Horror, Mystery & Thriller

The political tinderbox of 1780’s London provides the perfect backdrop for a tightly plotted and impeccably researched thriller from Laura Shepherd-Robinson, in which an aspiring politician The political tinderbox of 1780’s London provides the perfect...

Described as ‘Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express’, this is a startlingly innovative whodunit quite unlike any other. Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2019  Winner of...

A blistering study in grief and belonging that doubles as a gripping mystery of secrets buried in plain sight, this debut ripples with emotion and insight. A novel of difference, the immigrant experience and the changing face of American society; an...

Following on from Long Road to Mercy, A Minute to Midnight sees the second outing for FBI Agent Atlee Pine in a new series from the bestselling master of crime. Haunted by the childhood trauma of her twin sister’s kidnapping, Pine sets out on a deeply...

'An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.' Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'The sprightly narrative and vivid evocation of turn-of-the-century Poland make for an enjoyable tale.' Guardian 'It's fun and sparky and the...

Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece...

(Available after May 6, 2021)Praise for Kaira RoudaThe Next Wife"Rouda hits the ground running and never stops...[The Next Wife] is so much fun that you'll be sorry to see it end with a final pair of zingers. The guiltiest of guilty pleasures." --Kirkus...

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't wantto miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length talesthat will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Haunted by the past...To avoid confronting an ugly truth, Nole falls prey to a...

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller The funny, touching and unpredictable new novel from the 13 million copy internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove.'A brilliant and comforting read' MATT HAIG 'Funny, compassionate and wise . . . an...

Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her student in storytelling exercises. She meets other writers for dinner. She goes...

It has been two decades since 9/11.The enemy has been patient. The enemy has been learning. The enemy has been adapting.The enemy is ready to strike again . . . A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He's a young, popular, self-made...

His terrible secret. Her life-shattering choice . . . Discover the enthralling story of secrets, family, and the danger of the truth from the bestselling author HBO sensation BIG LITTLE LIESCecilia thought she knew her husband.That is until she...

(Available after 3-20 days)Morino is the strangest girl in school-how could she not be, given her obsession with brutal murders? And there are plenty of murders to grow obsessed with as the town in which she lives is a magnet for serial killers. She and...

When two cold cases involving an abduction of an heiress and a stolen Vermeer painting resurface, the wealthy Windsor Lockwood III has some scores to settle in this blazing thriller from Harlan Coben. From the #1 bestselling author and creator of the...

Deliciously sinister and genuinely disturbing, Cummins’s twisted thriller of a killer child and a double murder under re-investigation draws the reader into a darkly compelling world of secrets and betrayal. Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and...

Following a young British-Asian lawyer who’s broken away from her family’s criminal background after her father’s murder, The Khan is a gripping and multifaceted crime thriller that explores the meaning of community and justice with breathtaking...

Another electrifying psychological thriller from the author of We Know You Knowfocusing on the deadly rivalry at the heart of an elite production of Swan Lake.   Longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library 2021 Swan Lake is divided into the black...

Insidious and ingeniously plotted, Faulkner’s lithe psychological thriller finds a troubled expectant mum inveigling her way into the lives of another pregnant woman and her seemingly perfect family. Helen has it all... Daniel is the perfect husband...

(Available after 13 May, 2021)The perfect family. The perfect chance. The perfect lie. A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish. 'Deliciously dark and totally twisted' ERIN KELLY 'Very acute...

"Brilliant, shocking and very creepy. Mark Edwards has done it again."--Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway seriesA perfect summer. A perfect stranger. A perfect nightmare.When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered...