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江戸中期、勘定奉行の荻原重秀が財政立て直しに辣腕を振るった陰に、四人の猛者がいた。金の採掘量減少を受け、重秀が金の含有率を下げる御法度の貨幣改鋳を行うと、四人は十万両分の金を積む御用船を強奪。

A decade ago, Tokyo Police Detective Kyoichiro Kaga went to collect the ashes of his recently deceased mother. Years before, she ran away from her husband and son without explanation or any further contact, leaving her estranged son with many unanswered questions. Now in Tokyo, Michiko Oshitani is found dead many miles from home. Strangled to death, left in the bare apartment rented under a false name by a man who has disappeared without a trace. Oshitani lived far away in Sendai, with no known connection to Tokyo—and neither her family nor friends have any idea why she would have gone there.

1954 untersucht der US-Marshall Edward Daniels mit seinem Partner Chuck Aule das rätselhafte Verschwinden einer Patientin aus dem auf der Insel Shutter Island untergebrachten Spezialgefängnis für geistesgestörte Schwerverbrecher. Edward Daniels hat außerdem ein privates Interesse an dem Auftrag: Er vermutet den Mörder seiner Frau Dolores, Andrew Laeddis, auf Shutter Island. Vom ersten Moment an haben die beiden Marshalls das Gefühl, dass die Gefängnisleitung etwas zu verbergen hat. Der Verdacht, dass verbotene Experimente an den geisteskranken Kriminellen durchgeführt werden, verdichtet sich.

New England, 1964. Police Chief Henry Donald is on his way to speak with Albert Braley. As a young child, Albert’s claim that he saw a dead body couldn’t be verified, but now years later, it seems maybe he was telling the truth…

Working undercover allows FBI Art Crime Team agent Jason West the illusion of safety as he investigates the supposed discovery of a legendary lost 1950s private eye movie known as Snowball in Hell. But the complicated relationship between film preservation and piracy is nothing to preserving the delicate balance of Jason's ongoing relationship with BAU Chief Sam Kennedy.

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid...

Brought to you by Penguin. 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...

FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history. Thrust into a mystery that has confounded law enforcement for decades, she proves to be an unexpectedly formidable "player"—and might finally end the deadly game once and for all.

'Fantastic' Martina Cole 'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James 'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series' Mick Herron *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR IN THE AMAZON PUBLISHING READERS' AWARDS*...

Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges. It isn’t long before it seems nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi have a motive for murder.  

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown - and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories. Hazard's new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset's role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard's first boyfriend. When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely.

The brand new thriller in the San Diego Case Files series from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose 'High wire suspense that keeps you riveted' Lisa Gardner Homicide Detective Kit McKittrick and psychologist Sam Reeves arrive at Mary Sherman's house after she fails to turn up for an...

Ethan Hawke (Training Day) stars in this dark, thrilling, character-driven crime drama. This cinematic Audible Original is presented in eight episodes with intense, wall-to-wall sound design and grim and gritty performances at a fever-pitch.

It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music", a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.

In this heart-pounding novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author, Detective Michael Bennett faces a sinister foe on New York City's holiest ground. During a state funeral for a former First Lady, armed men disguised as monks seize St. Patrick's Cathedral and take the high-profile hostages...

Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022 Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger 2021 'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES 'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK LONGLISTED...

***From the global #1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix series THE STRANGER*** __________________________ A SMALL TOWN IS HIDING BIG SECRETS ... Fifteen years ago in New Jersey, a teenage boy and girl were found dead. Most people concluded it was a tragic suicide pact. The dead...

Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime.

Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write - and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets: homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card: a quotation from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy himself.

Sir Claud Amory's formula for a powerful new explosive has been stolen, presumably by a member of his large household. Sir Claud assembles his suspects in the library and locks the door, instructing them that the when the lights go out, the formula must be replaced on the table -- and no...

Read by Samuel West, known for his roles in Van Helsing and Notting Hill. Last Bus to Woodstock is the novel that began Colin Dexter's phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. 'Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?' Lewis was nobody's fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity...

