Crime & Thrillers Books

Whether it's Scandi noir, police procedural, whodunnits, cosy crime or international thrillers, we've got you covered.

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  • The Cygnet Prince

    Legend Press Ltd The Cygnet Prince

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • In Too Deep

    Random House USA Inc In Too Deep

    10 in stock

    10 in stock

    £13.09

  • W.E.B. Griffin Zero Option

    Penguin Putnam Inc W.E.B. Griffin Zero Option

    4 in stock

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    4 in stock

    £15.29

  • The Phantom of the Temple

    The University of Chicago Press The Phantom of the Temple

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £12.35

  • Scarecrow

    Pan Macmillan Scarecrow

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisMatthew Reilly, born and still resident in Sydney, studied law before turning his pen to fiction. His seven novels - Ice Station, Temple, Contest, Area 7, Scarecrow, Seven Ancient Wonders and Six Sacred Stones have all been massive international bestsellers.

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • No Mans Nightingale

    Cornerstone No Mans Nightingale

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisNo Man''s Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell''s bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.The woman vicar of St Peter''s Church may not be popular among the community of Kingsmarkham. But it still comes as a profound shock when she is found strangled in her vicarage.Inspector Wexford is retired, but he retains a relish for solving mysteries especially when they are as close to home as this one is.So when he''s asked whether he will assist on the case, he readily agrees.But why did the vicar die? And is anyone else in Kingsmarkham in danger?What Wexford doesn''t know is that the killer is far closer than he, or anyone else, thinks.Trade ReviewWith every page, Rendell reminds us why she is the doyenne of murder mystery and still absolutely at the top of her game. * Birmingham Post *[A] wry and twisty mystery — a joy to read. * Evening Standard *

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Alert

    Cornerstone Alert

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis_______________________Every New Yorker's worst nightmare is about to become a reality.New York has seen more than its fair share of horrific attacks, but the city is about to be shaken in a way it never has before.Two devastating catastrophes hit in quick succession, putting everyone on edge.

    1 in stock

    £8.99

  • Bones Are Forever

    Cornerstone Bones Are Forever

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisAs a forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec, Canada, Kathy Reichs has often said that she works with the dead, but for the living. Forensics are an integral part of her world, with cases constantly coming in to her lab. And yet her chosen profession is, she says, like any other job. You may get used to what's happening around you, and to the sounds and smells and sights of death, but this doesn't mean you become immune to it. Each of her books is based loosely on the cases she's worked on, or some experience she's had. She believes that her stories remain fresh because they originate form her being enmeshed and engaged in forensic work on a regular basis.Kathy Reichs is one of only eighty-two forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Trade ReviewYou’ll want to keep turning the pages long after lights out to find out what happens next … Reichs’ real-life expertise gives her novels an authenticity that most other crime novelists would kill for -- Michelle Davies * Daily Express *Once again Reichs spins a genuinely gripping tale in an interesting and different environment that’s peppered with authentic forensic science and peopled with well drawn, rounded characters. -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent *A truly impressive writer -- Barry Forshaw * We love this book *With Kathy Reichs the reader knows they're in the hands of an expert * Sunday Express *This is a fast moving, deftly plotted tale which has the reader on the edge of their seat. Not only is Reichs a top forensic anthropologist herself, but she’s also a top writer. One to savour. ***** * Press Association *

    7 in stock

    £9.49

  • Campbells Kingdom

    Vintage Publishing Campbells Kingdom

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisRalph Hammond Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 15 July 1913 and educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He left school aged eighteen, and worked successively in publishing, teaching and journalism. In 1936, in need of money in order to marry, he wrote a supernatural thriller, The Doppleganger, which was published in 1937 as part of a two-year, four book deal. In 1939 Innes moved to a different publisher, and began to write compulsively, continuing to publish throughout his service in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. Innes travelled widely to research his novels and always wrote from personal experience - his 1940s novels The Blue Ice and The White South were informed by time spent working on a whaling ship in the Antarctic, while The Lonely Skier came out of a post-war skiing course in the Dolomites. He was a keen and accomplished sailor, which passion inspired his 1956 bestseller The Wreck of the Mary Deare. The equally succesTrade ReviewJohn Buchan, Stevenson, Henty and Rider Haggard would all, I think, look benevolently upon Mr. Innes -- Elizabeth BowenA fast and expertly managed story... the Rockies, the squalid 'ghost towns', the dam-building - alll memorably represented * Sunday Times *The British have always been good at producing adventure story writers. Hammond Innes was exceptional even within an exceptional breed..he was...a romantic adventurer in the style of Rider Haggard, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling * Guardian *Mr. Innes's readers were addicts when it came to his books, which were cinematic in sweep and sold 40 million copies * New York Times *

