Crime and Mystery Books
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Featured Books
Books of the Month
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Closed Casket The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie September 2016 Book of the Month. Hercule Poirot is back for his second outing under the fabulous guiding hand of Sophie Hannah. 70 year old children’s author Lady Athelinda Playford changes her will, causing the mayhem... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2016 
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Tastes Like Fear Sarah Hilary September 2016 Book of the Month. This is the third in the ‘DI Marnie Rome’ series, and is just as distinctive, powerful and enthralling as the first two (Sarah Hilary’s debut won the Theakston’s Crime Novel... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/07/2016
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The Malice of Waves Mark Douglas-Home September 2016 Book of the Month. The third in the gripping ‘Sea Detective Series’ continues to captivate, with the rather wonderful Cal McGill investigating the disappearance of a 14 year old boy from a small... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/09/2016
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Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2016. A young woman relentlessly drives through the darkness of the American roads. Is she fleeing from a misdemeanour? Is she on a... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/08/2016
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The Twenty-Three Linwood Barclay Oh, yes, it’s finally here, and it’s quite simply fabulous! I’ve been eagerly awaiting the last in the ‘Promise Falls’ trilogy, each book has ramped up my expectation for the next, and I was literally dancing in my seat when... Format: Hardback - Released: 22/09/2016
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Far from True Linwood Barclay A wonderfully stimulating and thrilling read, hold on tight as you dive in! This is the second in the ‘Promise Falls’ trilogy and I really do recommend starting with ‘Broken Promise’ as ‘Far From True’ is a full on... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/09/2016
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Maestra The Most Shocking Thriller You'll Read This Year L. S. Hilton Already something of a cause celebre, this strongly erotic, or should I say explicit, thriller by an art historian takes the likes of Patricia Highsmith's ambiguous killer figure Tom Ripley and transforms him into a beautiful woman on the make,... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/09/2016
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The Child Garden Catriona McPherson In a deep dark Scottish wood there stand two houses, a mile apart. Between them stands a hallowed building. A chapel? A crypt? And close by runs a river with a rickety bridge, a Devil’s Bridge. In the garden of... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/09/2016
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The Heirs of Owain Glyndwr Peter Murphy A thought-provoking, intriguing unmasking of court room sparring and Welsh nationalism in this novel set in the 1960’s. The author, former Crown Court Judge Peter Murphy, most certainly knows his backdrop, this is his fourth novel in the ‘Ben Schroeder... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2016
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Razor Girl Carl Hiaasen A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. A return to Hiaasen land is always welcome and RAZOR GIRL proves one of his better escapades after a few fallow years. The absurdities, venalities and sheer black humour of his... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2016
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And When I Die Russel D. McLean A Maxim Jakubowski selected title. A tense Glasow gangland thriller laced with family saga elements with pace and strong characterisation to boot, McLean's latest novel raises him a fair few rungs up the crowded McMafia steps.... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2016
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Strangers Paul Finch Whoohee, this is a fierce, adrenaline rush of a read, and it packs a huge punch of attitude. PC Lucy Clayburn is desperate to get onto CID, she finds herself undercover and in danger when she joins the Serious Crime... Format: Paperback - Released: 22/09/2016
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The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and S.J. Watson's Before I Go to Sleep, the unreliable narrator domestic drama of untruths is the new 'hot' genre. The author was best known under another name for chick... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/09/2016
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The Kill Fee Fiona Veitch Smith An atmospheric, lively romp through 1920 in this wonderfully blended mix of crime fiction and historical fact. Reporter Poppy, with her nose for intrigue and links to some fascinating people, finds herself in the midst of murder, mayhem and Faberge... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/09/2016
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Dragon Games Jan-Philipp Sendker A darkly captivating, tense, and beautifully written tale, that explores fear and the innermost thoughts and feelings of hearts and minds. This is the second in the ‘China’ series, and I really do recommend starting with the wonderful ‘Whispering... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2016
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Between the Crosses Matthew Frank A tight, clever, fiercely driven slice of crime fiction. This is the second in the ‘Joseph Stark’ series. Damaged and almost broken DC Stark, and his Met Police colleagues in the Murder Investigation Team have a double murder to solve,... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/09/2016
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Death in the Shadows Paul McCusker Raw and gritty with dark undertones, this is a mystery steeped in the church, the supernatural, and the most savage and brutal aspects of the time we live in. This is the second in the ‘Father Gilbert Mystery’ series,... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/08/2016
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Zodiac Sam Wilson September 2016 Debut of the Month. An excellently twisting thriller where cop tracks killer through a turbulent city. Prejudice is rife and violence is in the air. In Sam Wilson's world it is not religion or... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2016
