Crime and mystery: police procedural

'Intriguing and very scary' Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen.

Don't miss Past Lying, the twisty new Karen Pirie thriller'Incredibly suspenseful' Sunday Mirror__________'There are lots of things that ran in families, but murder wasn't one of them .

'A celtic Gone Girl.

It was a quiet day for the funeral.

In his dark and fetid prison cell, serial killer Daniele de Robertis plans his retribution.

Bath's top detective, Peter Diamond, doesn't believe in jinxes.

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When Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is sent to investigate reports that the wealthy new laird of the remote Naglar House has disappeared, north-west Scotland is hit by the worst storm in living memory.

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________The fourth book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.

** NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE **'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago' The Times'Masterful suspense .

'Donna Leon goes from strength to strength .

Disgraced former Beijing Inspector Shan Tao Yun has been living in the remote mountains of Tibet since his unofficial release from a work camp.

The acclaimed opener to the Tina Boyd series, the unforgettable and renowned crime thrillers from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.

The twenty-first book to feature the classic crime-solving detective, Chief Inspector Wexford.

An enthralling and visceral thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.

A captivating, adrenalin-fuelled thriller that will keep you hooked from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.

Perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, The Murder Exchange is a thills, spills and kills all-action novel guaranteed to get under the skin.

The DetectiveMeet Jo Birmingham.

* Don't miss 'THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter'As bone-chillingly bleak as its subject .

'The newspapers referred to it as the case of the seventy-seven clocks.

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLA gunman is terrorising young women.

'A classic example of detective-book murder .

'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind' Sunday TimesNeither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice's elite military academy, Brunetti's emotions are complex: pity and sorrow at the death of a boy close in age to his own son, and contempt and irritation for the arrogance and high-handedness of the boy's teachers and fellow students.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER - BACKSTAGE: STORIES OF A WRITING LIFE BY DONNA LEON 'A perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social issues.

'Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all.

'Leon is a skilful plotter .

'Leon writes with great literary panache and evocative power about the world's most beautiful and mysterious city' Spectator On a cold night shortly before Christmas, an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venice's Campo Santo Stefano.

'[Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous as the canals .

Exciting, ingenious, roundly satisfying Literary ReviewTen days to Christmas.

Fast-paced and wryly amusing A delight from start to finish Val McDermidDetective Inspector Jack Frost is having a hard time.

Fifteen years ago when Jack Delaney was a beat cop not long out of Hendon, two children went missing from Carlton Row, a small residential street in Harrow.

______________________NOW THE HIT 2020 MOVIE THE POSTCARD KILLINGS STARRING JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN AND FAMKE JANSSEN______________________Murder is on the cards.

_______________________________________A US State Senator is dead.

NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES 'CROSS' ON PRIME VIDEO____________________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.

Four nuns and a fifth woman are killed in a savage night-time attack in Africa.

'Gerritsen plays on our fears .

They've been given just one week to find a killer they'd caught once before .

'A cracker, twisting, turning and exploding with real skill.

That rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller.

'Fascinating.

A child-sex predator is on the loose and Detective Lennox, terrified and determined is going to protect the victim at any cost.

Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good.

Stopping to use a cash machine one evening, a man falls to the ground: dead.

It is Midsummer's Eve.

Building work in an expanding Reykjav k uncovers a shallow grave.

** The inspiration for the NETFLIX original series Young Wallander - out now **When Kurt Wallander first appeared in Faceless Killers, he was a senior police officer, just turned forty, with his life in a mess.

Discover the second book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author.

The seventeenth title in an excellent, unflagging series .

NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES 'CROSS' ON PRIME VIDEO_______________________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.

A chilling letter.