Crime & 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.

Holy City

Holy City

Henry Wise

Holy City is the captivating debut from Henry Wise about a deputy sheriff who must work alongside an unpredictable private detective after he finds himself on the outs from his sheriff’s department over his unwillingness to look the other way when an innocent man is arrested for murder.

Murder at Merry Beggars Hall

Murder at Merry Beggars Hall

Kay Blythe

This delicously funny first in a new series of country house murder mysteries is full of period Twenties flavour and introduces feisty dressmaker Jemima Flowerday.

I Dreamed of Falling

I Dreamed of Falling

Julia Dahl

‘A blistering mystery. With I Dreamed of Falling, Julia Dahl proves she’s simply one of the best thriller writers working today’ Gillian Flynn

Beautiful Death

Beautiful Death

Fiona McIntosh

The second novel featuring DCI Jack Hawksworth of London’s Metropolitan Police, by million-copy bestselling author Fiona McIntosh – now available in the UK.

Bye Bye Baby

Bye Bye Baby

Fiona McIntosh

Introducing DCI Jack Hawksworth, Scotland Yard’s brightest talent, in the first in the series by million-copy bestselling author Fiona McIntosh – now available in the UK.

Mirror Man

Mirror Man

Fiona McIntosh

A masterful blend of emotion, action and suspense: the third novel featuring DCI Jack Hawksworth of London’s Metropolitan Police, by million-copy bestselling author Fiona McIntosh – now available in the UK.

Box Nine New Edition

Box Nine New Edition

Jack O'Connell

‘Stunningly original . . . Jack O’Connell’s vision is spellbinding: by turns hilarious and terrifying.’—James EllroyA new dangerously seductive drug grips a small depressed town. …

Beirut Station

Beirut Station

Paul Vidich

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA officer whose mission to assassinate a high-level, Hezbollah terrorist reveals a dark truth that puts her life at risk.