Crime Fiction

"Jefferson Farjeon is quite unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures."- Dorothy L. SayersRichard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a nearby hotel, along with a disagreeable fellow passenger, who had snored his way through the train ...

In the spring of 1946 Venice seems untouched by war, a haven of normality in a ravaged continent, but those who suffered under the fascists are determined to expose those who collaborated with them.

A thrilling, intricate and page-turning new novel from the godmother of Norwegian crime fiction. A Necessary Death is the second instalment in Anne Holt's new crime series featuring Selma Falck.

Black River is an electrifying return for relentless reporter Tuva Moodyson, from the author of Dark Pines and Red Snow.

Poe and Dupin return for another addictive historical mystery

'Deliciously morbid...full of shuddersome gothic effects' Ripperologist magazine

Philadelphia, early 1844. As violent tensions escalate between 'nativists' and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his wife Virginia ...

New and uncollected tales of murder, mischief, magic and madness.

Ruth Rendell was an acknowledged master of psychological suspense: these are ten (and a quarter) of her most chillingly compelling short stories, collected here together for the first time.

In these tales, a businessman boasts about ...

The new standalone from 'one of the great unmissables of the genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully gothic imagination' [The Times] - with a disturbingly impossible situation.

The fifth of the Sunday Times Bestselling series sees PC Grant looking for missing children. And missing London.

The Richard & Judy Book Club bestseller, which became a major motion picture, and introduced the world to Mickey Haller. It's time to meet The Lincoln Lawyer.

Acclaimed and bestselling regional crime from the author of The Stranger Diaries. 'My favourite current series' Val McDermid

The seventh novel in the best-selling Dr Kay Scarpetta series.

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY.

"Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start ...

A chilling, superbly plotted thriller about two sisters who become ensnared in a local crime and the efforts of the only surviving sister to confront the unsolved mystery a decade later.

On the following morning Martingale and the village are shocked by the discovery of Sally's body. Investigating the violent death at the manor house, Detective Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh becomes embroiled in the complicated passions beneath the calm surface of English country life. In Cover Her Face, award-winning P.D.

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood.

Queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah is back with a chilling standalone novel - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . .

Eight years ago Moose Malloy and cute little redhead Velma were getting married - until someone framed Malloy for armed robbery. Now his stretch is up and he wants Velma back. PI Philip Marlow meets Malloy one hot day in Hollywood and, out of the generosity of his jaded heart, agrees to help him.

An Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. He is foiled at the last moment and falls into the hands of ruthless and inventive torturers who bungles the job and the Englishman manages to escape. But England provides no safety from his pursuers and the Rogue Male must strip ...

Catherine, my best friend, then partner in business - a devil in red heels, who, in her clear Essex accent, taught me how to 'look after number one';