Crime Fiction

Get three absolutely gripping crime thrillers set on the UK's atmospheric north Norfolk coast from number one best-selling British author J M Dalgliesh in this great value collection....

When washed-up 80s rock legend Johnny Freestone is found dead in a cave off Scotland's North Coast 500 tourist route, it looks like a tragic accident–another celebrity lost to a reckless lifestyle.

Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed "Mister Whisper", earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process....

It arrives in the morning. An old-fashioned airmail envelope addressed to Detective Nikki Galena. Inside, on a single sheet of blue airmail paper, are three words: You failed me. The second airmail envelope arrives at Nikki's home address. The same message....

When a badly mutilated body washes up on the shores of Loch Ness, DCI Jack Logan's dream of a quiet life in the Highlands is shattered. While the media speculates wildly about monster attacks, Jack and the Major Investigations Team must act fast to catch the killer....

Apparently, once you've slept with a Bratva boss, you're his. Forever. There's only one problem with that arrangement: I don't belong to anyone. If only he agreed....

From number-one best-selling author Joy Ellis, a totally absorbing mystery full of stunning twists and turns. Discover the author everyone’s talking about....

When Callie rents a beach cottage in Whitstable, she doesn't expect for its owner to be glamorous influencer Vanessa Lowe....

Tensions run high in the Dales when dark secrets are exposed. Can Harry and his team uncover the malicious mind intent on making sure bad deeds never go unpunished?

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late....

The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success.

It's June 2008 and 21-year-old Adam Lattimer vanishes, presumed dead....

Saffy is waiting to go into an important meeting when she receives a missed call and then a text message from her best friend, Leona: Please help...come now. Of course, she races to her friend’s house. But when she arrives, she notices something strange....

When the dismembered body of a notorious banker washes up on the beach at Luss, DCI John Lomond finds a sinister message carved into the dead man's forehead. And the same message has just been found on a tortured businessman in Gullane on the east coast.

At the office, Samantha is mouthy AF and hellbent on testing my patience. So you can imagine my surprise when my new personal assistant walked into my club with a very specific fantasy.

She fears the dark. He rules it. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it’s just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time....

Newly minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being assigned a decades-old murder — a 'file and forget'. But this is no ordinary cold case, as the discovery of more bodies triggers a chain of escalating events in the present day.

Five years ago I buried my husband. Today I saw him with his new wife. ‘Thank you for agreeing to be our wedding planner. Theo is on his way,’ Madison says as we meet to plan her dream wedding.

In the murky waters of New York’s underworld, Elena’s sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. A made man, a boss, a cheat—even measured against mafia standards. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties....

The windswept shores of Norfolk may look peaceful, but dark secrets fester beneath the surface. As the seasons turn, so too does the tide of crime, and DI Tom Janssen must face new and chilling investigations.

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge. The Frank Church Wilderness is remote, but it's the perfect place to train and recover.

After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her loyal service dog Harry race to the summit at first light. What they find looks like a grisly murder-suicide. Something about the scene doesn't stack up.

Just when he thought he was out.... Burdened by guilt over the trauma recently inflicted on his friends and colleagues, former-Detective Chief Inspector Jack Logan has spent the past nine months living in self-imposed exile....

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt.

The calm façade of Norfolk conceals a storm of deadly intentions. In this gripping trio of investigations, DI Tom Janssen finds himself drawn into the shadows cast by greed, obsession, and revenge.

Bailey Collins believed she had outrun what Eli Murphy did to her in high school. Ten years and thousands of miles away from the scene of the crime, Bailey is laser-focused on her career. She's a rising star at her TV network, newly promoted as senior producer for the reality show, The Cruise. Things are on the up. And then Eli Murphy applies to be a contestant on The Cruise. It’s taken a lot for Bailey to make something of her life and to heal from her adolescent trauma.

Two high school teachers—Amber Dorris and Leticia Laye—become obsessed with a true-crime podcast about the 1999 murder of 12-year-old Sarah Gerlach. Amber’s marriage to her real estate agent husband Gary is on the rocks. As a distraction, she and Letitia become increasingly absorbed by the case against local Blake Wernerhet. Blake was convicted of murdering Sarah, who was the little sister of a friend of his. While he maintains his innocence, everything points to this man being a vicious killer of an innocent girl.

Es geschieht am helllichten Tag, in tiefster Nacht, am Rande der Gesellschaft und mitten unter uns - das Verbrechen. Es kommt über uns wie eine Naturgewalt oder wie ein grausamer Witz. Die Tat teilt uns in Opfer, Täter, Unschuldige, Monster und Menschen. Und wir alle fragen uns: Wie konnte das geschehen? Und was passiert jetzt?

