Lovereading Latest: Mystery / Thriller

Dare Me - Megan Abbott

Dare Me
Megan Abbott

Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. Following on from her Richard and Judy selected title, The End of Everything, is this dark dangerous coming of age story set among a fiercely competitive cheerleading squad who are driven to win at any cost by a new coach. The mix of the allure of adulthood and teenage sexuality in American suburbia is a potent one and if you enjoyed Donna Tartt's The Secret History then Dare Me should be on your reading list.

15 Seconds - Andrew Gross

15 Seconds
Andrew Gross

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over by a traffic cop who is then shot by someone else leaves surgeon Henry Steadman framed for murder and on the run trying to prove his innocence. It's thrilling stuff. Visit our Facebook page and have the chance to win a copy of 15 Seconds... Our Book of the Month this month is the gripping '15 Seconds' by Andrew Gross, and we're giving 10 lucky fans the chance to WIN a signed copy! Click here to find out more...

Now You See Me - S. J. Bolton

Now You See Me
S. J. Bolton

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. S.J. Bolton, known to her friends as Sharon, has become established as one of England's foremost crime writers. She is right up there with Martina Cole - or for that matter - the male American James Patterson. In fact, in 94 chapters, this book races along as quickly as the best that Patterson has delivered. Young policeman Lacey Flint is personally, and thus emotionally, involved in her first murder case - and so, as the reader, are you.

Dead Scared - S. J. Bolton

Dead Scared
S. J. Bolton

Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. Good grief! – talk about tense (practically unbearable towards the end of this book). S.J. Bolton has again delivered a cracking, addictive thriller. This one is set in the rarefied atmosphere of Cambridge University where far too many female undergraduates are, seemingly, committing suicide. DC Lacey goes undercover to investigate. This is her 5th crime book and her 1st sequel, to Now You See Me.

Gideon's Sword: A Gideon Crew Novel - Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Gideon's Sword: A Gideon Crew Novel
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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May 2012 Book of the Month. From the best-selling U.S. writing partnership that bought us the enigmatically brilliant Agent Pendergast comes a new all together different character Gideon Crew. Driven by revenge, to clear his father's name, he has now been noticed by people he would be better off not knowing at all. This is the first novel in a high-octane new thriller series.

What Dies in Summer - Tom Wright

What Dies in Summer
Tom Wright

Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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May 2012 Debut of the Month. An interesting, challenging and, at times, graphically violent debut exploring coming of age and the loss of innocence. If you have read and liked The Virgin Suicides, The Secret History and I'm Not Scared then this will be worth a read.

The Playdate - Louise Millar

The Playdate
Louise Millar

Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2012
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May 2012 Debut of the Month. This gripping contemporary thriller will have you turning the pages, and re-evaluating people you call friends. How do you know whether it’s dangerous to leave your children alone with them? For a debut it’s very confidently written and using multiple voices, of the main characters, lets the reader see multiple, increasingly disturbing perspectives. A great one for reading groups, but not for single mothers...

The River Woman - Sorrel Pitts

The River Woman
Sorrel Pitts

Format: Paperback - Released: 19/09/2011
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May 2012 Debut of the Month. 'A fascinating story told by a very promising writer.' Sir Michael Parkinson.A young woman is found half frozen to death on a remote farm and her unexpected arrival has a profound effect on the father and son who live there, but who is she and why was she there. With strong believable characters this well written psychological thriller reveals itself bit by bit. As a reader you will feel all is not right yet the author cleverly keeps you on tenterhooks until the very end.

Closer Than Blood - Gregg Olsen

Closer Than Blood
Gregg Olsen

Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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May 2012 eBook of the Month. Interestingly for a crime thriller the story only really gets going once the killer is revealed. Then you'll be hooked on the chase to catch them. The author introduces a lot of characters in the first 100 pages but stick with it as the twisty, turny plot unfolds really well after that to a cracker of an ending.

Never Coming Home - Evonne Wareham

Never Coming Home
Evonne Wareham

Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2012
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March 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of the 2012 Joan Hessayon New Writers' Scheme Award. A debut from an exciting new talent. A well written contemporary romantic thriller, set in London, Italy and the US, which will keep you guessing all the way through. The author has been a finalist twice in the American Title competition, run by RT Book Reviews Magazine and Dorchester Publishing of New York.

What You Don't Know - David Belbin

What You Don't Know
David Belbin

Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2012
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Bone & Cane, MP and ex-con - and ex-lovers - make for an interesting crime fighting partnership, even better when it's brilliantly set in the late 1990s and the New Labour experiment. Second in the series sees Bone promoted to prison minister but the murder of her married lover looks set to ruin her. Cane is out of prison but not out of trouble after a violent attack and attempted frame-up; are the two events related? Gritty, graphic, political this is the second in what we hope will be an on going series. Bone and Cane series:1. Bone and Cane2. What You Don't Know

The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler

The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler

Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm, Inspector Joona Linna is brought in to investigate the murky case and soon uncovers an unsettling connection to disgraced hypnotist and medic Erik Maria Bark. With uber-villains in the Thomas Harris mould and a labyrinthine plot, this is set to be the veritable heir to the Stieg Larsson series. Unsettling and gripping.

The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin

The Impossible Dead
Ian Rankin

Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Shortlisted for the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year Award 2011. Rankin is synonymous with crime and Edinburgh and having decided to end it with his long-time protagonist – Rebus – he has successfully created a new one in the form of Edinburgh copper, Malcolm Fox. He’s very different from Rebus in many ways and that’s a good thing and coupled with that, Rankin’s ability to portray Edinburgh remains undiminished and his cleverly wrought plots really get under your skin. The first featuring Fox was The Complaints – maximum stars from us – and now Fox who is part of the unpopular Complaints & Conduct department of the police force that roots out corruption in the force and investigates suspect officers is on to his next case in which he must fight for his professional and personal life.

Vanishing Point - Danielle Ramsay

Vanishing Point
Danielle Ramsay

Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The second novel from a rising star of the crime writing genre. Again based in the North East with D I Jack Brady as the central character who is investigating the horrific deaths of young women in Whitley Bay -- and uncovering a sadistic and powerful trafficking ring that has its roots in the highest echelons of power! If you like Peter James, you'll love Danielle Ramsay. Highly recommended. Click here to see the first novel in the series, Broken Silence.

Icebreaker - John Gardner

Icebreaker
John Gardner

Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Bond reluctantly finds himself recruited into a dangerous mission involving an equally dangerous and treacherous alliance of agents from the CIA, the KGB and Israel's Mossad... James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5. Nobody Lives Forever6. No Deals, Mr Bond 7. Scorpius8. Licence to Kill9. Win, Lose or Die10. Brokenclaw11. The Man from Barbarossa12. Death is Forever13. Never Send Flowers14. Seafire