Charlotte, famous for her low-carb cookery shows, takes a trip to Ibiza with her friend Bianka, but things take a dark turn while they’re away. Great holiday cover and I do think Dahl is good.


Louise Doughty A Bird in Winter Faber & Faber, 31st August, £16.99, hb, 9780571322176 Bird is on the run, fleeing north using multiple disguises, in this latest from the author of the hit BBC series “Crossfire”.


M T Edvardsson The Woman Inside Pan, 15th February 24, £9.99, tpb, 9781529008197 Karla begins working as a cleaner for Steven and Regina, but by the end of the summer the couple will be found dead in their home. The author’s A Nearly Normal Family is set to be adapted for Netflix.


Kellye Garrett Missing White Woman Simon & Schuster, 4th January 24, £14.99, hb, 9781398517660 Breanna’s new boyfriend Ty takes her on a romantic getaway to New York, but a recently missing white woman is found dead in the foyer of their hotel.


Robert Gold Ten Seconds Sphere, 21st March 24, £14.99, hb, 9781408730577 Controversial media figure Madeline Wilson is kidnapped shortly after the man she campaigned against is released from prison. Gold’s début Twelve Secrets sold more than 60,000 copies, says Sphere.


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One of the Good Guys Macmillan, 4th January 24, £16.99, hb, 9781035018109 Cole believes he is one of the good guys. So why does his wife leave him? Hall is a classy writer, and Gillian Flynn calls this “razor-laced”.


Amy Engel I Did It For You HQ, 3rd August, £16.99, hb, 9780008613877 I thought Engel’s previ- ous thriller, The Roanoke Girls, was really excellent; this new one sees Greer returning to the small town of Ludlow 15 years after her sister was killed, when another body is found.


Sebastian Fitzek The Eye Collector Aries, 7th December, £9.99, pb, 9781804542361 This first in a trilogy follows a serial killer targeting families with children, with only one witness having a clue to his identity.


Nicci French Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter Simon & Schuster, 14th March 24, £18.99, hb, 9781398524088 Years after Etty’s mother Charlotte inexplicably vanished, she is back in their old town to move her father into a care home, and old secrets start to emerge.


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Sophie Hannah The Opposite of Murder Hodder & Stoughton, 18th April 24, £16.99, hb, 9781529352955 I love Hannah’s unguess- able twists. In this latest, Jemma confesses to a murder—but she has an unshakeable alibi. What really happened?


Terry Hayes The Year of the Locust Bantam, 28th September, £22, hb, 9780593064962 A nationwide campaign for this follow-up to I Am Pilgrim, which sees Kane travelling to the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan to exfiltrate a man with vital information.


David Hewson The Borgia Portrait Canongate Books, 2nd May 24, £9.99, tpb, 9781838858711 Arnold Clover is recruited by Lizzie Hawker to look into her family inheritance —and the disappearance of a priceless erotic portrait of Lucrezia Borgia.


Sarah Hilary Sharp Glass Macmillan, 11th July 24, £16.99, hb, 9781035005093 A woman is trapped in a house by a man who believes she is someone


she isn’t in this latest standalone from the always excellent Hilary.


Catherine Ryan Howard The Trap Bantam, 17th August, £14.99, hb, 9781787636606 Howard, author of 56 Days, is great, and I love this hook: a woman hunt- ing for her sister’s killer sets out to find him by becoming his next victim.


Raven Books, 14th March 24, £14.99, hb, 9781526647597 When Sophie goes missing, how far will her parents Harry and Zara go to find justice?


Sophie Morton-Thomas Bird Spotting In A Small Town Verve Books, 29th February 24, £9.99, tpb, 9780857308535 Birdwatcher Fran, who owns a caravan park in a small Norfolk town, is distraught when beheaded birds start appearing. Verve plans to tour Morton-Thomas around “key UK crime festivals” on publication.


Ruth Kelly The Escape Pan, 23rd November, £8.99, tpb, 9781035025367 Struggling influencer couple Adele and Jack are amazed when a mysterious benefactor offers to buy them a French château. But when their renovation videos suddenly stop, Adele’s sister Erin investigates.


Jessica Knoll Bright Young Women Macmillan, 28th September, £16.99, hb, 9781509839995 Great cover for this novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America’s first celebrity serial killer in his final murderous spree.


Jean Kwok The Leftover Woman Viper, 2nd November, £14.99, hb, 9781805220107 Jasmine sets out to find the daughter she thought died at birth, but who she has learned is in New York City; meanwhile Rebecca’s life with her adopted Chinese daughter is set to crumble. A TV series is in development.


