Crime & Thrillers Books

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  • Gathering Clouds

    Vinci Books Gathering Clouds

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  • Still Standing

    Vinci Books Still Standing

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  • The Pain Game

    Vinci Books The Pain Game

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    Book SynopsisA disgraced detective's investigation into a suspicious death plunges him into a deadly conspiracy that threatens everything he holds dear. Sam Laska, a former Chicago Police detective, thought he'd left the murder business behind. But when a friend asks him to investigate a questionable death, he finds himself drawn into a treacherous web of drug dealers, hired killers, and political puppet masters. As Laska unravels the conspiracy, he's captivated by an alluring medical examiner's assistant. But with each step he takes, the danger grows, and his mistakes put those closest to him at risk. Faced with an impossible choice, Laska must sacrifice himself to bring the killers to justice and protect the ones he loves. Can Laska untangle the web of deceit and corruption before it's too late, or will he become the next victim in this deadly game?______________________________________________________________________Praise for the Sam Laska series5.0 out of 5 Stars grabs me from the opening pages and entertains throughout5.0 out of 5 Stars you get so involved you can't put it down. 5.0 out of 5 Stars - I read it in one day and afterwards, I immediately purchased the next book in the series. 5.0 out of 5 Stars - I couldn't put it down!!5.0 out of 4 Stars - I found it hard to put the book down. I burned my dinner reading. The suspense goes on page after page.

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  • Vinci Books Slaying at Stanway

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    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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  • Vinci Books No Escape

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    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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  • Murder Will Out

    St. Martin's Publishing Group Murder Will Out

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    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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    £21.22

  • A Place to Hide

    St. Martin's Publishing Group A Place to Hide

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  • Pearl City

    St Martin's Press Pearl City

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  • Heard it on the Grapevine

    Lulu.com Heard it on the Grapevine

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  • Cobalt Blue

    Orion Publishing Co Cobalt Blue

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    Book SynopsisFROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & CREATOR OF #1 NETFLIX FILM INTERCEPTOR COMES THIS HEART-POUNDING ACTION NOVELLA, ALSO FEATURING TWO BONUS SHORT STORIES!''Undeniably addictive.'' FINANCIAL TIMES****For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero. Ever since an experimental space mission bestowed extraordinary powers on two individuals - a Russian military commander and an American scientist - the two nations have been locked in an uneasy truce.But three days ago, America''s hero died. With ''Cobalt'' gone, the only thing standing in Russia''s way is her legacy: seven children, each possessing a fraction of her powers. ''The Fury of Russia'' sets out to eliminate them all.Now one young woman might be the world''s only hope. In the face of an overwhelming attack, an unlikely hero emerges - unassuming and anonymous Cassie Cassowitz, Cobal

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  • The Secret of Life

    Orion Publishing Co The Secret of Life

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    Book Synopsis2026: Something is growing in the Pacific Ocean.The Slick appears to be a strange, fungus-like organism, but its DNA is unlike anything else on the planet. Rumours start to fly. Was life discovered deep beneath the Martian icecaps on a recent Chinese space mission? If it was, no-one is confirming it, but could that same life now be spreading through the ocean and threatening Earth''s entire food chain?Brilliant scientist Dr. Mariella Anders is recruited to join an urgent NASA mission to Mars to see if she can uncover the truth of this organism, but this is no straightforward investigation. Corporate powers are committed to exploiting the secrets of the Slick for profit; radical eco-terrorists strike out against rampant genetic engineering; and a second Chinese mission to Mars at the same time has its goals shrouded in mystery.The secret of life on Earth and Mars might be found on the red planet, but who can Mariella trust with the truth once it''s fou

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  • The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver

    Orion Publishing Co The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver

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    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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  • Murder at the Fair

    Hodder & Stoughton Murder at the Fair

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    Book SynopsisThe fourth Maisie Cooper cosy mystery.

