Mystery

Welcome to The Bookworm Bookshop & Café, where the coffee is warm, the friendships are strong, and murder is never far from the next chapter. Join Gemma, Mavis, and the rest of Belper’s quirky residents as they turn amateur sleuths.

Two Sisters. Caitlin and Olivia are excited to finally be old enough to stay home alone. But, when they fall asleep, someone turns the handle of the back door and nothing is ever the same again. A Missing Daughter. When their parents return, they find Olivia's bed empty. Their eldest daughter...

From Mark Greaney, The New York Times best-selling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man....

The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets. Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weather… It’s DS Logan McRae’s first day back on the job...

The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs - the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for...

For one night, the New York Public Library will be the venue for a life-or-death contest. With his daughter in his arms, Stephen Swain plunges into a fight for survival....

In the remote town of Hellbent, New Hampshire, a woman, eight months pregnant, steps off a train. She is alone, and desperate to find her missing husband—a nuclear missiler. He’s gone missing. No one knows where he is....

Disgraced ex-cop Robert Hoon has crossed the wrong people for the last time. Having struck a humiliating blow against the criminal network known as the Loop, Hoon has been targeted by the Alphas, an elite squad of assassins who will not stop until he is dead....

The second crime thriller in the No.1 bestselling Logan McRae series from Stuart MacBride. Even the darkest crimes will come to light… ‘Stuart MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter James Crime never sleeps. Down by the docks, in the dead of night, a woman is hunted down and killed. For...

Promises are meant to be kept. Especially a promise like this. Jack Widow is submarine-watching near Kitsap Naval Base, outside Seattle, when he runs into an old friend.

Adventure can be a deadly business. 'A marvelous, rollicking tale of derring-do' Peter James 'A beautifully written masterclass' Janice Hallett ‘007 meets Tintin meets Sharpe' Damien Lewis 'A delight!' Fern Britton 'A superb read' Simon Scarrow 'Brilliantly gripping' Susan Lewis 'An...

All Bob Hoon ever wanted was a good whisky, and some peace and quiet. But, when Hoon hears that his friend and MI5 agent, Miles Crabtree, has gone missing in the United States, he is dragged back into action once more.

The ninth Logan McRae thriller from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBride. ‘Dark and griping. A riveting page-turner’ Independent on Sunday One mistake can cost you everything… A little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy coastal town of Macduff, kicking off a major manhunt...

She was taken against her will. On her fifteenth birthday, trafficking victim Affi Smith goes for a run and never returns. With a new identity and secure home in the Scottish Highlands, she was supposed to be safe… She escaped once. With personal ties to Affi’s case, DS Max Craigie joins the...

Les Norton is not finding much joy in his search for the missing fim script. Especially not while fighting a sadistic giant, when the only thing that can save him is the Mongolian Death Lock....

Memories fade. But some never let go. And some demand justice. Jack Widow, a drifter with a violent past, doesn't look for trouble.

Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon....

From the author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, comes an electrifying new novel - prepare yourself for an adrenalin-fuelled ride. An ancient warrior For archaeologist Nina Wilde it's the opportunity of a lifetime. Her studies of an ancient text have convinced her that a tomb containing the remains of...

Your life is in his hands. In the gripping new serial killer thriller from Michael Wood, Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Helen Fields. There’s a killer in your house. The Hangman waits in the darkness. He...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail The suspenseful eighth Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler. Dirk Pitt doesn't go looking for adventure: it finds him easily enough. His chance witnessing of an airship disaster - which...

The unlikely pair Tallus Domingo and Diem Krause find themselves together on a case, uncovering secrets they never expected. But doesn't everyone have skeletons in their closet?

Les thought that playing minder to Peregrine Normanhurst III sounded like a dead-set snack: Les would keep Peregrine out of trouble. So what if he was on the run from the IRA? They'd never follow him to Australia...

When a plane crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneath, a rescue and research team is dispatched....

Widow walks the side of the road at night when a pair of headlights is headed his way. It’s the first car in hours. With a thumb out, he hopes to get a ride. But when the car drives erratically at high speeds, Widow dodges, nearly being rammed to death. The driver barrels the car into a tree.

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths The third book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Peter James, Lee Child and Karin Slaughter. Eight killers. One house. And the almost perfect murder… Starling House...

Tess Maxwell grew up fascinated by the stars and her father Harry’s stories and his scientific lessons. But ever since Harry’s death ten years ago, Tess has felt out of sync with the world and suspects that there’s more to her father’s work—and death—than anyone has let on. When she discovers a cryptic puzzle he left behind, she’s thrust into the hidden world of the Paradox Club, a covert organization operating out of an unremarkable Manhattan brownstone where scholars guard knowledge with the power to reshape human history.

