Adventure, Crime & Horror
Adventure, Crime & Horror
Brad Abdul
The King’s Demon Flame Tree Press, 17th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781787589032
With the afterlife near collapse Dahlia restores balance as souls vanish. She and Dallas hunt an impossible monster, while Brian struggles with the physical and mental toll of newfound sovereignty.
Jacques Abeille, Alex Andriesse (tr), Brian Evenson The Statuary Gardens NYRB Classics, 10th November, pb, eb, £23, 9798896230649
Haunting fantasy about a world where women are hidden, men cultivate living statues, and there is a rebellion on the rise. Published in English for the first time.
Stig Abell A Twist in the River Hemlock Press, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008643751
Nurse Claire Davidson goes missing on the riverbank and the only clues are her phone and her shoes. Jake Jackson must investigate.
Rachel Louise Adams Before She Vanishes Headline, 27th August, pb, £10.99, 9781035426935
Murder mystery in which a woman wakes up 20 years in the past – on the day her best friend vanished.
Leye Adenle Fall From Grace Simon & Schuster, 10th September, pb, £9.99, 9781398550506
First novel in a sharp private investigator series featuring Bobby as the Bad Coach for London’s Police. Likeable work for readers of Mick Herron’s Zoe Boehm thrillers.
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Stine Bolther, Line Holm, Caroline Waight (tr) No Song for the Dead
Quercus, 8th September, hb, eb, £25, 9781529446968
I internationally bestselling Department Q series continues, introducing an intriguing new member .
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Eva Bjoerg AEgisdottir, Victoria Cribb (tr) The Last Tenant Orenda Books, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917764476
The discovery of human remains on a derelict farm draws Icelandic detective Elma into a disturbing investigation.
Jiro Akagawa A Game of Cat and Killer MacLehose Press, 24th September, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529451870
The first novel in one of the most popular crime series of all time. More than 25 million copies of the Mikeneko Holmes books have been sold in Japan.
Sarah Alderson The Edge of the Woods Avon, 27th August, pb, £9.99, 9780008829193
New thriller from USA Today . Edge- of-the-seat stuff.
Jonathan Ames A Past Without Pictures Pushkin Vertigo, 8th October, pb, £9.99, 9781805336648
Taut thriller set in sweltering Alabama from the author of You Were Never Really Here.
Jack Anderson The Mark of Moriarty Raven Books, 5th November, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781526686466
Fiendishly clever historical mystery featuring one of literature’s most famous villains: James Moriarty.
Yuri Andrukhovych, Mark Andryczyk Radio Night New York Review Books, 17th November, pb, eb, £21, 9798896230168
Off-beat thriller set in pandemic-era Ukraine, this is as much a classic escape caper as it is an indictment of modern- day authoritarianism. By an important figure in contemporary Ukrainian literature.
Kate Angelo Fatal Pattern Revell, 27th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780800746643
A stalker targets forensic psychologist Tori Crew and a conspiracy is uncovered.
Jeffrey Archer Adam and Eve HarperCollins, 6th October, hb, eb, £22, 9780008640316
On Armistice Day two children are born hours apart: a shepherd’s son and an earl’s daughter. Their births mark the end of one war; their love will alter the course of another.
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MJ Arlidge Out of the Ashes Orion, 3rd December, pb, £10.99, 9781398727885
From million copy bestseller comes an intriguing new DI Helen Grace thriller.
Jake Arnott Netherwood Titan Books, 25th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781835416594
Unsettling modern gothic tale dripping with sensuality that follows a couple who move to Hastings and find themselves living in the former home of a notorious occultist.
Daniel Aubrey The Silent Shore HarperNorth, 28th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780008624460
The tide will not wash away all sins.
David Baldacci Hope Rises Pan, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035035403
Sequel to Nash Falls. Walter Nash used to be an ordinary family man until he was pulled into a dangerous underworld.
David Baldacci Untitled Macmillan, 5th November, hb, eb, £22, 9781035035434
Baldacci’s 36th.
Linwood Barclay Not a Word HQ, 10th September, hb, eb, £20, 9780008555801
International and Sunday Times bestseller returns with a white- knuckle ride.
Natalie Barelli Missing Molly Poisoned Pen Press, 27th October, pb, £9.99, 9781464280177
Psycho-thriller about a cold case, the newspaper investigating it and the woman who will do anything to keep her past from coming to light.
David Barnett Twisted Pike Canelo, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835983164
A film crew arrives in Withered Hill to film a low-budget horror movie and set off an apocalyptic series of events. Folk horror.
Joey Batey It’s Not a Cult Raven Books, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526676863
Dark but witty tale set in Northumbria in which a terrible band accidentally start a death cult. Debut novel from actor and singer.
