Crime and / or mystery fiction
Faber & Faber Sounds Like Trouble
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£9.49
Pan Macmillan Strangers in Time
£10.96
Cornerstone Raby
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£15.29
Bonnier Books Ltd The Shadow of the Northern Lights
£9.49
Influx Press Available Dark
Book SynopsisA searing and iconoclastic crime novel in which photographer Cass Neary, introduced in the underground classic Generation Loss, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of crime in Scandinavia's coldest corners.
£10.44
Joffe Books Two Victims
Book SynopsisAN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING CRIME MYSTERY WITH A MASSIVE TWIST A murdered woman found executed by a single gunshot. And worse is to come. Detective Rachel King has two victims to deal with. The first woman was local nurse, Agnes Moore. One of the victim’s friends makes contact but then disappears. Does Rachel have a serial killer on her hands? And what was Agnes really helping local girls with? Meanwhile Rachel’s former lover, well-known villain Jed McAteer, come back to haunt her with his connections to the victims. Who will pay the ultimate price next?
£7.59
Walker Books Ltd The Hate U Give
Book SynopsisNow a major motion picture, starring Amandla StenbergNo. 1 New York Times bestsellerGoodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best National Book Award Longlist Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl''s struggle for justice.Want more of Garden Heights? Catch Maverick and Seven's story in Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas''s powerful prequel to The Hate U Give.PRAISE FOR THE HATE U GIVEStunning. John GreenA masterpiece. TheTrade ReviewAngie Thomas has written a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time. * John Green *It's hard to see how this won't be the young adult novel of the year, if not the decade. Angie Thomas, a former rapper and a debut novelist from Jackson, Mississippi, has written a startling, important book about what it is to be black in America that manages to speak to everyone. It is also a rollicking thriller and a deeply enjoyable read. No wonder it has been at the top of the New York Times's young adult bestseller list for weeks. [...] It's suitable for mature 14-year-olds and should fly on to curriculums everywhere, for Thomas has written a classic in the making that demands to be discussed. * The Times *“[…] a powerful look at racism in 21st-century America.” * The Observer *Completely gripping, hugely affecting and beautifully written, THUG encompasses race, violence, family and growing up and will surely be remembered as a defining YA book of our time. A must-read. - Anna Pool * The Pool *The Hate U Give is going to be one of the most important books of 2017, no hyperbole, just facts. - Nikesh Shukla, writer and editor of The Good Immigrant -- Nikesh Shukla
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Little, Brown Book Group The Cutting Season
Book SynopsisPoe''s just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon...Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn''t how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. He''s been punched and kicked and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives it seems things are about to go from bad to worse. He goes by the name of the Pale Man and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for twenty years.But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn''t. Although it might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all along. More importantly, a nerdy, computer whizz-kid called Tilly Bradshaw is watching his back. And now things are about to get interesting . . ._______________This is a short story, not a full-length novel._______________Praise for M W Craven:''I''ve been following M.W. Craven''s Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better.
£6.23
Orion Publishing Co One of Us Is Dead
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£999.99
Amazon Publishing The Hotel
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Hodder & Stoughton Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Book SynopsisThe No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is now available as a standalone book.There's a guy like me in every state and federal prison in America, I guess - I'm the guy who can get it for you.And new convict Andy Dufresne wants two things from fellow prisoner Red: a small rock-hammer for carving stones and a giant poster of Rita Hayworth. So begins this mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment, deep friendship and offbeat escape. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is one of King's most celebrated stories, and it helped make Castle Rock a place readers would return to over and over again. Suspenseful, heart-wrenching and hopeful, this iconic King novella is populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, especially the fiercely compelling convict named Andy Dufresne who is seeking his ultimate revenge.Originally published in the collection Different Seasons, it was made into the film The Shawshank Redemption. Starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, this modern classic was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, is one of the most beloved films of all time and is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.Trade ReviewOne of the great storytellers of our time * GUARDIAN *The midlength narrative suits King's talents particularly well . . . Stories that cover a surprising amount of emotional territory but can still be read in a sitting * THE WASHINGTON POST *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption remains one of [King's] most deeply humane and hopeful works of fiction * VARIETY *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Bookseller
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Titan Books Ltd A Darker Shade of Magic
Book SynopsisMost people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers - magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There's Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There's Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...
