Crime, Mystery and Thriller Books

Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others… Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know. Like… Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows? And what’s buried in her backyard? April’s secrets are enough to destroy her. I’ll make sure of that. The inimitable Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame – with shocking twists that will keep you hooked to the last page. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464299575 • Author: Freida McFadden • Publisher: Penguin DK (Dorling Kindersley) • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm

A brand new twisted thriller from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid! Sometimes, enough is enough… Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did. These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice. And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464266485 • Author: Freida McFadden • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm

Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own... Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am. They don't know what I'm capable of...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408728512 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Bookouture • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions:  12.6 x 2.6 x 19.6 cm

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe... It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously gave me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, and stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen her inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything.... That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780349132600 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Orion Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.8 x 19.6 cm

Her secrets will be the death of you… When Pixie moves into Columbia Mansions, divorced Gwen is quick to take the younger woman under her wing. But as Pixie becomes entangled with her charismatic landlord Alec, the lines of friendship begin to blur. With rumours of illicit goings-on swirling, Gwen soon realises Pixie isn’t the only one with something to hide. How well does she really know the neighbours she considers her friends? As scandal erupts, old grudges resurface, leading to a crime that will destroy the peace of Columbia Mansions forever. Sunday Times bestseller Louise Candlish returns with this gripping, twisted story of neighbours, secrets and murder. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008753733 • Author: Louise Candlish • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

She was promised a miracle. She got more than she bargained for. Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer to serve as a surrogate. It’s an offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But soon, strange things start happening. And it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464228605 • Author: Freida McFadden     • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 cm

I used to clean other people's houses―now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills… The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464223310 • Author: Freida McFadden • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.4 x 19.7 cm

The first book in the number 1 bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by TV presenter Richard Osman. In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it's too late? 'Thrilling, moving, laugh-out-loud funny' – Mark Billingham 'Mystery fans are going to be enthralled' – Harlan Coben Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241988268 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 cm

In gangland London, Maura Ryan is queen... No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not made entirely of stone. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780755374069 • Author: Martina Cole • Publisher: Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 608 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4 cm

Villanelle and Eve are back! The eagerly anticipated brand new book in Luke Jennings' bestselling KILLING EVE series, the page-turning novels that became the BAFTA-winning drama starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh! I haven't kept her safe. Someone's taken her. It goes without saying that when I find out who that is, I'll kill them. Ex-MI6 officer Eve Polastri and assassin Oxana Vorontsova are living off-grid in Russia. Their existence is pinched and drab; both know how close they came to mutual destruction. Oxana is approached by the Twelve. Frustrated by inaction, hungry for her old life, she allows herself to be brought in from the cold. Then she finds Eve gone, taken from her by those who think she still belongs to them. And so Villanelle wakes, and a new game begins. Villanelle plays her part with lethal skill, indulging the monster that has for too long been caged. As the hunt for Eve takes her from St Petersburg to Paris and a final reckoning in London, old and new enemies surface. Soon both women are drawn back into the shadowlands of political intrigue and murder. You won't be able to put down this high-octane action thriller featuring two unforgettable heroines! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781806583898 • Author: Luke Jennings • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.6 cm

Meghan, Brecia and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman - a thick layer of charm and a thousand-watt smile hiding the fact that his first dates end in shallow graves. He's got away with murder three times now. The only thing that could keep him from killing again? The women he murdered. Meghan, Brecia and Skye might be dead, but they're not gone. They've found each other. And they won't rest until they find a way to stop him. The haunt is on. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035079971 • Author: Noelle W. Ihli • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.1 x 2 cm

A tense psychological thriller ripped straight from the headlines... Twenty years ago: 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now: A body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the seaside town she's tried to forget. Perhaps the truth of what happened to Sophie will finally come out. Yet Francesca is beginning to wish she hadn't returned. Everywhere she turns, ghosts from her past appear. The same old faces that always haunted her. But if someone knows what really happened to Sophie that night, then now's the time to find out . . . Isn't it? Except sometimes discovering the truth can cost you everything you hold dear - your family, your sanity and even your life... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781405926393 • Author:  Claire Douglas • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  400 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 13 x 2.4 cm

YOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING AND SHE'S MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND. One day you see her, frightened and clearly in trouble. So you approach her, beg her to come home. She runs. And you do the only thing a parent can do. You follow. Because she’s your daughter, and you’ll do anything to protect her. EVEN IF IT MEAN RISKING YOUR LIFE TO SAVE HERS. . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804956397 • Author: Harlan Coben • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.6 cm