    2 in stock

    £10.44

  • NYPD Red 2

    Cornerstone NYPD Red 2

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis____________________________NYPD Red - the task force attacking the most extreme crimes in America''s most extreme city - hunts a killer who is on an impossible mission.A vigilante serial killer is on the loose in New York City, tracking down and murdering people whose crimes have not been punished. The number of victims grows, and many New Yorkers secretly applaud the idea of justice won at any price.NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan and his partner Kylie MacDonald are put on the case when a woman of vast wealth and even greater connections disappears. Zach and Kylie have to find what''s really behind this murderer''s rampage while political and personal secrets of the highest order hang in the balance. But Kylie has been acting strange recently - and Zach knows whatever she''s hiding could threaten the biggest case of their careers.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Private Vegas

    Cornerstone Private Vegas

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisJAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • Love Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals

    Vintage Publishing Love Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisJesse Armstrong is the co-creator and writer of the BAFTA Award-winning Peep Show, as well as Fresh Meat, Bad Sugar, Babylon and, with Chris Morris, Four Lions. He was also co-writer of The Thick of It and the Oscar-nominated In the Loop, and wrote the Entire History of You for Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals is his first novel.Trade ReviewWithin the first few sentences, Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals had me hooked...combines the best of sitcom-style drama with just the right amount of gravity... Armstrong’s debut manages to be clever and fun while also retaining grittiness. I hope this is the first of many. -- Rachael Pells * Independent *Armstrong at his comic best ... Armstrong’s hilarious portrayal of flawed humanity wins it for me. -- Lucy Frith, 4 stars * Stylist *Original, unabashed and irresistibly funny. -- Zoe Williams * Guardian *Well-written and full of good gags. -- Sebastian Shakespeare * Tatler *A truly comic novel. * Esquire *

    1 in stock

    £10.44

  • The Killing at Crowswood Castle

    Vinci Books Ltd. The Killing at Crowswood Castle

    7 in stock

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    7 in stock

    £9.49

  • Private Games

    Cornerstone Private Games

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisJAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Poison at Pemberton Hall

    Vinci Books Ltd. Poison at Pemberton Hall

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • Domain

    Pan Macmillan Domain

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisJames Herbert's Domain imagines having to choose between nuclear radiation or horrifying, flesh-eating rats.Trade ReviewCompletes the rodent trilogy with what must be the ultimate rat novel . . . the adventure never flags. * Daily Express *

    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • Fantagraphics Buz Sawyer Vol. 5

