Fiction - Thrillers - Crime

Action. Romance. Suspense. And one hell of a cliffhanger. Stoke the Flames, book two in the Orphans of St John's series, is one wild ride. After a lifetime of abuse, Sophie never thought she would be the one to end her own life. She'd...

When a jeweler uncovers the secret behind his jinxed inventory, will assassins put him permanently out of business?Edward Sherwood understands the irresistible appeal of cursed gems. Capitalizing on the psychology of superstition, he specializes in keepsakes said to have brought their owners to a...

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER THAT HOLLYWOOD WAS BORN TO FILM.In the glittering world of red carpets, flashing cameras, and five-star secrets, she is the woman every girl dreams of becoming - the face of a billion-dollar brand, the obsession of tabloids, and the fantasy of...

From property agent, to government agent.Autumn 1990, property agent and TA soldier Rupert Brett is facing a crisis. The international property market is imploding as fund managers haggle desperately with a world in deep recession. The UK markets are against him.Calling once more upon...

The Tower. The Hanged Man. The Fool.Bill and Millie Chiavo are at a crossroads. Just coming into their magic, the twins must choose their fate. Do they take the easy path? Or protect their friends and loved ones? Wisdom comes at a cost; its...

Why would a rich girl become a prostitute? Three years ago Joy refused to sleep with an ex boyfriend. When he committed suicide, her guilt was enormous. To punish herself she opted to serve as a prostitute for three years. ​ How far would...

The discovery of a man's corpse creates public outcry and leads to divisions within the force.Belfast police are totally in the dark as to who the victim is, although strange incisions on his back suggest a personally motivated crime.When the press go to town...

How far would a father go to protect his daughter-especially when his "protection" is as dangerous as the threats he faces?Billy Whitlow, once the smooth-talking "Don of Doo Wop," has left behind his wild days of drink, drugs, and endless groupies. His life now...

Airports are so much more than travel hubs. Every arrival and departure is the beginning or an end to a story. Love, separation, greed and addiction - From London to Los Angeles, Tokyo to Sydney, the drama unfolds. Dreams are shattered, problems solved and...

Ethan Shaw was born in Philadelphia, a man like any other until a twist of fate bound him to immortality. Living forever comes with a heavy burden, the haunting memories of battles fought, lives lost, and a past he can never escape.In the modern...

On a holiday in Cornwall Julian and Gaby Radclive are entertained by friends from Oxford at the local cliff top hotel. Among those staying is the bad-tempered TV cook and restaurant owner, Justin Grainger, with his wife Meghan. After dinner Grainger and an unidentified...

After graduating from Durham University, Peter Jemison worked for about twenty years as a senior metallurgist in the Iron and Steel Industry That was followed by a spell in science teaching and then he successfully developed his own insurance broking business. He is a...

Law professor Jennifer Bolton and her engineer husband, Phil, are the targets of a terrifying home invasion. She is forced to cooperate with her captors, unaware of their murderous agenda. Days later, Righteous ("a refined villain reminiscent of Die Hard's Hans Gruber" -- Kirkus...

"PROPULSIVE . . . THIS THRILLER RACES TO A BREATHLESS FINISH." --MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE "A TAUT, FINELY CRAFTED PAGE-TURNER . . . THE PLOT IS TORN RIGHT FROM OUR HEADLINES." --5-STAR READER REVIEW "GRIPPING . . . A FAST, COMPELLING READ." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In...

Dave Bolt doesn't know what the Racers' star quarterback has to do with the game no gambler would touch, but it smells like a mighty fishy fix.When Jimmy Quinn doesn't show for a meeting and has disappeared, Bolt suspects more than a thrown game....

A controversial, disturbingly dark story of depression, abuse, and human trafficking. Harper, who is domestically abused by her boyfriend, Patrick, runs to a vigilante she heard of named Chalk. After Chalk sends her to safety at his friend Kori's, Harper forms a soul-to-soul relationship...

You know Jack Reacher. Now meet twenty more heroes and heavies from the brilliant mind of legendary crime author Lee Child. A drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger in "Ten Keys." A rookie cop in...

Caterpillar Island is off the central coast of Maine--beloved vacationland of lobster bakes and quaint fried clam shacks, kayaking and country houses. At night, though, by the light of a headlamp, the island is alive with cash, guns, and poachers. Oxy addicts, struggling retirees,...

The Paris conference was supposed to be the biggest moment of investment banker Adam Macias's career, a chance to impress his CEO and rub shoulders with their firm's top investors. Instead, Adam arrives at a glamorous rooftop party in time to see his CEO--and...

Myles's courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow Pryor got off scot-free while Myles served time. Now, upon his release, Myles decides he is done with his life of wrongdoing--a change that...

For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain--and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police...

Myles's courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow Pryor got off scot-free while Myles served time. Now, upon his release, Myles decides he is done with his life of wrongdoing--a change that...

As a painter travels the world and creates his art, he also mourns the death of his Queen, his wife. He is secluded from the world and finds an escape through the drawings in his work. Not until he gets an unexpected knock at...

A mole in the CIA, an unlikely partnership, a one-in a million shot... A Shot from Afar by Katherine Brankin, the second installment in The Bennett Trilogy, picks up the action a year after the disastrous events in Miami. Ice-cold international assassin Catalina Bennett...

