Fiction - Crime

The past is never over. It's just waiting for an opportunity to return...When the notorious serial killer the Beast of Manchester was captured, the streets should have been safe. Except the police got the wrong man. An innocent person was convicted, and only later...

Eastbourne's tranquillity is shattered by three murders, all with the same gun, which seems to point to organised crime, but there is no obvious link between the victims, a prominent businessman, a retired teacher and a petty drug dealer.The recovery of the murder weapon...

From the internationally bestselling author of In an Instant and Hadley & Grace comes Two Good Men, a searing drama about two men on a quest for justice--from opposite sides of the law.Dick Raynes feared this day would come. Otis Parsons, a violent felon,...

From the master of French noir and winner of the French Voices Prize, a gripping mystery about the blossoming of poisonous passions set in the brooding landscapes of Gironde, FranceWhen Franck gets out after five years in jail, he expects to find the brother...

Fighter.Survivor.Calculated.Ruthless.Coldhearted.Sage Michael Thomas inhabits and fully embodies all of these characteristics. Going from living in unmentionable living conditions with his drugged out mama and habitual thief daddy to living in a luxury home with his adoptive parents, after overcoming one of the most horrific...

Thirteen Torland Place was the scene of five terrible murders in the nineteenth century, and also related to the disappearances of two teenage girls. When a student living in the house is found to be brutally murdered, Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet is left wondering...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063376156ISBN-13: 9780063376151Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2025Pages: 304Format: Paperback

The latest installment of the gripping Raven and Fisher mystery series'Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted' Mick Herron'The immersive world of Ambrose Parry just gets better and better' Jess Kidd EDINBURGH, 1853.In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . . In a time...

"Riveting, original, and chillingly plausible, Kill Show is both an urgent reckoning with the ethics of true crime and a tense mystery in its own right. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."--Flynn Berry, Edgar Award-winning author of Northern SpyWhen sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes...

Killing the Taxman is a thrilling sequel to 'Dead Girl Found' and 'I Know It Was You, ' continuing the interlinked stories of DCI Grace Swan and Chloe Macbeth.Grace now faces a new threat: a ruthless serial killer who also has Grace in his...

Bullets, Bombs, and Mayhem! Think "The American Sniper" meets "The Godfather." 4.5 Stars on 893 Amazon Reviews! Great Read!As Bob Burke's 737 lands at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, he sees a man strangling a woman on a rooftop below. Whether or not anyone believes him,...

In The Red Pole of Macau, the fourth installment in the Ava Lee series, Ava's half-brother Michael is desperate to pull out of a multi-million-dollar real estate deal in the territory of Macau. The developers are threatening to halt construction unless Michael and his...

Taking classic stories from Asia and the West, Pop Lit for Kids reimagines them into easy-to-read stories that provide the perfect introduction to classic tales. The most well-loved stories from around the world have been adapted into a form that will excite and entertain...

Angela Palmer returns to Naples with her cousin Nick Robinson seven years after her husband Gregory fell to his death. After prolonged grief, at last she hopes she can accept the past and also rejoin her Neapolitan family that is ready to welcome her...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Good unclean fun . . . [a] convoluted, scandal-greased, exposed-backsides-of-the-rich-and-famous story . . . told in a confiding, breathless undertone."--Entertainment Weekly Jules Mendelson is wealthy. Astronomically so. He and his wife lead the kind of charity-giving, art-filled, high-society life...

"An Ideal Husband" is a play in four acts by Oscar Wilde. The narrative revolves around a Government minister named Sir Robert Chiltern whose successful career and happy marriage life are put under threat with the arrival into London society of Mrs. Cheveley, who...

To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television. Work on the widening of the Southern Railway's route along...

Seven guests. One killer. A holiday to remember... 'Addictive and fun' Daily Mail Not all the guests will survive their stay... You use an app, called Cloud BNB, to book a room online. And on a cold and windy afternoon you arrive at The...

Mac McCabe, the owner of Allagash Air, flies his customers into the wilderness to unforgettable and often life-changing experiences, camping, fishing, and hunting. But these days it seems that it's harder to make ends meet, even as the rich get richer and flock to...

It would not be fair to record the adventures of Father Brown, without admitting that he was once involved in a grave scandal. There still are persons, perhaps even of his own community, who would say that there was a sort of blot upon...

Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of...

Good people - caught in a bad place ... When Tom and Anna Reed find $370,000 in their house one night it seems as if all their problems are solved. But what they can't quite wrap their minds around is that nothing in this...

Someone is assassinating the financial industry's most powerful players--in cold blood and in broad daylight--in intricate, eerily relevant new thriller from Alan Glynn, the award-winning author of Bloodland and Limitless. On a bright Saturday morning, a Wall Street investment banker is shot dead while...

Rednose knows that the ten years he did in prison has put him ahead of the average street punk. However, he doesn't realize how much things have changed in his city. Back then, he was well-known and respected on every side of town. These...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the second Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. THE RETURN OF INSPECTOR FRENCH When young Maxwell Cheyne discovers that a series of mishaps are the result of unwelcome attention...

Amber thought she had troubles before her grandma was arrested for murder...Former PI-in-training Amber Winslow has decided to flee her life in the dead of night, carrying nothing but the clothes on her back. Down on her luck and with no other choice, she...

