ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Inspector McLean series by one of Scotland’s most celebrated crime writers.
Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Wake William Morrow, 1st March, pb, £6.99, 9780062863263 Amateur detective and caterer Faith Fairchild is at her Maine cottage preparing for a summer wedding, when she stum- bles across another body.
Sara Paretsky Dead Land Hodder & Stoughton, 23rd April, hb, eb, £20, 9781473624450 The edge-of-seat new crime novel featur- ing America’s toughest and most caring private eye, VI Warshawski.
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The Dilemma HQ, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008287030 A step-change for Paris—a move away from psych suspense with a powerful, affecting tale of family secrets.
AJ Park The First Lie Orion, 10th March, pb, £7.99, 9781409187431 Husband and wife cover up a murder. But the lie eats away at their relationship and things unravel till they can’t trust anyone, even each other.
Adele Parks Just My Luck HQ, 11th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008386139 From bestseller Parks comes a fabulous tale of relationships and the secrets we keep.
Alan Parks Bobby March Will Live Forever Canongate Books, 5th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781786897145 Third dark Harry McCoy thriller from the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir.
Brad Parks The Last Act Faber & Faber, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571346493 A desperate actor accepts the most dangerous role of his life in this thrilling page-turner. For fans of John Grisham.
Tony Parsons #taken Arrow Books, 16th April, pb, £7.99, 9781784755379 From a bestselling author, a page-turning new Max Wolfe thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
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SJ Parris Execution HarperFiction, 30th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780007481293 Giordano Bruno is back in the sixth instalment in the acclaimed historical thriller series set at the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
James Patterson 20th Victim Random House Audio, 5th March, audiobook, £13, 9781473575769 Century, 5th March, hb, £20, 9781780899541 The Women’s Murder Club face the fight of their lives in the latest thriller from the bestselling series.
James Patterson Blindside Arrow Books, 9th July, pb, £8.99, 9781787461758 Detective Michael Bennett is New York’s public enemy number 1. But when the mayor’s daughter goes missing, there’s only cop who can bring her home.
James Patterson Criss Cross Arrow Books, 11th June, pb, £8.99, 9781787461857 Alex Cross must confront a criminal from his past before a master plan to frame him succeeds. This is the 27th Cross outing.
Nell Pattison The Silent House HarperCollins, 5th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008361761 Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Cara Hunter.
Chris Pavone The Paris Diversion Faber & Faber, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571337231 Explosive sequel to the top ten bestseller The Expats, The Paris Diversion takes place over the course of one nail-biting day.
Anne Perry One Fatal Flaw Headline Book Publishing, 14th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472257314 How far will barrister Daniel Pitt go to find the truth? Perry returns
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Charlotte Philby The Most Difficult Thing Borough Press, 16th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008327026 Irresistible combination of contemporary espionage and domestic suspense and a highly charged examination of betrayal.
Charlotte Philby A Double Life HarperFiction, 9th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008365172 Two women’s lives converge in this thriller about human trafficking and exploitation.
Jonathan Pinnock The Riddle of the Fractal Monks Farrago, 16th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788422161 As a mystery lands at Tom Winscombe’s feet, another riotous mathe- matical adventure begins. Who are the Fractal Monks, and what does Isaac, last of the Vava- sors, want with them?
Lynda La Plante Buried Zaffre Publishing, 2nd April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838770341 Action-packed thriller with roots in La Plante’s bestselling Widows and Widows’ Revenge.
Robert Pobi City of Windows Mulholland Books, 16th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529353150 Launch of a major new American thriller series. Lucas Page sees crime from a different angle and only he can stop a series of impossible killings.
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Dover Mysteries Joyce Porter Dover One Farrago, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788422048 Scotland Yard sends Dover to investigate the disappearance of a young housemaid. There’s every cause to assume that she has been murdered but no body is to be found. Dover Two
9781788422055 A young woman is shot in the head and later smothered with a pillow in her hospital bed. Dover Three 9781788422062 The bleak little village of Thornwich has been honoured with the most obscene poison pen letters imaginable. Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All
9781788422079 Mrs Dover witnesses a young policeman’s suicide. As her husband sluggishly starts investigating the matter, an earlier case of murder and mutilation suddenly turns up as well. Dover Goes to Pott 16th April, 9781788422086 The town of Pott Winckle owes its prosperity to the firm of Wibbley Ware. When the owner’s daughter is murdered, the call goes out for Scotland Yard’s finest: Dover. Dover Strikes Again 9781788422093 A construction tycoon is found strangled and someone is out to Dover too. It’s Murder With Dover 9781788422109 Scotland Yard sends Detective Chief Inspector Dover and woeful assistant MacGregor off on the stately home circuit to look into a murder. Dover and the Claret Tappers 9781788422116 When Dover suddenly vanishes from Scotland Yard, along comes an ultimatum from a gang of kidnappers.
