Crime Fiction

Fear stalks familiar ground. Acting DCI Rob Marshall is back in the Borders with a permanent promotion dangled in front of him – but storm clouds are gathering, with his new boss eyeing cutting Marshall’s Major Investigation Team.

A brand new Nikki Galena mystery where echoes from the past haunt the twistiest, most complex investigation of her career.

Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?

After a long year of crime-fighting, DCI Ryan and his team are looking forward to a peaceful Christmas filled with festive treats. But, when their dinner is interrupted by the untimely arrival of a dead body, they’re reminded that crime never sleeps.

According to the FBI, I was considered a serial murderer after three kills. What do they call me after fifty-two? They call me the Silencer.

Saffy is waiting to go into an important meeting when she receives a missed call and then a text message from her best friend, Leona: Please help...come now. Of course, she races to her friend’s house. But when she arrives, she notices something strange....

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

Newly minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder — a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day.

Get three absolutely gripping crime thrillers set on the UK's atmospheric north Norfolk coast from number one best-selling British author J M Dalgliesh in this great value collection....

The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success.

The second book in the Misty Isle series, by J M Dalgliesh....

Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York....

For Detective Chief Inspector Ryan, the stakes have never been higher. Most of the world thinks he’s dead, killed by an assasin's rifle in his own home. But another man took the bullet intended for him, and now Ryan’s living on borrowed time.

Community service clean-up was supposed to be a tedious affair. But, when a young offender stumbles upon a bin bag filled with human remains, a quiet Highland village is thrown into chaos.

Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social media influencers vanish without a trace, leaving their followers–and families–in a state of shock, and the police clueless as to their whereabouts.

When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts her straight to work.

How far would you go to bury the truth? While searching for a missing hill walker, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team uncovers a body - just not the one they were looking for....

Golden sunlight bathes the rugged cliffs casting long shadows across Porthcurno’s sandy beach. Within a cove, lying on a blanket, are two bodies.

Over a year as a Detective Inspector during the worst time in living memory, Vicky Dodds is finally getting some balance into her life. A happy family and an engagement. But when Vicky is called out to a Dundee flat, she finds a dead body, his skull smashed in by a hammer.

Tormented by the recent loss of a colleague, DCI Jack Logan is on the warpath, determined to bring down all those he holds responsible for the officer's death....

The disappearance of a Dundee-based dog breeder sets DS Vicky Dodds and her team on a desperate hunt through the city and the surrounding Tayside.

This time, it's more than personal. Within the tranquil confines of a west Wales village, peace gives way to pandemonium as a trivial theft transforms into a devastating tragedy.

The peaceful little village of Saltern-le-Fen is buzzing with excitement. A film crew are in town, shooting a new TV police drama, Fen Division Five. But Detective Jackman receives a disturbing tip-off that something is wrong....

Just when he thought he was out.... Burdened by guilt over the trauma recently inflicted on his friends and colleagues, former-Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan has spent the past nine months living in self-imposed exile....

In the murky waters of New York’s underworld, Elena’s sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. A made man, a boss, a cheat—even measured against mafia standards. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties....

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

Helen Appleby just wants a quiet life. Recently released from prison for the manslaughter of her partner, she's trying to forget her past mistakes—all of them—to rebuild her life and move on. When she decides to open a bookshop, she’s certain this is the perfect new start. Here, amongst the quiet shelves of her shop and between the covers of her books, she can hide away from the real world and begin again. But the past can never stay hidden…

After more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone...literally. When they receive a call from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

I’m a hitman. With all the bad guys out there, business is brisk. I don’t have time to focus on anything but work until I sit beside a curvy woman on a plane…and read over her shoulder. I’m instantly obsessed with the small-town librarian who dreams of having a happily-ever-after of her own but is convinced true love is a fantasy only found in books. My new job? Proving that she’ll have an HEA with me. Because she’s mine.

La prima avventura di Miss Rachel, investigatrice dilettante, e della sua inseparabile gatta Samantha, coppia ideata da Dolores Hitchens, i cui gialli "meritano di essere riscoperti specialmente alla luce della letteratura poliziesca femminile e dei cat mysteries contemporanei" (Joyce Carol Oates).Un classico, "un giallo dell’età d’oro" (Joyce Carol Oates, nell’Introduzione). Miss Rachel Murdock, un’anziana signora, è l’investigatrice dilettante, coadiuvata dal burbero tenente Mayhew. Una mattina di tranquilla routine, riceve una chiamata dalla nipote Lily.

