private investigator, is hired to investigate twin teenagers who have returned from holiday unrecognisable to their mother. First book in the Marvel Crime series.
Sandie Jones I Would Die For You Pan, 27th, £9.99, 9781035029617 The downfall of a British band in 1980s London hides shocking secrets.
Ellie Keel ( 4) The Four HQ, 13th, £9.99, 9780008580384 Dark academia debut follows four scholarship students, whose
dreams come true when they are accepted into an elite boarding school, but find themselves navigating a complex system of loyalty, honour and revenge.
Ellery Lloyd The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby Pan, 13th, £9.99, 9781035020829 Three mysterious deaths over the course of a century are all connected by a lost painting.
Gay Marris A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder
Bedford Square Publishers, 27th, £9.99, 9781835010112
A tight-knit suburban street in 1960s London is unsettled by the
discovery of a body.
Seicho Matsumoto, Beth Cary (trans) Inspector Imanishi Investigates
Penguin Modern Classics, 27th, £9.99, 9780241724439
In 1960, Japanese society is experiencing great change when senior inspector Imanishi Eitaro must cross the country in search of answers, from Osaka to Akita, accompanied by junior detective Yoshimura. First paperback publication of the English translation. Multiple film and TV adaptations exist in Japan.
Megan Miranda Daughter of Mine Quercus, 13th, £9.99, 9781529438529
After the daughter of Mirror Lake’s longtime local detective inherits her childhood home, a drought lowers the level of the lake, shedding light on her mother’s mysterious disappearance.
Ian Moore Death in le Jardin Farrago, 20th, £9.99, 9781788425025
A housekeeper is accused of murder in the
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Stuart Neville Blood Like Mine Simon & Schuster Adult Fiction, 13th, £9.99, 9781398528109
Special Agent Marc Donner of the FBI is tracking a serial killer across the American West in the first in Neville’s trilogy. A mother and child on the move might hold the answer.
Aslak Nore, Deborah Dawkin (trans) The Sea Cemetery
MacLehose Press, 13th, £9.99, 9781529424379
Secrets from the Second World War emerge when a death causes fights over inheritance between the Oslo and Bergen branches of the powerful Falck family.
Simon Toyne Blood Traces Hemlock Press, 27th, £9.99, 9780007551781
Second book featuring forensic specialist doctor Laughton Rees and detective inspector Tannahill Khan. Previously published in hardback as The Clearing.
Claire Wilson Five by Five Michael Joseph, 27th, £8.99, 9781405964463
Prisoners and staff are kept on close watch when rumours of a corrupt
guard with lethal influence circulate. Winner of the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers’ Prize.
Don Winslow City in Ruins Hemlock Press, 13th, £9.99, 9780008507916
Third book in the Danny Ryan gangland trilogy, following City on Fire and City of Dreams.
Stephanie Wrobel The Hitchcock Hotel Michael Joseph, 13th, £9.99, 9781405953061
Thriller set in a Hitchcock- themed hotel. The owner invites five close college friends to stay, but no Hitchcock set is complete without a dead body.
Historical
Paul Carlucci The Voyageur Swift Press, 13th, £9.99, 9781800753174
Alex is a motherless stockboy in pre- Confederation Canada whose hopes of a life with his absent father are dashed by all kinds of abuse in a society of self-interest.
Flora Carr The Tower Penguin, 27th, £9.99, 9781804945605
Feminist retelling of Mary, Queen of Scots’ darkest hour brings to life her
1567 imprisonment in Lochleven Castle while pregnant, following an uprising that led to her forced abdication. “Bold and intimate,” said the TLS.
Francesca De Tores Saltblood Bloomsbury Publishing, 13th, £9.99, 9781526661319
The story of Mary, whose multiple identities take her from a rented room outside Plymouth to Flanders and the high seas. Inspired by the story of Mary Read and the Golden Age of Piracy. Winner of the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.
Hella S Haasse, Lewis C Kaplan (trans) In a Dark Wood Wandering
Apollo, 6th, £10.99, 9781804543887
A novel of France during the Hundred Years’ War. First published in the Netherlands in 1949 and translated into English in 1989, this edition features a new introduction by Bart van Loo.
Chris Lloyd Banquet of Beggars Orion Fiction, 27th, £9.99, 9781409190370
The murder of a Black marketeer highlights who is in charge. Third book in the Occupation series following Eddie Giral, a police detective in Nazi Occupied Paris. The first book in the series, The Unwanted Dead, won the HWA Gold Crown Award.
Hesse Phillips Lightborne Atlantic Books, 6th, £9.99, 9781805460398
Elizabethan tale of queer love, betrayal and survival featuring Christopher Marlowe. “Vivid, punchy,” said the Sunday Times, who made it historical fiction of the month on hardback publication.
Laura Shepperson The Heir of Venus Sphere, 27th, £9.99, 9781408725481
The story of Rome’s origins seen through the eyes of three women whose choices changed history: Creusa, Dido and Lavinia.
Louisa Treger The Paris Muse
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Bloomsbury Publishing, 27th, £9.99, 9781526639264
In 1930s Paris, talented French photographer, painter and poet Dora Maar meets and falls in love with Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. A fictionalised love story from Dora’s perspective.
Historical adventure
Ian Ross
King’s Enemy Hodder Paperbacks, 26th, £9.99, 9781399708951
The once honoured Adam de Norton is a fugitive prisoner, now branded the king’s enemy. Third book in the de Norton series, set in the 13th century.
Historical crime & thriller
Tom Mead Cabaret Macabre Head of Zeus, 27th, £9.99, 9781837932597
In December 1938, a locked-room murder mystery in a snowbound English country house is a complex case for sleuth and illusionist Joseph Spector. Third book in the series.
Kuchenga Shenjé The Library Thief Sphere, 6th, £9.99, 9781408726839
Mystery about a white-passing bookbinder in Victorian Britain.
Shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award.
Jane Thynne
Midnight in Vienna Quercus, 13th, £9.99, 9781529430684
In 1938, a famous London mystery writer disappears and his typist
Stella, recently arrived from Vienna, is placed in danger. “Gripping and surprising,” said the Observer.
Peter Tremayne Prophet of Blood Headline, 13th, £10.99, 9781472296108
Autumn, AD 672. When Abbot Brocc foretells his impending death, Sister Fidelma must unravel the mystery. 35th book featuring the Irish sleuth Sister Fidelma.
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Elizabeth Gill A Sister’s Dream Quercus, 27th, £8.99, 9781529421149
Young Catrin wants to become a doctor in the third book in the Hilda House series.
Faith Hogan The Bookshop Ladies Aria, 6th, £9.99, 9781803282596 A widow is drawn to Ballycove, a small town on the west coast of Ireland, by an artwork and a chaotic bookshop in need of support. Shortlisted for the 2024 An Post Irish Book Award for Best Popular Fiction Novel.
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Leigh Bardugo The Familiar Penguin, 27th, £9.99, 9780241999844
Set in Madrid during the Spanish Golden Age, a maid is discovered to be hiding magic. New novel from the creator of the Shadow and Bone series,the inspiration for the Netflix series of the same name.
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