Fiction - Crime

Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series, now a BBC television show available on streaming. Dead Water is the next stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning. When...

'Creepy and compulsive, this is Belsham's first excursion into crime and it announces the arrival of a fine new voice' Daily MailA policeman on his first murder caseA tattoo artist with a deadly secretAnd a twisted serial killer sharpening his blades to kill again......

Fast paced and full of grit, this is the first crime novel from the UK's most charismatic sporting genius. WHEN THE GAME IS MURDER, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE. An innocent man. Frankie James is a young man with a lot on his shoulders....

Twenty-three years ago, Christina Tolmie vanished without trace from northern France, leaving her young daughters Kate and Flora orphaned and alone. Now Flora is also missing. In desperation, Kate searches her Edinburgh house, and finds a piece of note paper with just one name:...

In Sons of Valor III: War Machine, Chunk and Whitney are forced into a deadly match of wits with a terrorist mastermind and a terrifying weapon unlike anything they've ever encountered.After a shootout in Dubai left Hamza al-Saud dead and elevated brilliant aeronautical engineer...

In Sons of Valor III: War Machine, Chunk and Whitney are forced into a deadly match of wits with a terrorist mastermind and a terrifying weapon unlike anything they've ever encountered.After a shootout in Dubai left Hamza al-Saud dead and elevated brilliant aeronautical engineer...

Award-winning and bestselling author William Kotzwinkle is back with the second in the darkly comedic Felonious Monk series featuring Tommy Martini, a Benedictine monk with an anger management problem. Felonious Monk was praised as "amiably satirical" (Washington Post) and "a whiplash adventure" (Wall Street...

After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. The heretic sect faithful to Mokanna interpret the fireball as their prophet's second coming, and...

A gritty and gripping saga set in London's East End in the 1930s - the heyday of London's music halls. They'd give up everything to dance on stage, but could they lose each other? London's East End, 1934 Eighteen year old twins Marie and...

When a woman is stabbed to death while jogging in Malmö's main park, the Criminal Investigation Squad need to discover who she is before the case can properly get under way. Soon they realize the victim had flown in from Switzerland, and with links...

When a British heir hunter fails to return home after a trip to Malmö, Inspector Anita Sundström doesn't want to get entangled in a simple missing person's case. She shows a similar reluctance when her ex-husband begs her to find his girlfriend, who seems...

Doug Michie returns home and begins investigating the murder of a young girl and finds a web of corruption.Author: Tony BlackISBN-10: 0857160400ISBN-13: 9780857160409Publisher: McNidder and GraceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/02/2013Pages: 167Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 7.83h x 5.11w x 0.58d

When Cetin Ikmen is invited to a murder mystery evening at Istanbul's famous Pera Palas Hotel he finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of life imitating art. Walking in the steps of the great Agatha Christie, Ikmen experiences fear and hatred which have...

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the...

York, 1907. Newly retired Inspector Faro is delighted at the prospect of staying in the Dower House, situated on a Roman villa once home to Emperor Severus. But he arrives to find his wife Imogen distraught and desperately searching for her missing Irish cousin,...

Clare Hills, archaeologist and sometime sleuth, is struggling to finance her recently established university research institute along with her long-time friend, Dr David Barbrook. When Professor Margaret Bockford finds the Hart Unit commercial work with a housing developer on a site in the Cotswolds,...

1817. Clemency van Emden receives an anonymous terse message informing her that her estranged father is dead and buried. A chance encounter on a busy London street leads her to twin detectives Peter and Paul Skillen, who agree to help her unravel the mystery...

While Jane waits for renovations to be completed on her new permanent home, she remains in temporary accommodation under the watchful eye of her landlord Brian Dawes, chair of the governors at Wrayford School. Her work life is dominated by preparations for the all-important...

Summer has come to the Lake District town of Windermere, where Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown runs her own florist shop. But there's no time for her to stop and smell the roses with the shop struggling for money, so a contract to provide floral displays...

He had the power to assume a pleasing shape, but would he take to the stage . . . ? The audience was merry indeed when a third devilish imp bounded onstage to join the two that had been written into the script. But...

Self-reliance is what makes America tick for young Frederick Falloy, a private detective working on his first case in Chicago, 2014. It seems nothing but violence surrounds the stolen Cacaw Diamonds, which he must locate. He finds himself building a working relationship with a...

With crooks to cuff and pimps to put behind bars, detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct simply don't have the time or patience to deal with a prank caller--even if he has phoned murder threats to two dozen local shop owners. What...

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his next blockbuster thriller featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme. Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give...

Daria is a wife. A mother. A petty criminal.And a victim of abuse. After suffering years of mistreatment at the hands of her partner, Ray, she decides it's time to make her escape. While Ray is on a boys' trip to Las Vegas, she...

A THRILLING JOURNEY through the world of police work and courtrooms before elements of corruption bring a once rocketing legal career to its knees. Just after the daring and dedicated trial lawyer reached as far as he thought he could go, people from the...

NATIONAL BEST SELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR - GMA BUZZ PICK - "A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying." --James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST...

In his preface, the anonymous author of Courtesans and Opium describes his book as an act of penance for thirty years spent patronizing the brothels of Yangzhou. Written in the 1840s, his story is filled with vice and dark consequence, portraying the hazards of...

People can buy your silence, but not your loyalty... Macy Taylor was born in the shadow of Tavistock Square, at the heart of her Manchester estate. It's got a reputation as a place where bad things happen. But it's kept her secrets and she's...

Betrayal, family loyalties, secrets: not all gangsters live in the east end.Two families run this part of Manchester: the Johnsons and the Bennetts. With the head of the Johnson family banged up, the Bennetts have made their move. But power comes at a price...Now...

Lust, power, revenge: the gripping new gangland thriller from Karen Woods - the writer to show you the dark side of Manchester. Two women - one too innocent, one who knows too much. They have secrets, but none as lethal as those they uncover...

When a nurse manager from the radiology department at St. Thomas More Hospital is found mysteriously murdered, it will be up to two detectives from the NYPD to solve the case. As Lieutenant Tim Reilly and Sergeant Ron Timmons investigate, the crime appears to...

When a nurse manager from the radiology department at St. Thomas More Hospital is found mysteriously murdered, it will be up to two detectives from the NYPD to solve the case. As Lieutenant Tim Reilly and Sergeant Ron Timmons investigate, the crime appears to...

When best friends Fox Flaherty and Daisy Harlow arrive at False Creek Studios to begin filming 'Fog Alley', they have no idea that they will soon be embroiled in a tense murder investigation. When filming begins, nobody expects that a high profile murder will...

The history of organized crime and the biggest mob hit in Hollywood.Author: Randy LuethyeISBN-10: 8846164784ISBN-13: 9798846164789Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2022Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.18d

Agent Fireson Bay is on the trail of a serial killer, but he has one major problem. The man he is hunting only kills other serial killers. So when an attempt is made on the life of Fireson's fianc馥, small-town Coroner Dr. Lucretia Cook,...

Enter the world of Adriana, not an easy one. When her spiritual guide fails and hell is break loose on her convent she will must run for her life since she is the only witness left a live. Now she must run from her...

It's the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating...

Everyone loves Teresa's Bookstore, a cozy little store in East Tennessee.Garnet Stone loves working there just as much as reading books. She works hard to keep the store's nosy cat out of trouble while tidying the sales floor. But when the owner of the...

Everyone loves Teresa's Bookstore, a cozy little store in East Tennessee.Garnet Stone loves working there just as much as reading books. She works hard to keep the store's nosy cat out of trouble while tidying the sales floor. But when the owner of the...

Everyone loves Teresa's Bookstore, a cozy little store in East Tennessee.Garnet Stone loves working there just as much as reading books. She works hard to keep the store's nosy cat out of trouble while tidying the sales floor. But when the owner of the...

Alaska Fish and Wildlife Officer Will Trippeet, partnered with his old schoolmate Gordy Ponset, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Officer to patrol Mystery Creek Road on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula to check bear baiting stations. While investigating tracks of an all-terrain vehicle they discover a...

Foreign royalty found dead on an island estate. A fractious gathering provides a plethora of suspects. Can Macleod and McGrath sort the treasure from the driftwood to reveal who truly gains the most from the duke's death?DI Seoras Macleod is ordered away from his...

'When a man has three separate notices by three different women inserted in the local paper, and he's my own namesake besides, I feel I owe him something.' Sequential death notices appear for Robert Raynald: one by his mother, one by his estranged wife,...

Now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, and (in his final role) James Caan, FAST CHARLIE is a breathless, top-velocity tale of treachery, taxidermy, and family ties. THE EDGAR AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!...

Noon's storytelling is assured and compelling ... it's a belter' --Guardian 'Constantly surprising' --Spectator A viciously occult murder. A curious clue left on the body. The soundtrack to the murder still playing... It is 1981 and Detective Inspector Henry Hobbes is still reeling in...

Detective Bert Kling has had some rough luck with women. First his fianc馥 Cindy Townsend was gunned down in an infamous bookstore shooting. Then there was Cindy Forrest, who informed him one day that she was in love with a doctor at work--and was...

THE CARTER WOMEN DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES: THEY MAKE THEM. The brilliant new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of DIAMOND. Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate lives in separate countries: past hurts and broken promises cannot...

'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling 'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax' Daily Mail 'Gwynne Jones's talent for evoking place and atmosphere is clear...

'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James 'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone' Jilly Cooper 'Murder most enjoyable' Colin Dexter The two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into...

Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a "private spy" who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the readers, in the New York Times bestselling novel Vanished. Now, in Buried Secrets, Nick Heller...