Crime & mystery

Blackwood

Blackwood

Michael Farris Smith

The small town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, but now seems stuck in a black-and-white photograph from days gone by. Unknowing, the town and its people are about to come alive again, awakening to nightmares, as ghostly whispers have begun to fill the night from the kudzu-covered valley that sits on the edge of town….

A Deadly Divide

A Deadly Divide

Ausma Zehanat Khan

In the aftermath of a mass shooting in a mosque, small town tensions run high. Clashes between the Muslim community and a local faction of radical white nationalists are escalating, but who would have motive and opportunity to commit such a devastating act of violence? Detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty from Canada’s Community…

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…

Deathly Affair

Deathly Affair

Leigh Russell

When a homeless man is murdered, Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel is disturbed by the coldblooded nature of the crime. With the discovery of a second victim, the police hunt for a killer whose motive is as elusive as he is dangerous.

Robert B. Parker’s The Bitterest Pill

Robert B. Parker’s The Bitterest Pill

Reed Farrel Coleman

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread…

Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind

Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind

Reed Farrel Coleman

Police Chief Jesse Stone’s most recent case hits right at the heart of the Paradise Police force in the newest novel in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times Bestselling series. Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and…

Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud

Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud

Mike Lupica

Robert B. Parker’s iconic and irresistible PI Sunny Randall is back, and the stakes are higher than ever as she races to protect her ex-husband–and his Mafia family–from the vengeful plan of a mysterious rival….

Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane

James Sallis

Sarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots through her runaway adolescence, court-ordered Army stint, ill-advised marriage and years slinging scrambled eggs over greasy spoon griddles, Sarah Jane unfolds her life story, a parable about memory, atonement, and finding shape in…

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.

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.

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…