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  • Mockingbird Court

    Hodder & Stoughton Mockingbird Court

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  • The Private Island

    Hodder & Stoughton The Private Island

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    Book Synopsis''Paradise with a side of poison'' B.M. Carroll''More twists than a dry martini'' Petronella McGovernNew Year''s Eve, Loloma Island, Fiji. At one of the most exclusive island resorts in the Pacific ocean, the champagne is poured, the fireworks are ready, and the countdown to new year is just beginning. It''s set to be a night that no one will forget.Especially when a body washes up on the shore...But it''s impossible to find answers when everyone here has a motive.The billionaire''s daughter, glamorous, untouchable, hungry for her inheritance.The start-up founder, out of money, and out of time.The young dive instructor, in way over his head and struggling to stay afloat.The husband, blinded by desire, in all the wrong ways.And the lover, hidden in the shadows, where no one can see them....One person''s holiday of a lifetime is about to be the last they''ll ever have.Make sure you don''t miss the latest scandal. Everyone is obsessed with Ali Lowe...''Ali Lowe is swiftly moving into the footprints of Liane Moriarty'' The Australian''Sharp, clever and compelling'' Sarah Pearse''Deliciously dark and completely enthralling'' Nicola Moriarty''Utterly gripping'' Heat''Darkly funny . . . I raced to the last page'' B.M. Carroll''A murder mystery that had me gripped til the end'' Helen Cooper

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  • Emma Disappeared

    Hachette Ireland Emma Disappeared

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  • The Chamber

    Hodder & Stoughton The Chamber

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    Book SynopsisHIGH PRESSURE OUTSIDEOn a boat heading out into the North Sea, Ellen Brooke steels herself to spend almost a month working underwater with five other divers. It is a close knit team and it has to be: any error or loss of trust in the living quarters could be catastrophic.EXTREME PRESSURE INSIDEAll is going to plan until one of the divers is found unresponsive in his bunk. He hadn''t left the chamber. It will take four more days of decompression, locked away together, before the hatch can be opened. Four more days of wondering if one among you is a killer. The constant struggle not to give way to panic. Because if someone does unlock the door, everyone dies...READERS ARE CAPTIVATED BY ONE AT A TIME!''Will Dean always comes up with an innovative thriller, and this is no exception!''''It was a great twist on a locked room mystery and it had me absolutely gripped - so much so that I read it in a day''''Once again Will Dean has written a great read that in many ways can be called a modern Agatha Christie''''The characters were likeable and you cared about them''''All the stars, a must read!'''' A locked-room, slow burn thriller that has you racing to find out more'''' The tension ramps up as fast as a diving bell plummeting to the ocean floor''*previously published as The Chamber

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  • Little Boy Blue

    Penguin Books Ltd Little Boy Blue

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    Book SynopsisDISCOVER THE GRIPPING DI HELEN GRACE THRILLER BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGE ''Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years'' JEFFERY DEAVER _______ There are some fates worse than death . . . Called to a Southampton nightclub, Detective Inspector Helen Grace cuts the duct tape from the asphyxiated victim and discovers she knows him. A man from the double life she has concealed from her superiors, Helen is determined to find his murderer - while keeping their relationship hidden at all costs. When a new victim is found, Helen works around the clock to stop her life unravelling. She''ll do anything to solve this case - but dare she reveal her own darkest secrets and lose everything? And would even that be enough to stop this killer?_______ PRAISE FOR M.J. ARLIDGE: ''Fast paced and nailbitingly tense . . . gripping'' Sun<Trade ReviewDetective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years -- Jeffery DeaverPage-turningly chilling * The Times *DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone * Daily Mail *This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo -- Judy FinniganTaut, fast-paced, truly excellent * Sun *One of the best new series detectives . . . Mesmerizing! -- Lisa GardnerM. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace * Daily Mail *Chilling stuff * Fabulist *A chilling read * My Weekly *A grisly, gripping thriller * Sunday Mirror *Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless. Arlidge's fledgling army of fans is about to grow * Sunday Sport *Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet -- Will LavenderA fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller * Huffington Post *

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  • The Keeper of Lost Causes

    Penguin Books Ltd The Keeper of Lost Causes

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    Book SynopsisCopenhagen detective Carl Morck has been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggaard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right. The voice in the dark is distorted, harsh and without mercy.

