Detective Novels

The second novel in the record-breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman. It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus? But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241988244 • Author: Richard Osman • Publisher: Penguin • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 3 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

Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult-sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken, but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood... Years later, a headmistress is found strangled, the first in a spate of gruesome murders which shock the Black Country. But when human remains are discovered at a former children's home, disturbing secrets are also unearthed. Detective Kim Stone fast realises she's on the hunt for a twisted individual whose killing spree spans decades. As the body count rises, Kim needs to stop the murderer before they strike again. But to catch the killer, can Kim confront the demons of her own past before it's too late? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180449 • Author: Angela Marsons • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm

The darkest secrets lie right beneath the surface. On Boxing Day a mystery woman's body is found washed up under Teignmouth Pier. She has no ID but is wearing a wetsuit. When the post-mortem shows heavy metal poisoning, DI Jan Talantire is called in. Talantire herself is caught in an ongoing game of cat-and-mouse against her nemesis Commander Brent West. Her complaint against him for abusive behaviour foundered when she was accused by the investigating panel of collusion with another complainant, PC Nadine Lister, to bring West down. With her career hanging by a thread, Talantire discovers that the route to solving the mystery is tangled up with the death of the woman on the Devon Coast. Brent West, it seems, will go to any lengths to protect his career. And that includes murder. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368855 • Author: Nick Louth • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

A small-town. A deadly game. A detective on the edge. A Llangollen farmer, Aaron Jenkins, is found shot and DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer. The local community is rocked and whispers swirl about adultery: both Aaron and his wife were having affairs. But when there are several more violent slayings, Ruth realises that the murders might be bigger than a domestic concern and these may just be the beginning of a long and bloody gang battle. It’s not long before Ruth and her team are stuck in a lethal conflict with armed suspects, racing against the clock to prevent yet another cold-blooded shooting. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835981931 • Author: Simon McCleave • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

SOME CRIMES YOU CAN’T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN’T FORGIVE. Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD’s cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime… Harry Bosch is top of the list of investigators Ballard wants to recruit. The ex-detective is a living legend – but for how long? Because Bosch has his own agenda: a crime that has haunted him for years – the murder of a whole family, buried out in the desert – which he vowed to close. With the killer still out there and evidence elusive, Bosch is on a collision course with a choice he hoped never to make… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409186243 • Author: Michael Connelly • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm

Terror stalks the streets of London. When a bomb explodes on Oxford Street, the force of the blast brings down a building, trapping dozens under the rubble. The whole capital grinds to a halt. Teamed with her new explosive detection dog, Otto, PC Lucy Halliday is against the clock to prevent a second tragedy. DCI Jack Ellis is pulled on to the case too – his former experience in counter-terrorism isn’t just a bonus now; it’s a necessity. The race is on. Can Jack and Lucy find the bombers before London is hit again? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835985861 • Author: Louisa Scarr • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

OLIVIA. 22 years old. Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again. Missing for one day and counting . . . Julia is the detective heading up the case. She knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her children. But Julia has no idea how close to home it's going to get. Because her family's safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia - and must frame somebody else for her murder . . . What would you do? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405949866 • Author: Gillian McAllister • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

Jack Reacher walks alone. No job, no ID, no last known address. But he never turns down a plea for help. Now a woman tracks him down. A woman serving at the very heart of US power. A woman who needs Reacher's assistance in her new job. Her job? Protecting the Vice-President of the United States. Her problem? Someone wants the VP dead. Product information: ISBN: 9780857500090 Author: Lee Child Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Format: Paperback Pages: 576

Two female army high-flyers. Both acquainted with Jack Reacher. Now they're both dead. Found in their own homes, naked, in a bath full of paint. Apparent victims of an army man. A loner, a smart guy with a score to settle. A ruthless vigilante. A man just like Jack Reacher. Product information: ISBN: 9780857500076 Author: Lee Child Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Format: Paperback Pages: 528

Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's Murder Club. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything changes. The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate goal. As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781787461833 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

A cold case from the past leads the gang to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. As the cold case turns red hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience, while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But will they solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again? It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed. As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241992388 • Author: Richard Osman  • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  432 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 2.6 x 19.8 cm

The greater the evil, the deadlier the game... When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far more sinister at work. With the investigation quickly gathering momentum, Kim finds herself exposed to great danger and in the sights of a lethal individual undertaking their own twisted experiment. Up against a sociopath who seems to know her every weakness, each move Kim makes could be deadly. As the body count starts to mount, she will have to dig deeper than ever before to stop the killing. And this time - it's personal. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180470 • Author: Angela Marsons • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 3.2 cm

The savage murder of one of their own shocks the force. Police and Crime Commissioner Lionel Hall-Hartington is shot dead at his farm, alongside one of his employees. His wife is found suspended upside down in an ancient well in the cellar. DI Jan Talantire is at a loss. There's no clear motive the farm was ransacked but nothing has been taken. There are bloody footprints, but no obvious perpetrator. And the farm's CCTV has been disabled. The only clue they have is a bizarre Victorian-style doll from the wife's collection which was hung on the door to the cellar. The trail leads Talantire across the country and even further afield. Can she look past her first assumptions and unravel this complicated case? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804368916 • Author: Nick Louth • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

Good detectives notice details. Great detectives connect them. When a weather-beaten body is found on Clifton Downs, the police are quick to dismiss it as a quarrel among the unhoused community. DS George Cross knows how it feels to be overlooked. Unwilling to do the same to others, he sets out to find out what really happened to the dead man. As George learns about a life that slowly unravelled, his investigation leads him to a decades-old murder. The question is how are the two deaths linked – and who killed each victim? If anyone can find the answers, it's George Cross – a man who has always felt like an outsider himself. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035921348 • Author: Tim Sullivan • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc • Format: Paperback

A missing child. A tormented detective. A ticking clock. Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed 'Mister Whisper,' earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process. Now, he spends his days working in Glasgow's Major Investigations Team, and his nights reliving the horrors of what he saw. And what he did. When another child disappears a hundred miles north in the Highlands, Jack is sent to lead the investigation and bring the boy home. But as similarities between the two cases grow, could it be that Jack caught the wrong man all those years ago? And, if so, is the real Mister Whisper about to claim his fourth victim? Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781804368145 • Author: JD Kirk • Publisher: Canelo • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm

LAPD Detective Stilwell was forced out of the Homicide department and sent to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island. But when the idyllic holiday destination is rocked by report of a body found in the harbour, weighed down by an anchor, Stilwell has a point to prove to his superiors - and will cross every line to solve the murder himself. It's sink or swim, as failure will cost him everything while finding the killer will make him a target and reveal the dark heart of his new home. But on a small island with big secrets - someone is always watching... ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398726710 • Author: Michael Connelly • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback • Pages: 416 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm

Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780857500052 • Author: Lee Child • Publisher: Bantam • Format: Paperback • Pages: 560 • Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 3.56 cm

On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Cross's phone rings, he knows that this won't be a merry Christmas. A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, the man is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread. As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack on a scale never before seen in Washington, DC, and when nobody expects it. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780099576440 • Author: James Patterson • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

Introducing Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. The Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, Vera. Everyone has something to hide . . . Three very different women come together at an isolated cottage on the North Pennines to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal . . . Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, but when she gets there she is shocked to discover an apparent suicide. But then another death occurs, and a fourth woman enters the picture – the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, who must piece together the truth from these women’s tangled lives . . . ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529049893 • Author: Ann Cleeves • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback