Crime & mystery

The Demon of Dartmoor

The Demon of Dartmoor

Paul Halter

As bodies fall and history repeats itself, Dr Alan Twist faces an invisible killer and a baffling crime that no one—living—can explain.

Dead as Gold

Dead as Gold

Bonnie Burke-Patel

A guilt-riddled goldsmith works by the shore. A splintering writer returns to capture the fairy tales of the town where she spent her childhood summers. A body floats on the tide. The second novel by critically-acclaimed Bonnie Burke-Patel.

Little Darlings

Little Darlings

Hannah King

The new psychological drama from the author of She and I and The Blindspot is a masterpiece of subtle and chilling suspense.

The Unlucky Ones

The Unlucky Ones

Hannah Morrissey

As a lethal new drug grips Black Harbor, Detective Nikolai Kole finds the body of Tommy Greenlee – his ex-lover Hazel’s former husband – shot and dumped like rubbish. When Hazel returns to town, old passions and betrayals resurface. Forced to work together, Kole and Hazel must expose Black Harbor’s darkest secrets, and confront the ones they’ve kept from themselves.

Robert B. Parker’s Showdown

Robert B. Parker’s Showdown

Mike Lupica

Robert B Parker

In this latest Robert B. Parker installment, Spenser uncovers a secret that could shatter the career of Vic Hale, a controversial and wildly popular podcaster. Hired by Daniel Lopez, a young man who believes Hale may be his father, Spenser delves into a case filled with explosive revelations, rising tensions, and a trail of bodies connected to Daniel’s past. With Hale’s future on the line, Spenser must get to the truth before it’s too late.

The Beasts of the Black Loch

The Beasts of the Black Loch

Gay Marris

Dr Ava Dickens, a scientist specialising in animal behaviour, uses her knowledge of the fauna around her to find a killer wreaking havoc on a remote estate in Scotland in the first in a new series.

No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done

No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done

Sophie Hannah

You think it will never happen to you: the ring of the bell, the police on the doorstep. First they check you’re who they expected to find at the address. What they say next traps you in a nightmare, and there seems to be no way out. It starts with the words, ‘I’m afraid…’

Silent Ties (A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller Book 24)

Silent Ties (A DI Geraldine Steel Thriller Book 24)

Leigh Russell

When Peter Selby disappears and a man is found stabbed to death in suburban York, Detectives Geraldine Steel and Ariadne Croft are pulled into a chilling investigation that quickly spirals beyond a simple street crime. As they uncover lies, buried tensions, and another sudden disappearance, the detectives must confront a maze of fractured families and hidden motives — before the killer strikes again.

When I’m Dead

When I’m Dead

Hannah Morrissey

Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp is thrust into a nightmare when her daughter’s best friend is murdered – and hours later, her own daughter, Chloe, goes missing. As Rowan and her husband dig into the mystery, they uncover shocking secrets about Chloe and are forced to confront the truths they never knew. Amid grief and hidden sins, Rowan learns that karma has finally come calling.

A Thorn in the Rose

A Thorn in the Rose

Samantha Lee Howe

Former army mechanic Mel Greenway uncovers a body in the gardens of the decaying Avonby estate, dragging her into a web of secrets, lies, and old resentments. As tensions rise with Inspector Derrin Bradley—her former lover turned investigator—Mel races to solve the mystery before a killer silences her for good.

Murder in Moonlit Square

Paul Waters

First in a colourful, charming new series set in Delhi, featuring an Irish nun and an Indian hotelier.

The Widowmaker

The Widowmaker

Hannah Morrissey

Twenty years after business tycoon Clive Reynolds vanished, photographer Morgan Mori returns to Black Harbor, drawn by a cryptic note. The night she photographs the Reynolds family, she witnesses a cop’s murder, uncovering a clue that could solve the long-cold case. As Morgan’s troubled past resurfaces, it may hold the key to both mysteries, and expose the dangerous truths buried in Black Harbor.