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Lucifer's Harvest Mel Starr An interesting short medieval mystery, where surgeon Hugh finds himself accompanying his Lord to battle in France during 1370. This is the ninth chronicle in the ‘Hugh de Singleton, surgeon’ series but can easily be read as a standalone. Hugh... Format: Paperback - Released: 30/08/2016
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Night Train to Berlin Margaret de Rohan A chance encounter, a case of mistaken identity and a seemingly innocent train journey all come together to place the lives of international leaders and family members of the central characters at risk. Night Train to Berlin by Margaret de... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/06/2016
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Holding Graham Norton Darkly comic, touching and at times profoundly sad. Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters, and explore - with searing honesty - the complexities and contradictions that make us human. Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2016
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A Matter for the Jury Peter Murphy Travel back in time, to the 1960's, and the fascinating world of the court room. It is 1964 and Ben Schroeder, first introduced in A Higher Duty, is building his career at the Bar; juggling the demands of different challenging... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/07/2014
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A Higher Duty Peter Murphy A worthwhile look at the UK's justice system from an author who really knows the system. Ben Schroeder, a talented young man from an East End Jewish family, has been accepted as a pupil into the Chambers of Bernard Wesley... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/02/2013
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And is There Still Honey for Tea? Peter Murphy The third in the Ben Schroeder Legal Thriller series. It's 1965, the British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high-ranking intelligence officers. At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel,... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/04/2015
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Fire C. C. Humphreys First came Plague, now comes Fire. The epic tale of the hunt for a serial killer threatening London's rich and poor during the Great Fire of London. Perfect for fans of S J Parris and C J Sansom.... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2016
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The Widow Fiona Barton Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming. Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2016
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Missing, Presumed (DS Manon, Book 1) Susie Steiner If you're looking for a fresh, addictive police procedural with characters who spring into vivid life, then look no further than Susie Steiner's Missing, Presumed. It's Steiner's first venture into the crime genre - her debut, Homecoming, was more... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2016
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Keep You Close Lucie Whitehouse Ten years ago Rowan and Marianne were inseperable. Rowan, our narrator, lost her mother while still a baby and Marianne's family embraced her. Then Seb, the father, is killed in a car accident and something dramatic breaks up the girl's... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/08/2016
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Don't You Cry Mary Kubica A tale that creeps under your skin, worms its way into your thoughts, and spins to an all consuming end. I’ve devoured Mary Kubica’s other novels, and personally, this is my favourite so far. Quinn and Alex tell their own... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2016
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Blackout Ragnar Jonasson This truly is a crime novel to tamper with your thoughts and send them skittering off in all directions. ‘Blackout’ takes place in June 2010, following on from ‘Snowblind’, the first in the ‘Dark Iceland’ series. A fascinating... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/07/2016
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Where Roses Never Die Gunnar Staalesen A truly tenacious and back to basics Nordic crime novel featuring private investigator Varg Veum. Staalesen has been writing about Veum since 1977, however this is my first foray into the series, and found it could easily be read as... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2016
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Snowblind Ragnar Jonasson It sometimes feels as if everyone in Iceland is writing crime novels but the first appearance of Ragnar Jonasson in English translation (itself a fluid adaptation by British mystery writer Quentin Bates) is cause for celebration. Previously known as a... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2015
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The Last Lullaby Carin Gerhardsen From the Swedish publisher of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy comes a sensational new crime writing talent - and one of the best new Scandinavian crime series since Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole. Inspector Conny Sjoberg and his police colleagues are perplexed... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2015
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The Final Word Liza Marklund With the stakes rising by the day, Annika Bengtzon is once again flung to the heart of a complex case. But nagging at the back of her mind is her sister's mysterious absence. After a series of anxious text messages, she's... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2016
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The Dying Detective Leif G. W. Persson The inimitable style, distinct voice and dark humour of Leif GW Persson, along with the fascinating exploration of a long-cold murder case, serves to make The Dying Detective a true masterpiece of the genre. Format: Hardback - Released: 30/06/2016
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The Second Deadly Sin A Rebecka Martinsson Investigation Asa Larsson An engrossing and poignant crime tale that is far more complex than just a murder story. Family inheritance, past history, strong believable characters and the wonderful scenic descriptions make for a great read. It is Swedish, dark, cold and very... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2015
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