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Crooked River Head of Zeus, 4th February, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781789544558 FBI Special Agent Pendergast faces his most powerful and deadly opponent in the latest instalment in the series.
Malcom Pryce The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness Bloomsbury, 19th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781408895290 Quirky, nostalgic crime read—a tale of steam trains, giant squid, missing screenplays, missing mothers and a quest for the truth.
David Quantick Night Train Titan Books, 9th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785658594 From an Emmy Award- winning author, Night Train is a science-fiction horror story like no other.
Cath Quinn Black Widows Orion, 23rd July, hb, £14.99, 9781409196952 No information at time of going to press.
CS Quinn The Bastille Spy Corvus, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786498434 Crime novel set in the early days of the French Revolution. For fans of
CJ Sansom, Robin Young and Rory Clements.
Suzy K Quinn Not My Daughter HQ, 9th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008323189 Nailbiting story of a woman’s search for her missing daughter taking her into the orbit of her ex-partner, a monster she swore never to return to.
Jenny Quintana Our Dark Secret Mantle, 6th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781509839469 From the author of The Missing Girl, this is a novel about female friendship, long-buried secrets and what happens when the truth finally emerges.
Matthew Quirk Hour of the Assassin William Morrow, 30th April, hb, £20, 9780062875495 Framed and on the run for his life, a former Secret Service agent discovers how far some men will go to grasp the highest office in the land.
Lori Rader-Day The Lucky One William Morrow Paperbacks, 2nd April, pb, £10.99, 9780062938077 Chilling novel about a young woman who recognises the man who kidnapped her as a child, setting off a search for justice and into danger.
Khurrum Rahman Ride or Die HQ, 9th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780008322427 High-octane spy thriller for the boxset generation featuring a refreshing and unique protagonist in Jay Qasim—a British Muslim unwillingly hired by MI5.
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Anderson & Costello Caro Ramsay Vol 11: The Red, Red Snow Severn House, 28th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727889232 Detectives Anderson and Costello put their wits to solving a seemingly impossible crime in this suspenseful police procedural mystery set in the Scottish Highlands. Vol 1: Absolution Black Torn, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786898739 In their first case together, the Glaswegian police team chase the Crucifixion Killer. Vol 3: Dark Water 9781786898821 The duo must solve the murder of a criminal with a mutilated face. Vol 2: Singing to the Dead 9781786899071
Two young boys are abducted. Vol 10: The Sideman 5th May, 9781838851019 Costello must break the rules if she is to catch a ruthless killer.
Alex Reeve The Anarchists’ Club Raven Books, 6th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781526604194 The second book in the Leo Stanhope historical crime series follows the Richard & Judy Book Club 2019 pick, The House on Half Moon Street.
Kathy Reichs A Conspiracy of Bones Simon & Schuster, 17th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781471188848 Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse.
Nick Rennison (ed) Sherlock’s Sisters No Exit Press, 25th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857303981 Editor Nick Rennison turns the spotlight on the women writers and detectives who could more than match their male counterparts in his latest anthology of rivals to Sherlock Holmes.
Rod Reynolds Blood Red City Orenda Books, 11th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193249 Video footage of an apparent murder on a London train thrusts crusading journalist Lydia into a terrifying web of money, politics and power in this sophisticated, shockingly believable contemporary thriller.
Kate Rhodes Burnt Island Simon & Schuster, 19th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471166020 The tiny community of St Agnes is preparing for their annual fireworks festivities, when a charred body is discovered on the bonfire. A Ben Kitto story.
Ren Richards The Broken Ones Viper, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788164061 Who do you turn to when you’re not sure if you love your child? And when they’re taken, will anyone believe you’re innocent?
Cecily Riley Hunger March Hawkwood Books, 15th May, pb, £5.99, 9781908577955 Secrets of a Dancing Girl story all about human rights—those of the
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