Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction

'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market.

The psychological thriller from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Nurse A terrible wife.

To catch a villain sometimes you just have to become one.

**THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour' The TimesAn old man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his wife isn't the only one who had reason to kill him.

'The master of razor-sharp one liners.

A Chee-Chalker is a newcomer to Alaska; an Indian word meaning one who is inexperienced or has no knowledge.

If Lars Marlin had three wishes, two have already been granted: he has escaped from Devil's Island .

Imagine that your father is one of New York City's top gangsters, and that you want nothing to do with him or his criminal empire.

If Lars Marlin had three wishes, two have already been granted: he has escaped from Devil's Island .

A Chee-Chalker is a newcomer to Alaska; an Indian word meaning one who is inexperienced or has no knowledge.

Insurance investigator Brent Calloway may be too hard-boiled to crack a smile, but he'll go to any length to crack a case.

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The Sunday Times bestseller from international bestseller John Grisham.

Seattle investigator J.

An e-original novella fromNew York Timesbestselling author J.

A big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago-a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better-by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross.

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An e-original novella fromNew York Timesbestselling author J.

Raymond Chandler meets Nick Hornby in this clever noir romp through hipster Brooklyn as a mysterious mix tape puts a young amateur sleuth on the hunt for a killer-and for the truths hidden within her own heart.

All bets are off when it comes to kidnap, mayhem, and murder .

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'Suspenseful and clever - nobody is who they seem to be in this shocking and fast-paced mystery.

'Rebecca Reid is a master of building tension' Phoebe Morgan, author of The Girl Next DoorWhat is more dangerous, a secret or a lie?

From Dan Fante, the son of novelist John Fante, comes a gritty detective novel featuring JD Fiorella, an ex-private investigator whos bent on avenging his friends murder.

AS FEATURED ON RICHARD & JUDY'S 'KEEP READING AND CARRY ON' 'This is one of his best' - The TimesJack Reacher is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child.

JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK .

Just what is it that attracts some women to the most evil of men?

__________________________From the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, spanning the past decade of the Mexican American drug wars.

***BEST CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR - THE TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES******CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH - THE TIMES***'Brings the obsessional dread of James Ellroy to 1940s London.

A BAFFLING MURDER IN RURAL CHINA.

THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTER is a fast-paced psychological thriller filled with nail-biting suspense, deft plotting and featuring a stunning femme fatale in Grace Blades, former student of Alex Delaware.

Alex Delaware is drawn into a vortex of violence.

When Maureen Coughlin first appeared in The Devil She Knows (2011), the New Orleans Times-Picayune called her "e;unforgettable"e; and "e;the character of the year.

"e;One of the best novelists around, period.

A woman is dead, her throat and midsection viciously slashed open, a lethal dose of heroin found in her system.

Anyone who brings grief to the people NYPD detective Paul Devlin loves is going to have to pay.

Travis McGee finds himself in the one place he would never choose to be: New York City, where no one can be trusted.

John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - has penned a thriller so compelling and addictive and full of intrigue and incident, you won't be able to stop reading.

Let John D MacDonald - bestselling author and the inspiration behind a generation of crime writers - take you on a ride with this high-octane, all-action thriller.

The edge-of-your-seat thriller that was so good it inspired a generation of crime writers.

Longlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2015.

THE KILLER IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINKThe intelligent, original thriller that will keep you guessing, from Richard & Judy million-copy bestselling author Sharon Bolton and perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter.

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If you like Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter and Patricia Cornwell, you'll love this edgy and engrossing forensic thriller by bestselling author John Macken.

From the highly acclaimed new crime novelist: a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder-set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1980 presidential election It's the fall of 1980, the last week before the presidential election that pits the downtrodden Jimmy Carter against the suspiciously sunny Ronald Reagan.