of her courtroom thrillers' The Big Issue 'It is Abi Silver's imaginative touches as well as her thorough legal knowledge that make her courtroom thrillers stand out' Jake Kerridge 'Rumpole of the Bailey, Kavanagh QC, Perry Mason - now joining their ranks is Judith Burton' Jewish Chronicle
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