    10 in stock

    10 in stock

    £29.06

  • Hour of the Wolf The Van Veeteren series 7

    Pan Macmillan Hour of the Wolf The Van Veeteren series 7

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Van Veeteren faces a chilling case in Håkan Nesser's Hour of the Wolf, the seventh book to feature Chief Inspector Van Veeteren. In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car into a young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road, but the incident will set in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever. Soon Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, now retired from the Maardam police force, will face his greatest trial yet as someone close to him is, inexplicably, murdered. Van Veeteren's former colleagues, desperate for answers, struggle to decipher the clues to this appalling crime. But when another body is discovered, it gradually becomes clear that this killer is acting on their own terrifying logic . . .Hour of the Wolf is followed by book eight in the series, The WeepinTrade Review‘Hakan Nesser, the godfather of Swedish crime … His Van Veeteren novels have a puckishness and sprightliness that too often elude his younger, gloomier pretenders … Nesser has thus far only been a minor player in the British Nordic crime scene: Hour of the Wolf should be the book to change that’ Metro‘The Swedish novelist Hakan Nesser is in another league, exhibiting a skill and consistency rare in crime ¬fiction. Hour of the Wolf, translated by Laurie Thompson is one of his finest novels, starting with a road accident and unravelling its terrible consequences. The victim is a 16-year-old boy, struck by a car while walking home late at night, and the accident sets in motion a series of murders. One of the victims is related to Nesser’s detective, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, who has retired to become an antiquarian bookseller. The ex-policeman’s old team rallies to obtain justice for their much-loved former boss in a novel that combines a clever plot with authentic emotion’ Sunday Times‘All the tropes of Scandinavian crime: physical and metaphysical gloom, desolate landscapes and circumscribed lives. However, it is a grown-up, rather than a depressing read. The investigating cops are skilfully differentiated and their banter is amusing. As for the plot … it contains enough twists to keep you reading through the Bergmanesque darkness’ Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard‘Of the Nordic crime writers currently holding readers’ attention in an unbreakable grip, Håkan Nesser is comfortably the most anglocentric. Nesser himself has a notably dry and ironic sense of humour, more redolent of this island than Sweden, and intermittently makes London his home. He also has something in common with another great generator of suspense, Leytonstone-born Alfred Hitchcock: a preoccupation with guilt and the way in which crime draws everyone connected with it into a dark moral miasma – as in the latest book to reach these shores, Hour of the Wolf . . . All this is dispatched with the assurance that readers have come to expect from the author of such quietly compelling crime fiction as The Return and Woman With Birthmark. As before with Nesser, we are reminded of the writer Ruth Rendell in the coolly methodical fashion in which lives are destroyed by a crime, those of both the victims and the perpetrators . . . there is not a single misstep as the grim implications of the narrative are teased out. And — as with Hitchcock — the guilt of a single character becomes a kind of amorphous mass, affecting everyone involved, muddying moral distinctions’ Independent‘Nesser, an award-winning writer who has sold millions worldwide, has an easy style which pulls the reader along nicely...Comparisons with other Scandinavian thriller writers don’t work as Nesser has a style all his own, making him a writer who needs to be on the bookshelves of all crime fans. And in Van Veeteren he has created a hero who is easy to like' Edinburgh Evening News ‘All too chillingly plausible tale’ Daily Mail‘If Scandinavian gloom lights your candle, Håkan Nesser’s Hour of the Wolf will have you howling with pleasure . . . Desolate landscapes and quirky characters are described with impressive skill’ Evening Standard ‘Best books for summer 2012‘

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • W is for Wasted

    Pan Macmillan W is for Wasted

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSue Grafton has become one of the most popular female writers, both in the UK and in the US. Born in Kentucky in 1940, she began her career as a TV scriptwriter before Kinsey Millhone and the 'alphabet' series took off. Two of the novels B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse won the first Anthony Awards for Best Novel. Sue wrote twenty-five novels in her alphabet series, the last was Y is for Yesterday, before her death in California in December 2017.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Joffe Books The Day She Disappeared

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Burning Coroner Jenny Cooper Series

    Pan Macmillan The Burning Coroner Jenny Cooper Series

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe Burning is the sixth thrilling installment in Matthew Hall's twice CWA Gold Dagger nominated Coroner Jenny Cooper series, from the creator of BBC One's Keeping Faith.A family tragedy. A buried secret. What lies hidden in the flames?A dense, bitterly cold fog has settled over the Wye Valley when Bristol Coroner Jenny Cooper is called to the scene of a dreadful tragedy: in the village of Blackstone Ley, a house has burned to the ground with three members of a family inside.Though evidence of foul play is quickly uncovered, it isn't long before the police investigation is drawn to a close. It seems certain that the fire was started by one of the victims, Ed Morgan, in a fit of jealous rage. But their infant son is still missing and Ed had left a message for his surviving wife, Kelly Hart, telling her that she would never find the child . . .As Jenny prepares the inquest, she finds herself troubled by the officiTrade ReviewHall shows with aplomb that a coroner is just as able to become a detective (and, in this case, advance into the world of spooks) as the forensic pathologists of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs * Sunday Times *Hall has created a wonderful heroine in a genre we haven't seen before * Lynda La Plante *

    5 in stock

    £9.49

  • Batman by Tom King Omnibus Vol 1

    DC Comics Batman by Tom King Omnibus Vol 1

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £85.50

  • Scooby Apocalypse Omnibus

    DC Comics Scooby Apocalypse Omnibus

    5 in stock

    5 in stock

    £85.50

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    Vintage Publishing The Brothers Karamazov

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisFROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDostoevsky''s beautiful writing style and universal themes make this epic 19th century novel unmissable. The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov and his three sons - the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the social and spiritual strivings in what was both a golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian history.Trade ReviewDostoevsky makes Martin Amis seem as if he was writing 130 years ago and that Dostoevsky is writing now. Read all of Dostoevsky. These books are for now and they matter, because it's up to us to call a halt to our TV producers, politicians, gutless artists, poets and writers: these "teenagers of all ages" who are propelling us towards a consumerist hell of disposability over qualityDonne, Herbert, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Dostoevsky, Henry James - these are the great psychologists - far greater than Freud or Klein or JungNo reader who knows The Brothers Karamazov should ignore this magnificent translation. And no reader who doesn't should wait any longer to acquaint himself with one of the peaks of modern fiction * USA Today *It returns us to a work we thought we knew - made new again * Washington Post *In this new translation one finally gets the musical whole of Dostoevsky's original * New York Times Book Review *

    15 in stock

    £10.44

  • Camino Ghosts

    JG Publishing Camino Ghosts

    2 in stock

    2 in stock

    £9.17

  • Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Light Novel

    Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Light Novel

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £13.49

  • A Monstrous Regiment of Women

    St Martin's Press A Monstrous Regiment of Women

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisWinner of the Nero Wolfe AwardIt is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes''s brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell''s attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.

    10 in stock

    £15.30

  • Paws to Remember

    Penguin Putnam Inc Paws to Remember

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £14.44

  • Murder at Sunny View

    Hodder & Stoughton Murder at Sunny View

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisDon''t miss the next instalment in the Maisie Cooper Mystery series, Murder at Sunny View. Available to pre-order now!Maisie Cooper is excited to have a change of scenery for the weekend in the heart of the Devonshire countryside. But it''s not all sunshine and blue skies at Sunny View guesthouse, as a suspicious death means Maisie has her hands full with a new investigation!Amateur sleuth Maisie Cooper had hoped for a peaceful weekend at Sunny View guesthouse, when she finds herself amidst another mystery. She had received a puzzling letter from owners of the guesthouse, Russell and Audrey, asking for her help. A shocking revelation has created tension amongst the residents in the small hamlet of Trout Leap, and Maisie has a reputation of problem solving... When the body of one of the villagers is found lying dead by the river, Maisie is convinced that this is more than just an accident. Maisie can''t help but feel that the murder is somehow connected to the ongoing mystery at Trout Leap. Is someone hiding something? Who would commit such a crime? And can Maisie crack the case, before the killer strikes again?

    3 in stock

    £9.49

  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle

    Picador USA The Friends of Eddie Coyle

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisEddie Coyle is a small-time punk with a big-time problem - who to sell out to avoid being sent up again. Eddie works for Jimmy Scalisi, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs. But a cop named Foley is onto Eddie, and he's leaning on him to finger Scalisi, a gang leader with a lot to hide.Trade Review"Simultaneously a brilliant thriller and a cold and convincing business prospectus of felony." - The New Yorker "Chilling...the most penetrating glimpse yet into what seems the real world of crime...Positively reeking with authenticity." - The New York Times Book Review"

    2 in stock

    £10.99

  • The Summer Guests

    Transworld Publishers Ltd The Summer Guests

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisINCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY BY LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN, STARRING JACK REACHER AND THE ENIGMATIC MAGGIE BIRD. . .The Summer Guests is the exhilarating and gripping new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Spy Coast.SPECIAL HARDBACK LIMITED EDITION - AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LASTI love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn't put it down.'SHARI LAPENA''What a ride - The Summer Guests hooked me from the first explosive chapter. . . Immersive, compelling, utterly addictive a masterclass in storytelling.'ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a ThingTHE MARTINI CLUB ISN'T OPEN TO EVERYONE . . .Maggie Bird's book group' is an unusual one a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town of Purity. And this summer they plan little more than reading' (whilst sipping martinis), and some gentle birdwatching.But trouble is just around the corner as the summer guests arrive.For acting Police Chief Jo Thibodeau, summer brings its own problems packed streets, bar brawls, petty theft. And now, a missing teenager down by the lake.When their good friend becomes a prime suspect in the girl''s disappearance, Maggie and her Martini Club must put down their binoculars and roll up their sleeves. Leaving Jo to deal with not only a powerful family desperate for answers, but a meddlesome group of retirees.Can Jo and the Martini Club find a way to work together, as they uncover one of the deadliest scandals their small town has ever seen?''A terrific read, it keeps you guessing all the way through.'' 5-STAR Reader ReviewThe Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA Magazine''I love her books. She is a big influence.'' FREIDA McFADDEN