When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn't expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she knew: a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame. As Lucy's quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, and the town turns against her, one thing becomes clear—someone is watching. And they want Lucy to stop helping the girl in the cellar.

La Lune Noire has a pulse. It rules apart from its owners. Backroom deals and electro swing. Extravagant parties and bootlegger tunnels. The walls have secrets. The doors have codes. Ashes and lies. White oak and screams. Champagne and delusions. Hope is the gateway to hell.

Eine explosive Romance über gebrochene Herzen, skrupellose Mafiosi und ein Begehren, das Ketten sprengt – von Bestsellerautorin Tijan Heute sollte mein Hochzeitstag sein. Stattdessen hocke ich tausend Meilen von zu Hause in einer überfüllten U-Bahn, während meine Ex-Beste-Freundin gerade meinen Ex-Verlobten heiratet. Nicht gut. Gar nicht gut. Auftritt Jake Worthing. Mürrisch, arrogant und unfassbar attraktiv. Ein einziger Blick, und mein Schmerz ist vergessen. Aber muss er gleich 112 anrufen, nur weil ich kurz vorm Zusammenbrechen bin?

At Breakneck Bay, the rides are fast, the injuries frequent, and the lawsuits endless. But when a teenage employee vanishes after closing, leaving behind a blood-soaked crime scene, it’s clear this summer will be the deadliest yet. Suspicion falls on park manager Mitch Blue, forcing his newlywed wife Kit to confront the cracks in their marriage—and the unsettling secrets he’s been keeping. But Kit and the police aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Someone is watching from the shadows, waiting to finish what they started years ago.

Five years ago I buried my husband. Today I saw him with his new wife. ‘Thank you for agreeing to be our wedding planner. Theo is on his way,’ Madison says as we meet to plan her dream wedding. The moment her fiancé enters the room, a newborn baby in his arms, my whole world shifts and I grab hold of my desk to stop myself from falling.

For Buddy, a low-level mob wise guy, and Lillian, a charming pickpocket, the criminal underworld is the only life they’ve ever known. When they’re forced to flee the glittering Babylon of Las Vegas, they end up opening a club in Oklahoma City—a town that quickly feels like a gold mine of fresh marks and easy new money. Along for the ride are their five children, all of them raised into the family business of crime—until the day comes when they each have a chance to make their own way in the world, even if they can never completely escape the family’s long, dark shadow.

My father was a serial killer—or so I thought. My dad, Dennis Kempmen, had his quirks but was respected in our small town. That was until children began disappearing and he became the main suspect. I started to believe what others were saying: My father was a killer.

I’m sure if I hadn’t spilled beer all over him and gave a subtle suggestion of where he could shove his best friend’s package, perhaps we would have started out on a better note. How was I supposed to know that the dude was the captain of Bradford Private’s precious football team? I had just witnessed my boyfriend three inches deep inside some random girl. Surely you can't blame a girl for word vomit after such a traumatic experience.

Following the death of his wife and daughter, Colm Truesdale is left mentally scarred. After time off, and with no desire to return to the courtroom, Truesdale is brought back into the investigation of the murder of a young woman who ran a beauty salon outside of town. When a page from her appointment book goes missing, and then the crime scene burns down, it’s up to Colm to untangle the web of deception that implicates a powerful judge and his family.

Olivia McAfee hätte nie gedacht, je wieder in ihre verschlafene Heimatstadt in New Hampshire zurückzukehren, in das Haus ihrer Kindheit. Doch als ihr Mann, ein brillanter Chirurg, seine dunkle Seite offenbarte, war die Flucht dorthin für sie und ihren Sohn Asher die einzige Wahl. Sie fassen schnell Fuß, Olivia übernimmt den Imkereibetrieb ihres Vaters, und Asher verliebt sich in Lily, die wie er neu an der Schule ist. Lily erwidert seine Liebe, allerdings trägt sie ein Geheimnis mit sich herum, und sie ist sich nicht sicher, ob sie Ash wirklich alles anvertrauen kann.

Archie Nevenden is many things: amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he's a missing person. His daughter, Prim, hasn't seen him for nearly fifteen years. But she's never given up on him, and now she's on her way to Cairo to assist in the search. Harry Taverner claims to work for the British Council, but Prim knows there's more to it. He clearly has a theory about what happened to Archie, one she's not going to like.

Anni dopo, anche grazie al ricordo di quello sguardo, lui decide di andare proprio in America, «assieme ai suoi morti», per tentare di scrivere il romanzo definitivo, quello che, ne è certo, sarà finalmente pubblicato. Laggiù, tra il cielo e l'acqua, lo scrittore incontrerà una vicenda più coinvolgente e pericolosa di qualsiasi romanzo abbia mai immaginato: una storia di erotismo e omicidio, di vivi che non sanno vivere e morti che non vogliono morire.

