Crime Fiction

Summer 1881: the streets of Limehouse are thick with opium... At eighteen Kitty Peck has inherited Paradise, a sprawling criminal empire on the banks of the Thames. Haunted by a terrible secret and stalked by a criminal cabal intent on humiliation and destruction, Kitty must fight for the future of everyone she cares for...

Delayed in London, Ted Severson meets a woman at the airport bar. Over cocktails they tell each other rather more than they should, and a dark plan is hatched - but are either of them being serious, could they actually go through with it and, if they did, what would be their chances of getting away with it?

A stylish, atmospheric detective story with shades of the Gothic - from the author of the award-winning cult classic The Cutting Room

A bomb by a nursery propels a father to take extreme steps to protect his children, in a profoundly haunting detective novel by the international Israeli sensation.

Lawyer Storm Kayama needs to build her clientele. So when surf promoter Marty Barstow's wife, Stephanie, walks into her office, Storm agrees to represent her. And when Stephanie's son Ben, a promising surfer, invites her to O'ahu's North Shore to watch a surfing contest, Storm jumps at the chance. Besides, ...

With the gut-punch insight of Dennis Lehane and the disarming wit of Elmore Leonard, Todd Robinson explores the ties that bind, the limits of our own expectations, and the truths that only our best friends can tell us.

The British Army are fighting a bloody undercover battle against an enemy close to home. Which is why they seem prepared to forget the ex-Major Simon Vaughan's past, spring him from prison and offer him a free hand - for in Northern Ireland it's time for the dog of war to have his savage day.

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s.

HOLD STILL hooked me from the very beginning and Adler's engaging style and sharp pace kept me glued.' --Peter James, bestselling crime author

Danny Shanklin wakes up slumped across a table in a London hotel room he's never seen before. He's wearing a black balaclava, a red tracksuit and a brand new pair of Nikes. There's a faceless dead man on the floor and Danny's got a high-powered rifle strapped to his hands.

The brand new Agatha Raisin mystery from multimillion-selling author M. C. Beaton, the Queen of Cosy Crime, about an eccentric Cotswolds-based detective with an erratic love life and a penchant for G and Ts . . .

A gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tami Hoag

Many consider homicide detective Ben Raveneau to be at the tail-end of his career - not least his ambitious young partner, Elizabeth la Rosa. But Raveneau's long experience proves invaluable during the pair's investigation of a murder in San Francisco's China Basin district.

First in a new series, this historical features a young inexperienced policewoman in World War II-era London. She investigates a frightening serial murderer who has been strangling young women with piano wire.

Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one. He had plenty of rivals. Some of the most memorable of these were women: they were 'Sherlock's Sisters'. This exciting, unusual anthology gathers together stories about 15 of them. They include...

The fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

Joseph Tremaine Ellington, now 57 years old, has long abandoned his former career as an enquiry agent for the safety of teaching. But his inescapable obligation to an old friend, a man he deeply respects, keeps bringing him back like a moth to a flame.

On the islands of Java and Bali in the early 1980s, Western governments are pouring millions of dollars into development schemes even as Indonesian strongman President Suharto violently stifles dissent. For Canadian veterinarian Abner Dueck, the spice islands are an exotic locale for the seemingly mundane ...

The first in a brand new series featuring kidnap and ransom specialist Thea Paris. Lisa Gardner says THE FREEDOM BROKER is 'clever and gritty' and Peter James says it's 'spellbinding'.

From the author of bestselling phenomenon Daughter comes a thrilling exploration of a marriage consumed by ambition and revenge . . .The perfect coupleMeeting Albie gave Beth a fresh start - a chance to leave her past behind. Now she has her new husband; an ambitious, talented young neurosurgeon.The ...