Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books.

When the woman you love may be dead, or worse - unknowable - obsession takes over.

Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, has written a thriller jam-packed withaction, tension and twists and turns.

Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will love this high-octane and utterly compelling thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.

The second installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy.

'If you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped.

Suspense as sharp as a scalpel's edge.

Here are two Jack Reacher stories first published together in ebook form, now also included in the new Jack Reacher story collection No Middle Name.

'The king of macho noir' GUARDIAN'The American Dostoevsky' JOYCE CAROL OATES'One of the great American writers of our time' LOS ANGELES TIMES'Fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted and paranoid' STEPHEN KING'One of the most original and daring writers alive' INDEPENDENTLos Angeles, 1958: a city on the make.

*The #1 Irish bestseller*The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction' ERIN KELLY'Oh.

A multi-layered and unnerving portrait of gangland Glasgow, For Those Who Know the Ending is the gripping novel from the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, Malcolm Mackay.

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016.

Glasgow hitman Frank MacLeod is approached by an old associate.

*Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2017*Chicago, 1928.

Y is for Yesterday is the twenty-fifth and last in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet mystery series by Sue Grafton.

In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction.

'The king of macho noir' GUARDIAN'The American Dostoevsky' JOYCE CAROL OATES'One of the great American writers of our time' LOS ANGELES TIMES'Fierce, brave, funny, scatological, beautiful, convoluted and paranoid' STEPHEN KING'One of the most original and daring writers alive' INDEPENDENTLos Angeles, 15th January 1947.

A Jack Reacher short story published as an individual ebook, now also available in the new complete Jack Reacher short story collection, No Middle Name.

Some people help the less fortunate.

'Nowadays I don't get out of bed for less than a murder.

PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go.

From the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell, comes this exquisitely plotted, intelligent and blindingly original crime thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin will love this dangerously dark and utterly compelling thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell.

This dark, atmospheric and spine-tingling crime thriller from the mind of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell will get right under the skin.

Jan Fabel returns to the Hamburg murder squad to track down a horrifying killer.

Calling all fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin - this blood-curdling and hypnotically tense thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell with its devilishly cunning plot and mind-blowing maze of twists and turns is perfect for you.

America - the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: - but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry.

This compelling and gripping novel by bestselling author John Macken takes the forensic thriller to the next level.

The setting is Steelton, a struggling Midwestern town trying to save its decaying inner city by building a major league baseball stadium.

A sharp twist on the noir genre from one of England s finest fiction writers'I worked one hundred murders,' says Detective Mike Hoolihan, an American policewoman.

EVERYONE HAS THEIR PRICE.

SOME CRIMES CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN.

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He does what's right.

'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHTHE CHILLING NEW SUSPENSE THRILLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELSIn the dead of winter, even brothers become strangers.

'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 .

'He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer' Boston GlobeDashiell Hammett is the true inventor of modern detective fiction and the creator of the private eye, the isolated hero in a world where treachery is the norm.

"e;IRRESISTIBLE AND PULSE-POUNDING"e; Karin Slaughter"e;A TENSE, PACY PAGE-TURNER"e; GUARDIAN"e;BRILLIANT AND RELENTLESS"e; Don WinslowThe unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of THE CHAIN.

THE TRIAL OF A LIFETIME.

EVERY CRIME IS CONNECTED.

'Makes your palms sweat and your blood run cold; the terrific trial scenes out-Grisham John Grisham' THE TIMES'This guy is the real deal.

We all keep secrets.

'A hell of a story from a hell of a storyteller' Daily Mail'Higgins writes about the world of crime with an authenticity that is unmatched' Washington Post1970, Boston, and a daring attack on an armoured transport delivering money to a bank, catches Massachusetts law enforcement napping.

'No one ever did it better' NEW YORK TIMES'If you haven't read George V.

'Every American crime writer of the past 30 years owes a debt to George V Higgins.

A riveting crime novel from one of the writers of THE WIRE.

Five novels in the unforgettable Bernie Rhodenbarr series.

A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.

Scudder is back, tracking a killer through the alleys of Hell's Kitchen and mapping the darker regions of the human soul.