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Quercus Publishing The Woman In Blue: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries
Book SynopsisThe murder of women priests in Norfolk's spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure. 'Ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place' The TimesWhen Ruth's friend Cathbad sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, in a white gown and blue cloak, in Walsingham's graveyard, he takes it in his stride. Walsingham has strong connections to Mary, and Cathbad is a druid after all; visions come with the job. But when the body of a woman in a blue dressing-gown is found dead the next day in a nearby ditch, it is clear that a horrible crime has been committed, and DCI Nelson and his team are called in for what is now a murder investigation.Ruth, a devout atheist, has managed to avoid Walsingham during her seventeen years in Norfolk. But then an old university friend asks to meet her in the village, and Ruth is amazed to discover that she is now a priest. She has been receiving vitriolic anonymous letters targeting women priests - letters containing references to local archaeology and a striking phrase about a woman 'clad in blue, weeping for the world'.Then another woman is murdered - a priest. As Walsingham prepares for its annual Easter re-enactment of the Crucifixion, the race is on to unmask the killer before they strike again...Trade ReviewOne of my current favourite crime series . . . a pleasure from start to finish -- Val McDermidGriffiths has become a dab hand at plotting and cranking up the tension. The murders, and the muddled humanity of the characters, keep us turning the pages * Independent *Crime that doesn't sacrifice good writing and clever characterisation for the sake of the plot -- Sarra Manning * Red magazine *Elly Griffiths writes ever-more ingenious detective stories with a powerful sense of place and a varied cast of sympathetic and unusual characters. Her heroine is a winner. * The Times *Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection * Sunday Times *Ruth Galloway is one of the most engaging characters in modern crime fiction * Kate Mosse *Griffiths has that rare ability to write simple and unaffected prose which has a powerful impact, and her work is proof that it is often the lightest of touches which pierces the deepest. * Crime Fiction Lover *Ruth Galloway is solitary, plum and smart and self-assured, and very, very likeable. * Globe and Mail *
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Orion Publishing Co A Death in the Parish
Book SynopsisTHE NEW NOVEL FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDER BEFORE EVENSONGCANON DANIEL CLEMENT IS BACK...It''s been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper and Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel''s problems. His mother - headstrong, fearless Audrey - is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. And she is not the only one. And then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...
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Little, Brown Book Group Career of Evil
Book Synopsis***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it***''Deliriously clever'' GUARDIAN-----Now a major BBC drama: The Strike seriesWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman''s severed leg.Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them...A fiendiTrade ReviewQuirkily different... let's hope the sardonic Strike is here to stay * Independent *The denouement is violent, unexpected and satisfying . . . [an] entertaining novel * The Times *Fans of the intrepid duo are in for some shocks . . . as readable and exciting as ever * Daily Telegraph *A page-turner with legs that will keep you up all night * Observer *Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever * New York Times *A confident hold on a deliriously clever plot * Guardian *Thoroughly enjoyable * Mail on Sunday *Criminally good stuff * Sun *[A] smart and addictive thriller * Sunday Mirror *A book that abounds with ideas * Scotland on Sunday *This one gripped * Evening Standard *Oozes atmosphere . . . a rollicking good story * Metro *The real joy of this series comes from the originality of the characters * Morning Star *Robert Galbraith . . . again demonstrates that rare, inexplicable and indefinable gift: once started, one simply can't put [his] books down * Literary Review *Strike is a compelling creation . . . this is terrifically entertaining stuff * Irish Times *
£10.44
Ackroyd Publishing The Lochside Murder
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Canelo In the Dark
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£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers The Marlow Murder Club 5
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£16.14
Little, Brown Book Group The Informant
Book Synopsis''Heart-stopping'' ANN CLEEVES''Genius'' STEVE CAVANAGH''A triump'' IRISH EXAMINER''Nail-biting'' ANDREA MARA''Exceptional'' JOHN CONNOLLY''Breathlessly exciting'' IRISH INDEPENDENT------------Katie lives a quiet life. She likes her small Derry neighbourhood. She likes her job as a barmaid at O''Reillys. And she loves her daughter, Hope.But everything changes when she is approached by two detectives. They want Katie to tell them the things she hears at work. To become their informant.In this city, Katie knows the dangers of talking to the police. Yet with Hope''s safety at risk should she refuse, she is trapped between two impossible choices.Crossing the O''Reilly brothers could cost her everything. Her only chance of survival is if she can remain the one that they least suspect . . .A gripping, heart-wrenching thriller that explores the fine line between right and wrong, justice and revenge, and how you choose your side when everyone is guilty . . .