Three complete classic adventures for the price of one - three of the most entertaining stories ever written, narrated in full. The Hound of the Baskervilles sends Sherlock Holmes onto the fog-covered moors of Dartmoor to face a centuries-old curse and something terrifying lurking in the...

FELIX LEITER – JAMES BOND'S TRUSTED FRIEND AND ALLY – TAKES CENTER STAGE IN A BRAND NEW ADVENTURE BY LEGENDARY BOND NOVELIST, RAYMOND BENSON. It is 1952. Felix has lost his job at the CIA and finds himself working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. What starts as a simple surveillance job...

Sheriff Jon Marzett thought the Florida Keys would offer him a quieter life. After bringing down a powerful drug cartel in Big Pine Key during his first weeks on the job, Jon hoped the worst was finally behind him. The island seemed like the perfect place to start over. Aquamarine water and emerald palm trees. A community where life moved a little slower. Except paradise wasn’t always what it seemed.

A blizzard seals the town. Murder opens the door to hell. Stranded in a South Dakota snowstorm, John Sole only wants to keep moving and stay invisible. But when a deputy is gunned down and a truck filled with secrets is uncovered, the town's quiet streets turn lethal. Drawn into a web of murder...

Sam Applewhite is paid to take care of those dull jobs that companies outsource. Nobody warned her where they’d lead. Sam works alone as a security consultant on the Lincolnshire coast, taking instructions from employers she has never met and carrying out assignments whose purpose is often far from clear. When an elderly client disappears after reporting ghosts in a graveyard, Sam is the only person who suspects foul play. Her search for the truth draws her into a case involving unexploded munitions, psychotic seals and a corpse that refuses to stay buried. But that’s only the beginning.

Sherlock Holmes is the legendary fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First introduced in 1887 in A Study in Scarlet, Holmes is a brilliant detective based in London, renowned for his remarkable powers of observation, logical reasoning, and ability to solve the most challenging mysteries. Most of the stories are narrated by his trusted friend and companion, Dr. John H. Watson. Across four novels and fifty-six short stories, Sherlock Holmes became one of the most famous and enduring literary characters of all time.

Three complete audiobooks for the price of one - three of the finest Sherlock Holmes stories ever written, narrated in full. The Hound of the Baskervilles sends Holmes onto the fog-covered moors of Dartmoor to face a centuries-old curse and something terrifying lurking in the darkness. The...

Eva Driscoll is used to being the hunter. Now she is the prey. When her brother dies under mysterious circumstances and his death is staged to look like suicide, Eva knows it was no accident. Soon after, Rees Colback, a former Special Forces soldier and a close friend of her brother, becomes the target of a deadly hit team in the middle of New York.

A stolen masterpiece. A family destroyed. A secret worth killing for. Adriana Villa recovers what others cannot find. Operating in the shadows of the art world, she tracks stolen treasures and returns them to their rightful owners. No contracts. No publicity. No trace. But when a routine job in...

The world's greatest detective returns, brought to life in a whole new way. After his apparent death at Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes walks back into 221B Baker Street and picks up right where he left off. Thirteen cases are waiting. London hasn't gotten any less dangerous in his absence...

The most atmospheric mystery ever written, brought to life in a whole new way. Something is haunting the moors of Dartmoor. The Baskerville family has been cursed for generations by a phantom hound - a demon dog that emerges from the fog to hunt them down one by one. When the latest heir to...

The Tudor Court is in turmoil…1536, London. Thief Gwynnie Wightham has a new master in Elric Tombstone. She may follow his word, but she has little loyalty for him, and there is even less friendship between them. She has agreed to assist him to make sure he keeps his word to never go hunting for her mother. For if Emlyn is ever found, she will be tried not just for being a jewel thief, but for murder. Tombstone’s task for Gwynnie is to investigate Captain Daundelyon, for there has been a tipoff that the Dandy Lyon, as he's nicknamed, is a French spy, come to ingratiate himself with the king.

Kyle Payne came to Alaska looking for peace. And found himself in the middle of a war. Former CIA operative Kyle Payne came to Alaska's vast wilderness seeking peace and solitude. Instead, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a lethal conspiracy. When four campers are brutally murdered, Payne...

Can the bodyguards save the life of a charming gay playboy-- and help him find true love? In the heart-pounding tenth installment of Neil Plakcy's "Have Body, Will Guard" series, bodyguard duo Aidan and Liam take on their most complex and personal case yet when an attack threatens both their client's spice business and his rebellious gay son. When a bomb explodes outside the Nice, France, offices of spice importer Hugo Fabron, he immediately suspects his son Rafi's many indiscretions have finally caught up with him.