Crime Fiction

Little, Brown/Abacus has sold more than 12 million copies of Alexander McCall Smith's books. This is the twenty-first book in the perennially adored The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

A professional surveillance operative tracks a dangerous psychopath.

A missing girl.
A murdered friend.
No one left to trust.

'Seriously good suspense ... trust me, you'll need to know what happens' Lee Child


'Superb characterisation, humour and galloping plot' Susie Steiner

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Detective Kubu's world is shattered when his father is violently murdered. Defying orders, he sets off on the killers' trail ... with shocking consequences...

In the third thrilling instalment of the series, Enzo is running out of time in more ways than one.

The epic second novel from the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger-shortlisted and Shamus-nominated author of Fever CityMexico - Ciudad Real is in crisis: the economy is in meltdown, a new war between rival cartels is erupting, and a serial killer is murdering hundreds of female workers.

The truth can get you killed... A stunning thriller from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SIX YEARS.

Defend or Die is the explosive follow-up to Capture or Kill from the bestselling author of Soldier Spy, Tom Marcus.

When the body of a bushman with puzzlingly young organs is stolen from the morgue and a local witch doctor goes missing, Detective Kubu becomes involved in a life-threatening case.

One tiny island, many hidden secrets - the fourth of Peter May's Enzo Files.

If they can report the murder 24 hours in advance, then surely then can stop it?For fans of MJ Arlidge and Lucy Foley - the latest novel from the king of the locked room mystery.

A dark and witty domestic noir about a cleaner with a mysterious past, from the #1 ebook bestselling author of Call Me Mummy

A brutal attack. A mysterious demand for money. An unexpected kidnap... A superb novel from the two-time winner of the THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD and Costa shortlisted author of THE LESS DEAD

Ex-MI6 assassin John Milton has started to hope that he might have a future. He has a job driving a taxi around the streets of San Francisco. He has his anonymity and his solitude. But that's all about to change...

The addictive and compelling new thriller from the million-copy bestselling author of The Girl Before

A family home, a buried secret; a beautifully written, darkly twisting and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets of the Tides.

Clay Moloney, a cynical reporter with a regional Australian newspaper, is expecting an easy Sunday at work when the body of a young woman washes up at the Bay of Martyrs. The death is an inconvenience for Clay, who's content filing obituaries and re-writing government press releases on the new multi-million-dollar ...

For fans of The Thursday Murder Club comes the thrilling opener to a new Agatha Christie-style mystery series set in Poland

A haunting and sophisticated debut in which priceless art and unspeakable desires converge.

French ex-pat Tristan Mourault is the wealthy, urbane heir to a world- renowned collection of art-and an insatiable voyeur enamored with Karen Miller, a fifteen-year-old girl from a working-class family in ...