Fall semester 2009. Will Thierry is burnt out. He thought he had written a philosophy to end all philosophies. Instead, after abandoning his former life in New York, he has found himself stuck in Ohio at a perpetually renovated public university where the students...

"You shouldn't have come here. You'll be sorry." Annie stares at the note, her hands shaking. If the killer has followed her, how will she ever escape?When Annie Logan travels to her mother's birthplace, she is shocked to discover a string of murders have...

AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING BRITISH CRIME THRILLER FULL OF TWISTS.She digs up London's past crimes. Her blog is called Deadtown. Now she's dug up something that got her killed.Detective Mary Hume stares at the crime scene in confusion. She's in an empty flat. Peeling wallpaper....

Two detectives under fire. One missing student. No answers. Chaos breaks out as DS Gabe Martin leaves Southampton Crown Court. Gunshots ring out. She and DI Juliet Stern are hit. The culprit disappears without a trace. Despite her injuries, Gabe is determined to work....

Bestselling author James Grippando's legendary criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is back to defend a single mother accused of kidnapping her own child in a perilous case involving politics and international diplomacy that will test his legal expertise and his marriage.Jack Swyteck's new client...

If you will, On the Christian Day of the Dead in San Juan, Atitlan, a speeding bus runs over a gray-haired mongrel dog and severs its spine. The terrified animal drags its paralyzed lower body over heaped stones in a shallow gulch. Black-feathered vultures...

Sometimes you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong client. David Mattson was in just such a place, time and had the wrong client. Not long after September 11, 2001, David was caught up in a broad net...

He left for university... and never came back Arran went missing in Edinburgh twenty years ago. The last time his parents saw him he was withdrawn and on edge where he'd once been happy and carefree. Still searching for their son, they turn to...

The headlights blind me as the cab pulls away, but I catch a glimpse of my friend's carefully made-up face before the car disappears into the darkness. If I knew that was the last time I'd see her, I might have recognised the fear...

I stand at my father's funeral, tears rolling down my cheeks. Someone puts a hand on my shoulder, pulling me into a hug. As I look into the face of a woman I've never seen before, she whispers something that shatters my world. "He...

A high-flying, high-octane thrill ride, Deep Fury is the long awaited seventh installment of the bestselling Cordell Logan Mysteries from author David Freed.A naked man drops from the night sky and crashes through the roof of a mobile home, nearly killing the elderly couple...

All This and Heaven Too by Rachel Field is a captivating tale of love, scandal, and redemption. Based on a true story, it follows Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, a governess whose tragicromance nearly topples a noble French family. This sweeping novel explores the power of love...

It's Murder on the Orient Express - with witches! A thrilling blend of fantasy and classic murder mystery, this rollicking adventure with a wide cast of suspects is ideal for those who love both Agatha Christie and V. E. Schwab, and are drawn to...

Six friends on holiday. A secret worth dying for.In a gorgeous French stone villa, a group of friends reunite for a weekend of reminiscing and laughter. But as glasses of wine are poured, they find they aren't alone. Standing at the door is a...

The start in a BRAND NEW cosy mystery series from Debbie Young A picturesque village. A quaint highstreet... And a murder to solve. Alice's new life is off to a deadly start. When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage, a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop...

As a member of an organized crime family, remaining loyal and keeping one's mouth shut is the only option for staying alive. But for duplicitous hitman Devlin Davenport, staying alive isn't part of the plan. Handpicked to be the right-hand man of Mob boss...

"I gather Foster has found something disagreeable in the motor car."1926. Norman Threlfall, a young naval lieutenant, aide to the Governor of The St Edward Islands, is attempting to explain to the Governor's wife that a headless torso (male) has been found in the...

DI Mark Williamson and his wife, Christine, move from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia for a quieter lifestyle. Serious crime is low here and Mark finds time to join the local Tennis Club, but peace in this idyllic area is shattered...

On January 16, 1969, a devastating train derailment in the small community of Springville, AL caused an explosion and fire that burned down half the town. Although official news reports said no one died, only a small handful of people knew that the infamous...

A BRAND NEW cosy Isle of Wight mystery perfect for fans of Frances Evesham, Faith Martin and LJ Ross.Susan didn't plan on being an amateur sleuth and, after two successful investigations, she's looking forward to a quiet Christmas.So, when local businesswoman Meera is in...

Summer, Sydney, 1978. Jane is in awe of her older cousin: Angie's only fourteen, but she's already making waves in their tight beachside community with the promise of who she's about to be.But Angie is murdered, devastating Jane and shattering her family. They retreat...

A taut edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Freida McFadden and Claire Douglas.The higher you climb, the greater the fall.I would never have been hired if they knew what I'd done. My past.St Anne's is a strict environment, and after one year in...

The addictive psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J A Baker!A long-ago trauma and a family mystery may shed light on her troubled sleep-or pull her into the darkness once and for all . . .As a child, Grace Cooper suffered from bouts...

JUSTICE: The administration and conformity of the law according to prescribed and accepted principles. In a gripping new mystery, Chief Inspector Augustus T. Rose faces his most challenging case yet. When two priests are found brutally murdered and mutilated, Rose must navigate a complex...