Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

The first graphic novel from Dean Koontz, featuring the famously well-loved character of Odd Thomas.

All is not well at Holm Coultram College.

'Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift' Frances Fyfield, Mail on SundayIf you've already met Dalziel and Pascoe, you're in for a treat.

Another excellent Dalziel and Pascoe story from the master of the British crime novelThree old men die on a stormy November night: one by deliberate violence, one in a road accident and one by an unknown cause.

A superb collection of short stories from Reginald Hill, the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels and 'the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world' (Independent)In suburban Luton, a private detective on his first case discovers that curiosity can kill more than just the cat.

For suspense, ingenuity and sheer comic effrontery this takes the absolute, appetizing biscuit' Sunday TimesHigh in the Mid-Yorkshire Dales stands the traditional village of Enscombe, seemingly untouched by the modern world.

The brilliant new crime thriller featuring Dalziel and Pascoe from the Top Ten Bestseller, Reginald HillThe locked-room suicide of Pal Maciver exactly mirrors that of his father ten years earlier.

'Humour and topicality along a cold enigmatic trail of murder' ObserverLife is on the up for Patrick Aldermann: his Great Aunt Florence has collapsed into her rose bed leaving him Rosemont House with its splendid gardens.

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Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the first volume of the 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel.

One of Ngaio Marsh's most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy.

A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's 1930s novels.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences.

Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye.

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.

A country house murder, artistic insight and the post-war reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh's most fascinating murder mysteries.

With this novel of mounting tension among apparently normal people, Ngaio Marsh achieved a triumph on a level with her most famous detective novels Surfeit of Lampreys, Scales of Justice and Off With His Head.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

One of Ngaio Marsh's most ingenious novels.

A quirky Roderick Alleyn mystery about faith, greed - and murder.

Christmas time in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there's murder inside.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel.

The complete series of Ngaio Marsh reissues concludes with the re-publication of this 20th anniversary edition of this, her final novel.

1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung.

The start of an Edinburgh-based thriller series starring rebellious young lawyer Brodie McLennan, investigating the case of a high-ranking lawyer found dead in mysterious circumstances.

A compelling story of old loves and old secrets.

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie seriesThe award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller.

The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.

A gripping Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.

A riveting Kate Brannigan thriller, from No.

The third stunning thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.

**Don't miss out on the gripping new thriller featuring Laughton Rees and Tannahill Khan, BLOOD TRACES - OUT NOW**'Count to three,' her mother told her, the last words she would ever speak.

Kindap and murder collide in Alex Barclay's heart-stopping new thriller featuring FBI Agent Ren Bryce.

Duelling, derring-do, and dastardly deeds are all in a day's work for Liberty Lane: the plucky heroine for fans of Georgette Heyer and Sarah Waters's Victorian novels.

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A special gift for Reginald Hill fans on Father's Day - the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novelA sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business.

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COMING SOON TO TV: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)Detectives Fry and Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller, perfect for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald HillBuilding work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains.

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Hawkwood, the Regency James Bond, returns in this gripping, action packed sequel to the bestselling 'Ratcatcher'.

Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.