RJ ElloryA superb, atmospheric thriller from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]Joseph Vaughan's life has been dogged by tragedy. Growing up in the 1950s, he was at the...

Nelson DeMille After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, life seems to be getting quieter for maverick Federal Agent John Corey. Professionally sidelined, away from...

Philip Kerr Philip Kerr returns with his best-loved character, Bernie Gunther, in the fifth novel in what is now a series: a tight, twisting, compelling thriller that is firmly rooted...

Robert GoolrickHe placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying that she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything...

Diana Bletter Through a largely hidden ceremony…four friends discover the true meaning of life.It's 2006 in a seaside village in Israel, where a war is brewing. Lauren, Emily, Aviva and...

Louise Penny In the height of summer, the guests descended. . . .Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are celebrating their anniversary at the luxurious, isolated Manoir Bellechasse....

Deborah CrombieA week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends...

Deborah Crombie A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath...

Ruth RendellIn traditional fairytales the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary...

Paula Hawkins'What is wrong with you?'Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She's seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. Some even call her dangerous.Miriam knows that just because...

Helen DunmoreBestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel, A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize.Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents....

Charles CummingAlec Milius, a recent graduate of the London School of Economics, is young, smart, and a bit of a slacker, stuck in a shady job and suffering from a...