ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
In large areas of the planet, nature is no longer humanity’s friend.
John le Carré Agent Running in the Field Penguin, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241986547 The greatest chroni- cler of the age turns his incisive gaze to the tumultuous present in this superb new thriller.
Jenny Lecoat Hedy’s War Birlinn, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846975318 Based on an extraordinary true story, Lecoat’s début is a tense, emotional story of forbidden love, subterfuge and survival against the odds.
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British Library Tales of the Weird Vernon Lee, Mike Ashley Vol 15: A Phantom Lover And Other Dark Tales British Library Publishing, 16th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712353816 This collection of Lee’s uniquely weird short stories and dark fantasies proves why she was once considered among the best weird writers and why she deserves wide- spread rediscovery today.
Simon Lelic The Search Party Viking, 25th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780241422687 The killer isn’t out there. It’s one of you.
Donna Leon Trace Elements William Heinemann, 5th March, hb, £20, 9781785152436 Woman’s cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Leon’s haunt- ing 29th Brunetti novel.
Kristen Lepionka Once You Go This Far Faber & Faber, 2nd July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780571351275 Another compulsive thriller from the author of The Last Place You Look.
Jonathan Lethem The Feral Detective Atlantic Books, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786497512 Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn.
Jean Levy Other Women Te Dome Press, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912534234 Dark psychological thriller, in which suburban life hides dark secrets. By
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the author of What Was Lost and for fans of Lisa Jewell and Olivia Tiernan.
Jeff Lindsay Just Watch Me Orion, 11th June, pb, £8.99, 9781409186632 A master thief plots an impossible crime — steal- ing the Iranian Crown Jewels. From the inter- national bestselling author of TV mega-hit Dexter, comes a bril- liant new thriller intro- ducing Riley Wolfe.
Laura Lippman Lady in the Lake Faber & Faber, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571339457 Multi-voiced, period piece tackles race, gender poli- tics, and the volatility of mid ’60s America by one of today’s most interest- ing crime writing voices.
Laura Lippman The Power of Three Orion, 2nd April, pb, £9.99, 9781409197362 Three girls were best friends until friendship became murder. From the author of Sunburn.
Laura Lippman No Good Deeds Orion, 25th June, pb, £8.99, 9781409197379 Would you sacrifice your life for the life of another?
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The Memory Wood Bantam Press, 20th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787631847 For Elijah, the Memory Wood is all he has ever known. But Elissa will do everything she can to escape.
Tom Lloyd Knight of Stars Gollancz, 6th February, pb, £9.99, 9781473224629 As a world lurches towards war, a ragtag group of mercenaries find themselves holding the balance of power in this engaging, fun fantasy series.
Attica Locke Heaven, My Home Serpent’s Tail, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781781257708 New in paperback: the critically acclaimed sequel to the CWA Dagger- winning Bluebird Bluebird.
GS Locke Neon Orion, 9th July, pb, £7.99, 9781409190462 Killing Eve meets Jo Nesbo’s The Snowman in this crime thriller in which a suicidal detective and a desperate hitwoman hunt a serial killer.
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Phoebe Locke The July Girls Wildfire, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472249296 Extraordinary summer chiller from the author of The Tall Man.
Gytha Lodge Watching From the Dark Michael Joseph, 6th February, audiobook, £13, 9781405942577 The worst thing he can imagine and all he can do is watch. Taut and compelling new thriller.
TM Logan The Catch Zaffre Publishing, 11th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781838771164 Unmissable novel from Logan, author of Lies and The Holiday and the fastest-growing new name in thrillers.
Sarah Lotz Missing Person Hodder Paperback, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473624641 Unputdownable thriller from the author of The Three and The White Road.
Katie Lowe The Furies HarperFiction, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008289010 A 16-year-old girl is found dead on school property, dressed in white and posed on a swing. Four girls know what happened.
Louisa Luna The Janes Te Text Publishing Company, 4th February, pb, £10.99, 9781922268495 Private investigator Alice Vega is back in the electrifying sequel to Two Girls Down.
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Sunny Randall Mike Lupica Vol 7: Robert B Parker’s Blood Feud No Exit Press, 19th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857303820 Parker’s PI is back and the stakes are higher than ever as she races to protect her ex-husband and his Mafia family from a mysterious rival. Vol 8: Robert B Parker’s Grudge Match 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857304025 A case blurs the line between friend and foe and if Sunny can’t tell the difference, the conse- quences may be deadly.