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  • Beneath the Skin

    Penguin Books Ltd Beneath the Skin

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    Book Synopsis***Special anniversary edition, with a new introduction by A. J. Finn***Someone''s watching you. You don''t know who. But he knows you . . .Zoe, Jennifer and Nadia are three women with nothing in common. Except for the man who wants to kill them. He sends them terrifying letters - promising to bring their lives to a violent, horrible end. But not before he has enjoyed himself. He delights in watching the women suffer, thrilled by his power to leave them utterly helpless, alone and in terror. Except they''re not all as helpless as he thinks . . . ''Nicci French represent psychological suspense at its most searching and incisive'' A. J. Finn, internationally No. 1 Bestselling Author of The Woman In The WindowTrade ReviewA nail-biting, can't-put-down-read * Marie Claire *Nicci French's sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition. -- Sophie HannahChilling, startling * Daily Mail *Brilliant * Evening Standard *

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  • Just Another Missing Person

    Penguin Books Ltd Just Another Missing Person

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    Book SynopsisTHE HEART-STOPPING NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR GILLIAN MCALLISTERHow do you choose between right or wrong, family or justice when the crime is so close to home . . .''McAllister stunned me and she will stun you too'' Jodie Picoult ---OLIVIA:22 years old. No history of running away.Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley.And never emerging.JULIA:Detective Chief Inspector Julia Day ought to be out hunting for Olivia. After all, missing person''s cases are a race against the clock. Only this one is different.Because someone just threatened Julia:Find Olivia, and we''ll take your daughter . . .---''A first-class thriller'' MAIL ON SUNDAY''Jaw-dropping, stunning'' DAILY EXPRESS''A sure-fire hit'' ADELE PARKS''This is McAllister at the height of her powers'' ERIN

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  • They Had It Coming

    Penguin Books Ltd They Had It Coming

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    Book SynopsisEscape to Bali in this gripping new sunlounger thriller, for fans of Lucy Clarke and Ruth Ware. 'THE NEW QUEEN OF THE GLAMOROUS DESTINATION THRILLER' ELLERY LLOYDKeep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They've been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing 'til dawn . . . Even living and working together. So when Nate and Layla suddenly quit their lives and move to Bali, with its white sands and exotic beach clubs, Jude and Sophie are their first visitors. Anything to escape their life in London. But as the two couples reunite, cracks begin to show. Which is hardly surprising; they've been lying to each other for years. And now, it's time for revenge.

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  • The One You Least Suspect

    Little, Brown Book Group The One You Least Suspect

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    Book SynopsisThree estranged brothers - Michael, a priest, David, a policeman, and James, a career criminal - are brought suddenly face to face once more in a town on the Inishowen peninsula when Amir, a Syrian refugee, robs a restaurant and then claims sanctuary in the local church. In offering the man refuge, Michael, the parish priest, enflames tensions in a town already febrile over the opening of a Direct Provision centre housing asylum seekers. Things become complicated when David, alongside Garda Maria Da Gama, discovers that Amir is a unwitting pawn in a much larger conspiracy and the restaurant he robbed was laundering stolen money for an organised crime gang led by David's brother. Then Amir goes missing from the church just as the O'Kane brothers are called to their dying father's bedside.   As protestors take to the streets and tempers rise, David must race against time to find Amir even as a long buried family secret which bound the three brothers in blood

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  • A Home from Home

    Little, Brown Book Group A Home from Home

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    Book SynopsisA heart-warming wartime story of love and friendship, from the author of the award-winning THE MOTHER''S DAY CLUBNorfolk, 1944Land Girls, Phylly and Gracie, have become the best of friends - but war work is never easy at Catchetts Farm . . .Poor Gracie wakes each morning worrying about whether she''ll ever get to see her airman husband again. And Phylly is trying - and failing - to encourage Jimmy, an evacuee from London, to open up about his heartbreaking past.When they meet Edwin, a handsome airman from the American Airforce, it soon becomes clear that Jimmy isn''t the only one playing his cards close to his chest. But what could Edwin wish to hide from the girls?Being a Land Girl means back-breaking work in all weathers, and the girls are determined want to do their bit to support the war effort. As their hardship grows, will the friendship between Phylly and Gracie be strong enough to see them through?A H

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  • The Library Thief

    Little, Brown Book Group The Library Thief

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    Book SynopsisAn extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories.''Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . . Shenjé weaves race, identity, feminism, sexuality and class into a beguiling mystery'' WOMAN & HOMEThe library is under lock and key. But its secrets can''t be contained.After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence''s father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame - and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester. Intercepting her father''s latest commission, Florence talks her way into the remote, forbidding Rose Hall to restore its collection of rare books. Lord Francis Belfield''s library is old and full of secrets - but none so intriguing as the whispers about his late wif

