English Crime

The DS Tomek Bowen Series are fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DS Tomek Bowen. The first three full-length books in this gripping series are brought together for the first time in this great value boxset.

Often considered one of the first ever psychological thrillers, Crime and Punishment is a gripping tale of a poverty-stricken young man in Saint Petersburg, Russia, who hatches a plan to kill someone for money. Once the deed is done, he finds himself racked with guilt, confusion and disgust for his act. In this new recording, Will Poulter gives new life to the troubled protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov, in a performance that will have you questioning where we draw the line between right and wrong.

Rumors have swirled around Jake Cashen his whole life. Is he crazy like his father? Is it true they booted him out of the F.B.I. right after he cracked a career-making RICO case? Was he dirty? Only Jake knows, and he’s not telling. He came back to his tiny hometown at the foot of Ohio’s Blackhand Hills to serve as a deputy sheriff. He hopes to punch a clock and keep his head down until retirement. It was a solid plan—until someone put a bullet in the head of a revered county judge.

A fictional true crime podcast starring BAFTA Award winner Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs, Cilla) and Golden Globe winner Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey), THE MARGATE MURDERS follows the hunt for an elusive serial killer who murders once every decade, and then changes his identity. In a story full of shocking twists and turns, a journalist, a survivor, a witness, a detective and a forensic psychologist are all interviewed for their perspective on the what went right, and what went horribly wrong, in the hunt for a killer. But everyone has their own agenda, and maybe even something to hide…

When the body of a local talent show winner is discovered, on the eve of headlining Kilwinnoch’s annual Civic Week celebrations, it throws the festivities into chaos and threatens to tear the close-knit community apart. For DCI Bone, the death is personal. Days earlier, he’d received a call from the victim, warning that she was about to be killed. He’d dismissed it as a hoax.

FBI agent Blake Wilder has spent her life fighting the many monsters of this world. Now she and her team are called to investigate a bizarre case. One that has already claimed five victims. Each linked by a unique signature. While trying to catch the monster behind the twisted murders, Blake and her team must also grapple with Sonny’s case. Who would attack him? And why?

True Crime from the 70s. Delve into the dark world of True Crime with 13 real, shocking criminal cases and true events from the 1970s. This book is a captivating collection of the most horrifying and thrilling criminal cases, perfect for anyone who loves true crime books.

There are crimes that stand the test of time. Cases so mysterious, cruel, and incomprehensible that they become deeply engraved in the collective memory and never fade away.

In remote forests and suburban homes, behind friendly smiles and professional facades, the most horrifying crimes unfold when ordinary people reveal their capacity for extraordinary evil. This collection of twelve meticulously researched cases exposes how the darkest predators often hide in plain sight—until their masks finally slip.

Their names echo through true crime history like dark legends: John Wayne Gacy, the Zodiac Killer, Richard Ramirez, Aileen Wuornos, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and the Golden State Killer. Their infamous deeds have been exhaustively chronicled across every medium imaginable. But beyond these household names lies a shadow world of equally chilling cases that rarely make headlines or streaming television documentaries.

Frank Renfield, Baron of Renfield Hall, will stop at nothing to save himself from ruin. Even if that means marrying his daughter off to a rich American. Unfortunately for him, she is already in love with a penniless nobody named Alan Lavender—to the glee of Alan’s greedy uncle Guy. He’s been nosing into the Renfields’ murky past, and he says he’s uncovered a secret. Something so shocking it casts a shadow over Frank’s entire legacy. Tensions run high at the hall, until Guy Lavender turns up dead.

Ten years ago, beloved teacher Rebecca Hale and her teenage son were murdered in their Adirondack home. The case went cold, leaving the small town of High Peaks scarred and silent. Now, a popular true-crime podcast has arrived to dig into the mystery and force buried truths to the surface. But when charismatic host Pierce Landry vanishes and his burned-out van is discovered deep in the wilderness, the investigation takes a deadly new turn.

Step into one of the most gripping psychological novels ever written, a story that explores the weight of conscience, the torment of guilt, and the possibility of redemption. Crime and Punishment follows Raskolnikov, a brilliant but impoverished student in St. Petersburg who believes he can commit the perfect crime in the name of a greater good. When he murders a pawnbroker, his world unravels—not through the law at first, but through his own mind. Haunted, paranoid, and consumed by inner conflict, he discovers that punishment begins long before judgment is pronounced.

This huge set of 10 Volumes of Curated True Crime - with over 160 stories in total - has some of the most gut wrenching, twisted, and disturbing murders ever.

Prepare to be captivated by acclaimed crime writer Candice Fox’s gripping audio thriller, Hunting Game. Featuring an all-star cast including Krysten Ritter, Anthony Mackie, and Tony Goldwyn, you’re about to enter a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. NYPD Detective Esme 'Es' Compran (Krysten Ritter) finds herself torn between her duty and her own desperate circumstances when a child is kidnapped. The victim's father, Jack Dengate (Tony Goldwyn), is a controversial big pharma CEO whose company's price hikes on life-saving drugs have dire consequences for Es' ailing daughter.

The classic blockbuster thriller about three women who refuse to let death itself stop them from seeking justice on the man who took their lives... “Hands down, one of my favorite reads of the year!” —Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in...

Some murders reveal a terrifying truth: the capacity to plan another person's destruction with cold, deliberate precision. This collection of 12 meticulously researched cases exposes killers who had time to reconsider, countless chances to stop, but chose murder anyway.

In early 2018, Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was sentenced to serve out the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to a variety of sex crimes. New York Times best-selling author Mary Pilon and Carla Correa chronicle the scandal from its inception, tracking the institutions that Nassar hid behind, the athletic culture that he benefited from, and the women who eventually brought him to justice.

A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers. A poverty-stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: the murder of a pawnbroker. She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means? Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov makes his decision and then has to live with it.

WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler’s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. ONE GIRL IS DEAD At a home for troubled girls, a young girl has been brutally murdered during the night. Her body is found arranged in bed...