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Mel McGrath Two Wrongs HQ, 1st April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008336837 Psychological thriller about the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her daughter.
Liam McIllvanney Mccormack Thriller 2 HarperFiction, 28th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008259969 When a warehouse in Glasgow burns down, McCormack must uncover the city’s secrets. The new thriller from the winner of the 2018 Best Scottish Crime Novel of the Year.
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Laidlaw Trilogy William McIlvanney In the beginning there was Laidlaw, the CWA Silver Dagger-winning master- piece that launched a genre, from the godfather of Scottish crime fiction. Vol 1: Laidlaw Black Torn, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838850326 Vol 2: The Papers of Tony Veitch 9781838851095 Vol 3: Strange Loyalties 9781838851118
Adrian McKinty The Chain Orion, 5th March, pb, £8.99, 9781409189602 No information at time of going to press.
Felicity McLean The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone Point Blank, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786077868 Spiky, sharp, funny and unexpectedly endearing, The Van Apfel Girls are Gone is part mystery, part coming-of-age story with an unexplained absence at its heart.
Amy McLellan Remember Me Orion, 16th April, pb, £8.99, 9781409185147 How do you find a killer when you can’t recognise a face?
Andy McNab Bravo Two Zero Corgi, 11th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780552168823 McNab recounts the story of the top-secret mission that would reveal the secrets of the SAS to the world for the first time.
Catriona McPherson The Turning Tide Hodder Paperback, 28th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473682405 Set in 1930s Scotland and brimming with eccentric characters and incisive humour, The Turning Tide is McPherson’s best
Dandy Gilver mystery yet.
SERIES Bodies from the Library Tony Medawar (ed) Bodies From the Library 2 Collins Crime Club, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008318789 Anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form. Bodies From the Library 3 Collins Crime Club, 9th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008380939 Lost work by the cream of classic crime writers includes uncollected and unpublished stories by Golden Age favourites Ngaio Marsh, John Dickson Carr, Nicholas Blake, Anthony Gilbert and EC Bentley.
Nancy Mehl Dead End Bethany House, 19th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780764231865 When multiple corpses are found, their remains point to a serial killer with a familiar MO but who’s been in prison for over 20 years—Special Agent Kaely Quinn’s father.
Deon Meyer The Last Hunt Hodder Paperback, 28th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473614475 The body of an ex-policeman is found by the railway track. Did he jump from the world's most luxurious train?
Denzil Meyrick Jeremiah’s Bell Birlinn, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846975202 The new DCI Daley thriller is a tale of revenge served ice-cold, with Meyrick’s trademark gritty humour and plot twists galore.
AD Miller
Independence Square Harvill Secker, 13th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787301788 Complex, contemporary political thriller from the bestselling author of Booker-shortlisted Snowdrops.
Robert Mills Death and Other Obsessions Matador, 28th February, pb, £8.99, 9781838592769 On his first day as a newly appointed detec- tive sergeant, Sanjay Patel is asked to inves- tigate ithe suspicious death of a crime writer.
Denise Mina Conviction Vintage, 20th February, pb,
ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
eb, £8.99, 9781784704865 Stars a strong female protagonist who is obsessed by true-crime podcasts and decides to investigate one unsolved crime herself.
Denise Mina The Less Dead Harvill Secker, 28th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787301726 Based on real-life murder cases from 1990s Glasgow, Mina’s novel discusses privilege and violence against women.
GJ Minett The Syndicate Zaffre Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8, 9781785765360 Insight into the world of London’s crime syndicate, from the author of The Hidden Legacy.
Megan Miranda The Last House Guest Corvus, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786492937 When a wealthy young woman dies on holiday, her best friend is cast in a cloud of suspicion. Deeply compelling thriller.
Megan Miranda The Girl from Widow Hills Corvus, 2nd July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781838950743 Compulsive story from the author of All The Missing Girls.
DA Mishani Three riverrun, 30th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529400090 Psychological thriller with a killer twist that has topped the bestseller charts in its native Israel.
Helen Monks Takhar Precious You HQ, 23rd March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008340148 Must-read thriller of 2020 is a story of obsession, revenge and deceit. Perfect for fans of You.
JS Monroe The Other You Head of Zeus, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789541694 You are waiting for your husband to join you on holiday. But when he arrives, you know it’s not him.
Graham Moore The Holdout Orion, 20th February, hb, £12.99, 9781409196792 A woman persuades her fellow jurors to reach a verdict of not guilty—but what if it's the wrong call? From the screenwriter of The Imitation Game comes a knockout thriller.
Jonathan Moore Blood Relations
Orion, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781409192497 Latest from the author of The Poison Artist.
