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‘Spenser’s Back with a Vengeance’ Best Thriller Books
Boston’s latest snowstorm can’t cool things down for Spenser when he learns that Rita Fiore has been shot. More than just a friend, Rita is family, and family means protection. Known as both a fierce lawyer and a magnet for controversy, Rita has no shortage of enemies. With her life on the line, Spenser dives into a case filled with old grudges, dark secrets, and deadly deceit.
The second instalment in the Thomas Maitland series, in which a detective inspector is left to pick up the pieces of his life, after a case from his past came back to haunt him.
Murder is closer than chef Charlie Hunter expects when she’s trying to help the victim of a charming predator in the next installment in the Old Forge Cafe series.
When a group of old college friends reunites for a summer vacation at a beach house in coastal Massachusetts, a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a seductive stranger threaten to unearth the darkest secrets of their relationships.
A reunion unravels into a haunting tale of tension and mystery. When a reclusive writer vanishes and eerie disturbances plague the house, the group is forced to confront long-buried secrets, their fragile connections, and the chilling presence lurking beyond the marsh. Set against the backdrop of a once-Spiritualist fishing village, this masterful page-turner explores friendship, life’s mounting responsibilities, and the fragile dreams of youth in the face of adult reality.
The ultimate locked-room mystery awaits.
In The Fourth Door, a murder in a sealed room and another in snowbound isolation defy reason, yet Dr. Alan Twist proves that even the impossible has a rational explanation. Hailed as the French successor to John Dickson Carr, Paul Halter’s ingenious storytelling delivers twist after twist, reminiscent of Anthony Horowitz and Knives Out. Winner of the Prix du Roman Policier, this is an essential read for fans of cunning puzzles and atmospheric thrillers.
Boston PI Sunny Randall is back to investigate the disappearance of a hard-partying energy drink mogul, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.
Hazel Greenlee, a police transcriber and aspiring novelist, becomes entwined in Black Harbor’s chilling crimes when her neighbor admits to hiding a corpse. Drawn to lead detective Nikolai Kole and the sinister case of the notorious Candy Man, Hazel is pulled into a dangerous investigation. As the story unfolds, she must navigate ambition, temptation, and moral peril – testing how far she’ll go for the story of a lifetime.
A masterful Western noir set in 1916 Hollywood, The Devil Raises His Own dives into the dark origins of the film industry.
Photographer Bill Ogden runs a portrait studio on the fringes of seedy Los Angeles, joined by his granddaughter Flavia, fleeing her violent past. As the shadowy “blue movie” scene thrives, a string of grisly murders pulls them into a web of danger and deceit.
A gripping noir thriller with unforgettable characters, it’s Boogie Nights meets The Big Sleep in the era of silent films and early Hollywood.
Twenty electric new crime stories have been commissioned specially to celebrate the sixteenth and final year of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as ‘one of the fifty best festivals in the world’. A star-studded international group of authors has come together in crime writing harmony to provide a killer cocktail worthy of devouring.
Meet Sergeant Ali Wren and her trusty companion Officer Police Dog Wilson, a springer spaniel with a nose for trouble, in this first in warm new crime series set in the Yorkshire Dales.
Books 4-6 of the DI Geraldine Steel series, brought together in one digital edition:
Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth and his team have to untangle a terrorist threat from a possible serial killer in the latest book in the series by million-copy bestseller Fiona McIntosh.