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Joffe Books Murder In The Family: A Gripping Crime Mystery
Book Synopsis15–year-old Billy Davies is found dead in his father’s shed. A pair of gardening shears thrust brutally into his chest. DI Hillary Greene tries to get to the bottom of this baffling crime. How had Billy come into contact with such a vicious killer? Who wanted him dead and why? The investigation reveals that the teenager was not such an innocent young man. Meanwhile, Hillary’s career seems to have stalled. She’s been passed over for promotion, and her reliable constable Tommy Lynch is to be transferred out. But Hillary won’t let distractions get in the way of solving crimes. To catch this killer, Hillary will need to dig deep into the dark secrets of a small community. Set at prestigous, ancient Oxford University, drawing on the author’s local knowledge of the university’s history and the area, and expert research into police procedure. At the heart of the series is Hillary Greene, a hard-working detective who lives on a houseboat, has a reputation for getting the job done right. Her DCI, Philip ‘Mellow’ Mallow, has her back, even as she battles an ongoing internal investigation.
£7.59
HarperCollins Publishers The Lake
Book SynopsisSecluded. Luxurious. Deadly. A gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet and The Cruise
£10.80
Orion Publishing Co Six Years
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£10.44
Little, Brown Book Group A Calculated Murder
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Dark Time
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Penguin Books Ltd Not Quite Dead Yet
Book SynopsisGet ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder******In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she's still waiting for her life to begin. She'll do it later, she always says. She has time. Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder. She suffers a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor is certain that within a week, she'll suffer a deadly aneurysm. Jet never thought of herself as having enemies. But now she looks at everyone in a new light: her family, her ex-best friend turned sister-in-law, her former boyfriend. She only has seven days, and as her condition deteriorates she has only her childhood friend Billy for help. But nevertheless, she's absolutely determined to finally finish something:Jet is going to solve her own murder.
£17.00
Penguin Books Ltd The Samurai Detectives Volume 1
£10.44
Amazon Publishing A Dead Draw
Book SynopsisAn Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling series. A killer fueled by revenge. A detective haunted by the past. They are headed for a high-stakes showdown in this bone-chilling new Tracy Crosswhite novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. Detective Tracy Crosswhite isn't one to lose her cool. Until her interrogation of the taunting and malicious Erik Schmidt, a suspect in two cold case killings. Schmidt also has unnerving ties to the monster who murdered Tracy's sister, stirring memories of the crime that shaped Tracy's life. After a critical mistake during a shooting exercise, Tracy breaks. Haunted by nightmares and flashbacks, Tracy heads to her hometown of Cedar Grove to refocus. Just a peaceful getaway with her husband, her daughter, and their nanny at their weekend house. But Tracy's sleepless nights are only beginning. A legal glitch has allowed Schmidt to go free. And Tracy has every reason to fear that he's followed her. Forced into a twisted game of cat and mouse, Tracy must draw on all her training, wits, and strength to defeat a master criminal before he takes away everyone Tracy loves.
£12.74
Ackroyd Publishing The Swimming Club A Jurassic Coast Mystery
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Ackroyd Publishing The Barn
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Amazon Publishing As Far as She Knew
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£8.54
Transworld Can You Solve the Murder
Book SynopsisAntony Johnston is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books, graphic novels, and comic series, including the popular Dog Sitter Detective murder mysteries. His graphic novel The Coldest City was made into the multi-million-dollar blockbuster movie Atomic Blonde. He is also a celebrated videogames writer, and is credited with many franchise-defining titles. Johnston is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers' Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's videogames committee. He lives and works in Lancashire.