HE IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY. AND THE ULTIMATE KILLER. Jeri Crosby is a desperate woman. Frightened and on the run, Crosby uses multiple aliases to hide from the man who murdered her father twenty years ago. The case is officially unsolved - but unofficially, Crosby knows who did it. And her father isn't the only victim. When Crosby turns to Lacy Stoltz to help her catch the killer, Stoltz knows it will be her toughest case yet. The murderer knows the law better than anyone - because he's a sitting judge. But nobody is above the law - and Stoltz is determined to prove it. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399740371 • Author: John Grisham • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm

Who goes to a dinner party next door and leaves her baby alone in the house? What kind of mother does such a thing? She feels the familiar agony set in – she is not a good mother. People are capable of almost anything. You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour. Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone. You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there. What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit? Fast-paced and addictive, The Couple Next Door announces a major new talent in thriller writing. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780552173148 • Author: Shari Lapena • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm

The gripping top ten Sunday Times bestselling thriller from Jeffery Deaver – featuring enigmatic investigator Colter Shaw Say goodbye to your problems In pursuit of two armed fugitives in the wilderness of Washington State, unique investigator Colter Shaw witnesses a shocking suicide. This leads him to the Foundation – a cult that promises to transform people’s lives. But is there more to it than meets the eye? Say goodbye to your freedom Shaw goes undercover to expose the Foundation’s real purpose. Before long he meets the charismatic leader Master Eli, a man who commands terrifying loyalty from his followers. Say goodbye to your life Something truly dark is going on beneath the surface of the idyllic community. And as Shaw peels back the layers of truth, he begins to see there is only one way to escape the Foundation … and the price for that freedom might well be your very life. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008303822 • Author: Jeffery Deaver • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Lost. Missing. Murdered? And both her husbands are suspects… The entire nation is obsessed with the scandal of bigamist Kylie Gillingham’s disappearance. Being married to two different men was a huge risk. But did she run away or was she taken? And is she dead or alive? Both her husbands insist she was their everything, until she vanished. But DC Clements knows love is a shiver away from hate and either can make people do the cruellest things. Only one person knew her secret. Did they want her to pay the ultimate price? The sensational thriller from Number One bestseller Adele Parks will keep you gripped from the first page to the last. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008444396 • Author: Adele Parks • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9. x 2.7 cm

A serial killer on the loose. A mystery that must be solved before time runs out. Elderly Martha Beckett is a prisoner in her own home, and has been ever since her older brother disappeared at just nine years old. Six months on from her last brush with the paranormal, police officer Annie Graham, now Annie Ashworth, dreams of settling down and starting a family. But now that serial killer Henry Smith has escaped, she knows that trouble is coming. She thwarted him once, and he’s out for revenge. When a local man vanishes in mysterious circumstances, Annie realises there may be darker forces at work. And when she takes a glimpse of a monster with a thirst for blood, her worst fears are confirmed. With a serial killer on the loose and an unknown horror stalking the sewers, Annie is in a race against time to stop them before they kill again. But will she be able to save herself from their clutches? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008737160 • Author: Helen Phifer • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 272 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Clever, wealthy, married to a beautiful woman: Roger Brown has it all. And his sideline as an art thief keeps him busy when his job as a corporate headhunter gets dull. Then his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Ambitious and talented, he's the perfect candidate for a top job Roger needs to fill - and the priceless painting he owns makes him the perfect target for a heist. But soon Roger finds out that there's more to Greve than meets the eye, and it's not long before the hunter becomes the hunted... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781784702281 • Author: Jo Nesbo • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.3 cm

DO YOU DARE STEP OUT ALONE? SCREAM meets SCOOBY DOO – Join Buffy, Jonesy, Amber and Cam as they investigate a chilling string of murders in their local town. From the bestselling author of Let’s Split Up. A year has passed since the events in Sanera left the town reeling. Buffy, Jonesy, Amber and Cam unmasked the killer of 2001, but now, a new horror stirs. Back for the inaugural Hallowed Fall Fest where tourists wander the streets in masks and costumes, the bodies start piling up. With each new death, the gang is left a cryptic clue, leading them deeper into a horrifying mystery. An online forum is filled with speculation about local legends, and there is a clue buried within it ... if the gang can work it out, they will be able to stop the killer in their tracks... but it's possible the killer is one step ahead. It all leads to a grand finale, back where it all began...if they can make it there...alive. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780702338533 • Author: Bill Wood • Publisher: Scholastic Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352