Fiction Crime & thriller


of what happened begin to unfold.


Katherine Faulkner The Break-In Raven Books, 19th June, £14, 978152667415


Louise Candlish A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder


HQ, 17th July, £17.99, 9780008641030


New neighbours Pixie and Gwen enjoy an unlikely age-gap friendship, until events take a murderous turn. From the bestselling author of Our House.


The author of Greenwich Park starts her thriller with a break-in that ends in tragedy. What happens next will have listeners hooked.


graduate of Penguin’s WriteNow scheme.


Cards that speak volumes


Amy McCulloch Runner 13 Penguin, 19th June, £18.99, 9780241641392


SM Govett Believe Penguin, 19th June, £16.99, 9780241707340


Fiona Cummins Some of Us Are Liars Macmillan, 19th June, £14.99, 9781035013043


The new thriller from the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author of All of Us Are Broken. Read by Olivia Dowd.


A psychological drama set in the law world. Natalie’s husband is accused of assaulting a woman whose body is found in the woods near their house.


Holly Jackson Not Quite Dead Yet Michael Joseph, 17th July, £20, 9780241753682


A young woman has one week to solve her own murder. This is the new thriller from the author of A Good Girl‘s Guide to Murder, which has sold more than 620,000 copies, according to the publisher.


Mark Edwards The Wasp Trap Michael Joseph, 31st July, £16.99, 9781405971492


Twenty-five years ago, a gathering of idealistic graduates ended in tragedy. Brought together once again, secrets


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Barnaby Martin The Quiet Macmillan, 15th May, £16.99, 9781035051526


Elaine Castillo Moderation Atlantic Books, 3rd July, £7.99, 9781838954987


Following her debut novel America Is Not the Heart, the Filipino- American writer turns her talents to skewering big tech. Thirty-something Girlie takes a big pay rise to moderate her company’s new venture: virtual-reality theme parks of civilisations long-since dead.


Read by tbc Running time 10 hrs 50 mins


A genre-bending thriller touching on the limitations of science and our relationship with our past selves. Read by Annabel Scholey.


Emma Medrano Venus Fly Trap Michael Joseph, 24th July, £18.99, 9780241703588


A dark and twisty tale about university student Louise, whose growing infatuation with her flatmate Cat leads to disaster. This is the latest novel from the


Elizabeth Fremantle Sinners Penguin, 3rd July, £18.99, 97802417051629


In the same vein as Firebrand, which became a Hollywood film featuring Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr, the historical fiction writer asks us to consider Beatrice Cenci, a young noblewoman in 16th-century Rome accused of murder. Is she saint or sinner?


Read by tbc Running time tbc


Beth Lewis The Rush Viper, 12th June, £29.99, 9781805225140


Lewis, the author of The Wolf Road offers a gripping account of the lives of three women during the Yukon Gold Rush, an era often dominated by male narratives.


Stuart MacBride This House of Burning Bones


Macmillan, 22nd May, £12.99, 9781035064892


2025 marks the 20th anniversary of character Logan McRae. The latest instalment in the series follows a tabloid media tycoon at odds with the local police.


Ultra-running meets Agatha Christie in this thriller set in the world of competitive endurance racing. Out in front, Adri discovers a killer stalking participants in the hot sands of their event.


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Alex North


The Man Made of Smoke Penguin, 8th May, £18.99, 9780241438145


Dan Garvie, a successful criminal psychiatrist, takes on a case that draws him back into the dark past. From the author of The Whisper Man.


‘...for its exceptional blend of literary brilliance and outstanding narration.’


Historical fiction


Nicolás Obregón The Sugar Man Penguin, 5th June, £22, 9780241345429


Hardbitten cop Dakota Finch is on the trail of a serial killer in this gripping small-town crime story.


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Romance & uplit


Ruth Hogan The Light a Candle Society


Corvus, 26th June, £3.99, 9781805460763


Caroline Lea Love, Sex & Frankenstein


Penguin, 19th June, £18.99, 9780241493014


A reimagining of that night in 1816 when Lord Byron proposed a competition to write a horror story, leading to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.


The Keeper of Lost Things author returns with an uplifting tale about unlikely friendships within unexpected communities.


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Moira Macdonald Storybook Ending Bloomsbury, 3rd June, £14, 9781526683779


Tale of a love triangle set among the shelves of a bookshop.


Austin Taylor Notes on Infinity Penguin, 10th July, £16.99, 9780241729489


A smart debut about love, science and startups set in Silicon Valley.


SFF


Brittney Arena A Dance of Lies Bloomsbury, 5th June, £14, 9781526681423


For readers eager to listen to the next enemies-to-lovers epic.


Olia Hercules Strong Roots Bloomsbury, 19th June, £20, 981526662972


Extraordinary multi- generational tale from the well-known cookery personality. Blending her own family history with recipes from her Ukrainian homeland – including the best ways to make borsch.


Read by Olia Hercules Running time 5 hrs


LJ Andrews Broken Souls and Bones Penguin, 15th May, £20, 9780241729939


In this Viking-inspired saga, Lyra’s forbidden magic reveals itself to be the rarest of them all.


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