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Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy sunshine and a sultry romance with Chief Inspec- tor Montana. But then her idyll is disrupted.
Rob Gittins Shelter Me Y Lolfa, 21st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912631223 Sequel to Gimme Shel- ter and Secret Shelter. As the truth about the past emerges, Witness Protection Officer Ros Gilet contemplates a final, deadly revenge.
Tim Glister Red Corona Point Blank, 7th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786077790 It’s 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder.
Nicola Maye Goldberg Nothing Can Hurt You Raven Books, 9th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781526619440 The Virgin Suicides meets Little Fires Everywhere. Inspired by a true story, this haunting novel pieces together a chorus of voices to explore the aftermath of a college student’s death.
Carol Goodman The Sea of Lost Girls William Morrow Paperbacks, 14th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062852021 In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier comes a harrowing thriller set in a prestigious prep school in which one woman’s carefully hidden past might destroy her future.
David Gordon The Hard Stuff Head of Zeus, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838933128 In the sequel to The Bouncer, New York City’s most hardened mob bosses team up once again, this time to pull off a high-stakes drug heist.
Ann Gosslin The Shadow Bird Legend Press, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789551150 A psychiatrist must over- come her troubled past to free a patient locked up for a brutal crime he may not have committed.
Ann Granger A Matter of Murder Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781472270597 Seventh Cotswold village crime novel featuring Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter from the author of An Unfinished Murder and Rooted in Evil.
Rob Grant, Andrew Marshall The Quanderhorn Xperimentations Gollancz, 20th February, pb, £9.99, 9781473224032 Great Britain is stuck in 1952 and is under attack from Martians, Mole men and beatniks. Only one man can save the world— Professor Quanderhorn!
Amy Green The Prized Girl HQ, 19th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008334475 Teenage beauty queen is found murdered in Green’s debut.
Katherine Gregor (tr), Marion Brunet Summer of Reckoning Bitter Lemon Press, 12th March, pb, £8.99, 9781912242269 Two teenage sisters dream of escaping far from their surly, alco- holic father and uncaring mother. When one of them gets pregnant deep family wounds are reopened.
Isabelle Grey Tell Me How It Ends Quercus Publishing, 9th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529405392 Drama of toxic friendship, manipulation and revenge, for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Tangerine.
Mary Griese Where Crows Would Die Y Lolfa, 26th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784618285 Crime novel with an agricultural background, set on the farms of the Black Mountain in Wales in the 1960s and 70s.
Elly Griffiths Now You See Them Quercus Publishing, 14th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781786487360 Fifth Brighton-based mystery from the author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series. Must-read for fans of Agatha Christie and cosy crime.
Elly Griffiths The Lantern Men Quercus, 6th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787477537 Latest instalment in this bestselling Norfolk-set crime series featur- ing Dr Ruth Galloway. “My favourite current series”—Val McDermid.
John Grisham The Guardians Hodder Paperbacks, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473684478 Explosive new thriller from international bestseller.
ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
John Grisham Camino 2 Hodder & Stoughton, 23rd June, hb, eb, £20, 9781529342451 No information at time of going to press.
John Grisham Theodore Boone: The Accomplice Hodder Paperbacks, 17th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529373974 Perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series.
Michael C Grumley Breakthrough Head of Zeus, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788548816 First book in an addictive sci-fi thriller series follows a group of marine biologists as they uncover a dangerous conspiracy that will change human history.
SERIES
Monica Kennedy GR Halliday From the Shadows Vintage, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529110791 From the Shadows is set in the Scottish Highlands and introduces DI Monica Kennedy, an unforgettable new series lead. Dark Waters Harvill Secker, 7th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787301436 DI Kennedy returns to find a serial killer.
Adam Hamdy Black 13 Pan, 11th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781509899203 The first in Hamdy’s new espionage series. Ex-MI6 officer Scott Pearce is about to burn the spy rule book.
Kate Hamer Crushed Faber & Faber, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571336678 Sunday Times bestselling author’s novel blends the rawness and power of The Virgin Suicides with the propulsive force of a Megan Abbott novel.