    15 in stock

    £15.08

  • The Wolf Tree

    HarperCollins Publishers The Wolf Tree

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisOn an Island full of secrets The truth lies in the dark A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island

    15 in stock

    £15.19

  • Jerichos Dead

    Bonnier Books Ltd Jerichos Dead

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisFrom the winner of the Genre-Busting Book of the Year 2024 comes the second fantastically original and twisty crime thriller. A fortune teller predicts her own murder.Will a detective see his coming?Former CID detective Scott Jericho is done with murder. Done with puzzles. Done with the dark rage that seems to haunt him.That is until a vicious serial killer targets someone close to him.Now Jericho is back, his thirst for justice remorseless.But time is running out. Fortune tellers and psychics are being slaughtered and everything points to a link with a live TV event due to be broadcast on Halloween night. But what is the significance of the macabre wax effigies found at every crime scene? Why is celebrity psychic Darrel Everwood convinced he will die in four days time? And is Jericho's lover Harry really involved in the murders?As a startling truth is revealed and an old enemy re-emerges, a murder beyond imagining is about to be come the media event of the century...William Hussey's debut, Killing Jericho, won the GENRE-BUSTING BOOK OF THE YEAR FINGERPRINT AWARD 2024, and is shortlisted for the THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024. Now, his brilliantly original detective returns in Jericho's Dead.Praise for the Jericho Thriller series:'A detective who breaks every mould' - JANICE HALLETT'An absolute cracker' - T.M. LOGAN'A first-class thriller' - CHRIS WHITAKER'One hell of a ride' - THE TIMES'Revelatory' - VAL MCDERMID'A genuine triumph' - IAN MOORE'What more could a reader ask for?' - JOHN CONNOLLY'A thrilling helter-skelter' - SARAH PINBOROUGH'A fantastically gothic thriller' - SJ WATSON'A blisteringly new brand of hero' - SARAH HILARY

    15 in stock

    £8.99

  • Crime Fiction

    Oxford University Press Crime Fiction

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisCrime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Shakespeare. In this Very Short Introduction Richard Bradford explores the history of the genre, by considering the various definitions of ''crime fiction'' and looking at how it has developed over time. Discussing the popularity of crime fiction worldwide and its various styles; the role that gender plays within the genre; spy fiction, and legal dramas and thrillers; he explores how the crime novel was shaped by the work of British and American authors in the 18th and 19th centuries. Highlighting the works of notorious authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Raymond Chandler -- to name but a few -- he considers the role of the crime novel in modern popular culture and asks whether we can, and whether we should, consider crime fiction serious ''literature''. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Reviewthe "fine dining" of literature * Ruth Ginarlis, Newbooks Magazine *This is a fine introduction to a genre that embraces humanity in its flaws and glories, and it should find its way onto the bookshelves of anyone who likes crime fiction, or fiction in general. * Ben Macnair, Nudge.com *... this tidy little read-in-an-evening item will explain and enhance your affection for murder, open your eyes to new authors and have you reaching for the bookshelves for another fix, assured that you're right in the read afterall. * Sunday Sport, Jon Wise *Table of Contents1. Origins ; 2. The two ages: Golden and Hard Boiled ; 3. Transitions ; 4. International crime fiction ; 5. Gender ; 6. Cousins of crime: spy ficiton, the thriller, and legal drama ; 7. Epilogue: Can crime fiction be taken seriously? ; Further reading ; Index

    2 in stock

    £9.49

  • City in Ruins

    HarperCollins Publishers City in Ruins

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £9.49

  • Victoria of Many Faces Vol. 1 Light Novel

    Little, Brown & Company Victoria of Many Faces Vol. 1 Light Novel

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £13.60

  • Spy Classroom Vol. 8 light novel

    Little, Brown & Company Spy Classroom Vol. 8 light novel

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £11.04

  • A Gravely Troubling Discovery

    Canelo A Gravely Troubling Discovery

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe truth isn''t the only thing that''s dead and buried...Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker have been warned not to interfere in any more police investigations. When a body is found under Summerview School''s playground during renovations, they have absolutely no intention of getting involved.Instead, the pair agree to help Mrs Redburn, who suspects her husband of having an affair. But when their sleuthing sends them stumbling into the middle of the playground mystery, staying out of the police''s way is impossible.Can the Dinner Lady Detectives uncover the truth about the body, and solve Mrs Redburn''s case, or will they end up digging their own graves?A charming British cosy village mystery. Perfect for fans of J.M. Hall and Fiona Leitch.Praise for Hannah Hendy and The Dinner Lady Detectives Hannah is at the top of the tree of modern whodunnits. The characters, bar none, are real; the setti