Brought to you by Penguin Now a major TV series directed by Brian Kirk and starring Eddie Redmayne! One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. 1963. An anonymous Englishman is hired by...

Thirteen years ago, Assemblyman Derrick Bell was murdered in his home by an intruder. His wife, Noelle Marshall, was left for dead. The crime was unsolved, but it wasn’t forgotten. Today the FBI is tackling a fresh perspective on the case and looking to Noelle, now a detective for the Deschutes County sheriff’s office, for new clues. It is reopening everything Noelle thought was behind her. Memories of her escape from a traumatic childhood. A marriage that wasn’t the perfect love story she’d been promised. And a husband whose charm and privilege hid a dark side.

Bei der Durchsicht ungelöster Fälle seines Vaters, Chief Inspector Anthony Stafford, stößt Kenneth auf einen Eintrag über einen makabren Leichenfund von vor 10 Jahren. Damals wurde der Torso eines jungen Mannes aus der Themse geborgen. Am Ufer stießen die Ermittler auf Kerzen und andere Kultgegenstände, die auf einen möglichen Ritualmord hindeuteten. Die Identität des Toten konnte nie geklärt werden.

Brought to you by Penguin. The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it...

She doesn't remember the night her family vanished. But someone else does. Detective Ivy Bishop's first case should've been routine—until a headless body washes ashore, and the clues start to feel too familiar. Plagued by gaps in her memory and unable to stand physical touch without spiraling into panic, Ivy has spent her life outrunning the trauma she can't explain. But this killer? They aren't just targeting victims. They're peeling back her past. With each body, the nightmare resurfaces—and the truth inches closer.

San Diego Homicide Detective Wyatt Lake has seen strange cases—but nothing like this. When a second foot appears nearby, forensic experts trace the shoes' journey back to a sunken shipping container. Inside: twelve bodies, shackled together at the bottom of the sea. Then the Feds seize control of the investigation.

It is 1986. Assigned to a new Cold Case Unit, retired Detective Inspector Mungo ‘Bob’ Willis has reopened the investigation into the 1962 disappearance of a nine-year-old boy. Paul Bromfield was snatched from one of the last steam trains from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and later found dead in an abandoned bunker. A day at the seaside turned to tragedy. And a child’s name everyone remembers.

WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 'The most joyously exciting novel I've read in years . . . [The] sense of fun and adventure . . . allied to a remarkable lightness of touch over nightmarish subject matter, makes for the kind of novel that inspired me to write...

The next unmissable novel* in the Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning Washington Poe series. Poe and Tilly fans: be prepared for the most twisted thrill-ride so far . . . --- 'Another standout entry in a series that keeps setting the bar higher', Heat 'The Final Vow is everything a...

In the crisp mountain air of central Oregon, a teenage girl’s search for discarded cans leads to a horrifying discovery: a body, brutally murdered and abandoned in the woods. The case falls to Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall, who finds herself navigating a community steeped in secrets, suspicion, and distrust of outsiders—especially law enforcement.

This is Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered. Tooele County sheriff Elizabeth Gray leads the investigation into the double homicide, which is eerily reminiscent of a string of brutal killings years ago. When the letter leads detectives to yet another body, Gray calls on an old friend for help.

'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker 'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' Peter James ---- Are...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller “A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling...

A collection of seven short stories, featuring crime-fighting duo Tilly and Poe: The Killing Field, Why Don't Sheep Shrink?, Dead Man's Fingers, Strange Ink, A Permanent Solution, Mondo Bizzarro and Once in a Red Moon.

Meet Jim Greene. An ordinary detective constable trying "not" to solve a murder. The remote and isolated Cornish island of Gallymay was meant to be the perfect place for a break. But things don’t quite go to plan when Jim stumbles across a body on his first day. Which is the last thing he needs. But it’s fine. He’ll call Devon and Cornwall Police. They’ll sort it out. Except the storm, and the island, have other ideas.

Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hariguara, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project.