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Riley Sager

John Le Carré

Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss

Evelyn Clarke

'In the running for the best mystery of 2026' Stephen King Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for Number One Sunday Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, and screenwriter and YA author Cat Clarke. SELECTED FOR 2026 ONES TO WATCH: Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Radio Times, BBC News Online, Stylist, Scotland on Sunday, The Herald Scotland, My Weekly, The Scotsman, Muddy Stilettos Be...

Patrick Radden Keefe

In 2019, teenager Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment balcony into the Thames. As his grieving parents began to investigate his final days, they were shocked to learn that he'd been leading a double life, in which he was posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch.This unsolved case is at the heart of London Falling - at once a family tragedy...

T Kira Madden

Freida Mcfadden

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...

Tobi Coventry

'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...

Michael Connelly

'A great story' THE TIMES 'An enjoyable twisty mystery from a master of the game' MAIL ON SUNDAY From the author of the books behind the #1 Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer, and #1 Amazon Prime series Bosch and Ballard. ***** 'A murder case is like a shark. It sleeps, it dies.' LAPD Detective Stilwell was forced out of the Homicide department and sent to a dead-end post on ...

Freida Mcfadden

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I''ll soon learn that the Winchesters'' secrets are far more dangerous than my own... Every day I clean t...

Michael. Connelly

Freida Mcfadden

There's someone at your front door - should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new psychological thriller from global sensation and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid. *** Who knows what the storm will blow in... Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways o...

Richard Osman

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of ...

Richard Osman

**The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman** ----- Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providi...

Mick Herron

Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather a legendary former spy long dead, River investigates the secrets of the old man's library, and a mysteriously missing book. Regent's Park's First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn't appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Trou...

Richard Osman

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthod...

Mj Author. 310946 / Holly Jackson

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 impossible to put down' Chris Whitaker 'An ...

Liz Moore

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...

Paula Hawkins

'Undoubtedly Hawkins' best novel yet' Observer ***** In the dead of night, Grace wakes . . . The Scottish island of Eris is largely unreachable from the mainland. Cut off by the tide for twelve hours each day. No way in. No way out. The island's only house is home to Grace - content in her own isolation, guarding the island's past. But when a shocking discovery is made in an ...

Riley Sager

One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge. 'A locked room thriller at its best! Nonstop suspense with twists and turns that will leave your head spinning' FREIDA MCFADDEN In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Twelve years later, she's ready for retribution. Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family's downfall onto ...

Iliana Xander

Mackenzie Casper has always lived in the shadow of her famous mother - a best-selling author whose dark, twisted tales have garnered fans across the world. When her mother dies in a tragic accident, many fans are left grieving. But Mackenzie is left with more than she bargained for when investigators start asking questions. What if what happened wasn't an accident? What if it...

Stephen King

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines - one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker - featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. From master storyteller Stephen King comes a thrilling new novel with intertwining ...

Peter Swanson

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KIND WORTH KILLING 'A killer read with twist after twist!' JANICE HALLETT 'A shape-shifting psychological thriller.' THE TIMES 'So many great twists and a truly chilling villain . . . Swanson's best one yet.' MARK EDWARDS 'The talented Mr Swanson does it again.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT After a whirlwind romance, quiet librarian Martha...

Kyrie Mccauley

Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley's gripping and magical thriller following a group of young women as they face the stress of harsh elements, a mysterious monster, and an unraveling of secrets after their yacht is wrecked off the coast of North America. Liv Whitlock knows she doesn't belong there. But after years of stumbling between fos...

James Patterson / Michael Crichton

DON'T MISS THE BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER OF THE SUMMER 'As thrilling and jaw-dropping as Jurassic Park' Don Winslow 'Heart-pounding storytelling at its finest' T.J. Newman 'One of the most entertaining novels I've read in years' Adrian McKinty _______________________________ Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller. A once-in-a-ce...

Freida Mcfadden

A dark, tense, and twist-laden thriller from the instant #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Boyfriend and The Housemaid "A relentless mix of secrets, lies, and jaw-dropping shocks." - Riley Sager *** There's no place like home... Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mor...

Freida Mcfadden

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE GOODREADS AWARD FOR BEST CRIME AND THRILLER 2023 As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too man...

Kelly Mullen

'Fabulous, over-the-top fun' The Guardian 'A delightful game of twists' Chris Chibnall 'Slick and witty' Daily Mail _____________________________________ Two unlikely detectives. A killer cocktail of suspects. A Gibson martini garnished with three silverskin onions is 77-year-old Mimi's favourite cocktail. It is best served with a crossword puzzle, not as an apéritif at Jane ...

Ashley Winstead

"It's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story... After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose, and...

Callie Kazumi

'Tense, deceptive and darkly compelling - a brilliant debut' T.M Logan ___________________________________________ A story of obsession, love and murder - and not the one you're expecting. . . Discover a gripping new thriller with a killer twist at its core. When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she's the one who ends up being shocked to her c...