Terrorists are targeting major Western countries. The first to suffer is Britain, France takes the next hit, and then Canada's largest city is devastated by the unthinkable acts of a suicide bomber. The concentrated efforts of the allied countries have failed to slow down...

Jane Smith discovered seventeen years ago as a child, badly burned and barely alive, has spent most of her life in Canal Care and Rehabilitation Center forced to endure multiple surgeries and attempts by authorities to learn what happened to her so long ago....

Danielle Edwards and Marnia Gonzalez have one huge thing in common. They both adored, loved, and looked up to Commander Jacob Edwards. Although Jacob is Danielle's real father and not Marnia's she still looks to Jacob as a father figure. Danielle was raised by...

What happens when a clandestine group of politicians and intelligence operatives run prototype weapons through Lieutenant Peter Bank's jurisdiction? Nothing, they're clandestine, no one knows they exist or what they do... Right? Correct, right up until one of their prototype weapons turns up at...

Alex and Charlie were brothers born of blood and violence during the battle of Fallujah. Then they came home and became cops. Charlie couldn't let go the adrenaline rush of the battlefield and it showed on the street. Always looking for a fight, he...

V. I. Warshawski explores secrets and betrayals that stretch across four generations in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the most compelling writers in American crime fiction... "A thoughtful, high-tension mystery."--The Washington Post Book World "A genuinely exciting and disturbing thriller."--Chicago...

Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone returns in a brilliant new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series. Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a...

Author: Chris CorbettISBN-10: 3033115756ISBN-13: 9783033115750Publisher: Grove PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2025Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.56d

What makes an innocent girl become a contract killer? Acapulco 1974: Rina Walker is on assignment. Just another quick, clean kill. When she wakes to discover her employer's severed head on her bedside table, and a man with an AK 47 coming through the...

Author: K. M. SorbelloISBN-10: 180702685XISBN-13: 9781807026851Publisher: Audiobook Publishing ServicesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2026Pages: 246Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.81d

Author: Christine M. MortonISBN-10: 1662406851ISBN-13: 9781662406850Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2020Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d

"An enthralling narrative of shifting identity juxtaposed with New York in crisis...a wickedly unnerving thriller."--Caro Ramsay, author of AbsolutionLucie married young. Her husband has become abusive, controlling and violent. Having lost everything as a result of the marriage, Lucie decides it is time to...

In the piney woods of North Florida, the cantankerous matriarch of an extended clan has called a family reunion to celebrate her ninetieth birthday. Tempers flare among family members and, before long, one woman is dead, her husband is on life support and her...

"Every generation has its iconic detective--Holmes, Poirot and Morse--but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him."--Daily MailIf you go through life making enemies, don't be surprised when they teach you a lessonDetective Sergeant George Cross is on the case when an...

"Every generation has its iconic detective--Holmes, Poirot and Morse--but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him."--Daily MailIf you go through life making enemies, don't be surprised when they teach you a lessonDetective Sergeant George Cross is on the case when an...

Author: Stephen TaylorISBN-10: 1917616198ISBN-13: 9781917616195Publisher: Stephen Taylor BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2026Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d

Author: Charlie GallagherISBN-10: 1805734490ISBN-13: 9781805734499Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2026Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.84d

THE DROPOUTSShaker is back in town, and gets his old room at the Houston Hotel just off Times Square. It's a place full of memories. This is where he lived when he met Cass, the Midwestern girl who was looking for something completely different...

'The novel is set against the turbulent rise of European ambition. This happened in the late sixteenth century. Echoes Beneath the Croatoan Sky traces the fragile intersection of different elements. These elements would be exploration, empire, and the human consequence that followed. On one...

In this gripping debut thriller, struggling divorcée Jeanette King becomes embroiled in a criminal ring when she discovers her ex-husband's cache of baby eels. Caterpillar Island is off the central coast of Maine--beloved vacationland of lobster bakes and quaint fried clam shacks, kayaking and...

A city-wide conspiracy. A serial killer on the loose. A detective battling her own demons. Everything comes together in Five Things I See, the first installment in a brand-new thrilling police procedural series by Wendy Church. "Violent, dark, and steadily absorbing" Kirkus Reviews on...

FAME COULD BE THE DEATH OF HIMFor pilot and mechanic Luke Angel, the local airport is his home. But a community of attention seekers, hotheads, and daredevils isn't a quiet place to do business. After a selfless act of heroism is caught on camera,...

William was a physically powerful man, but he was something more than physically strong. There was a strength of character that just seemed to exude from him. He was a good man. Alexandre wasn't able to think of anyone he had ever met that...

Death on a dude ranch forces a young woman to hunt for a killer--and watch her back--in this romantic thriller from a New York Times-bestselling author."A timeless story of love, betrayal, and greed. Set against the alluring landscape of New Mexico, Castle Rock is...

Beginning at a bustling Hampshire school spring fayre and spiralling into a wider web of secrets, this gripping, atmospheric, and delightfully twist-filled cosy crime thriller is perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Robert Goddard, and Elly Griffiths.Investigative journalist Scarlett Fox is trying to focus...

Glasgow. Blink and it owns you. For middle-aged detective Liam Keenan, the problems are stacking up. For middle-aged detective Liam Keenan, the problems are stacking up. He's put twenty years into a job he never wanted. His on-off girlfriend has left him for her...