Jade’s been in the game a lot longer than Aiden. She knows no one’s indestructible. And when you’re at the top, that’s when you’ve got to watch the hardest. Especially the ones closest to you …
Lacy Stoltz never expected to be in the firing line. Investigating judicial misconduct by Florida’s one thousand judges, her cases so far have been relatively unexciting. That’s until she meets Greg Myers, an indicted lawyer with an assumed name, who has an extraordinary tale to tell.
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She’s worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s.
For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria’s killer has never been found.
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.
In the morning, they gave Reacher a medal. And in the afternoon, they sent him back to school. Night School takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he’s not in uniform.
CLOSED CASKET: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’. ‘What I intend to say to you will come as a shock …’
The Couple Next Door announces a major new talent in thriller writing. You never know what’s happening on the other side of the wall.
In this latest in the bestselling series featuring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell shows us once again why she is the world’s number one bestselling crime writer, mistress of the shocking turns, delicious thrills, and state-of-the-art forensic details that all fans of suspense have come to love.
When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car, a routine DNA test could be the key to unlocking the mystery of a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is an expert at solving the unsolvable.
Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories, The
As the acknowledged ‘Queen of Crime’, P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best of these have been drawn from the archives and published here.
Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killer…with a conscience. Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city’s police force scrambling for answers.
The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced.
Harry Bosch is working as a part-time detective in the town of San Fernando outside of Los Angeles, when he gets the invitation to meet with the ageing aviation billionaire Whitney Vance.
The day begins like any other Saturday – a shower, coffee, breakfast. But suddenly, all hell breaks loose in the town of Promise Falls. People are dying in the street – the hospital and emergency services are overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
Frankie James is a young man with a lot on his shoulders. His mother disappeared when he was fifteen; his father’s in jail for armed robbery; and he owes rent on the SoHo snooker club he inherited to one of London’s toughest gangsters.
Jeff Hinkley, a British Horseracing Authority investigator, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organisation, an informant who is passing on confidential information to fix races.
Drop-out military cop Jack Reacher has finally hitch-hiked his way to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police.
Cold Earth is the seventh book in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series – a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall. In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main Lerwick-Sumburgh road and sweeps down to the sea.
Special Agent Kate Coppola’s mission is to stop the growing menace of domestic human trafficking, starting with the customers and suppliers of the now-broken Cincinnati trafficking ring. Decker’s new revelation is her worst nightmare – one of the traffickers’ customers is acquiring teens for the Internet sex trade.
London is under siege. Nine men in suicide vests primed to explode hold hostages in nine different locations around the city, and are ready to die for their cause. Their mission: to force the government to release jihadist prisoners from Belmarsh Prison.
No Man’s Land by David Baldacci is an exciting thriller featuring special investigator John Puller, who is pursuing a case that will send him deep into his own troubled past.
Detective Inspector Helen Grace has spent her whole life running. From the past. From herself. From everyone who’s ever tried to get close to her. She’s spent her whole life hiding. Behind the badge.
At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive. With her leave period imminent, she’s forced to step aside when DCI James Atkins is called in to investigate.
Mia Cosgrove is a high-flying psychotherapist with a thriving practice, but when she receives a desperate phone call from her oldest friend, Lysette, she puts her London life on hold to rush to her side.
Elizabeth II’s coronation is looming, but the murder of their wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, spoils the happy mood for DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. A playbill featuring another deceased comrade is found in Colonel Cartwright’s possession, and a playing card, the ace of hearts: the blood card.
A freak accident has killed Lucy Brighton’s father. And when she goes to his house, she’s convinced that someone has broken in. She asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into it – but isn’t prepared for what he’ll find.
Hidden Killers sees Jane acting as a ‘decoy’ prostitute, with the hope of capturing a suspect wanted for numerous sexual assaults. The attacker is drawn in and put under arrest. Commended for bravery in the case, Jane is given CID status and moves from Hackney to Bow Street Station as Detective.
When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it’s there. There’s no explanation, no website: just a grainy image and a phone number.
When human remains are discovered to the rear of an old primary school, forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod and her assistant arrive to excavate the grave. Approaching midwinter, they find daylight in short supply, the weather inhospitable and some of the island’s inhabitants less than co-operative.
A journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests seemingly missing.
