Crime, Mystery and Thriller Books

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. Beth’s life hasn’t worked out the way she planned. After her father walked out on their family with a note simply saying ‘I’m sorry’, she became obsessed with finding him. An obsession that destroyed her relationship with her husband and her daughter. She just has her dying mother left, Beth taking care of her as best she can until she breathes her final, shocking words: Your father. He didn’t disappear. Don’t trust… Still processing these words, Beth receives a surprise call to say her sister has been attacked and rushed to hospital. Soon after, she finds both estranged sister and brother returning to the family home. She makes sure to lock her bedroom door at night. Her sister can’t be trusted. Desperate to revisit happier memories, the siblings find themselves watching home videos of their childhood. It feels like a good idea, until the footage shows them their father covered in blood, their mother’s voice panicked, and a dead girl’s body. They’d love to believe it’s fake, but they know the girl in the video. Losing their mother is already hard enough, but will Beth and her siblings survive the truth of what really happened to that little girl? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398723566 • Author: Jeneva Rose  • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm

Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan's West 74th Street. She knows their routines. Their secrets. One night, on her way home, Ruby witnesses a neighbour's murder. She knows the victim. She knows the killer. She makes an anonymous call to the police and names the murderer. But Ruby didn't tell the truth... Eddie Flynn, conman turned trial lawyer, must defend an innocent man accused of this terrible crime. As Ruby's deadly game begins, one thing is certain. It won't be the last murder this witness is involved in... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035408221 • Author: Steve Cavanagh • Publisher: Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416  • Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.3 x 19.7 cm

HIS MISTRESS IS DEAD. HIS WIFE IS HIS ONLY HOPE. Sarah Morgan is one of the best criminal defense attorneys in Washington, DC. With a perfect case record and having made named partner before the age of thirty-five, her life is going exactly as she planned. However, the same cannot be said for her husband, Adam, a failed author, who’s grown to resent his wife’s meteoric success as he feels it’s come at the expense of their relationship. For almost two years, Adam has kept his affair with Kelly Summers a secret, but everything changes when her body is discovered at the couple’s lake house and Adam is arrested on suspicion of murder. Sarah now finds herself facing her most challenging case yet when she vows to defend her husband–a man accused of murdering his mistress. While Adam is certainly guilty of sleeping with Kelly, the question remains: Is he guilty of killing her too? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398723603 • Author: Jeneva Rose • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm

A new job. A new home. A new start. It’s all Anna wants. But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished at the annual Gathering as they reach their sixteenth birthday. No one seems to be investigating. And a fourth girl begs Anna for help, fearing that she will be next to disappear. Everyone has secrets. Anna is watching everyone. But who is watching Anna? An unpredictable and wild page-turner, with shocks, surprises and a killer twist for a finale. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398709881 • Author: Sharon Bolton • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 352 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

The first book in the number 1 bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by TV presenter Richard Osman. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late? 'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' – Mark Billingham 'Mystery fans are going to be enthralled' – Harlan Coben Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241988268 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

When darkness is everywhere, nowhere is safe... A state of emergency has been declared in the UK. From now on, at 8pm every night, all electricity cuts out. The Government promises it's a temporary measure. They promise they are always thinking of your safety. But for Grace, the darkness is anything but safe. Someone is coming into her house under its cover every night while she lies in bed upstairs, too terrified to sleep. Someone who knows her past, who knows why she has more reason to fear the dark than most... And every morning she wakes to a new message from the intruder: I have you in my sights. Love, The Night But how can Grace escape, when there's nowhere safe left to hide? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529396188 • Author: Louise Swanson • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416  • Dimensions: 13.2 x 2.9 x 19.7 cm

THE BRAND NEW HEART-STOPPING THRILLER FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep together in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone, taken. He was never seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to Hemlock Circle, still desperate for answers. Who took Billy? Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening on the street under the cover of darkness. Someone is prowling the cul de sac when no one is awake to see them. Are they still out there? This isn’t a bad neighourhood. These aren’t bad people. What if they are? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399712422 • Author: Riley Sager • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

Two women. One name. A terrifying, deadly secret. She shares your name. It’s how you meet the other Sally Jones, sparking an unusual friendship that you grow to trust, especially when your dad dies and your dream job is in danger. So when she disappears suddenly, you are worried she may be in danger. As you try to find her, you uncover a shocking truth about your friendship, which turns out not to be the chance encounter you once thought. Was anything the other Sally ever told you real? You thought she was a friend. But she could bring your world crashing down. A twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and B.A. Paris. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804366745 • Author: Sophie Flynn • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 2.01 cm

Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy, Cast Iron and I'll Keep You Safe. A SILENT VOW Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. A SILENT LIFE Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan. A SILENT DEATH John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word. Peter May's bestseller unites a strong, independent Spaniard with a socially inept Scotsman; a senseless vendetta with a sense-deprived victim, and a red-hot Costa Del Sol with an ice-cold killer. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529443981 • Author: Peter May • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780241992401 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.8 x 19.7cm

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB A brand new series. An iconic new detective team. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . . ----- Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesn’t stay still long enough for habits or routines. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job . . . Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241608364 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.2 x 4cm

Everyone knows Gloria White. Or at least they think they do. She’s on your TV screen every morning. Her brand is elegance, charm and power. You wouldn’t believe the things she did to reach the top.But someone knows and now they’re taking retribution into their own hands. A gripping psychological thriller about the dark side of fame. For fans of L.C. North, Adele Parks and Andrea Mara. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804367728 • Author: Rachel Lynch • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 1.88 cm

HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED AND SHE'S THE ONLY SUSPECT. WHAT SHOULD SHE DO? Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. It soon becomes clear that the police have only one suspect in mind – her. Jack must go on the run to try and clear her name and to find her husband’s real killer. But who can she trust when everyone she knows could be a suspect? And with the police and the killer after her, can Jack get to the truth before her time runs out? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398546868 • Author: Ruth Ware • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.08 cm

A cunning killer. A race around the world. An iconic new detective team is born. Solving murders. It's a family business. Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers the pub quiz and afternoons at home with his cat Trouble. His days of adventure are over – that’s his daughter-in-law Amy’s business now. Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul, which makes being a private security officer to billionaires the perfect job. She’s currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive. Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending Steve an SOS... As a breakneck race around the world begins, can they stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241997482 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart. Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train – one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown. And Enzo’s investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders – the Mona Lisa. The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529434798 • Author: Peter May • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 496 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.4 cm

Who killed the Mayor? It’s up to the Marlow Murder Club to find out . . . Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a Town Council meeting. When traces of aconite – also known as the queen of poisons – are found in his coffee cup, the police realise he was murdered. But who did it? And why? The police bring Judith, Suzie and Becks in to investigate as Civilian Advisors right from the start, so they have free rein to interview suspects and follow the evidence to their heart’s content, which is perfect because Judith has no time for rules and standard procedure. But this case has the Marlow Murder Club stumped. Who would want to kill the affable Mayor? How did they even get the poison into his coffee? And is anyone else in danger? The Marlow Murder Club are about to face their most difficult case yet . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008567347 • Author: Robert Thorogood • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Pages: 352 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 cm

A dark and twisted Nordic noir novel, set in the chilling Iceland fjords. Hildur Rúnarsdottir is the only police detective working on the isolated west coast of Iceland. She is desperate to forget her traumatic past by burying herself in her cases alongside her new trainee, Jakob Johanson. But Jakob’s life has its own complications, and it soon becomes clear that neither can run from their pasts for long. When a local man is found with his throat slit, underneath an avalanche that has buried much of the evidence, Hildur and Jakob must set their own problems aside and unravel the dark secrets to expose a killer . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804188408 • Author: Satu Rämö • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm

How far would you go to keep your family safe? Angie Watts used to have everything. A new home. A beloved husband. Three adored children. But Angie’s happy life is shattered when her son Liam falls in with the wrong crowd. And after her son’s bad choices lead to the murder of her husband, it’s up to Angie to hold what’s left of her family together. Her son is missing. Her daughter is looking for help in dangerous places. And Angie is fighting just to keep a roof over their heads. But Angie is a mother. And a mother does anything to protect her children – even when the world is falling apart… If home is where the heart is, what happens when it breaks? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008286828 • Author: Susan Lewis • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 496 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.1 cm

The new novel in the sensational Sequin Mysteries series, from world-renowned dancer and Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas. It’s Christmas time in London and all is not calm … After solving a series of murders at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, all Lily Richmond and Susie Cooper want is a peaceful Christmas. The last thing they expect is to find a dead body backstage at the Royal Albert Hall. Even worse, the victim is one of Lily’s students, a trust fund debutante set to be the new star of the ballroom dancing world. Lily and Susie set to investigating, but every clue throws up more questions, and around every corner lurk more suspects. And along the way, familiar faces on the dance scene will make themselves known – some that ought to stay in the past. Will the unlikely duo manage to wrap up the case in time to enjoy the holiday with their loved ones? Or is there a greater danger behind the scenes than they could have imagined? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008558055 • Author: Shirley Ballas • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Hardback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 24 x 15.9 x 4.2cm

This mission will test him to his limit... When a simple surveillance mission goes awry and the key target is kidnapped in broad daylight in a busy London square, James Ryker, a veteran intelligence agent now working for the secretive Joint Intelligence agency, knows he has his work cut out. Ryker is tasked with figuring out what went wrong. But when his good friend Sam Moreno disappears without a trace, the mission becomes more personal than he could have imagined. Torn between toeing the government line, and finding the answers he needs, Ryker realises there’s only one way to find those responsible and to punish them... His way.  Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781805577348 • Author: Rob Sinclair • Publisher: Boldwood Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 328 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.88 x 19.8 cm