Los Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The...

The clock is ticking for DCI Slider when a woman goes missing. Can he find her - and does she even want to be found? "[Slider is] one of Britain's most engaging coppers" Booklist Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London house to go to her weekly pottery class and didn't come...

*WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023* 'Funny, clever and sweet... there is a lot of Mortimer's ridiculousness' - Sunday Times 'The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twenty-first heart-warming Christmas novella. When Mariah Ellison arrives in the picturesque village of St Helen's to spend the festive season with her old friend Sadie Alsop, she is shocked to discover that Sadie has...

When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime during the blood moon eclipse to please her domineering mother-in-law, she doesn't expect to stumble upon a murder - again. With anti-British sentiments on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in...

A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods - with an arrow in his chest and his trousers round his ankles. At first her old adversary, Detective Chief...

''The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)'' NEW YORK TIMES ''A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding'...

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest instalment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica. The beautiful wife of one of the world's richest men...

Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie return in Ann Granger's gripping ninth Victorian mystery. It is the summer of 1871 when Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross pays a visit to Jacob Jacobus, the old rogue of Limehouse: infamous antiquarian, friend to...

The brand new novel featuring Private Investigator Kate Shackleton! 1930, Yorkshire. Intrigued by a mysterious letter from a stranger offering important information, Private Investigator Kate Shackleton arrives in the mill village of Saltaire. At nearby Milner Field mansion,...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BESTSELLING THRILLER WRITER AND A PRIME MINISTER WRITE A MYSTERY TOGETHER? THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT . . . 'A beautifully constructed mystery by two super smart partners in crime' ANTHONY HOROWITZ 'Nordic noir at its most...

The thrilling new novella in the globally bestselling series plus two gripping new stories from the master of suspense. 23 Lies When SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is called to investigate a crime scene, nothing can prepare her for what she finds- her estranged father...

'One of the great novelists of all time' STEPHEN KING  'One of the finest thriller series in existence. Sandford is superb - in a class of his own' JOHN CONNOLLY Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an...

'Cleverly crafted, twisty, gripping and suspenseful' B. A. Paris Only the killer holds the key. . . A Sunday Times Book of the Summer IT WAS THE CRIME THAT SHOCKED A NATION. The Flowers were the perfect...

The irresistible new Stephanie Plum mystery from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. AN INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Stephanie Plum, Trenton's most underappreciated bounty hunter, is on the trail of a...

Special collectors edition EXCLUSIVE to the first print run! *Gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket* *Bonus Lincoln Rhyme short story* Lincoln Rhyme is back, and this time he's in danger, in the brand new crime thriller from...

THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN ---------- 'The rightful king of crime' i News 'Deeply moving... some of his best writing yet' Telegraph ...

'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph 'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 ________ Private Detective Cormoran Strike is...

"Lisbeth Salander is back - and maybe better than ever . . . Remarkable" LEE CHILD "Highly readable - and still ferocious" Financial Times "The first to be written by a woman, and all the better for it . . . This legendary crime series is back in...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!    A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens...

'It leaves the reader gasping for breath' DAILY MAIL 'This is Grisham delivering the kind of mesmeric narrative that we expect from him' FINANCIAL TIMES ***THE BIGGEST GRISHAM IN OVER A DECADE*** The Exchange...

Creator of Her Majesty Queen Camilla's favourite fictional detective. 23 million books sold. 'Ruthlessly efficient, entertainment. Pedigree fun' - The Times Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest...

THE BREATHTAKING NEW KAY SCARPETTA THRILLER FROM THE 120-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Two mauled bodies in the woods. Two top secret autopsies. The most chilling case of Scarpetta's career . . . In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series...

Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the brand new book in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series. 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' THE TIMES November. With the tourist season over in South Devon, Detective Inspector...

The twenty-fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. If you are the founder and Managing Director of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency you may expect complete strangers to approach you with their problems...

*The sparkling new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of THE MAID* 'Utterly delightful' DAILY MAIL 'Captivates from page one' JANICE HALLETT _________________________________________________________________...