A terrorist attack is coming, one bigger and more deadly than has ever been seen before. With the eyes of the security establishment elsewhere, only Lucy and Marc can stop the attack before it’s too late.
Annie Carter finally believes that life is good. She and Max are back together and she has a new and uncomplicated life sunning herself in Barbados. It’s what she’s always dreamed of. Then she gets the news that her old friend Dolly Farrell is dead, and suddenly
Eve Singer needs death. With her career as a TV crime reporter flagging, she’ll do anything to satisfy her ghoulish audience. The killer needs death too. He even advertises his macabre public performances, where he hopes to show the whole world the beauty of dying.
The Girl on the Train (Film Tie-In)
It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. Now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train…
This is the case she imagined. Precision-cut and savage, lithe and momentous. Antoinette Conway, the tough, abrasive detective from The Secret Place, is still on the Murder squad, but only just.
Florence: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object found hidden in his belongings.
When the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads ‘I’m travelling alone’. In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a special homicide unit.
Sophie is haunted by the things she can’t remember – and visions from the past she will never forget. One morning, she wakes to find that the little boy in her care is dead. She has no memory of what happened.
Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life to the Service, but it has left him with nothing but grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin. Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge.
On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found.
Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame. Then one of them is killed – and it’s clear one of the circle was responsible.
Only eighteen, AJ was cleared by a grand jury. Now, Lu wonders if the events of 1980 happened as she remembers them. What details might have been withheld from her when she was a child?
Together, in Death Comes Knocking, they have written a gripping account of the city’s most challenging cases, taking the reader from crime scenes and incident rooms to the morgue, and introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired Peter James’s characters.
What if your child wanted you dead? Julia is terrified by her daughter’s aggressive behaviour. Lily has changed from an angelic little girl into someone she is afraid to be alone with.
The murder of women priests in Norfolk’s spooky shrine town of Walsingham draws forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway into a thrilling new adventure.
Fran Hall and her husband Nathan have moved with their two children to a farmhouse on the edge of the Fens – a chance to get away from London and have a fresh start. But when Fran wakes one night to find Nathan gone, she makes a devastating discovery.
What if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do? A killer that the police are calling ‘Billy Dead Mates’ is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book…
It’s been five years since Carter Blake parted ways with top-secret government operation Winterlong. They brokered a deal at the time: he’d keep quiet about what they were doing, and in return he’d be left alone.
The young girl who causes the fatal car crash disappears from the scene. A runaway who doesn’t want to be found, she only wants to go home. To the one man who understands her. Gives her shelter. Just as he gives shelter to the other lost girls who live in his house.
When Jane Kinnear sees her lover being murdered, she suddenly finds herself in danger. Taken to an anonymous police safe-house, it soon becomes clear that her lover was an MI5 informant with important information about an imminent terrorist attack.
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I’d love to read Betrayal by Martina Cole – love her books!
Hmm, difficult choice, so many good authors there and some that I’ve already read. Think it’d have to be Mark Billingham’s Die of Shame though…
I would want to read Claire Mackintosh’s ‘I See You’ read ‘I Let You Go’ recently and found it to be a great read 🙂
I want to read Lee Child Night School…I keep seeing it everywhere and it looks and sounds fab!
I’d like to read Ian Rankin’s Rather Be The Devil – love all the Rebus books and always happy to see a new one!
I’d like to read the Loving Husband – Have heard fab things about this book and would love to read it.
would love to read harlen cobens Home. x
“The Blood Card”. I’m a big Elly Griffiths fan and love both of her series. “The Blood Card” is next on my To Read list.
I’d love to read Framed by Ronnie O’Sullivan because I’m really intrigued to know what kind of a thriller a top snooker player would write (or have ghost written for him?)
Home, by Harlen Coben. Great fan of his books!
Oh my, what a terrific selection! I’ve read a few – loved Blood Wedding. Would really like to read (win) The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer.
Night School by Lee Child
The Beautiful Dead
Would have to be Lee Child’s Night School as have read all the other Jack Reacher books and absolutely love them!
The time to kill sounds intriguing
I’d like to read Betrayal by Martina Cole as I really enjoyed ‘The Take’
I’m slowly getting into this genre of books and the other book that appeals to me most is Val McDermid – Out of Bounds
Ian Rankin rather be the devil x
Val McDermid, Out of Bounds. I am a big fan of this genre but have not read any of Val’s books, would love to start
Betrayal by Martina Cole is going on my list x
So many! But Anthony Horowitz – Magpie Murders looks good.