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  • All Us Sinners

    Little, Brown Book Group All Us Sinners

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    Book Synopsis''Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut'' --- CHRIS WHITAKERLeeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by a serial killer they are calling the ''Ripper'', the streets creeping with fear.Tough, sharp, but tender, Maureen runs Rio''s, a clean, discreet brothel in the city. She''s a good boss who takes great care of her workers - especially her best girls, Bev and Anette. The Ripper may be terrifying girls who work the street, but at Rio''s the girls seem safer.But when Bev''s sweet-natured son is found beaten to death, a figure from Maureen''s past, DS Mick Hunniford, shows up at her door. Does his arrival herald danger or salvation? And who can Maureen really trust?The impressive and moving debut crime novel from huge new talent Katy Massey opens up a world we have rarely seen, at a time of great danger and drama.''A ma

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  • No Second Chance

    Orion Publishing Co No Second Chance

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    Book SynopsisWhen his child is taken, a father will stop at nothing to get her back in this explosive, white-knuckle thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once. When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter... Shot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, the ransom note arrives: We are watching. If you contact the authorities, you will never see your daughter again. There will be no second chance. With no one to trust, and mired in a deepening quicksand of deception and deadly secrets, Marc clings to one unwavering vow: bring home his daughter, at any cost.Trade ReviewCoben is expert at taking such a situation and following it through in an exciting and moving way. No Second Chance is a consummate and thrilling piece of storytelling * OBSERVER *Harlan Coben is an American who has been heralded as the successor to John Grisham. His heroes are ordinary guys dropped into horrible situations. He's a much better writer than Grisham; No Second Chance has a terrific opening . . . writers don't really go into Coben's line of work to make us turn the pages slowly; if you can devour it at a sitting, it's a hit * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Page-turning tension makes this one of the top thrillers of the summer * IRISH TIMES *[A] superb thriller writer on great form * TIME OUT *Gripping, high-octane thriller in which a man is driven to his limits in search of his kidnapped daughter * WOMAN & HOME *Propelled into the front rank of thriller writers with his superb novel Tell No One, Coben's latest book proves that he has the wit and stamina to stay there. This is another tautly plotted thriller, written with heartfelt emotion and dashes of wit * DAILY MAIL *

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  • Red Harvest

    Orion Publishing Co Red Harvest

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    Book Synopsis''An acknowledged literary landmark'' [Robert Graves] from ''The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction'' [New York Times]The Continental Op first heard Personville called Poisonville by Hickey Dewey. But since Dewey also called a shirt a shoit, he didn''t think anything of it. Until he went there and his client, the only honest man in Poisonville, was murdered. Then the Op decided to stay to punish the guilty. And that meant taking on the entire town...Trade ReviewHis name remains one of the most important and recognisable in the crime fiction genre. Hammett set the standard for much of the work that would follow * INDEPENDENT *He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer * BOSTON GLOBE *Hammett's prose is clean and entirely unique. His characters are as sharp and economically defined as any in American literature * NEW YORK TIMES *One of the foremost practitioners of the hard-boiled detective story * SCOTSMAN *He put these people down on paper as they are, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used -- Raymond ChandlerThe first fully "hard-boiled" hero in American letters * NEW YORKER *The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction * NEW YORK TIMES *...a literary classic dealing with corruption by one of the masters of crime fiction * CATHOLIC HERALD *

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  • Sherlock Holmes Classic Stories

    Union Square & Co. Sherlock Holmes Classic Stories

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    Book SynopsisIncludes 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', as well as the following stories: The Musgrave Ritual; The Speckled Band; The Five Orange Pips; The Reigate Squire; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-headed League; The Final Problem; The Empty House; The Devil's Foot; and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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  • The Night Before