£8.99, 9781789094114 Stephen King’s It meets Stranger Things in a tender and terrifying coming-of-age tale of haunted houses and the monster at the door.
Glen Erik Hamilton Mercy River Faber & Faber, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571332397 Shot through with the energy and imagery of its spectacular setting, this is the latest in Hamilton’s prize-winning Van Shaw series.
Chris Hammer Silver Wildfire, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472255365 Enthralling and propulsive thriller from the acclaimed author of Scrublands.
Mari Hannah Without a Trace Orion, 19th March, hb, £20.99, 9781409192367 DCI Kate Daniels is back in the new novel from award-winning writer Mari Hannah.
James R Hannibal Chasing the White Lion Revell, 3rd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780800735784 A CIA case officer gets her plum assignment. It’s the future she’s dreamed of—but an attempted kidnapping, a traitor and a crime syndicate pull her back into her past.
Matthew Harffy Storm of Steel Head of Zeus, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786696335 Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl.
Lisa Harris The Traitor’s Pawn Revell, 19th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780800729172 An FBI agent joins the search for a missing senator and encounters a woman he was once in love with. Master- ful story of redemp- tion and revenge.
Cora Harrison Death of a Prominent Citizen Severn House, 31st March, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889249 Money is the root of all evil, according to the Reverend Mother, but is it the motive for her cousin’s murder?
Shaun Hamil A Cosmology of Monsters Titan Books, 2nd June, pb, eb,
DeSales Harrison The Waters and the Wild Oneworld, 4th June, pb, eb,
£8.99, 9781786075390 Bewitching literary suspense debut, rich in atmosphere and gothic overtones.
Mike Harrison The Pale Tiger Matthew James, 2nd July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913230074 Set against a backdrop of growing tension between the US and China, and with the opioid epidemic ravaging America’s streets, this fiercely topical thriller challenges the way we see the world.
Rachel Harrison The Return Hodder & Stoughton, 30th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529351958 Sex and the City meets The Shining in this début that is the perfect storm of thriller, horror and women’s fiction.
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Shadow Play Black Torn, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838850920 Bill Slider investigates the murder of a dangerous man in this tense London-based mystery.
Rob Hart The Warehouse Corgi, 23rd July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780552176057 Riveting and immersive thriller which takes our current reality and trans- forms it into a terrifyingly recognisable future.
AS Hatch
This Little Dark Place Viper, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788162043 Début psychological thriller about a dark love triangle and an unspeak- able act of betrayal, now in paperback.
Romy Hausmann Dear Child Quercus Publishing, 14th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529401448 Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talents.
Chris Hauty Deep State Simon & Schuster, 25th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471185632 Army veteran turned West Wing intern learns of a deadly plot against the president’s life in an edge- of-your-seat début thriller.
SERIES
Inspector Pel Mark Hebden Vol 5: Pel and the Staghound Farrago, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788422352
A well-known fraudster is found dead in an alleyway. Could gang rivalry be to blame? Vol 6: Pel and the Bombers 9781788422376 When five murders disturb his sleepy Burgundian city on Bastille night, Chief Inspector Pel has to stop a terrorist group. Vol 7: Pel and the Predators
9781788422390 A woman’s suicide turns out to be foul play. Can Pel keep his life, his love and his career by solving the murder and keep the predators at bay? Vol 8: Pel and the Pirates 9781788422413 IPel is taking a break from detective work but his island honeymoon is interrupted when a taxi driver is murdered.
Veronica Heley False Conclusion Severn House, 31st March, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889744 An uninvited house guest throws Bea Abbot’s summer plans into chaos, bringing danger to her door.
Kate Helm
The House Share Zaffre Publishing, 14th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785767746 The Hunting Party meets This Life in a scary thriller from an exceptional voice.
Sophie Henaff Stick Together MacLehose Press, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857055811 Anne Capestan returns with her squad to inves- tigate a serial killer who has claimed victims all over France.
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen You Are Not Alone Macmillan, 5th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529010763 Psychological thriller from bestselling authors of The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl.
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