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Pan Macmillan The New Logan McRae Thriller
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC FDR Drive
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Pan Macmillan The Dark Wives
Book SynopsisSunday Times bestselling author of the Shetland and Venn series, Ann Cleeves, returns with the eleventh in the acclaimed Northumbrian-set Vera Stanhope series, following on from The Rising Tide.
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Cornerstone Close to Death
Book SynopsisAnthony Horowitz is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most loved and successful TV series, including Midsomer Murders and Foyle's War. He is the author of the teen spy series, Alex Rider, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.He has been widely praised for his murder mysteries which began with two highly acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels and continued with the bestselling Hawthorne series in which he appears as the former detective's hapless sidekick. In January 2022 he was awarded a CBE for his services to literature.His novel, Magpie Murders, was made into a BBC drama starring Lesley Manville as editor Susan Ryeland. The sequel, Moonflower Murders, also starring Lesley Manville, was a BBC drama in 2024. Marble Hall Murders continues the story
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Sourcebooks, Inc There Are No Saints
Book SynopsisShe knows he's no saint, but she has no idea she's dancing with the devil.Cole Blackwell values control. He's the hottest sculptor in San Francisco-wealthy, successful, and respected. His only weakness is the dark impulse he carefully conceals. In truth, he's not just an artist: he's a predator, and the city is his hunting ground.Mara Eldritch is a nobody. Broke and damaged, she works three jobs while creating paintings no one will ever see. When a chance encounter throws Mara into Cole's path, her escape from certain death fascinates Cole. More than that-it fixates him.He begins stalking her, discovering there's more to the struggling misfit than he would have guessed. She makes him feel things he never thought he could feel. Want things he thought he'd never want. He doesn't know if he should protect her at all costs or destroy her before she ruins him. He's losing control, breaking the rules that have kept his true nature hidden from the world.Mara knows he's dangerous, but Cole is the only person who's ever recognized her talent, and it leads her heart astray, straight into the dark.Cole can teach her to get what she wants...but what might this vicious killer want in return?
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Cornerstone None of This is True
Book SynopsisLisa Jewell is the No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, including The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone and her latest novel, None of This is True. Her novels have sold over 10 million copies in the UK and internationally, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in London with her husband, two daughters, an amazing Romanian rescue dog called Daisy, and Ivy the mad orange kitten.
£9.49
Ackroyd Publishing The Chesil Beach Murders
£21.24
Little, Brown Book Group Payback
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Swift Press The Mystery at Rake Hall
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Ackroyd Publishing Secrets and History
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Ackroyd Publishing The House
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£6.23
Canelo The Solace Farm Killings
Book SynopsisA fanatical religious cult. A growing list of missing teenagers. Can DI Ruth Hunter and DS Nick Evans uncover the dark secrets of Solace Farm before there is another ritual killing?
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Brown Dog Books The MI5 Girl In Oxford
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Allison & Busby The Dacre Dilemma
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£18.70
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Monk
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£9.49
Sourcebooks, Inc There Is No Devil
Book SynopsisJust because he couldn't kill her doesn't mean his enemy won't.Cole and Mara's relationship has grown to consume them both. Cole, sculptor and killer, finds himself adrift in a depth of feeling he's never known, while Mara, unafraid of his darkness, is blossoming into a successful artist, shaking off the trauma of her youth to finally chase success.For the first time in both their lives, they might actually be...happy.But the past has a long shadow.Alastor Shaw is the Beast of the Bay, a frenzy-killer who once hoped to share his hunting ground with Cole. They never chased the same prey...until the night they both laid eyes on Mara Eldritch. And now, when Shaw realizes the cold-hearted Cole has fallen in love with the girl they once targeted, he plans to destroy him, using Mara as his weapon and pawn.Cole will do anything to protect Mara, including making her strong enough to protect herself. And soon, he finds himself tempting her deeper and deeper into the depths of violence she never thought she'd commit.Shaw's hunt won't stop. Neither will Cole's love.When the time comes for Mara to act, will she be ready to do what needs to be done?
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