Thorne Moore The Covenant Honno Modern Fiction, 16th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912905232 The Prices eke a living from their tenanted farm when a murderously rash act sets in motion genera- tions of trouble. Prequel to Bookseller Top Ten best- selling A Time for Silence.
SE Moorhead Witness X Trapeze, 6th February, pb, £8.99, 9781409180333 Genre-bending thriller for fans of Netflix’s Altered Carbon, Dark and Mindhunter.
Jessica Moor Keeper Viking, 19th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241396841 Addictive literary page-turner about a crime as shocking as it is commonplace. “Keeper made me want to shout out in anger”—Val McDermid.
Peter Morfoot Knock ’Em Dead Galileo, 26th March, pb, £9.99, 9781912916184 Fourth instalment in the thrilling Captain Darac series about greed, corruption, blackmail and murder.
Robin Morgan-Bentley The Wreckage Trapeze, 6th February, hb, £12.99, 9781409194170 Sinister thriller explores the aftermath of a fatal car crash. For fans of Sabine Durrant and Liz Nugent.
James I Morrow The Fly and the Tree Book Guild Publishing, 28th April, pb, £8.99, 9781913208578 Young biochemist makes an important discovery in the course of her research that seems to cast doubt on the nature of a young woman’s death.
John Mortimer Rumpole: Going for Silk & Other Stories BBC Digital Audio, 14th May, audiobook, £13.25, 9781787534513 Timothy West takes on the role of Rumpole in these two thrilling dramas featuring the wily magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable best.
Mandy Morton The Ice Maid’s Tail Farrago, 20th February, pb,
eb, £8.99, 9781788421874 Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick Tilly Jenkins of the Feline Detective Agency investigate the disap- pearance of the town’s kittens during a big freeze.
Walter Mosley Trouble is What I Do Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 19th March, hb, £10.99, 9781474616522 A morally ambiguous PI who solves crimes and whose victims are soci- ety’s most downtrodden.
Abir Mukherjee Death in the East Vintage, 4th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784708535 Calcutta police detective Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India.
Oscar de Muriel The Darker Arts Orion, 20th February, pb, £8.99, 9781409187639 Imagine a Victorian Jonathan Creek. Find history and mystery in this fiendishly clever locked-room puzzle.
Peter Murphy Verbal No Exit Press, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780857304247 When Imogen Lester’s parents are murdered, she is suddenly thrown headlong into a world of espionage and organised crime. Will barrister Ben Schroeder’s skills be enough to save her?
James S Murray, Darren Wearmouth The Brink Harper Voyager, 19th March, pb, £8.99, 9780063003736 Ancient evils tracing back to World War II and Hitler’s Germany slowly come to light.
Guillaume Musso The Reunion Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 14th May, pb, £8.99, 9781474611220 Twenty-five years after a tragic incident, three friends return to their high-school for one final reunion. The body buried in the building is the one they put there.
Barbara Nadel Blood Business Headline Book Publishing, 14th May, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781472254856 Twenty-second mystery in the Ikmen series by the Silver Dagger Award-winning author of A Knife to the Heart and Incorruptible.
Chris Nickson The Molten City Severn House, 31st March, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889768 Detective Superintendent Tom Harper senses trouble ahead when the prime minister plans a visit.
Don Noble (ed) Alabama Noir Akashic Books, 7th April, pb, £12.99, 9781617758089 Alabama joins Mississippi as fertile Deep South soil for the Noir series.
Dominic Nolan After Dark Headline Book Publishing, 5th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781472254702 Unflinching novel from an acclaimed new voice in crime fiction. Perfect for readers of Joseph Knox’s Sirens and Will Dean’s Dark Pines.
Andreas Norman The Silent War riverrun, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784297299 Spy thriller by Sweden’s answer to John Le Carre.
Liz Nugent
Our Little Cruelties Penguin Ireland, 26th March, pb, eb, £13.99, 9781844883950 Three brothers and one's in a coffin. Who put him there and why?
Deborah O’Connor The Dangerous Kind Zaffre Publishing, 19th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785762093 What if the people we trust are the ones we should fear? For fans of He Said/She Said.
Gerard O’Donovan The Doom List Severn House, 28th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889034 Intriguing new Tom Collins’ 1920s-set mystery full of scandal and sizzling twists.
Judith O’Reilly Curse the Day Head of Zeus, 2nd April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788548946 An AI device witnesses the murder of its creator in this conspiracy thriller set in post-Brexit Britain.
Darren O’Sullivan Dark Corners HQ, 30th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008342012 From a digital bestseller comes a thriller with a killer twist!
James Oswald Bury Them Deep Wildfire, 20th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781472249968 Tenth book in the
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