Laura Lippman Prom Mom Faber & Faber, 10th August, £8.99, pb, 9780571377107 Lippman is one of my favourite authors. In this latest, Amber gave birth to a baby in the bathroom during the prom. Even her date didn’t realise. Two decades later, she is back in town and they resume their relationship, but will past secrets come out? (Probably.)


Imran Mahmood Finding Sophie


Abir Mukherjee Hunted Vintage, 16th May 24, £14.99, hb, 9781787302723 I love Mukherjee’s Wyndham & Banerjee series set in colonial India. This contemporary thriller follows two parents trying to find their teenage children, after a British Muslim girl sets off a suicide bomb in LA.


Andrew Hunter Murray A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering Cornerstone, 6th June 24, £16.99, hb, 9781529152807 I really enjoyed Murray’s previous thrillers The Last Day and The Sanctuary. The premise for this one is that Al and his friends break into the homes of the rich to live there while they are away— but this time they find a body.


Adorah Nworah House Woman Te Borough Press, 4th January 24, £16.99, hb, 9780008502713 Fabulously creepy cover for this début in which young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane from Lagos to Houston to meet her new husband—but none of the promises made to her are kept.


Adele Parks Just Between Us HQ, 17th August, £14.99, hb, 9780008395674 Parks’ previous thrillers were both Sunday Times top five bestsellers, says HQ; this follows the disappearance of Kylie Gillingham, a woman who was married to two men at the same time, and both husbands are suspects.


Tony Parsons Who She Was Cornerstone, 17th August, £16.99, hb, 9781529197310 A young woman arrives on a Cornish beach with no trace of her previous life—but what price did she pay to escape it?


Lily Samson The Switch Cornerstone, 23rd May 24, £14.99, hb, 9781529909470 I like the sound of this dark début, in which Elena, new to the area, is persuaded into a secret partner swap by her new friend Sophia… but Sophia’s plans are more dangerous than Elena imagined. Samson is the co-founder of indie press Dodo Ink.


Holly Seddon The Short Straw Orion, 14th September, £16.99, hb, 9781398715462 Pitched irresistibly as Shirley Jackson meets Gillian Flynn, this sees three sisters enter the manor where their mother once worked, only to discover an unspeakable family secret.


Mira V Shah The House Sitter Hodder & Stoughton, 25th April 24, £8.99, tpb, 9781399701273 Shah’s narrator wakes up next to the body of a dead man, and takes a house sitting job in Italy to escape. But the new owners are the family of the dead man…


Jesse Sutanto I’m Not Done With You Yet HQ, 17th August, £8.99, tpb, 9780008558765 Struggling writer Jane has a life she doesn’t really want. The only person she’s ever cared about is her estranged friend Thalia—and now she’s found her again, she won’t let her go. Sutanto’s super-fun Dial A For Aunties is set to be adapted by Netflix.


Former Hollywood child star Salma looks into the unsolved murder of her sister when the killer strikes again. Nice sultry cover.


Jonny Sweet The Kellerby Code Faber & Faber, 21st March 24, £14.99, hb, 9780571379873 “‘Knives Out’ in book form,” says Faber of this country house crime novel in which Edward, who does everything to keep his best friends happy, starts to succumb to the brutality at his core.


Scarlett Thomas The Sleepwalkers Simon & Schuster, 11th April 24, £16.99, hb, 9781398528406 This literary thriller from the author of The End of Mr Y follows Evelyn and Richard, who arrive on a Greek island for their honeymoon only to discover talk about a married couple who drowned nearby.


Danielle Valentine Delicate Condition Viper, 17th August, £16.99, hb, 9781800818323 This “feminist update to Rosemary’s Baby” sees actress Anna finally get pregnant, only to believe that someone is trying to make sure the pregnancy never happens.


Louise Welsh To the Dogs Canongate Books, 18th January 24, £16.99, hb, 9781838859817 Professor Jim Brennan is trying to escape his past, but when his son is arrested on drugs charges, he finds he is more like his father than he thought.


Halley Sutton The Hurricane Blonde Allison & Busby, 8th August, £14.99, tpb, 9780749030629


Louise Wolhuter An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb Ultimo Press, 7th December, £8.99, pb, 9781761151712 When nine-year-old Jessie Else goes missing from the small town of Winifred, suspicion falls on the people who live on the margins.


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