MC Beaton, RW Green Agatha Raisin Constable, 1st October, hb, eb, £20, 9781408721384
The 37th mystery starring the amateur sleuth who solves crimes in the Cotswolds.
Simon Beckett The Bone Garden Orion, 27th August, pb, £10.99, 9781409192824
New Dr David Hunter adventure.
Series Alice Bell
For Whom the Spell Tolls Corvus, 7th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781805463498
Hilarious crime caper in the Grave Expectations series. Witty and fresh with a witchy twist.
Angela Bell
A Lady’s Handbook to Gadgets and Guile Bethany House, 18th August, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780764242144
Margaret Kingsley secretly crafts gadgets for a covert team of female inspectors.
Alexandra Benedict The Advent of Death Simon & Schuster, 5th November, hb, £16.99, 9781398532250
Clever mystery from a queen of crime. Rebecca hopes Edie can stop the terror before death comes. Christmas is not going to be a silent night.
SJ Bennett Death on the Royal Yacht Zaffre, 29th October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781806170715
In 1966, Queen Elizabeth II is touring the Caribbean aboard Britannia when Lady Pamela is found dead in her locked cabin. It looks like an impossible murder.
Manda Benson The Hoard Sparsile Books, 17th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914399275
A Clean-up Crew mystery. Two environmental health workers tasked with clearing out a deceased hoarder’s house uncover evidence of crimes lost to the decades.
Raymond Benson The Facts of Death Ian Fleming, 20th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915797681
Bond continuation novel in a new paperback edition.
Ella Berman LA Women Aria, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035920457
Electrifying novel about the complicated
friendship of two ambitious female writers in 1960s Los Angeles.
Lou Berney Crooks William Morrow, 22nd October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780063445567
Follows a crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades.
Lucinda Berry The Golden Child Michael Joseph, 14th January, hb, £16.99, 9780241821435
Tense writing from global bestselling author asks one haunting question: If you had to choose, which child would you save?
Jane Bettany Murder At Clover Farm HQ Digital, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008714864
Cosy murder mystery for fans of Clare Chase, Liz Fielding and Merryn Allingham.
Nicholas Binge Exhumation HarperVoyager, 22nd October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008668877
Private investigator Arlo Abbas investigates a missing girl, a cult and disturbing journals. Speculative thriller.
Sam Blake Your Every Move Corvus, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805465409
Gripper from writer of The Killing Sense.
Series
Jemima Flowerday vol 3 Kay Blythe Death Comes to Firebrace Court No Exit Press, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835012161
The third novel in the Jemima Flowerday series takes our dressmaker/ amateur sleuth to a house party where a murder mystery weekend turns real.
Kim Bohyun, Archana Madhavan (tr) Mothersucker Dead Ink Books, 22nd October, pb, £11.99, 9781917792417
Korean revenge novel blends crime and horror. A mother’s grief transforms her into a murderous bloodsucker.
Pierre Boileau, Louise Rogers Lalaurie (tr) Six Crimes Without a Murderer Pushkin Vertigo, 5th November, pb, £10.99, 9781805335665
Classic French puzzle mystery, featuring six seemingly impossible murders.
Oggy Boytchev Bullion The Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £9.99, 9781835744369
As Muammar Gaddafi’s regime collapses Harry Marks plunges into wartorn Libya and finds himself trapped in a web of betrayal and international conspiracy.
Hannah Brennan No Good Reason Avon, 19th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008778125
Liz Field police procedural.
Katy Brent To All the Men I’ve Killed Before
HQ Digital, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008656720
By the author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With it.
RC Bridgestock Split Second Orenda Books, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917764391
After a fatal shooting investigators find that Officer X’s body-cam was not switched on. With a personal vendetta exposed, Dylan and Mann must prove if the killing was justice or revenge.
JD Brinkworth The Pie & Mash Detective Agency
Penguin, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804954348
Who is Nellie Thorne and why does she keep disappearing? Amateur sleuths Jane Pye and Simon Mash are on the case.
Jessica Brody How to Write a Murder Bantam, 22nd September, hb, £25, 9798217299478
In this wickedly clever whodunnit the only thing more dangerous than the setting is the guest list. From the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel.
Series
Ronnie Blake vol 2 Alison Bruce Crash and Burn
Constable, 10th September, hb, eb, £22, 9780349135434
DS Ronnie Blake returns in the second instalment of the crime series set in Cambridge.
Colin Burnett Family Man Tippermuir Books, 3rd August, pb, £11.99, 9781913836610
Adolfo Ali makes his long-awaited return in this unpredictable third outing. Complex anti-hero, Aldo, is the de facto head
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