Crime & thriller Books 307 results

Peter Swanson

Faber & Faber

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Welcome to Christmas at Grey Gables, where everyone's a suspect. Struggling mystery writer Nicholas Child is commissioned to help another writer finish the overdue follow up to his breakout bestseller. Travelling to Grey Gables, the writer's Cape Cod home, in the week before Christmas, he discovers a house full of secrets, and a cast o...

Samantha Downing

Penguin

BECAUSE OLD PEOPLE DON'T JUST SOLVE MURDERS... A razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, My Lovely Wife - pre-order the paperback now! 'Equal parts hilarious and disturbing... kept me glued to the pages from beginning to end!' Freida McFadden 'Sharp, sly and darkly hilarious' i -- You'd never gue...

Katy Brent

Harper

The brand-new novel from the bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With it. Available to pre-order now! If a man hurt your best friend - like, really hurt her - what would you do? Key his car? Or hunt him down and chop him into little pieces? Tough decision, I know. I've tracked this lowlife to LA and brought my little sister Antoinette along for the ride. I'm tryi...

Joël Dicker

Quercus

THE PHENOMENAL BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL FROM THE MASTER OF THE PLOT TWIST. MORE THAN 7 MILLION COPIES SOLD "A top-class literary thriller" The Times "The cleverest, creepiest book you'll read this year" Daily Telegraph August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with Nola...

Mimi Montgomery

Penguin

A city transplant in a dog-obsessed small town becomes the prime suspect when the local dog walker is murdered in this charmingly quirky and clever mystery."A delightful mashup of Desperate Housewives and Best in Show, Murder Bites is laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly heartwarming. A very fun ride, from a totally original new voice."—Marisa Kashino, author of the Good Morni...

Agatha Christie

Harper

The special edition hardback of Agatha Christie's international mystery. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon - a British agent named Carmichael. Unfortu...

Agatha Christie

Harper

An ordinary village A shocking announcement One morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm.' Suspecting this is just a joke, they gather for some evening entertainment. Then a gunshot is heard. In desperation, the police turn to an old ...

Lee Child

Corgi

From global bestseller and creator of Jack Reacher, comes Lee Child's first-ever autobiographical collection. 'Essential reading for all Reacher fans.' STEVE CAVANAGH 'Need a Lee Child/Reacher fix? Of course you do . . . This book is perfect for rabid fans and unabashed addicts - like me.' JAMES PATTERSON 'Fans of the series (and would-be writers looking for tips) will relis...

Sarah Vaughan

Simon & Schuster

ALL FAMILIES HAVE SECRETS. BUT IT'S THE LIES THAT CAN KILL. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of Anatomy of a Scandal. 'A timely and compelling study of family guilt. Sarah Vaughan's finest novel yet' MICK HERRON 'Vaughan's novels are not just screenplay drafts: her cool, careful prose is a pleasure to read' TELEGRAPH 'Expertly plotted an...

Holly Jackson

Penguin

PRE-ORDER THE HOTTEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR. Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 'This truly unique premise snowballs into a roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' Freida McFadden 'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker. Holly Jackson's adult debut is fresh, fun and...

Agatha Christie

Harper

A young woman found murdered A scandal in the making When Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there's only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple. But she hasn't called her old friend for comfort. The body in her library has been murdered and Miss Marple is so very good at solving murders. Her investigations uncover a scandal far darker than either of them...

Chris Pavone

Penguin

'Sensationally good.' LEE CHILD 'The kind of novel that wins book awards.' STEPHEN KING A pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex, and murder, from the New York Times bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon and The Expats. Chicky Diaz is everyone's favourite doorman at the Bohemia, New York City's world-famous home of celebrities, financiers, and the cultural elite. ...

Shari Lapena

Corgi

The gripping new psychological thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Everyone Here Is Lying. *NOW AN INSTANT GLOBAL BESTSELLER!* 'Lapena's books are addictive!' FREIDA McFADDEN, #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author. 'Stunning: fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns' LUCY FOLEY, Sunday Times bestselling a...

Lee Child / Andrew Child

Corgi

'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' DAILY MIRROR THE NEW JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The 'gripping must-read' (Express) new Jack Reacher thriller featuring 'the best villain yet' (USA Today)! First - a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner...

Freida Mcfadden

Penguin

From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a gripping psychological thriller about a YouTube sensation who has secrets hidden offline that might be enough to destroy her. *** Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others... Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares...

Shotaro Ikenami

Penguin

In the months since their last perilous quest, a fragile calm has settled over Edo. Daijiro dedicates his days to training the first pupil of his quiet riverside dojo, while his father Kohei - a famed swordsman whose name still inspires awe - drifts through an uneasy retirement, his razor-sharp mind too restless for leisure. But such peace never lasts long in the shogunate. On...

