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Wendy Walker The Night Before Orion, 19th March, pb, £7.99, 9781409190035 From the author of All is Not Forgotten comes a thriller about what happens when the desire for love spins out of control.
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Jill Paton Walsh The Imogen Quy mysteries.
Debts of Dishonour Hodder Paperbacks, 16th April, pb, eb, £9.99, The Bad Quarto 9780340839225 The Wyndham Case 9780340839492 A Piece of Justice 9780340839508
Natalie Walters Silent Shadows Revell, 19th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780800735340 Pecca Gallegos moved to Walton, Georgia, to protect her son and escape the dangerous lifestyle that once defined her. When the past resurfaces, she confides in an unlikely ally.
Annie Ward Beautiful Bad Quercus Publishing, 6th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781787472778 In the most explosive and twisted psychological thriller since The Woman in the Window, a perfect love story leads to the perfect crime.
Rachel Ward Expiry Date Sandstone Press, 18th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781912240982 Bea’s favourite customer hasn’t been seen for weeks. Her abusive husband claims she’s left him but Bea can’t shake the feeling something worse has happened.
Ruth Ware The Turn of the Key Vintage, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784708092 Full of spellbinding menace, The Turn of the Key is a gripping modern- day haunted house thriller.
Roz Watkins Dead Man’s Daughter HQ, 20th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008214692 Chilling, powerful thriller set in the atmospheric Peak District.
Roz Watkins Cut to the Bone
HQ, 25th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008214708 New DI Meg Dalton novel from the author of The Devil’s Dice.
Douglas Watt A Killing in Van Diemen’s Land Luath Press, 15th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913025458 Set in Edinburgh in 1690 as political and religious tensions boil. A body is concealed behind the walls of Van Diemen’s Land.
Holly Watt The Dead Line Raven Books, 16th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526602947 Journalist Casey Benedict is on the trail of another high-stakes story in the second instalment of this international thriller.
Camilla Way Untitled HarperFiction, 30th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008281038 Unnerving psychological thriller.
Kate Weinberg The Truants Bloomsbury, 25th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526600134 During the first year of university, a group of friends discover the true cost of an extraordinary life in this captivating début about obsession, rivalry and coming of age.
Schuy R Weishaar Doctor Nobody and the Lower Animals Top Hat Books, 29th May, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781789044133 Warring factions, a peril- ous new drug, a mysteri- ous death and a small Illinois town on the edge.
Matt Wesolowski Beast Orenda Books, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193133 Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local “vampire tower” in another explosive episode of Six Stories.
Donald E Westlake Double Feature Hard Case Crime, 4th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785657207 The movie star and the movie critic—how far would they go to keep their secrets buried? Contains two classic Westlake novellas—A Travesty and Ordo.
Frank White Innocence: Two Novellas Hodder & Stoughton, 30th
ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
April, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781529327861 Nostalgic novella of coming of age in a York- shire village in the sixties paired with another short novel set in Manchester at the outbreak of war.
Nicola White A Famished Heart Viper, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788164085 First in a powerful new crime trilogy set in 1980s Dublin explores the power of the Catholic Church and the powerlessness of unmarried women.
Rebecca Whitney The Hidden Girls Mantle, 14th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781447265863 Macmillan Digital Audio, 14th May, downloadable audiofile, £21.99, 9781509838264 For fans of The Girl on the Train and The Widow, this is the tense new novel from the author of The Liar’s Chair.
Charles Willeford The Burnt Orange Heresy Orion, 9th July, pb, £8.99, 9781409196785 Fast-paced, hyper-tense thriller about an art heist that spins out of control with murderous results. Soon to be a major film.
Andrew Williams Witchfinderß Hodder Paperback, 16th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473631786 Novel of espionage and betrayal from “one of Britain’s most accom- plished thriller writers”.
James L Williams Fatal Revenge Book Guild Publishing, 28th May, pb, £8.99, 9781913208592 Sequel to Ghostly Witnesses. Someone is plotting revenge on several individuals, includ- ing Sergeant Vic’s family, back in Pine Creek Falls. Can Vic thwart the plot?
Darren Wills
Beneath the Blood Moon Matador, 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838592622 Dominic Walker, a teacher, is arrested for murder. But his story is too fantastic for the police to believe.
Olga Wojtas Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace Contraband, 14th February, pb, £8.99, 9781912235506 Intrepid librarian Shona McMonagle, erstwhile Marcia Blaine Academy prefect, finds herself in an isolated French mountain village where
she is drawn into a full- blown vampire hunt.
Klaus-Peter Wolf The Oath Zaffre Publishing, 6th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781786580344 If the system can’t make them pay, then he will. Will the killer finish the job the police couldn’t?
Trevor Wood
The Man on the Street Quercus Publishing, 19th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787478367 Introducing the most unforgettable investigator of 2020. Gritty, Newcastle-set noir crime for fans of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina.
Adrian Wright Forget Me Not Matador, 28th April, pb, £8.99, 9781838593131 Witty and original murder mystery set against the background of the music hall and the Cromer Pier show. A story of illusion, death and remembrance.
Qiu Xiaolong Hold Your Breath, China Severn House, 28th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727890436 Chief Inspector Chen is assigned to investigate a group of environmental activists trying to tackle pollution.
Jakub Zulczyk Blinded by the Lights Legend Press, 15th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789559859 Powerful psychological thriller about the violent and exclusive world of the criminal underground. A Polish bestseller, the novel has been made into a major HBO European series. series.
A Yi, Alex Woodend (tr) Two Lives Flame Tree Press, 28th February, pb, £9.95, 9781787582774 A Yi employs his forensic skills to offer portraits of modern life with twists of crime and glimpses of romance.
Seishi Yokomizo, Yumiko Yamakazi (tr) The Inugami Curse Pushkin Vertigo, 6th February, pb, £8.99, 9781782275039 Fiendish classic murder mystery from one of Japan’s great- est crime writers.
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