    Hodder & Stoughton The Night Before

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    Book SynopsisIn the dark shadows of Savannah, a serial killer strikes. It''s an act of sinister precision that has happened many times before - every victim an offering to a hunger that can never be sated. Catilyn Montgomery Bandeaux wakes, covered in blood. But Caitlyn has no memory of the night before, when her estranged husband was brutally murdered like so many others she has known . . . Dodging the police and haunted by horrifying, fragmented memories, Caitlyn turns to Adam Hunt, the city''s new psychologist. But how far can she really trust him? For as a twisted killer strikes again and again, Caitlyn is about to discover that those who appear the most innocent can be the most evil.Trade ReviewLisa Jackson shows yet again why she is one of the best at romantic suspense. A pure nail biter. * Harlan Coben on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW *Shiveringly good suspense! Lisa Jackson ratchets up the tension as one woman's desperate search for her missing son takes her to the very brink of losing her husband, her sanity, her very self. * Lisa Gardner on YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW *'WITHOUT MERCY blends murder mystery with romance and religious conspiracy and should appeal to fans of all three.' * West Australian on WITHOUT MERCY *A fast-paced and surprisingly complex story... . The depiction of the protagonist... reaches an unusual depth, and the crisp, skillful language infuse every sentence with suspense...will keep readers riveted. * Publisher's Weekly on WITHOUT MERCY *'A fast moving thriller with plenty of twists and turns, and an easy flowing style that readily catches the reader up in its thrall.' * Canberra Times on MALICE *

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  • The Whispering Dead

    Canongate Books The Whispering Dead

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    Book SynopsisThe past comes back to haunt MI6 secret agent Cordelia Hemlock in this spy thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author David MarkTop-level espionage fiction - Booklist Starred Review Cordelia Hemlock is teetering on the verge of joining MI6 when she meets the enigmatic Walt, a high-ranking member of the Secret Intelligence Service, who tells her: They won''t want you to do well. They won''t ever trust you. They don''t trust me and I''m one of them. She takes this as a challenge rather than a warning. She wants to protect the nation. Serve Queen and country. Who would turn down such a glorious opportunity?Fourteen years later, Cordelia is desk-bound after finishing an undercover operation and going quietly mad with boredom. So when the call comes through on the top-secret Pandora line - so-called after the locked-box the telephone is kept in - she answers it.It''s Walt. No longer officially MI6, he sti

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  • The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck

    Canongate Books The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck

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  • Late for His Own Funeral

    Canongate Books Late for His Own Funeral

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    Book SynopsisDeath Investigator Angela Richman suspects foul play when a disgraced resident of Chouteau Forest survives one car crash only to then be involved in another.Until his Porsche careened off the road killing him instantly and not leaving much of him behind, Sterling Chaney was an influential member of Chouteau Forest - home of the one percenters. As the eulogies at his funeral commence, an unexpected guest interrupts . . . Sterling.The story attracts widespread media coverage. Sterling''s the man who showed up late for his own funeral. He revels in the spotlight, until it''s revealed he earned his fortune via sordid means and exploiting the women who worked for him. It leaves him vilified and shunned by Chouteau society. Then there''s another fatal crash. This time, Death Investigator Angela Richman is tasked with confirming that Sterling has perished. But her investigation reveals more questions than answers. Were both crashes merely accidents, or

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  • Music and Murder

    Canongate Books Music and Murder

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    Book SynopsisSpirited female sleuth Elizabeth Fairchild is drawn into Chicago''s growing jazz scene - and murder - in this compelling 1920s mystery.July, 1926. When Elizabeth Fairchild''s beau, Fred Wilkins, suggests going to Chicago''s Sunset Club to see Louis Armstrong, the world''s best trumpeter, in action, she faces a dilemma. The burgeoning jazz scene in the city is proving to be controversial, associated with gangsters and scandal. Even her dear friend Susannah refers to jazz as ''the devil''s music''.Intrigued, Elizabeth brushes her fears aside and visits the club with Fred, but an explosion causes panic - the Ku Klux Klan are intent on blowing up the club as part of a race war being waged in the city, and murder soon follows. Elizabeth has made herself a target, but she has a plan to save the club. The only problem is it involves jazz afficionado and the Sunset Club''s owner, the country''s most notorious criminal, Al Capone . . .