Tobi Coventry

Harper

'MAGNETIC, CLAUSTROPHOBIC, WICKEDLY ALIVE' LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE LAMB 'IF STEPHEN KING, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH AND JOHN WATERS HAD A BABY - ITS THIS BRILLIANT BOOK' JODIE HARSH 'HORNY. GORY. RELATABLE.' KIRSTY LOGAN FLATMATES ARE HELL... 'Massimo lived here now. And things had begun to happen. Sounds, smells, dreams. A private horror show. A usurper in my ordered world...' Simon...

Agatha Christie

Harper

A healthy young man dies in his sleep, despite the ringing of seven separate alarm clocks... Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with t...

Lisa Jewell

Penguin

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER LISA JEWELL 'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN 'A thrilling chilling work of genius.' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Utterly absorbing, fiendishly clever and all-consuming' ANDREA MARA ___________ He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made...

Amy Meyerson

Penguin

Internationally bestselling author Amy Meyerson takes readers on a harrowing journey where two mothers--one of a woman who drowned and the other of a toddler who might know what happened to her--are the only ones searching for the truth. Heavily pregnant with her second child, Tessa Irons has enough on her mind without her toddler throwing tantrums at the local coffee shop. The...

Kristen Perrin

Quercus

PRE-ORDER HOW TO CHEAT YOUR OWN DEATH, THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE CASTLE KNOLL FILES, NOW. OUT APRIL 2026. The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder, this edition now features early bonus content of How To Cheat Your Own Death! 'What a great read!' J. M. Hall 'Kept me guessing until the very end' Joanna Wallace 'Thrilling' G. T. Karber 'Original, atmos...

Alice Feeney

Panmacmillan

'I was consumed by this book, it's her best ever, a work of genius' - Lisa Jewell 'Brilliant and chilling, with an inspired setting, characters that jump off the page and twists to give you whiplash. I loved every word' - Claire Douglas The million-copy bestselling author of His and Hers, Alice Feeney, returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage . . ....

Seishi Yokomizo

Penguin

FROM ONE OF JAPAN'S GREATEST CRIME WRITERS—THE AUTHOR OF THE HONJIN MURDERS: Nothing at The Black Cat Café is as it seems. . .In order to solve this sensational stand-alone murder mystery, scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi will have to untangle a complex web of love, jealousy, and betrayalIn post-war Tokyo, still recovering from the devastating wartime bombing raids, a patroll...

Miye Lee

Penguin

WHO IS THE BIGGEST VILLAIN IN YOUR OFFICE? A gripping and incisive psychological drama from the internationally bestselling author of DallerGut Dream Department Store. Eight unsuspecting people receive an invitation to participate in a mysterious new reality show called Break Room. But what starts as an opportunity to find fame is quickly revealed to be something far more un...

Danielle Valentine

Penguin

'A sizzling read sauced with scares galore' - ORLANDO MURRIN'Forget five stars, this deserves a Michelin star' - J.M. HEWITT'A deliciously dark tale with a mouth-watering mystery at its heart' - T.M. LOGANShe has the recipe for the perfect murder...Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name with dozens of cookbooks and a weekly television show, not to men...

Freida Mcfadden

Penguin

From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, The Boyfriend, and The Tenant comes a story of monstrous motherhood. She gave you a life. Now she wants yours. *** She was promised a miracle. She got more than she bargained for. Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seem...

Peter Swanson

Faber & Faber

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JULIA ROBERTS FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Deliciously dark.' JOHN MARRS 'Exhilarating' DANYA KUKAFKA 'Ingenious' LAURA LIPPMAN What if the only way to bury the truth is to bury your husband? The first attempt at killing her husband was the night of the dinner party. After forty years, Thom Graves has become an incredible disappo...

Liz Moore

The Borough Press

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS 'At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible' STEPHEN KING ---------------------------------------------------- When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at...

Ruth Ware

Simon & Schuster

In this follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Wares multi-million copy mega-hit The Women in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe. In this gripping follow-up to bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million-copy mega-hitThe Woman in Cabin 10- coming soon to Netflix...

Clare Leslie Hall

Phoenix

A life-changing love story. A devastating decision. 1972. Alice Garland can't take her eyes off Jacob Earl. With his black curls and snakeskin boots, the lead singer of the Disciples commands the stage. It's the beginning of a passionate relationship. For a while it feels like they're at the centre of something electrifying. But it doesn't take long before the dream starts to ...