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Cara Jenkins is a successful author about to embark on her thirtieth novel. But as she sits at her desk to write, she realizes that she has no ideas left. Then the letters start. At first, they seem harmless. But as the messages grow darker, Cara becomes convinced that someone is watching her, waiting for their moment to strike. Her husband, Artie, dismisses the notes as stupid pranks, but Cara feels them pulling her back to a past she can't escape. With no easy answers, Cara does what she does best and begins to write.

In this tantalizing tale of Victorian ghost stories and family secrets, timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story he found hidden in his mother's drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. As he discovers more of Viola's chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family's mystery - or will they bring about his untimely death, as they seem to foretell?

Brought to you by Penguin. 'I've written three books and our deal is over.' That's what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called 'Mindgame', is about to...

Brought to you by Penguin. A Sunday Times bestseller How do you solve a murder... when everyone has the same motive? From global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. Richmond Upon Thames is one of the most desirable areas to live...

'Heart-stopping and heart-rending, this is Liam McIlvanney's best novel yet' VAL MCDERMID WHAT COULD BE WORSE THAN YOUR CHILD DISAPPEARING? Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful, fulfilling lives. They have a son they adore, a house on the beach and a safe...

Ghosts. Can't live with them, can't make them cross over... Everly Dupree is neck-deep in trying to solve Davina Benet's murder when self-proclaimed paranormal investigator Delilah Cannon rolls into Mooselick River, determined to crack the case first. While Everly believes the killer is connected to one of Davina's missing persons cases, Delilah insists the murderer is a local. And as usual, Davina's ghost is being spectacularly unhelpful about the whole thing.

In the nation’s Capital, someone is re-enacting the murders from a series of grisly horror books, and all the evidence points towards the author as the perpetrator. The big problem with that? He died a year ago. In suspicious circumstances. There were rumours of murder, but no arrests followed the original investigation. Now the victims are those who were closest to him, and it looks like the author has come back from the dead to exact his revenge.

Brought to you by Penguin. One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press. As he interviews the people closest to her – a...

When Clara Kelly visits a local bookstore seeking info about her historic and haunted house, she gets more than she bargained for. She stumbles onto a chilling murder when a best-selling author is slain during a book signing. To make matters worse, the ghost of the deceased novelist implores Clara to uncover the truth behind the crime.

Brought to by Penguin. What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? A year ago, a father and his fiancée were brutally stabbed in their opulent London townhouse, sparking the most high-profile murder investigation in recent history. Blood spatter expert Doctor Claudia...

'I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries... and The Survivors is the best yet. There are cave scenes that will freeze your blood' Stephen King 'With The Survivors, Jane Harper proves she's unquestionably the real deal' Val McDermid 'Without doubt one of the finest crime writers at work...

Brought to you by Penguin. Sparkling characterisation and inventive plots from one of the best known and beloved detective novelists of all time. Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter...

The Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Winning Author Winner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel ‘It’s hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence’ – Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret...

Joyce Carol Oates, a queenpin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to satisfy listeners who are sick of the gendered status quo, or who just want to have a little bit of fun at the expense of a crumbling patriarchal society. This stylistically diverse collection will make you squirm in your seat, stay up at night, laugh out loud, and inevitably wish for more.

‘[A] witty, unusual murder mystery’ SUNDAY TIMES A compelling wartime mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime and Foyle's War. SUMMER 1944. The tide of war is turning. The Allies are at the gates of Paris. But the Nazis have one last chance of victory – and its...

Brought to you by Penguin. The sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You. The past is coming for Chief Inspector Taleb. He may not know it but he will soon enough. And the past in Algeria is venomous, vengeful and relentlessful, designed to consume...

Brought to you by Penguin. The world of beloved influencer, Gemma Fitzgerald, seems ready to implode when the body of her brother, Max – who disappeared 18 years earlier – is washed up on a beach. Everyone thought Max had taken his own life the night of his twenty-first birthday party, but...

Longlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2015. There's nothing so terrifying as money . . . Two friends, Alex Glass and Oliver Peterkinney, look for work and for escape from their lives spent growing up on Glasgow's most desperate fringes. Soon they will become involved in one of...

The compelling new novel from Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry. Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal...

Winner of the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award. How does a gunman retire? Frank MacLeod was the best at what he does. Thoughtful. Efficient. Ruthless. But is he still the best? A new job. A target. But something is about to go horribly wrong. Someone is going to end up dead. Most...