Crime & mystery

Dead Tide

Dead Tide

Fiona McIntosh

Newly promoted to Detective Superintendent, Jack Hawksworth follows a case to Australia in this fourth in the series by million-copy bestselling Fiona McIntosh.

Foul Play

Foul Play

Fiona McIntosh

Jack and his team investigate an extortion racket blackmailing high profile sports stars in the fifth Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth novel by million-copy bestselling author Fiona McIntosh.

Lay Your Armour Down

Lay Your Armour Down

Michael Farris Smith

A dark Southern tale of desperate souls who’ve wound up on the road of poor choices, a messianic child with untold powers, and those out hunting her for their own reward, all drawn together by Michael Farris Smith’s trademark mournful, spirit-gnawing prose.

A Sting in Her Tale

A Sting in Her Tale

Mark Ezra

Felicity Jardine, a retired secret agent, is on the point of drowning herself in the river when a baby floats by in a car seat. Rescuing the baby, Felicity finds herself drawn into a web of conspiracy and murder which forces her out of retirement. With the help of two old colleagues she must put herself and those she loves at risk in order to confront the demons of her past.

Shell Games

Shell Games

Bonnie Kistler

A dazzling thriller about a young woman whose fabulously wealthy mother might be the victim of an elaborate con or might be losing her mind – and the daughter can’t tell where the truth lies.

Cold Justice

Cold Justice

Leigh Russell

The stakes have never been higher for Geraldine Steel.When Alice Lewis is found murdered, the case becomes personal for DI Steel, as Alice was the …

Victorian Tales of the Weird

Victorian Tales of the Weird

Nick Rennison

An incredible anthology of truly fascinating Victorian tales of the supernatural.

Hattie Steals the Show

Hattie Steals the Show

Patrick Gleeson

There will be scores to settle when Hattie is caught up in a murder related to the production of a musical in a grand Tudor house — in the new Theatreland mystery.

Death of a Mystery Guest

Death of a Mystery Guest

Alex Coombs

The new Old Forge Café mystery sees Charlie heading to Edinburgh’s New Town to provide cover in a restaurant that is soon struck by death…

The Reluctant Sheriff

The Reluctant Sheriff

Chris Offutt

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CHRIS OFFUTT

The Reluctant Sheriff is Chris Offutt’s fourth book featuring Mick Hardin.

A dark and fierce return to the Kentucky hills, where nothing is what it seems.

Mick Hardin returns to the trials and tribulations of local sheriff duties, whilst the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recovers from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty.

Living in Linda’s house in Rocksalt, Mick finds himself entwined in the trials and tribulations of being a sheriff in the perturbing Kentucky community. Unable to retire from a world of dubiousness and violence, Mick Hardin is back with determination to deliver retribution.

‘Righteous Kentucky noir… I gulped it down, relishing the burn’ Ian Rankin on Shifty’s Boys

Saint of the Narrows Street

Saint of the Narrows Street

William Boyle

In 1986 Gravesend, Brooklyn, Risa Franzone’s life unravels when an abusive husband is killed in a sudden, violent accident. With her sister Giulia and loyal friend Christopher ‘Chooch’ Gardini, Risa faces a terrifying choice: confess or conceal. Over the next eighteen years, the sisters navigate love, loyalty, and the consequences of that fateful night, as long-buried secrets begin to surface in this gripping, atmospheric tale of family, crime, and survival.

A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder

A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder

Gay Marris

Set in London in 1968, A CURTAIN TWITCHER’S BOOK OF MURDER follows the lives of the inhabitants of a suburban London street. But this is no ordinary road.