Mother's Day Crime & Thriller

Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops. "When we opened Sherlock Tomes, people warned us that we'd made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that we'd never compete...

The twenty-sixth thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series. Beautiful young women are disappearing by the dozen. A celebration is cut short when a concerned father crashes Detective Inspector Lindsay Boxer's party. His daughter is missing - and she's not the only one. DI Lindsay Boxer has been tracking a chilling pattern: a Jane Doe washed ashore,...

Madly twisty and super pacy and so so clever - LISA JEWELL A nail-biter of a thriller - SHARI LAPENA He has a secret. She knows he’s lying… YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She’s been here before. YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN...

A beautifully designed new Clothbound Classic of le Carré's masterpiece, published to celebrate the novel's 50th anniversary. A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the...

The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman \"A wedding. A code. A murder. Time is ticking . . . Your move.\" It's been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is...

Get ready for your new obsession - the unputdownable thriller from the award-winning, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Andrea Mara. Two missing girls. One murder. Is your daughter the victim... or the killer? Is your daughter the victim ... or the killer? 'The thing is, we always believe the best of our own kids. What mother thinks her own daughter...

The warm, witty and wise crime caper by the nation's favourite therapist ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR*** **OVER THREE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE** 'Fantastic book- wickedly witty, with delightful, quirky characters and a cracking plot' JAQUELINE WILSON 'An assured and hugely enjoyable murder mystery debut. It's brilliant!' RICHARD COLES 'A joy. Cosy crime with a side order of psychological insight'...

A tense military thriller from the world's bestselling thriller writer and a retired US army sergeant, perfect for fans of Lee Child and Tom Clancy. Lee Child meets Tom Clancy in this tense new thriller from the world's bestselling thriller writer. He's trained to fight America's enemies overseas. Now the battle has come home. When a presidential candidate is assassinated...

Detective Hole: The Devil’s Star is soon to be a major Netflix series. Discover Jo Nesbo's debut in translation. This is the novel that launched his career 20 years ago in a series that has gone on to sell over 60 million copies worldwide. "Many authors know how to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up....

From a major new international voice comes a gritty, humorous Korean literary crime novel about a housewife turned contract killer. Mrs Shim is a Killer is perfect for fans of BUTTER and KILLING EVE. A hilariously unsettling tale of love, food, and one woman's unconventional quest to support her family. I am no ordinary ajumma. I am a killer. When...

The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives is a gripping period mystery about three women who solve a string of murders in their idyllic Californian neighbourhood. After all, who better to catch a killer than the women who've shared a life with one? You've heard of the men who kill, but what about the women who loved them? It's a baking...

The highly anticipated new book in the bestselling, award-winning Australian cosy crime series The Tea Ladies. Never underestimate a tea lady. Sydney, 1968. When a popular local man is murdered, police are quick to pin the blame on his glamorous model fiancée—who has since disappeared. But Hazel suspects a criminal cover-up and rallies the tea ladies to investigate; a quest...

Would you become a fugitive to save your child? Another astonishing high-concept hook from the author of million-copy bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time. A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in...

By the global bestselling Anthony Horowitz, a brilliantly entertaining new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. From the global bestselling author of Moonflower Murders and Close to Death comes an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. Easily the greatest of our crime writers – Sunday Times Nobody does this crime fiction better than Anthony Horowitz –...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a gripping psychological thriller about a YouTube sensation who has secrets hidden offline that might be enough to destroy her. Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others... From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden! Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others. Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson...

Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in 2025 with his 30th adventure—a brand new, pulse-pounding read from global No.1 bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. 'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' —Daily Mirror THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER Jack Reacher will make three stops...

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Sabine Durrant. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense, this is the perfect summer read' LUCY CLARKE Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life...

The brand new Alex Delaware novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and David Baldacci. The gripping new crime novel featuring Alex Delaware from the bestselling master of suspense. When a young woman is found dead at her kitchen table – with DNA belonging to her ex-boyfriend at the...

The first thrilling instalment in the Alexander Gregory series from globally bestselling author LJ Ross SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2020 - CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR "LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times "A literary phenomenon" - Evening Chronicle There's a killer inside all of us... After an elite criminal profiling unit is...

Prepare to be hooked—the No. 1 Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author is back with a brand-new spine-tingling thriller. Prepare to be hooked by the gripping new thriller from Lisa Jewell. Gripping. Shocking. Masterful. Freida McFadden Lisa Jewell is a stone-cold genius Marian Keyes Utterly absorbing, fiendishly clever and all-consuming Andrea Mara He's the perfect man. He says he loves...

A thrilling spin-off of the bestselling Alex Cross series, featuring DC Metro Police Detective John Sampson. Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson must divide and conquer when they're sent to investigate two serious crimes. In Washington DC, John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a street and calls in the bomb squad for a suspected terrorist attack....

Sunday Times No.1 bestselling hero Orphan X is back with a bang in his biggest adventure yet. 'Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense' – Harlan Coben The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save...

The long-awaited follow-up to the global bestselling The Last Thing He Told Me, soon to be a major series on Apple TV+ (coming 2026). "GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW." A text from an unknown number. It's from Owen, Hannah's husband, who left her and his daughter Bailey without warning five years previously, and hasn't been seen since. Hannah saw...

Set in the 1990s in New Zealand's King Country, The First Law of the Bush is the scintillating new rural noir from the author of When The Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole. It's a beautiful day to be alive, Bill Dickerson thought, seconds before he tumbled from the viaduct onto the jagged rocks below . . . His awful...

Your daughter goes missing and she doesn't want to be found... from the internationally bestselling author behind the Netflix sensation and TV series Fool Me Once. COMING SOON TO NETFLIX, STARRING JAMES NESBITT, RUTH JONES AND MINNIE DRIVER YOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING AND SHE'S MADE IT CLEAR SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE FOUND. One day you see her, frightened and...

Secrets don't stay secret for long in publishing Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives. ‘This is a house of novelists, not murderers. You dream up crimes. You don’t commit them.’ ‘But a writer has. And so, who better than a writer to catch them?’ World famous author Arthur Fletch is...

From #1 New York Times and global bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a twisted, subversive thriller about a columnist who finally decides to start following her own advice to make men pay for their sins... A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid! Sometimes,...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body — this classic horror story pits detective against...

Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears without trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves. But Prague is an old...

Pre-order DEATH AT DAFFODIL INN, book two in the Cinnamon Falls series, coming Spring 2026! Welcome to Cinnamon Falls! The cosy murder mystery series with a romantic twist, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls, Pretty Little Liars, The Pumpkin Spice Café, and cinnamon buns. After a humiliating breakup in the big city, Nia is retreating to her sleepy hometown of...

A beautiful clothbound edition featuring some of the famous detective's most famous cases. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance -...

An unforgettable collaboration between award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and the #1 international bestselling writer Harlan Coben. Maggie McCabe is on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge. But now, after a devastating series of personal tragedies, Maggie is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite surgeon whose...