Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer Winifr…

Australia, 1979. It's the height of summer and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white chequered tiles of her bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems.For one thing, it's 3 a.m. For another, …

A brand-new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden – the master of riveting suspense and emotional twists that readers can’t get enough of. ***The nightmare she’s running …

She was lucky to be with a man like him. Craving solitude, he accepts a job on the coast and quickly settles into his new life where he meets reclusive artist Lennie. Lennie has made the same move for similar reasons.She is living…

No one suspects a thing. When your daughter shows you a video of a masked man climbing out of an attic, you initially ignore her.But then you recognise the carpet, the stairs and the paintings. Your heart skips a beat, because the…

When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive. It is not the echoing, near empty house…

When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum - and a dead body is found nearby - the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter's Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate.Following a lead that takes …

'Full of tension, urgency, atmosphere and feeling - this is Riley Sager at his very best' LEE CHILDTHE BRAND NEW HEART-STOPPING THRILLER FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOROn July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best f…

London, 1894. Inspector Henry Cutter is in an unconvivial temper. Then the murders begin. The first to die is Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but long-retired civil servant, is found dead amongst his beloved orchid collection, …

February 1944. Six months since Nazi forces occupied Rome.Inside the beleaguered city, the Contessa Giovanna Landini is a member of the band of Escape Line activists known as 'The Choir'. Their mission is to smuggle refugees to sa…

A house filled with secrets… Young writer Nicky Hunter is summoned to the lavish mansion of infamous crime novelist Sebastian Trapp to tell his life story — before his imminent death. And then a body is found… Who really is Sebas…

From one of America’s most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a background of child abductions in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s…

A gold collector's edition hardback featuring a letter from Colleen and a never-before-seen final chapter that will blow your mind . . . Think you know how it ends? Think again. Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink o…

A gripping, sinister folktale set in contemporary Cumbria for fans of Sophie Mackintosh, Angela Carter, Daisy Johnson, Margaret Atwood and Julia Armfield.  A FOLK TALE.A HORROR STORY. A LOVE STORY. AN ENCHANTMENT. Margot and …

Return to the dark underbelly of Ardnakelty in the thrilling new sequel to The Searcher. It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in the village.They’re coming for gold. What they bring is trouble. Two years have passed since ret…

New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River: an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes …

'I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I'm going to have to do an evil thing to get out.'They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast.And they're sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, …

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.Grady calls his wife as she's driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her c…

From the #1 bestselling author of Breaking Point and winner of Crime Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Who is the other woman? That's for you to decide. Ann devoted years to her mother's care - and now she's gone…

A new mess. A new mystery. Molly the maid returns. Molly Gray wears her Head Maid badge proudly for every shift at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows, sweeping up the guests' secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of …

Midsummer, the Dorset coast In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies c…

 ‘I was immensely grateful that despite the gruesome way my husband died, he’d done it with his clothes on.’ Anthony Wistern is wealthy beyond imagination. Fragrant wife, gaggle of photogenic children, Frenc…

A series of drawings made by a young woman before her death. A child's disturbing picture of his home. A desperate sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments. Each contains a chilling warning. Each reveals a terrible secr…

In Costa del Sol, southern Spain, a key mafia figure is found brutally murdered in his villa.His pregnant wife, Lola Moreno, barely escapes an attempt to kill her – and is on the run. An unusual shipping container arrives to Spain…

On the first day back at boarding school, Andrew can't wait to find refuge in the twisted fairy tales that he writes for Thomas - the boy with hair like autumn leaves. But Thomas' parents have vanished, and he has blood on his sle…

Calm your mind. Be here, now. Take a breath. And kill.  I didn't kill anyone until I was forty-two. That's actually a little on the late side for my current professional environment. Admittedly, I did kill almost half a dozen in t…

A fatal fire in a holiday let on Slievemore, Achill Island, leaves one person dead and another missing. Deemed arson, DS Lucy Golden and her team are tasked with solving the murder and locating the missing woman, Moira Delaney. As…

Group holidays are always murder... An unfinished wellness retreat was not Claire's first choice of holiday destination, but it turns out that amateur murder investigation pays even less well than professional mediumship. So Clai…

ARE YOU INVITED? In the heart of the English countryside, Bessie and her closest friends gather at a remote castle for a secret party destined to make this the best spring break ever. But when one of them dies, the party takes a l…

High up in the mountains stands a sanatorium. Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, it now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past.One wing of the hospital remains open and houses six employees: the caretaker, two doc…