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  • Playing Dead

    Canongate Books Playing Dead

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisMembers of the Detection Club, the most prestigious group of crime writers in the world, celebrate the eightieth birthday of their former president ? the original king of cozy crime, Simon Brett ? with this stunning collection of all-new short stories. A long-married crime-writing couple plot murder most horrid, with a jaw-dropping twist . . . A group of school friends dig up a long-buried dark secret . . . A widower joins a local amdram society, with surprisingly dramatic results . . . A deranged fan stalks a celebrated TV personality . . . An online romance turns sour . . . and much, much more.From police procedurals to the sharpest satire, from historical mystery to dark and twisted chillers, these twenty-two original tales, written by some of Britain?s most remarkable bestselling authors, are essential reading for crime and mystery fans.With stories by Abir Mukherjee, Aline Templeton, Alison Joseph, Andrew Taylor, Ann Cleeves, Catherine Aird, Christopher Fowler, David Stuart Davies, Elly Griffiths, Frances Brody, John Harvey, Kate Ellis, L.C. Tyler, Liza Cody, Lynne Truss, Martin Edwards, Michael Jecks, Michael Ridpath, Michael Z. Lewin, Peter Lovesey, Ruth Dudley Edwards ? and last, but very much not least, Simon Brett, who?s brought back his much-loved amateur sleuth, washed-up actor Charles Paris, to tread the boards once again.

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  • The Deadliest Legacy

    Canongate Books The Deadliest Legacy

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisDCI David Vogel investigates a sudden death at a local book festival in this gripping police procedural: Agatha Christie with an edge!When Delia Day, the world''s most successful living romantic novelist, accepts an invitation to be the headline author at a prestigious book festival, she expects a couple of days engaging with fans, attending panels and visiting the local sights. She doesn''t expect what happens next: sudden, shocking death, right there on the festival''s main stage.DCI David Vogel is called in to investigate, and it soon becomes clear that a lethal presence is lurking in the usually sleepy little village of Appledore. But surrounded by professional authors who spend their days spinning tales - and plotting impossible crimes - can he uncover the truth, or will the killer plant enough real-life red herrings to get away with murder?The Deadliest Legacy is the fifth book featuring DCI David Vogel by renowned Englis

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  • Perilous Waters

    Canongate Books Perilous Waters

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    Book SynopsisFBI dive instructor Jessie Madison''s survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger in this exhilarating thriller - the first in a pulsating new series.Jessie Madison escaped to the Bahamas when she made a terrifying discovery at home and a bad decision got her dismissed from the FBI training program. Three months later, Jessie is ready to return to Virginia to pick up the pieces of her shattered life - until she and a friend are attacked during a boat ride and thrown overboard, with devastating consequences.Jessie is determined to bring their attackers to justice. Who are they? What were they looking for on the boat? And can she trust Nick, the handsome but enigmatic stranger who claims he wants to help her? Jessie must draw on all her survival and investigative skills if she is to stay alive long enough to get answers . . .

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  • Mortal Radiance

    Canongate Books Mortal Radiance

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    Book SynopsisPainter and amateur sleuth Georgia O''Keeffe investigates a tragic death when she returns to Taos in the second instalment of this twisty historical mystery set in the 1930s by multi award-winning author Kathryn Lasky.Step aside Miss Marple, Eugenia Potter, and Kinsey Millhone - Georgia O''Keeffe is the new sleuth in town! Award-winning author Katherine Hall PageNew Mexico, 1935. Painter Georgia O''Keeffe is at her friend Mabel Dodge Luhan''s home, Los Gallos, a house inhabited by a colorful range of artists, authors and society figures, to attend the memorial service of the renowned writer D.H. Lawrence.Georgia has been commissioned to design the stained-glass windows for the small memorial chapel in Lawrence''s honor. But when she checks to see how the light comes through the glass, another much more horrible sight awaits her: beloved Navajo potter Flora Namingha is dead, her face smashed in with a stone . . .With

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  • A Cold Cold World

    Canongate Books A Cold Cold World

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisA female sheriff tries to fill her late father''s boots and be the sheriff her small Washington State mountain town needs as a deadly snow storm engulfs the town, in this dark, twisty mystery.Riveting Library Journal Starred ReviewThe world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes. As if no one had died there at all.In the months since Bet Rivers solved her first murder investigation and secured the sheriff''s seat in Collier, she''s remained determined to keep her town safe. With a massive snowstorm looming, it''s more important than ever that she stays vigilant.When Bet gets a call that a family of tourists has stumbled across a teen injured in a snowmobile accident on a mountain ridge, she braves the storm to investigate. However, once she arrives at the scene of the accident it''s clear to Bet that the teen is not injured; he''s dead. And has been for some time . . . Investigating

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    £20.89

  • Murder on the Books

    Canongate Books Murder on the Books

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  • Star Circle

    Canongate Books Star Circle

    5 in stock

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