Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A deliciously indulgent, sun-soaked crime thriller built for the beach, The Guests peels back the veneer of a seemingly idyllic Maldives resort to uncover a wealth of sinister secrets. WELCOME TO PARADISE! Or so the staff say as they greet the...

An unputdownable crime thriller ideal for a sizzling summer, The Garden Partyassembles the perfect family for an engagement celebration as facades start to crack and deadly secrets emerge. Saltburn meets Agatha Christie for the party of the summer...

“Twisty and complex, with unexpected turns…and characters you really root for.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author. From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong...

The bestselling author of A Fatal Crossing and The Murder Game returns with a delicious closed community thriller set on the shores of the Italian beauty spot, as a murderer strikes at a highly exclusive wedding. One happy couple. Two divided families. A...

From the international bestselling author of the DCI Ryan mysteries comes a new Doctor Alexander Gregory thriller, performed by Richard Armitage.A killer without a conscience...After the success of their first case as a newly-formed Profiling Unit,...

Kay Scarpetta is back, and with her, the mauled remains of two campers that surely spells foul play. Woven with thrilling twists, compelling mystery and forensic investigation, this is a page-turner that'll be over far too soon. Two mauled bodies in...

Packed with classic crime fiction charm, the first instalment in a new string of mysteries from the bestselling creator of the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series finds Inspector Ramsay tasked with the case of a dead Headmaster, found hung after his...

The author of the megaselling Our House and The Only Suspect delivers another dark, scalpel-sharp thriller that peels away the veneer of middle-class propriety, when two privileged city couples enjoying their second homes in the countryside are...

David Baldacci and his protagonist Travis Devine have built an empire out of the 6:20 Man series. There’s so much thrilling action that it’s hard to read sitting down.The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in...

The Cat Who Solved Three Murders by L T Shearer is a charming cosy crime read for fans of Richard Osman and S. J. Bennett.Retired police detective Lulu Lewis’s life changed forever when she met a street cat named Conrad. There’s something...

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a town council meeting. When traces of aconite—also known as the queen of poisons—are found in his coffee cup, the police realize...

From the bestselling author of The Woman Who Disappearedcomes another faultlessly plotted thriller revolving around festering resentments and crumbling façades, as two very different sisters decide to do a lifeswap for a week - with harrowing...

The much-loved rector of Champton returns in the third page-turning instalment in Coles' mega-selling series, as Canon Daniel Clement's well-planned recovery trip to a monastery turns into another knotty murder investigation. Daniel Clement has suffered...

The heart-pounding prequel to the acclaimed espionage thriller The Partisan finds the formidable Greta at the beginning of her journey into deadly danger and political intrigue, as the freedom fighter is tasked with finding a missing girl across the...

The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.****THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND...When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray Sierra India' incident, the operator doesn't understand. He tells...

From the Pulitzer Price winning author of The Return, this literary novel is surprising and special. With a propulsive narrative, it's a story of friendship and belonging, exile and home.WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION •...

“Behind You Is the Sea fearlessly confronts stereotypes about Palestinian culture, weaving a remarkable portrait of life's intricate moments, from joyous weddings to heart-wrenching funerals, from shattered hearts to hidden truths—I wept and...

Like a modern-day, British The Bonfire of the Vanities, Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road is a story of the haves vs have nots and the lengths we go to uphold — or subvert — societal standards.A Finalist for the 2024 Orwell Prize...

We watched our young narrator muddle his way through an entirely new — and utterly unfamiliar — world of power and money in this clear-eyed, charming coming-of-age-story we didn't want to end. (Oh, and that title? We're still laughing along...

Pushed and pulled between her parents and her children, a woman faces her past and her future, in a story about the ins and outs and joy of life. Think Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois or anything by Laurie Colwin.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...