Opening my eyes, I see a nurse standing over my bed. She wipes away my tears as she tells me I was in a car crash and it was my fault. Confused, I only remember snapshots of my life, but I’m not convinced the crash was an accident. My marriage had been perfect, until my husband, John, met Rebecca. He said they were just friends and that I was imagining things when I saw them cosied up like they were on a date.

Les affaires de Glen Garber allant mal, il a pour seul réconfort sa femme Sheila et leur fillette Kelly. Un soir, Sheila meurt dans un accident de voiture, ivre. Pourtant, elle ne buvait jamais. Quand une voisine est à son tour retrouvée morte dans des circonstances troubles, le doute n'est plus possible : leur paisible banlieue cache une réalité bien plus sombre. Glen réalise alors que la mort de Sheila était tout sauf un accident et qu'il devient urgent de mettre Kelly à l'abri.

Op een prachtig strand op Hawaï verdwijnt een supermodel tijdens een fotoshoot. Haar familie krijgt een angstaanjagend telefoontje van de dader, die bovendien niet van plan lijkt te stoppen. Er valt immers veel geld te verdienen met de gruweldaden. Wanneer journalist Ben Hawkins naar Hawaï reist namens de aangeslagen familie, kan hij niet weten dat zijn geweten zo op de proef gesteld zal worden door de moordlustige dader. Sluit hij een deal met de duivel voor zijn eigen gewin?

Als Cross de opdracht krijgt het moordonderzoek naar twee zwarte prostituees te stoppen en zich te concentreren op de ontvoering van elitescholieren, is hij in eerste instantie meer dan geïrriteerd. De ontvoerde kinderen Maggie Rose en Michael zijn compleet van de radar verdwenen en een onbekende ontvoerder eist tien miljoen dollar losgeld. Hij krijgt het geld, laat de kinderen niet vrij, integendeel... De zaak haalt de voorpagina's van de nationale kranten, en dat is natuurlijk precies wat een op roem beluste moordenaar wil.

When Vanessa Thompson agrees to fly across the country to meet her online crush, she never imagines she's walking straight into a killer's trap. Kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic predator, Vanessa endures unspeakable horrors as the clock ticks down on her survival. With only seven days before her captor's deadly countdown ends, every breath could be her last.

Wem kannst du vertrauen, wenn nicht deiner eigenen Mutter? Studentin Mackenzie Casper hat stets im Schatten ihrer berühmten Mutter Elizabeth gelebt, einer der bekanntesten Thriller-Autorinnen der Welt. Doch jetzt ist Elizabeth tot. Mackenzie ist nicht die Einzige die Zweifel daran hat, dass es ein tragischer Unfall war. Auf der Trauerfeier erhält sie einen mysteriösen Brief mit Seiten aus dem Tagebuch ihrer Mutter. Weitere Briefe folgen. Hatte ihre Mom Geheimnisse, die sie das Leben kosteten? Um das herauszufinden, muss Mackenzie selbst Nachforschungen anstellen.

When successful prosecutor Katy's daughter is abducted, she must navigate a small town's dark underbelly to find her. But the case takes a sinister turn when Katy discovers the perpetrator is her long-lost twin sister, who has been living a life of abuse and seeks revenge. With the help of former felon Sloan and unlikely allies, Katy races against time to save her daughter and stop her twisted sister's deadly plan. A gripping abduction mystery set in a small town that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

After a humiliating breakup in the big city, Nia is retreating to her sleepy hometown of Cinnamon Falls where she can sulk about her life being a mess in peace. When she arrives, the town is gearing up for their annual Fall Fest, where people travel from far and wide to bob apples, carve pumpkins, watch the firework display, and see the annual Cinnamon King and Queen be crowned. But just a few days before opening night, a shocking discovery is made. A body is uncovered in the local diner, alongside a note: Who will be next?

Sitting on the side of the road, Zoe wonders, “Where do I go from here?” While heading home from the newsroom Zoe Fontaine was in a near fatal accident. One that has left her battling anxiety and bouts of paranoia. In need of a refuge to give her a sense of peace and belonging, she rents a place on the edge of Sapphire Valley. But when strange deaths spring up across town, Zoe’s editor assigns her to investigate the gruesome, bizarre cases.

Still reeling from the death of one colleague and a near miss for another, DI Zoe Finch could have done with a quiet winter. But when a body is pulled from the ice at a rural beauty spot, Zoe and her team find themselves back in the thick of murder and intrigue. Who is the dead man? Why was he there? And is there a connection with a web of blackmail and corruption that spreads across the county?