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'Superior… an impressive debut' The Times ***** Two murders. Twenty years apart. One truth to be uncovered. 1999. Emily Pierce is at uni in Leeds having the time of her life. On New Year’s Eve her plans to have the best night ever are brutally cut short when she is killed in her student...

WELCOME TO THE PINNACLE. A place where murder meets luxury and the world’s most privileged depend on the most desperate. Every floor has its secrets... Washed-up American heart-throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from the rarified heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the...

Scandal never graduates. Holly Jackson meets Gossip Girl in this glossy thriller, set in the glamorous world of New York's ultra-elite. 2016. Hannah Miller has begun her senior year at The Prescott Academy of New York alongside the rich and famous of the Upper East Side. Or at least, their...

SOME THINGS RUN IN THE BLOOD… A darkly twisted debut thriller for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll. At an annual retreat for the adult children of serial killers, paranoia turns deadly when one of the guests is murdered. Nicola Fischer’s father has just been convicted of killing five...

'An outstanding cosy crime debut' JANICE HALLETT 'Uncork this sparkling delight and quaff deep. With high notes of comedy, suspense and fruity characterisation Olly Smith's debut is instantly addictive' BEN ELTON 'Olly Smith brings his legendary nose to detecting dark and troubling notes in the...

The time is winter 1962, the place London. Teddy Bean’s detective agency isn’t doing too well lately. Their most illustrious client is an ageing actor who thinks he will be murdered. Another case is even more complicated when ex-police detective Tony Halliday is assigned to a worried wife...

Salty Hollow looks like the kind of town where nothing bad ever happens... until it does. When a woman turns up dead and an explosion rocks the community, Clover “CJ” Blackthorn, an undercover FBI agent running a small-town diner as her cover, can’t resist digging for the truth. With her loyal Doberman Rizzo at her side, and her invisible dragon Cricket creating more chaos than help, CJ works alongside Officer Blaine, the maddeningly charming cop who’s becoming more than just a partner, to uncover the secrets the town would rather keep buried.

In The Case of the Diogenes Manuscript, we journey back to the early days of Sherlock Holmes, when the world’s greatest detective was still honing his razor-sharp mind. Set in the bustling streets of 1870s London, this gripping tale reveals one of Sherlock’s first significant cases—a mysterious manuscript theft that plunges him into a web of danger, betrayal, and intellectual challenge.

When recently widowed French teacher Liz Smith accepts the offer of a borrowed beach house for the summer, she expects three quiet months of ocean breezes, sorting through her late mother’s belongings, and finally starting the novel she has always promised herself she would write.

Mord: Klappe, die erste. Ganz Shaftesbury ist in Aufruhr: In dem beschaulichen Dörfchen soll ein Historienfilm über eine ansässige Adelsfamilie gedreht werden, und zahlreiche Bewohner werden als Statisten engagiert. Doch bevor die erste Klappe fällt, gibt es einen Toten. Hatte das Opfer jemanden aus dem Dorf gegen sich aufgebracht? Und was hat es mit dem streng geheimen Drehbuch auf sich, dessen Ende niemand kennen darf?

London 1926. When Kitty Worthington, her husband Robert, and their friends arrive at Langford Hall for the society wedding of the season, something feels wrong before the first champagne cork pops. The groom is drinking too much. The sweet-faced American bride with a steel fortune looks as though she'd rather be anywhere else. And the crumbling Tudor estate draped in roses and lilies can't quite disguise the desperation underneath.

When a mysterious cyberattack shakes the heart of juvenile court, attorney Sabre Brown is drawn into one of the most complex cases of her career. Sealed records have been breached, and children may be at risk. Chaos ripples through the legal system. With her trusted investigator JP Torn at her side, Sabre follows a trail of digital breadcrumbs that lead to more than just a data breach —it’s sabotage, and someone powerful is pulling the strings. And the deeper they dig, the more twisted the truth becomes.

Nothing bad ever happens in Ponderosa Pines... That’s what anonymous gossip columnist Chloe LaRue and her best friend, town matriarch EV Torrence, thought. But then Luther Plunkett—a second-rate handyman with a first-rate ego—raises a stink over building regulations and then promptly turns up dead. Small-town mysteries have a way of snowballing out of control, especially since EV was seen arguing with the now-deceased at a public function. Before the body gets cold, EV becomes suspect #1 in the murder, and not even Chloe can stop the rumor mill from churning.

When the past knocks on their door, the future they planned begins to unravel. On the brink of their wedding, Dela Alvaro and Heath Seaver’s plans shatter when a ten-year-old boy appears, claiming to be Heath’s son. The truth is even darker: the boy’s mother—the woman Heath thought died years ago at Pine Ridge—was an FBI informant hidden under a new identity, left to raise his child alone before dying of addiction. As Heath wrestles with awe for the son he never knew and fury at the FBI’s deception, the past turns deadly.

They call it the Salem of the Midwest—the Great Lakes' own Witch City. Since the fall of 1993, when three sisters were accused of witchcraft and vanished without a trace, the town of Westridge Cove has built its identity around their disappearance. Every October, tourists flood the northern...

Ellie and Quinn's honeymoon in France is meant to be a celebration of love and new beginnings. But when they visit the quaint village her ancestor once called home, Ellie finds herself drawn into the story of why he left—and discovers that the roots of love, sacrifice, and hope stretch further...

I'm a small-town accountant, not a detective—but when my latest client ends up dead, I'm suddenly neck-deep in another murder mystery. Archibald Windsor was a sweet old man who just wanted to leave his money to charity. Too bad someone wanted him dead first. Now, I'm stuck dodging shady...

In the second installment of the Nora Breen Investigates series—“perfect for cozy mystery lovers” (Book Riot)—beloved former nun Nora Breen returns, this time to track down a ghostly killer before it’s too late. When Dolores Chimes, a famous medium, arrives in Gore-on-Sea, even surly...

From the New York Times–bestselling author: A glamorous French villa. A carefully curated guest list. A body in the pool. The South of France is stunning, though not without its imperfections, from pickpockets to burglars to the occasional cold-blooded killer. But in his twenty-five years of...

The Great Elvish Bake-Off Just Got Deadly Today Candy Cane Hollow smells like butter and bravado. I'm helping at the Elvish Culinary Guild's grand induction and tasting, and Gilbert, our house-elf at Claus Cottage, has made the finalists' bench with his prized mince pie. Then the celebrity...