Should I believe the woman who ruined my life, or protect the husband who’s already betrayed me? I walk past rows of immaculate white roses into the Kane family’s picture-perfect home, thinking that I’d never guess what’s happened behind closed doors. The woman standing with my colleagues in handcuffs looks so innocent in her blue, silk dress. But they say she’s killed her husband. When I see her face, I recognise her immediately. She’s my own husband Bradley’s mistress… She was found beside the body with blood on her hands.

A museum guard stands convicted of mass murder, after a mysterious visitor calls upon the curator and asks to see some ancient, Egyptian bones. This tale of horror features a full cast of voice actors with sound effects and music.

Serena, casalinga ultraindaffarata di un borgo vicino a Pisa, si imbatte casualmente in un cadavere. È quello del professor Caroselli, ottimo musicista...

Audrey Wade longs to escape her domineering father and the bleak streets of post-war Yorkshire. Hollywood glitters with glamour, freedom, and the promise of a life with her best friend Freddie. But when Freddie abandons her, Audrey is left to chase her dreams alone. Rex Trent is more than Hollywood’s leading man. Charismatic and dangerously handsome, he’s adored by millions and watched by powerful enemies in a paranoid 1950s America. One wrong move could destroy him. When Rex proposes, Audrey is swept into Hollywood’s glamour and high-stakes secrets.

Zwei Frauen. Ein Büro. Ein schreckliches Verbrechen: Nr.-1-SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Freida McFadden ist zurück! Im Büro ist Dawn Schiff eine Außenseiterin. Sie sagt nie das Richtige. Sie hat keine Freunde. Aber sie ist jeden Morgen um Punkt 8:45 Uhr an ihrem Platz in der Firma, in der sie als Buchhalterin arbeitet. Bis sie eines Morgens nicht mehr auftaucht. Dawns Kollegin Natalie Farrell wundert sich. Dann erhält sie einen anonymen Anruf und fährt zu Dawns Wohnung. Ehe sie sich versieht, befindet sie sich in einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel, in dem sie nicht mehr sagen kann, wer das wahre Opfer ist.

Madeline Geiger is a young computer scientist whose husband has recently died under suspicious circumstances. On the day of his funeral, Madeline is approached by an FBI agent who persuades her to go undercover in the Computer Science Department to find out who's providing encryption software to an illicit pornography ring.

This is a story that profoundly changed Jake's life, faith and understanding of his family in ways he never imagined. But first let me tell you how he grew up. An unlikely family environment in a wholesale produce market was his playground, with many diverse role models to follow in childhood. Sure, there was a small coterie of friends with whom there was plenty of sports, foolishness, school and childish adventures shared.

Cath Staincliffe is best known as the creator of the hit TV series Blue Murder, as well as for her ‘Scott and Bailey’ books and ‘Sal Kilkenny’ crime novels. This full cast drama collection features the five gripping dramas in her ‘Legacy’ series, together with a standalone mystery and a three-part thriller, all specially written for BBC Radio.

March 2002. While the world watches Afghanistan, Jack Noble is in Baghdad, Iraq—on loan from the Marines to the CIA. Supposed to be part of the team, he ends up just a security detail. When he and his partner Bear confront four CIA agents abusing an Iraqi family, they’re arrested within hours. Jack only wanted to finish his service, but his intervention lands him in a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the U.S. government.

Book 1: The Icehouse A Murderer on the Loose. A Detective Haunted by the Past. A Race Against Time. DCI Jonathan Walker is a senior detective for the Lancashire Constabulary in North West England. He’s haunted by events of the past and hell bent on redemption.

Eine gutbürgerliche Nachbarschaft in Oslo: Auf offener Straße bricht Erling zusammen und stirbt. Allein im großen gemeinsamen Haus sitzt Evy, seine Frau, mit der er seit fünfundvierzig Jahren verheiratet war. Irgendetwas – das wird ihr immer klarer – stimmt nicht mit dem Tod ihres Mannes. Gegenstände verschwinden aus dem Haus, die drei erwachsenen Kinder verbergen Dinge vor ihr, und die Kellertür, die immer verschlossen ist, steht plötzlich offen. Nach vielen Jahren taucht ein alter Freund aus Erlings Jugend auf, und teilt Evy Unglaubliches mit. Wer wollte Erling schaden?

