Titles in this preview are published in July
James Patterson, Mike Lupica Never Say Die
Cornerstone, 17th, £20, HB, 9781529922394
Jane Smith is back in the courtroom defending a client, but her time is running out in this third instalment of the Jane Smith series.
Lex Noteboom The Man with a Thousand Faces
Orion, 10th, £20, HB, 9781398721814
In a world of deep-fakes and political intrigue, how can anyone know the truth about their president, or even their own husband? A “political thriller ripped straight from the headlines”.
Marie O’Hare I Know Where You Buried Your Husband
Bantam, 10th, £16.99, HB, 9780857506740
Five best friends must work together to cover up the murder of one of
their husbands, billed as “if Celeste Ng wrote Bad Sisters”.
Peter Papathanasiou The Bolthole MacLehose Press, 31st, £16.99, TPB, 9781529443073
Outback noir meets destination thriller as an investigation is launched into the murder of a rich newcomer to the community.
Kingsley Pearson Flat 401 Orion, 3rd, £9.99, PBO, 9781398722996
A thriller centred on a mysterious death and the person who lived in
the neighbouring flat, this won the 2022 Joffe Books Prize and was shortlisted for the Mo Siewcharran Prize. Bumped from April.
Gill Perdue
The Night I Killed Him Sandycove, 10th, £14.99, TPB, 9781844886814
A body emerging from the deep threatens to destroy the apparently perfect life of an iconic influencer in this Dublin-set story.
Jo Piazza Everyone Is Lying to You HQ, 31st, £18.99, HB, 9780008756642
An “explosive tradwife psychological thriller” for fans of Lisa Jewell and Claire Douglas.
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Badlands
Aries, 17th, £20, HB, 9781035915705
A twisty supernatural thriller from the
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New York Times bestselling authors. Nora Kelly investigates bizarre deaths in the New Mexico desert where an ancient evil has awakened.
Jess Ryder The Island Escape Penguin, 3rd, £9.99, PBO, 9781804946886
Juno heads to a Greek island to seek the father she has never met, where she becomes convinced something terrible happened all those years ago.
Lily Samson Watch Me Watch You Century, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781529909494
A “shocking, seductive” thriller in which two women are caught in a dangerous web of deceit and desire.
William Shaw The Red Shore Hemlock Press, 3rd, £18.99, HB, 9780008720407
A London detective moves to Devon when his estranged sister goes missing and finds himself caring for her nine-year-old son he didn’t know existed.
Alice Slater
Let the Bad Times Roll Hodder & Stoughton, 10th, £20, HB, 9781529385380
The second novel from the bestselling author of Death of a Bookseller centres on the disappearance of Daniel, and a gathering held by his sister where the people who knew him and a psychic try to uncover what happened.
LD Smithson The Shame Game Penguin, 31st, £9.99, PBO, 9781804991695
Someone knows what you did, what you spent years
trying to forget. Now they’re going to make it public, unless you do exactly what they say.
Penny Stephens Till Death Us Do Part Quercus, 17th, £16.99, HB, 9781529441420
In the “charming and delightfully cosy” debut crime novel from
Reverend Penny Stephens, weddings can be murder.
Lisa Stone The Forever House HarperFiction, 17th, £9.99, PBO, 9780008725259
A crime thriller with a ghostly edge, in which Jasmine is forced to question whether she and her family are safe in their new home.
Uketsu, Jim Rion (trans) Strange Houses Pushkin Vertigo, 3rd, £14.99, TPB, 9781805335375
A Japanese mystery bestseller, revolving around a series of unsettling floor plans, in which the reader plays detective, from the YouTube sensation Uketsu.
Charlotte Vassell A Deadly Inheritance Faber, 17th, £9.99, PBO, 9780571390441
A detective is dispatched to a double murder in a South London townhouse, and gets a tip-off about the family’s nefarious past. Then he realises he recognises the victims.
Kate Weston How to Make a Killing Headline, 3rd, £9.99, PBO, 9781035412488
A “hilarious, dark” thriller about murderous estate agents, billed as Selling Sunset meets Lucy Foley. Bumped from June.
Nicola Williams Killer Instinct Hamish Hamilton, 10th, £16.99, HB, 9780241568088
Barrister Lee Mitchell fights against a wrongful conviction for murder based on prejudices about the defendant’s working-class background and tries to find the real culprit.
Naomi Williams The Woman in Ward 9 Headline, 17th, £9.99, PBO, 9781035411139
Laura is found covered in blood that is not her own and, with no memory of what happened, is admitted to a psychiatric facility. It’s up to psychologist Emma to find out what happened.
Trevor Wood The Inside Man Quercus, 3rd, £20, HB, 9781529432558
DCI Jack Parker must hide his early-onset dementia as he investigates the death of a colleague and the disappearance of a woman.
Historical crime and thriller
Mary Anna Evans The Dark Library Poisoned Pen Press, 24th, £13.99, PBO, 9781728293677
Historical dark academia meets Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca in this psychological suspense novel set during the First World War.
Amelia Blackwell A Crime Through Time Macmillan, 10th, £18.99, HB, 9781035054091
The first instalment in a time-travelling cosy-crime series featuring Georgiana Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Lesley McDowell Love and Other Poisons Wildfire, 17th, £20, PBO, 9781035411696
A “gripping” historical novel based on the true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Scottish socialite who was accused of murdering her lover, and the fascinating mystery around her sudden disappearance years later.
Alan Parks ( 6) Gunner Baskerville, 17th, £16.99, HB, 9781399819664
The first instalment of a new “exciting and suspenseful” wartime thriller series from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books, partly inspired by the true story of a secret
mission undertaken by Rudolph Hess.
Sally Smith A Case of Life and Limb Raven Books, 17th, £16.99, HB, 9781526668776
It is winter in 1901 and reluctant sleuth Gabriel Ward KC is faced with a bizarre case as the peace and quiet of the Inner Temple is shattered by the arrival of parcels containing body parts.
Matthew Sweet Bookish Quercus, 10th, £18.99, HB, 9781529444445
Based on Mark Gatiss’ upcoming TV series set in post-war London in 1946, Bookish follows an enigmatic bookshop owner who helps the local police solve crimes.
Historical
Amy Bloom I’ll Be Right Here Granta Books, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781783788026
An “epic and intimate” novel about an unconventional family, which journeys from Colette’s Paris of the 1940s to 21st-century New York. Celebrates queer romance and polyamory among other untraditional relationships.
Iris Costello The Paris
Bookshop Secret Penguin, 31st, £9.99, PBO, 9781405974615
A “captivating historical mystery” that follows the interweaving stories of Alexis, a burnt-out book editor, and her childhood hero, author Maeve O’Malley, who is writing one last story – her own.
Elizabeth Fremantle Sinners Michael Joseph, 3rd, £18.99, HB, 9780241705162
An “electrifying” tale of rage and resistance that gives voice to the tragic and remarkable story of a young Roman noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci.
Sally Gardner The Bride Stone Apollo, 31st, £20, HB, 9781804541838
An estate on the line, a marriage of convenience and a bride with a hidden past. The award-winning author of I, Coriander’s latest is a “spellbinding” tale set in 1796.
Kristin Harmel The Room on Rue Amélie Mountain Leopard Press, 3rd, £10.99, PBO, 9781035426362
A “moving” novel set in Paris during the Second
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