Crime & mystery

Fade to Grey

Fade to Grey

John Lincoln

Gethin Grey is the man you call when there’s nowhere else to turn. His Last Resort Legals team investigates miscarriages of justice. Gethin is running out of options: his gambling is out of control, his marriage is falling apart and there’s no money left to pay the wages…Izma M was sent down years ago for the brutal murder of…

No Place of Refuge

No Place of Refuge

Ausma Zehanat Khan

The Syrian refugee crisis just became personal for Inspector Esa Khattak and Sergeant Rachel Getty. NGO worker Audrey Clare, sister of Khattak’s childhood friend, is missing. In her wake, a French Interpol Agent and a young Syrian man are found dead at the Greek refugee camp where she worked. Khattak and Getty travel to…

Rogue Killer

Rogue Killer

Leigh Russell

As a confident killer terrorizes the city, Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel races against time to uncover the truth, facing dismissive colleagues and a dangerous pursuit of justice.

More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Nick Rennison

Sherlock Holmes remains the most famous of all fictional detectives. But he was not the only solver of crimes to patrol the gaslit streets of late Victorian and Edwardian London. The years between 1890 and 1914 were the heyday of the English (and American) story magazines and their pages were filled with platoons of private detectives,…

Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic

Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic

Ace Atkins

The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston’s premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black…

A Friend is a Gift you Give Yourself

A Friend is a Gift you Give Yourself

William Boyle

Thelma and Louise meets Goodfellas when an unlikely trio of women in New York find themselves banding together to escape the clutches of violent figures from their pasts. In this screwball noir about finding friendship and family where you least expect, William Boyle again draws readers into the shadows at the edges of New York’s neighbourhoods.

Among the Ruins

Among the Ruins

Ausma Zehanat Khan

The murder of renowned political filmmaker, Zahra Sobhani, brings Esa Khattak’s cultural holiday in Iran to a sudden halt. Dissidents are being silenced and Khattak’s mere presence in Iran is a risk. Yet when asked to unofficially investigate the activist’s death, he cannot resist. Soon, he finds himself embroiled in Iran’s tumultuous…

The Dogs Of Winter

The Dogs Of Winter

Kem Nunn

Heart Attacks is California’s last secret spot – the premier mysto surf haunt, the stuff of rumor and legend. The rumors say you must cross Indian land to get there. They tell of hostile locals and shark-infested waters where waves in excess of thirty feet break a mile from shore. For down-and-out photographer Jack Fletcher, the chance…

Death Rope

Death Rope

Leigh Russell

Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel delves into the mysterious death of Mark Abbott, defying conventional wisdom as she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly adversary in a race against time.

GBH

GBH

Ted Lewis

In London, George Fowler heads a lucrative criminal syndicate that specializes in illegal pornography. Fowler is king, with a beautiful woman at his side and a swanky penthouse office, but his world is in jeopardy. Someone is undermining his empire from within, and Fowler becomes increasingly ruthless in his pursuit of the unknown…

The Lonely Witness

The Lonely Witness

William Boyle

Amy was once a party girl, but now she lives a lonely life. Helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighbourhood of Brooklyn, she knows the community well. When a local woman goes missing, Amy senses something isn’t right. Tailing the woman’s suspicious son, she winds her way through Brooklyn’s streets. But before…

The Fighter

The Fighter

Michael Farris Smith

THE ACRES AND ACRES OF FERTILE SOIL – THE TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD ANTEBELLUM HOUSE – ALL GONE

And so is the woman who gave it to him. The foster mother who saved Jack Boucher from a childhood of abandonment now rests in a hospice. Her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack is now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack’s mind is failing too, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a notebook of names that separate friend from foe.

In a single twisted night Jack is derailed. Losing the money that will clear his debt with the queen of Delta vice, and forcing Jack into the fighting pit one last time. The stakes? Nothing less than life or death.