London is abuzz as the beautiful Ray Marcable’s final shows at the West End approach. Before she jets off to perform in America everyone in the city is clamoring to see her once more. The lines wrap around the street and crowds are tightly knit together. One fateful night, just as he is nearing the box office, a man drops to the ground—dead. Although a knife protrudes from his back and there were countless potential witnesses, no one knows the poor man and no one saw who did the deadly deed. It is up to Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard to solve this case.

Manford Page is not a typical serial killer. He dresses like a Sasquatch when committing his crimes and has left a trail of blood and viscera across the country. Narrowly escaping capture in the small town of Hillston, Manford has fled into the woods surrounding it. Federal Agent Burke and the local sheriff, Clark, must put aside their differences and work together to locate Manford before he strikes again. But not everything about the latest killings Manford is suspected of add up. He just might not be the only monster lurking in the woods.

Basada en la historia real de la última mujer decapitada en Islandia, acusada del brutal asesinato de dos hombres, Ritos funerarios es una novela de suspense y de pasiones íntimas con el trasfondo del paisaje helado de la Islandia del siglo XIX. Agnes, mientras espera la hora de su ejecución, es confinada en la granja de un matrimonio y de sus dos hijas. Horrorizada, la familia ni siquiera quiere hablar con ella. Tan solo el joven ayudante de un pastor intenta comprenderla y salvar su alma.

Vor zwölf Jahren fasste DI Monica Kennedy die Serienkillerin Pauline Tosh. Es war ihr erster großer Fall. Vergessen von der Welt, sitzt die Mörderin seitdem hinter Gittern. Die Morde hat sie nie gestanden. Als DI Kennedy eine Nachricht erhält, dass Tosh um ein Treffen bittet, ist die Kommissarin entsprechend überrascht. Sie gibt ihrer Neugier nach und stattet der Inhaftierten einen Besuch ab. Diese übergibt der Polizistin eine handgezeichnete Karte von einem abgelegenen Moorgebiet mit einem Kreuz darauf. Gibt es etwa noch mehr Opfer?

4 de agosto de 1962. Los Ángeles está que hierve, en medio de una intensa ola de calor. Una estrella de cine B ha sido secuestrada en extrañas circunstancias. Y acaban de encontrar el cuerpo sin vida de Marilyn Monroe. ¿Sobredosis, suicidio, asesinato? El jefe de policía William H. Parker pone sobre la pista a Freddy Otash, expolicía corrupto y extorsionador, que no tardará en intuir que ambos casos están relacionados. Pero, si quiere salvar su propio pellejo no puede limitarse a descubrir la verdad: deberá encontrar pruebas que alejen a los Kennedy de los rumores de asesinato.

Haunted by her brother's brutal murder, FBI Agent Sidney Stone races against time to unravel a chilling wave of child abductions that mirror her own traumatic past, pushing her to the brink of sanity as she confronts both ruthless criminals and her own demons. FBI Agent Sidney Stone has dedicated her life to the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, determined to prevent others from suffering the same fate as her kid brother, Ben. They were abducted when she was 16 and he seven. He was killed while she was let go.

"Ich habe das Geheimnis der drei Bilder entschlüsselt. Welches Leid du ertragen musstest, kann ich nicht ermessen. Wie schwer die Schuld wiegt, die du auf dich geladen hast, ist mir nicht klar. Ich kann dir nicht vergeben. Doch ich werde dich immer lieben." Ein bewegender Blogeintrag mit Zeichnungen, die viele Rätsel aufgeben. Eine Kinderzeichnung mit einem seltsamen Haus darauf. Die letzten Skizzen eines Zeichenlehrers, der unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben gekommen ist. Hängen alle diese Bilder zusammen? Zumal immer wieder Menschen sterben, die mit ihnen zu tun haben?

It's not that Curtis Carson is hating on the Latinos in his backyard dice games. He just happens to roll the dice better. But the Latinos don't see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally gunned down in a barroom shootout because of Curtis's dealings with the drug dealer Fat George, it's Curtis who ends up with a target on his back and his brother who ends up with a wrecked body far from the hoop dreams he once harbored. If things aren't tragic enough, Curtis is hellbent on setting things straight. He's on a deadly path of vengeance that will leave the streets running red...