    1 in stock

    £8.54

  • Close to the Edge

    Canelo Close to the Edge

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisTwo detectives under fire. One missing student. No answers.Chaos breaks out as DS Gabe Martin leaves Southampton Crown Court. Gunshots ring out. She and DI Juliet Stern are hit. The culprit disappears without a trace.Despite her injuries, Gabe is determined to work. She''s assigned to the search for missing art student Henry Garside. As she delves into his case, it becomes clear nothing about the investigation is as it seems.Is Henry's disappearance an isolated incident? Was the shooting a simple act of retribution or is there some far bigger and more sinister at play? When Juliet asks for her help in the search for their shooter, Gabe feels powerless to refuse, even if it means meddling where she shouldn''t. Increasingly caught between her loyalty to Juliet and her job, Gabe becomes dangerously close to crossing a line...A gripping immersive crime thriller from an exciting new talent. Perfect for fans of Cara Hunter and Susie Steiner.

    3 in stock

    £9.49

  • Generation Loss

    Influx Press Generation Loss

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £10.79

  • Once Youre Mine

    Grand Central Publishing Once Youre Mine

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £11.78

  • A Killing Cold

    Flatiron Books A Killing Cold

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA woman invited to her wealthy fiance's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret-and that she's been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.A whirlwind romance.When Theodora Scott met Connor-wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family-she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he's brought her to Idlewood, his family's isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.Stay away from Connor Dalton.Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can't ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.I've been here before.Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragme

    1 in stock

    £21.74

  • Written in Stone

    St. Martins Press-3PL Written in Stone

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisWritten in Stone, the tenth installment in the Scottish Bookshop series by Paige Shelton, set in a specialty bookstore in Edinburgh called The Cracked Spine.When Delaney wins a special Hidden Door Festival invitation to artist Ryory Bennigan''s studio, she isn?t sure quite what to expect. What she finds is an elusive fellow obsessed with the Picts?complete with his own versions of their blue tattoos and vibrant red hair?recreating the stones they left behind. She also meets a visiting paleontologist, Dr. Adam Pace, from the University of Kansas attempting to sell an artifact that might just explain what the Picts'' language really sounded like.Or at least that?s what he claimed the artifact was for. Before the deal can close and Ryory can get a closer look at it, Dr. Pace is found dead.With the police dragging their feet in the investigation, Delaney takes it upon herself to dig into Dr. Pace''s past. Her research goes murky as she quickly discovers Pace?s shady background?selling fake dinosaur bones and running into some 3D-printing trouble back in Kansas. Could his past have come back to bite him in Edinburgh? And what does his questionable background mean for the mysterious Pictish artifact he was trying to sell to Ryory? Delaney will have to dust off her magnifying glass to uncover the truth behind this case? or risk becoming a pile of bones herself.

    3 in stock

    £21.00

  • EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END

    St Martin's Press EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £9.81

  • Them Without Pain

    Canongate Books Them Without Pain

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSimon Westow, the city''s unwavering thief-taker, must confront betrayal, history and murder in this gritty page-turner set in nineteenth-century Leeds.Leeds, May 1825. Thief-taker Simon Westow is hired by Sir Robert Foley to find four silver cups stolen by his servant. The cups are a family treasure, crafted by local silversmith Arthur Mangey over a century before.Meanwhile, Simon has also been invited to witness the demolition of Middle Row, where Mangey reputedly had a secret workshop for coin clipping, the very crime he was hanged for in 1696. Is it a coincidence or a terrible omen? Simon''s curiosity swiftly turns to horror when he discovers Foley''s servant lying dead in the clandestine room.How can a long-dead criminal be involved in the servant''s demise? Simon needs all the help he can get from his assistant Jane and deadly protégé Sally to navigate the twisted path from history to the present amidst the growing number of dead bo

    1 in stock

    £19.79

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