Horror, Mystery & Thriller

DI Vera Stanhope is back on the case in Ann Cleeves' latest murder mystery where the secrets (and bodies) are piling up. As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and on TV, this stunning eleventh...

Lose yourself in this evocative, sun-soaked thriller from the bestselling author of The Hike and One of the Girls A SECRET YACHT. A LIFE-CHANGING HOLIDAY. YOU WON'T WANT TO LEAVE. UNTIL YOU CAN'T… Leaving the grey skies of home, best friends Kitty...

Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chillingly beautiful mystery, only the obsessive spirit of youth can save a desperate town from the savagery within. Ava Bonney is a compassionate and studious fourteen-year-old...

Fans of Richard Osman and Nita Prose, meet Kristin Perrin and her new feel-good whodunit. Amateur sleuthing, a quiet village, a stately home — and another book on the way. What's not to love?A Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024.AN...

The ship was doomed before it ever left port. His fate was sealed before he ever stepped on board. From R. L. Graham, Death on the Lusitania is an immersive WW1 historical novel set aboard the ill-fated ocean liner.Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie...

In a world where a betrayal of trust can leave you dead in the gutter, loyalty is a very precious commodity in this muscular, violent and compulsive blockbuster from the queen of gangland crime. If you want to survive in this world, there's one thing...

The bestselling author of How To Kill Your Family spins another gloriously funny and dark story about dysfunctional families in the shiny but cruel world of the extremely wealthy. 'I was immensely grateful that despite the gruesome way my husband...

Gwinny Tuffel is preparing for her first acting role in a decade in the West End, but she is dog-sitting on the side to keep the wolf from the door. So, when ageing rock star Crash Double needs help with his Border Collie, she jumps at the chance. After...

An ambitious actor digs down into his darkest memories for a key role, little suspecting that closely-guarded secrets from years past are about to come to the surface in MacDonald's magnificently menacing psychological thriller. At long last, Adam...

Combining a distinct, offbeat literary style with a propulsive premise, Asako Yuzuki is another deeply engaging author to come out of Japan. Centered around food, the distinctive and downright fun voice alone makes this stand apart; add in characters...

Equal parts campy and creepy, this ode to slashers will have you pressing play on all your favorite old horror flicks.From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that sees a famous 80s slasher director set...

A seminal work of crime fiction from one of Japan's pioneers of the genre, Beast in the Shadows spins a twist-laden tale of disturbing letters, damsels in distress and sinister writers in which nothing is as it seems. A mystery writer turns detective...

Once secrets catch, they spread. Deadly fires are lighting up Brighton, and the latest case is alarmingly close to home for DC Eve Starling. The blaze was deliberately set, and a mother and daughter didn’t make it out of the smoke. Eve’s...

Would you recognize a real scream on Halloween?That’s the question haunting Norah Lewis.She can’t shake the guilt that’s stalked her since the night her brother was murdered. She heard —and ignored—his last screams. Just...

A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad)...

From Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie, comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror (previously published as On This, the Day of the Pig).NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR...

This compendium of Harlan Ellison’s incredible life and work is perfect for fans of all things sci-fi, horror and more. Whether you’ve been a lifelong admirer or you finally have the privilege of discovering his work now, this is a highlight...

“The Master? Dr. Greeby? You don’t say so! Murdered? Dear me! Poor Greeby! This will upset my whole day’s work.”  An Oxford Master is slain on campus during Pentecost. A headmaster faces off in a deadly battle of wits with a...

The 13th chilling and adrenaline-packed Robert Hunter thriller and Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller.‘Gruesome but utterly riveting – and all the more so for being at least partly true’ Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail'Dark, chilling and full...

A thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon, from the author of the critically acclaimed Bernicia Chronicles. An English soldier turned police officer escapes to the American West for a new life, but things in Oregon prove far harder than he...