Eric Van Lustbader The Sum of All Shadows Head of Zeus, 6th
February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838931902 Lucifer is ready to enact his ultimate revenge against Heaven but to do that, he must first annihilate the world and its inhabitants. Standing in his way is Shaw's family.
Stuart MacBride Sawbones HarperFiction, 30th May, hb, eb, £9.99, 9780008381905 They call him Sawbones, a serial killer touring America and kidnapping young women. A novella originally published in e-book now in print for the first time.
SG MacLean The Bear Pit Quercus Publishing, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787473614 Captain Seeker is back in London on the trail of an assas- sin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell’s Republic.
Iain Maitland The Scribbler Saraband, 12th May, pb, £8.99, 9781912235803 Newly qualified DC Carrie and her more experienced colleague are an unlikely pairing tasked with investigating a series of cold cases— the unsolved murders of LGBTQ+ victims.
Richard Major This Lower World IndieBooks, 28th March, pb, £12, 9781908041692 Felix Culpepper takes a break from his unof- ficial role as assassin of choice to the British Establishment to right some wrongs and elimi- nate a few rival killers on his own account.
Josh Malerman Malorie Orion, 19th May, hb, £16.99, 9781409193128 Hugely anticipated follow-up to the cultural sensation Birdbox.
Josh Malerman Inspection Orion, 20th February, pb, £8.99, 9781409193173 Boys are being trained at one school for
geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists until now.
Ruth Mancini One Dark, Two Light Head of Zeus, 5th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788543347 Compulsive thriller featuring criminal defence lawyer Sarah Kellerman.
Nicola Martin Dead Ringer Contraband, 27th February, pb, £8.99, 9781912235629 High-concept, page-turn- ing début featuring digital tech and two unforget- table millennial women.
Sujata Massey The Satapur Moonstone Soho Press, 12th March, pb,
Murder in the Meadow (DI Hillary Greene Book 7) Joffe Books, June 2020, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781789312829 An artistic Lothario is discovered murdered by stream in a beauti- ful meadow. Can Hillary wade through a web of jealousy and lust to solve a cold-blooded murder? Murder in the Village (DI Hillary Greene Book 4) Joffe Books, April 2020, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781789312812 A would-be politician is found battered to death in his Oxfordshire home. Can DI Hillary Greene find the murderer and survive a brush with Oxford’s most dangerous criminal?
David Mark Borrowed Time Severn House, 31st March, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889959 Adam Nunn’s search for his true identity has horrifying consequences in this compelling psychological thriller.
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DI Hillary Greene Faith Martin Meet DI Hillary Greene, an unconventional police woman and a force to be reckoned with, as she keeps crime at bay in the streets of Oxford.
£8.99, 9781641291316 Highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed The Widows of Malabar Hill.
Becky Masterman We Were Killers Once Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 16th April, pb, £8.99, 9781409155522 Everyone knows who killed the Clutters. But who murdered the Walker family? A thrill- ing novel based on the unsolved true crime that features in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.
Graham Masterton The Last Drop of Blood Head of Zeus, 6th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781789544114 A judge’s body is found on an isolated road. Four gang members have been shot and three civilians blown up. To Katie Magu- ire’s horror, Cork is becom- ing a gang battleground.
Owen Matthews Black Sun Corgi Books, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780552176576 Based on a true story, this chillingly authentic thriller brings Soviet-era Russia and the paranoia of the Cold War to brilliant life.
Margaret Mayhew The Lifeline Severn House, 28th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727890429 The Colonel finds himself drawn into a murder investigation when a body is discovered among the tomato plants in Ruth Harvey’s greenhouse at Frog End manor.
Simon Mayo Knife Edge Doubleday, 11th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780857526595 From one of our best- loved radio presenters comes a race-against- time thriller, resonant with today’s headlines.
Paul McAuley War of the Maps Gollancz, 19th March, pb, £14.99, 9781473217348 Across a massive struc- ture hanging in space, the lucidor hunts a criminal while the maps of the world are under attack from an unknown genetic invader.
Brian McGilloway The Last Crossing Te Dome Press, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781912534340 Latest from the author of the DS Lucy Black thrillers and Inspector Devlin mysteries.
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