WINNER OF THE AGATHA AND ANTHONY AWARDS
‘An unsettling domestic thriller’ The Telegraph
When artist Annie Shaw’s mother dies, her long-suppressed OCD returns, and her intrusive thoughts begin coming true. After a patron disappears and Annie wakes beside a dead body with no memory, she must face her mother’s buried past and the darkness within.
James Sallis’ World’s Edge presents five masterful novellas exploring fractured societies, human resilience, and the fragile intersections of morality and survival. Sallis’s prose, as sharp as it is evocative, captures the nuances of his dystopian and near-future settings, resonating with themes of dislocation and identity. Widely regarded as a pivotal voice in contemporary US fiction, Sallis’ stories draw readers into a world both intimate and unyielding, where existential questions lurk beneath stark, elegant narratives.
PHANTOM AT THE FEAST marks the return of the complex and compelling London policeman Detective Sergeant Rex King.
A thrilling anthology of 30 original stories paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s legacy of suspense. Featuring renowned authors like Lee Child and Ian Rankin, the collection reimagines Hitchcockian themes of ordinary lives disrupted by peril and psychological intrigue, offering a modern tribute to the master of suspense.
It’s all aboard a cruise to die for in this destination thriller set aboard a super luxury superyacht by the author of The Palazzo.
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.
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.
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…’
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.
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.
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.
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.