The Couple Next Door
Sophie Hannah- Closed Casket as I loved Monogram Murders.
The woman in blue
Night School by Lee Childs
Elly Griffiths – The Blood Card – I am a fan of her Ruth Galloway series – so I would like to try this one too!
it would have to be jack reecher for me huge fan of lee chil d books
After seeing and enjoying all the edge of your seat seat twists and turns of Inferno at the cinema,I would love to read Dan Brown”s novel from whence the film was derived.
I’d love to read The Mistletoe Murder! I love a good old who did it murder story!
id love to try Elly Griffiths – The Blood Card , to see if its any good
I need to read the latest Jack Reacher – so Lee Child’s Night School for me and my hubby.
I would like to read The Couple Next Door, it sounds good and I haven’t read it
My wife loves Alex Cross, so it has to be James Patterson’s Cross the Line
I would love to read P.D.James The Mistletoe Murders as she is one of my favourite authors. #WHSmith Advent 🙂
One, I can only pick one ?? Oh well, in that case it would have to be I See You by Clare Mackintosh. I really enjoyed I let you go and look forward to reading more from Clare.
I’d love to read Anthony Horowitz: Magpie Murders.
The book from that list that I would love to read is Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
John Grisham – The Whistler
So many quality titles here, but I’m most looking forward to reading Lee Child’s Night School.
Being a big snooker fan, I’d like to read Framed by Ronnie O’Sullivan
Betrayal by Martina Cole
P D James , The Mistletoe Murders , a very festive read over the Christmas Holidays !
Conclave because I love a clerical thriller !
Conclave by Robert Harris
So many to choose but for me it would have to be The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay as I’ve loved all his books.
Lee Child Night School would be fantastic
I haven’t read Lee Child’s Night School, so that would be my choice.
karen rose every dark corner
The Whistler – John Grisham
Inferno by dan brown
The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly. I love the Harry Bosch stories
Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves.
Wow, lots of them I’d add to my list, but I think Lee Child’s Night School would have to be top of the pile.
Linwood Barclay’s The Twenty Three would be my choice
John Grisham – The Whistler
The Time To Kill……Mason Crss looks very interesting so I would choose that one to read, thanks
Definitely want to read the Sophie Hannah novels, heard good things about them.
PD James “The Mistletoe Murder” – I’ve read her books but not her short stories
the girl on the train
John Grisham – The Whistler
night school
I’d love to read The Twenty Three by Linwood Barclay. Already read most of his books and they never disappoint.
Michael Connelly – Wrong Side Of Goodbye, love Michael Connelly
Tess gerristen as my mum loves her books so I would give these to her
Ian Rankin Rather be the Devil
Mark Billingham – Die of Shame
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Die of Shame by Mark Billingham sounds like a great read.
The Girl On The Train – Paula Hawkins
Night School by Lee Child should be good..
Too many choices but if pushed I’d go with …The couple next door – Shari Lapena. Always nice to try something new and I’ve heard good things about it.
james patterson cross the line i love his books
Dan Brown Inferno
lee child night school i love all the jack reacher books so far
Home by Harlan Coben – he is usually fabulous!
I am looking forward to reading betrayal
I’m desperate to read Night School
Loads of great authors here! I’d like to try The Couple Next Door – sounds really good
the couple next door
Jings, only one? I’ll pick Val McDermid’s Out of Bounds.
Karen Rose – Every dark corner – difficult choice as I’d probably like all of them
Linwood Barclay – The Twenty Three
The twenty three
wow now that was hard i want them all! But I’d like to try The Couple Next Door please
None But the Dead by Lin Anderson
I really want Tastes Like Fear by Sarah Hilary. I loved the other Marnie Rome books!
id love to read betrayal by martina cole
Hidden Killers by Lynda La Plante is my top pick from this list
the Woman in Blue Elly Griffiths i haven`t read any of of Elly`s
I would love to read Playing With Fire by Tess Gerittson
magpie murders sounds great
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah would be my choice.
I’d love to read James Patterson – Cross The Line from the list. Discover the author this year and I’ve been obsessed with him since.