New Detective Fiction

At this brewery, the last orders are to die for… When handsome, former-rugby-playing, pub landlord Mil asks Juno Mulligan for a favour, she immediately says yes. Although she’s initially disappointed that the favour doesn’t involve any sort of romantic shenanigans, Juno is reminded that...

A body frozen beneath an upstate New York lake reignites a private detective's worst nightmare in this novel from Sunday Times bestselling thriller author, James Patterson. The girl in the lake was never supposed to be found. When her body surfaces in the frozen waters of Cayuga Lake, a note...

From the globally bestselling author of Marble Hall Murders and A Deadly Episode comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne series set during a murder trial. Anthony has been called for jury service. On trial is the troubled son of a retired High Court judge. Lawrence Gascoyne stands...

Brought to you by Penguin. Patterson’s greatest crime-solving team since the Women’s Murder Club is the Bird Sisters. Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters—and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Ten years ago, in the depths of the Finnish winter, Detective Elea Baker’s daughter was taken—and never found. Now, in the quiet streets of Lincoln, girls are disappearing again. When one is found on the cathedral steps, clutching a chilling clue linked to the...

The second book in the Detective Elea Baker series from New York Times, USA Today and international No.1 bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Stuart MacBride. Thirty years ago, a killer hid in plain sight. A predator known as the Night Watcher. When he was caught, the...

'If this had to be Mo Hayder's legacy, then it's a fitting one. I inhaled this book' Helen Fields, author of The Institution **THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MO HAYDER. ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST CRIME THRILLERS OF 2024** A terrifying accident . . . Alex Mullins knows she is...

DI Jack McNaughton starts his day and finds a padded envelope on his desk: inside, a single smooth pebble and no note. This is the third of several similar packages that have been posted to him. Hours later, an unidentified man is found dead at the Ring of Brodgar. He has no ID, the labels cut...

A thrilling new mystery from the bestselling and award-winning author Biba Pearce. A brutal murder. A deadly secret. A killer who's done this before . . . DCI Rob Miller is called to a murder scene in the early hours of the morning. A young woman's body has been discovered under Putney Bridge...

Brought to you by Penguin. COULD YOU UNCOVER YOUR MURDERER BEFORE YOUR LAST BREATH? Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous – whether you love her or hate her, Harriet is impossible to say no to. But someone has finally snapped and as Harriet lies...

A Hitchcock movie screening turns fatal when a recent transplant to New England discovers a dead body on opening night of the movie palace she's just inherited. A thrilling first entry in a cozy mystery series by Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone. When Audrey Sullivan moves to Pine Island...

New adventures of the iconic sleuth, an icon of detective fiction. Readers, listeners, investigators, and artists have come across Sherlock Holmes and his mythical stories of crime and adventure for generations. Now comes an outstanding anthology of never-before-seen short fiction stories featuring the much-loved powers of deduction and unerring quest for the truth - however improbable it might first appear. The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories brings together some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today.

Brought to you by Penguin. In this gripping dystopian thriller inspired by the beloved DC comics, hero Lamont Cranston and his young protégé seek vigilante justice in New York City. For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston has been The Shadow. Possessed with an array of mental and physical powers...

Brought to you by Penguin. Only two people know Lamont Cranston's secret identity as the Shadow, a vigilante of justice: his greatest love, Margo Lane, and his fiercest enemy, Shiwan Khan. Then Khan ambushes the couple, who find the slimmest chance of survival . . . in the uncertain future. A...

"Listening to a rollicking adventure mystery narrated well is a delight, and that's the case with this newest installment in the Enola Holmes series. Payne brings the wry humor, boisterous personality, and incomparable wit of Enola to life so well that listeners will wish they could join her for...

Here are eight more Sherlock Holmes stories, as recorded by Alan Dimes. Watson re-encounters an old friend, we meet Inspector Lestrade once more and Mycroft Holmes makes his presence felt. Here you will find stories that were alluded to by the good doctor but never put into print, such as the Remarkable Worm and the fate of Bert Stevens, plus other tales from Dr Watson's famous tin dispatch box. These stories first appeared in the much-praised MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories.

"[Narrator Matt] Biddulph’s enthusiastic, emotive delivery stands out as a strong addition to [narrator Tamaryn] Payne’s fantastic character work. Payne's versatile voice acting and comedic flair make this Victorian mystery sparkle." — Kirkus Enola Holmes—international bestselling and...

Dive into the first book in a BRAND NEW cosy mystery series from the author of the NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A Christmas Murder - perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, Faith Martin and LJ Ross. 'A fascinating whodunnit to stimulate even the most demanding of amateur sleuths.' T.A. Williams Retired...

A body has been found in a frozen lake, bringing a gruesome act of evil into the light. One look at the victim is enough for DCI Claire Winters to recognise the work of a warped mind. And when another woman is reported missing, Claire’s worst fears are confirmed: this is a killer who plans to...

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have wandered far from the light of Victorian gas lamps. As Holmes and Watson, they've tangled with Nazis, as Sherlock and John, they roam the corridors of New Scotland Yard. In a world of so many fresh adventures, why not fresh beginnings to those adventures? From an 1879 Kabul train station to a King's College lecture theatre in 2015, The Day They Met includes stories both classic and contemporary, offering 50 intriguing new ways that the world's most legendary partnership might have begun.