Crime Fiction

The new Botswana book from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this is Mma Ramotswe's sixteenth wonderful adventure.

Leo Selver, a middle-aged antiques dealer, is stunned when the beautiful and desirable Judy Latimer shows an interest in him. Soon they are lying in each other's arms, unaware that this embrace will be their last. This exhilarating and innovative thriller was first published in 1976.

From the author of the bestselling The Oxford Murders comes a stylish and gripping new crime story that will be loved by readers of Umberto Eco.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin.

1969. A veteran secret agent. A single mission. A licence to kill. James Bond returns.

Catch up on the latest from Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and other favourites in the latest instalment of Alexander McCall Smith's beloved No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

A sharp psychological thriller exposing the dark underbelly of provincial society in Austria.

Covers the life in the badlands of modern Britain. From the killing fields of the East Midlands to the mean streets of London, from the jazz clubs and clip joints of Soho to the barren fenlands of East Anglia, this title focuses on a world of broken families and run-down estates, revenge killings and prostitution, drugs, guns and corruption.

* Highly original 'detective' stories with unique setting and characters

The eighteenth installment from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken ...

Originally published by Gryphon Books in 1993, Difficult Lives was one of the earliest attempts to track the legacy of original paperback writers such as Jim Thompson, David Goodis and Chester Himes. The individual essays on these three first appeared in literary magazines. Difficult Lives visits a rare moment when...

The tenth in the Agatha Raisin murder mysteries complete with brand new cover design

The Saint is back - the thirty-five original books starring the debonair classic crime hero are being republished in print and ebook with new introductions and extra content.

The Saint is back - the thirty-five original books starring the debonair classic crime hero are being republished in print and ebook with new introductions and extra content.

Crime doesn't come better than Connelly: the brand new blockbuster from the crime-thriller powerhouse.'Michael Connelly is the greatest American crime writer of his generation' THE TIMES

Someone knows where the bodies are buried...'Taut, dark and expertly crafted tale' [GUARDIAN] from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES

Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

A blockbuster crime thriller from a #1 bestselling powerhouse at the top of his game.

The Health Enforcement Team is struggling with the aftermath of IT specialist Bryce's sabotage of government systems. As Bryce threatens to shoot a civil servant every day until his demands are met, the civil service is in melt-down. It's getting dangerous - and not just for the team.