Crime and Mystery Fiction

When David Garth returned from America, where his speeches on behalf of the Ministry of Propaganda had caused no small amount of concern, he was su...

Strange things are happening in Saltey. The little village on the Essex coast is invaded by bikers and a parade of peculiar visitors; a newly-relea...

Private detective Albert Campion''s glorious summer in Pontisbright is blighted by death. Amidst the preparations for Minnie and Tonker Cassand''s ...

While undertaking some research at an Ivy League university outside of Boston, Nigel encounters the Ahlberg brothers: Chester, a tutor, Mark, an En...

In Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in London''s theatreland. A spate of murders leaves h...

John Sebastian Lafcadios ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own dea...

Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in a locked cellar. All eyes are on the other p...

 Combines full-speed-ahead action with captivating characters and authentic dialogue...complete with gangs, drive-by shootings, a large hurricane, ...

'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre. His evocation of 1920s India under British occupation is breathtaking' P...

Welcome to Roslazny - a sleepy Russian town where intrigue and murder combine to disturb the icy silence...Olga Pushkin, Railway Engineer (Third Cl...

The second book in the delightfully clever mystery series in which Queen Elizabeth II secretly solves crimes while carrying out her royal duties - ...

The best of mystery writers The New Yorker First, there is a skeleton in a dinner jacket. Then a corpse in a golden aeroplane. After another body...

If I had to vote for the single best detective story, this would be it. A.S. Byatt Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospita...

Some people love goodbyes...23-year-old Catherine is mainly interested in Facebook and flirting, but she reluctantly takes a job at a local care ho...

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_______________...

Only the lawless will survive . . . It is 1975 and Ruby Darke is struggling to deal with the brutal murder of her lover, Michael Ward.As her childr...

'The perfect book for Erika Foster fans. It has all the same vibes - but MORE. I actually think this is Robert Bryndza's best book yet''A gripping ...

Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer, while trying to protect his daughter from a boyfriend with a dark side, in the eighteenth novel...

SIX WEEKS. SIX VICTIMS. NO CLUES.''One down, five to go.''When a leading psychiatrist is found murdered by insulin injection in his home, with a no...

The Way Through the Woods is the tenth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.Quietly, rather movingly, Strange was making his plea: '...

Gripping . . . everything he writes is thrilling Literary ReviewHits the ground running and never lets up . . . Slick, sick and not for the faint-h...

World War II is limping to a close and private detective Albert Campion has just returned from years abroad on a secret mission. Relaxing in his ba...

Finding himself the victim of a botched kidnapping attempt, Val Gyrth suspects that he might be in a spot of trouble. Unexpected news to him - but ...

When song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there''s only one man who can get to the bottom of the...

Private detective Albert Campion is summoned to the village of Kepesake to investigate a particularly distasteful death. The body turns out to be t...

The Tiger in the Smoke is a phenomenal novel - J. K. Rowling A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that th...

Timothy Kinnit needs the help of private detective Albert Campion. Kinnit is rich, handsome and successful, but his past is a mystery to him. When ...

''Impossible to put down'' Laura Dave''Utterly unforgettable'' Sally Hepworth*THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR KIMB...

THE RICHEST PRIZE IN RACING. THE PERFECT MOTIVE TO KILL.Jeff Hinkley, a British Horseracing Authority investigator, has been seconded to the US Fed...

***Thrillers that race from the very first page***''Felix Francis'' novels gallop along splendidly'' Jilly Cooper''From winning post to top of the ...