Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

When a former NYPD colleague is shot dead in front of him, private investigator Marshall Grade discovers there's far more to the killing than meets the eye.

Introducing hardboiled PI Henry Gore, in this pitch-black noir novel set in 1950s revolutionary Cuba.

The first girl came back.

THE THRILLING PAGE-TURNER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JILLIANE HOFFMAN'Intensely readable.

'Kingpin among the mystery writers' New York Times'His Mason books remain tantalising on every page and brilliant' Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed Innocent Ellen Robb came into Perry Mason's office with a gun in her purse.

The discovery of two headless corpses dressed in colonial clothing and locked in a grisly embrace draws Detectives Miranda Quin and David Morgan of the Toronto Police Service into a Gothic mixture of sex and death that ultimately threatens their survival.

The third novel in the gripping Tim Rackley series from the internationally bestselling author, Gregg Hurwitz.

* Don't miss NO REGRET, the brand new novel from Martina Cole.

'The bestselling author of the century .

After a cheap handgun sets Jack on the trail of a heroin importer, he winds up in the lair of one of the largest Yakuza crime families, caught in a deadly clash of criminal cultures.

You've got one shot at life.

Available together for the very first time, these are the first three crime novels in the inimitable Bob Skinner series by Quintin Jardine.

Perry Mason now a major new TV series'Tantalising on every page and brilliant' Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed InnocentFrances Celane has good reason to pout.

THE GRIPPING AND TWISTY THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY BESTSELLER P.

Lorsqu’ils plantent leurs tentes près de la rivière Brûlée, Aby, Jude et Alex, trois adolescents complices depuis la petite enfance, sont loin de se douter que la partie de plaisir qu’ils avaient imaginée tournera au drame.

'For fans of classic hard-boiled whodunits, this is a time machine back to an exuberant era of snappy patter, stakeouts, and double-crosses' LA Times 'Kingpin among the mystery writers' New York TimesMuriell Gilman left her father at the breakfast table while she cooked seconds of sausage and eggs.

A HUSBAND.

MURDER WON'T STAY BURIED.

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden*'The finest British spy fiction of the past 20 years' Metro'Masterful' Daily Mail'A pulsating spy thriller' Daily Express****Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies, former high-fliers now dubbed the 'slow horses'.

Peter Ellis is a rookie probation officer in interior British Columbia when he gets saddled with a file that goes sideways.

The Guilty Dead is the ninth book in P.

'Tantalising on every page and brilliant' Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed InnocentShe pulled herself out of the water and into a canoe and gasped, 'I don't know who you are .

Eva Dunbar wakes in a large metal box.

While investigating a murder, RCMP undercover operative Jack Taggart finds himself in too deep when he tangles with an Asian organized crime syndicate and a rogue Chinese intelligence officer.

Seeking justice for the murder of a fellow cop, Jack Taggart goes undercover to penetrate a gang whose leader is the culprit.

'Tantalising on every page and brilliant Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony'Kingpin among the mystery writers' New York TimesWhen Norda Allison saw her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately called off the wedding.

Undercover detective Jack Taggart infiltrates a Mexican drug cartel while investigating the disappearance of a young Canadian woman.

A private investigator and a journalist team up in Calgary to fight for justice.

Someone took Daisy Mason .

A holiday turns murderous.

The second novel in the gripping Tim Rackley series from the internationally bestselling author, Gregg Hurwitz.

'Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell, and she's never done it better' San Francisco Chronicle'An excellent novel .

2014 Arthur Ellis Award - ShortlistedFollowing the money trail gets Tate and Brown into a lot of trouble.

THE CHILLING SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING FRIEDA KLEIN SERIES 'Menacing' GuardianSomeone is coming for Frieda, someone deadly .

The eleventh Jack Taggart Mystery pits Taggart against the ruthless new leader of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Gang.

Available together for the first time at a special price, the classic, thrilling, groundbreaking books 2-4 in the iconic Tom Thorne series by No.

'I defy you to read the first chapter and not singe your fingers reading all the rest.

Four Army Rangers are accused of murdering civilians in cold blood in this scorching summer thriller from the worldwide bestseller James Patterson.

The dead demand vengeance .

In the tenth Jack Taggart Mystery, Taggart goes head to head with a longtime enemy who's been eluding him for years .

'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.

'Tantalising on every page and brilliant' Scott Turow, bestselling author of Presumed Innocent'The best American writer, of course, is Erle Stanley Gardner' Evelyn WaughWho was that masked woman?

Detective Miranda Quin is not only fighting crime, she's fighting for her life.

Private investigator Dan Sharp searches the seamy underbelly of the city for a brutal killer.

'Involving, sophisticated, intelligent and suspenseful' Lee Child'A gripping, twisty police procedural' Shari Lapena'Sets off at a cracking pace from page one and never slows down' Rachel Abbott'Compelling, page-turning suspense .

The second in the Fearless Jones series from the author of the Easy Rawlins crime thrillers.

'A killer read' PEOPLEA pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club selections, ORPHAN X and YOU'RE NEXT.

The game of cat and mouse has only just begun.

What if someone wanted your family dead?