Crime Fiction

When you've got nothing left, you've got nothing left to lose.

Jim Nisbet's cult classic Lethal Injection, one of the first Black Lizard Books originals, has been out of print in the United States for an unforgivably long time (though it lives on in France and Germany, where Nisbet has become a true phenomenon).

When the body of a woman is found DI Breck and DS Kearns begin the hunt for her killer in this thrilling crime thriller set in 70's Britain.

* An atmospheric and suspenseful mystery, which is being likened to SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS

"People thought it was a prank when the videos first appeared: empty minutes of darkness uploaded continuously to YouTube. But then they turned nasty. Repeat images of bloody violence spread like wildfire, showing helpless figures cowering on the ground as they were kicked over and over again. And when ...

Ex-con Craig Collins thought he was done with his life of crime until he gets fired from his cushy lawn job and decides to take revenge against his former employer. The Lawn Job is as suspenseful as it is entertaining, a true thriller written with heart and humor.

In his debut novel, Stav Sherez - author of the best-selling Carrigan & Miller detective series - explores a history of terror and mass murder rooted in Europe's murky past. In a forgotten corner of a rain-lashed park in Amsterdam, the body of a tramp is found.

Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu is an unflinching, darkly funny take on love and life in modern China. It's the story of three young men, Chen Zhong, Li Liang and Big Head Wang and their tragi-comic struggles to make their way in Chengdu, China's fifth most populous city. Despite their aspirations ...

Seemingly ordinary and innocent people suddenly start to become the victims of a vicious killer on an international scale - but with no motive and no pattern, who will be next and how can he be stopped?

Meet Van Shaw - soldier, ex-con - as he returns to his native Seattle after a decade's self-imposed exile. Answering voices from his past, he finds a whole heap of trouble, and himself the prime suspect in the brutal attack on his grandfather. He has to try and see right from wrong amid the secrets and resentments of those he was once closest to.

When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bernadette 'Bambi' Gottschalk at a Valentine's Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative if not always legal businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi's world implodes...

A gripping debut crime thriller from renowned Observer journalist Jamie Doward

It's hard to recognize the devil when his hand is on your shoulder...

The second installment in Owen Laukkanen's finger-burning series, which will appeal to fans of Lee Child and Jeffery Deaver.

A pulse-pounding mystery of one man's undoing. You just might not know which man . . .

A crime story. A love story. A worldwide phenomenon. More than 2 million copies sold

Determined to find out what happened to his childhood sweetheart he searches his bombed city for answers, finding that these two stories belong on the same page, and that Bane's world belongs to others - those willing to profit from guns, human trafficking and a Manchester in decay.

A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment ...