Adventure, Crime & Horror
Gothic debut explores grief, buried memory and complicity with literary precision. Creates a haunting atmosphere that lingers long after the final page is turned.
Gay Marris The Beasts of the Black Loch Bedford Square, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835010143
Dr Ava Dickens, a scientist specialising in animal behaviour, uses her knowledge of the fauna around her to find a killer wreaking havoc on a Scottish estate.
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Val & Arbie Faith Martin 9780008738 Golden Age murder mysteries from the writer of A Fatal Obsession. 3: A Dangerous Train of Thought HQ, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 396
4: Murder Among the Spires HQ Digital, 14th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 488
Amanda Mason The Dar Manilla Press, 8th October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781786588029
As blackouts worsen before her birthday Rosie’s isolation warps reality. Yet she is not alone.
Simon Mason The Dangerous Stranger riverrun, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529439601
Blistering fifth time out for notorious oddball duo Ryan and Ray.
Patrick McCabe Goldengrove Picador, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781037404405
Cat-and-mouse comedy from twice Booker- shortlisted author.
Laura McCluskey The Cursed Road Hemlock Press, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008681555
Detective Georgina Lennox investigates the shooting of an anonymous woman with a hunting rifle.
Sue McCormick Sharp As Any Thorn Honno Press, 17th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781916821538
Holly and Ivy set off to Aberystwyth in a life-or-death race for the truth.
Chris McDonald The Wrong Man HarperNorth, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008790882
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Freida McFadden Brain Damage Poisoned Pen Press, 25th August, pb, £9.99, 9781464298547
How can you survive when you cannot remember who wants you dead? Scalpel-sharp psychological thriller.
A new PI. A dead rock star. A tangled web of secrets. Start of a new PI crime series.
RWR McDonald The Nancys and the Secret of Tulip Farm Orenda Books, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917764599
Tippy, Pike and Devon are determined not to reform their detective club, but when an explosion kills three people they are back in business.
Lynne McEwan A Cold Harbour Canelo Crime, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835980705
The National Crime Agency wants to pin the murder of DI Shona Oliver’s boss on someone and they have their sights set on her.
Christmas-themed short story.
Emy McGuire They Only Found Her Park Row Books, 28th January, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781525831614
A rich family go missing from their private island.
Thomas McMullan Groundwater Bloomsbury, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526678003
By the winner of the Betty Trask prize an atmospheric and menacing story about family, secrets and violence.
Jane McParkes A Deadly Abode No Exit Press, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835015308
Third in the Olivia Wells eco-mystery series, set in a small Cornish town where tension between locals and second- homers is boiling over.
Nancy Mehl Fatal Finale Bethany House, 29th September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764243387
Kaely Quinn-Hunter fails to arrive in Knoxville and her friend must unravel a real-life mystery.
Eduardo Mendoza, Nick Caistor (tr) Three Mysteries for the Organisation MacLehose Press, 14th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781529445794
Catalan answer to Mick Herron’s Slough House novels, with an added twist of Mendoza’s signature black humour. In Spain some 100,000 copies have been sold.
Jess Mey
Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder Datura Books, 13th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781917415309
They are not detectives. They are just two millennials with a murder to solve. Wholesome mystery that Finlay Donovan fans will like.
Ti Mikkel
Freida McFadden The Witch Poisoned Pen Press, 6th October, hb, £22, 9781615958672
From Sunday Times bestselling author comes a twist-filled chiller about secrets – those we inherit, those we bury and those people will burn.
Freida McFadden The Gift Poisoned Pen Press, 3rd November, hb, £8.99, 9781628863925
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The Archivist City Owl Press, 13th October, pb, £12.99, 9781648984846
Time-travel thriller. Cora Moreau discovers the power of her blood, enters secret research, falls for her protector and has to stop sinister forces from controlling the future.
Daniel Miller Buried in the Woods Below Poisoned Pen Press, 1st September, pb, £9.99, 9781615958368
A childhood tragedy, an island full of secret dangers and a survivor who was never meant to come back alive.
Madeline Miller Mestra Bloomsbury, 29th September, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781037206122
Global sensations The Song of Achilles and Circe brought Miller to booksellers’ attention. Now she is back with this short story.
Sue Minix A Christmas Bookstore Murder
Avon, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008837617
Cosy Christmas crime for bookish fans.
TL Mogford The Saffron Thief HarperCollins, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008817961
In 1666 England’s saffron industry is booming and the spice is rivalling gold in value. With is father dead and debt mounting Fabian Smith hatches a plan to steal his fortune from the Saffron fields.
Raphael Montes Secret Dinner Zaffre, 4th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781806174072
Dante and friends decide to host a dinner with a secret ingredient – human.
Ross Montgomery The Shadows of Kensington Gore
Viking, 22nd October, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780241766187
Downton Abbey meets Sherlock in this second instalment of the Stockingham & Pike series.
Tyler James Morgan The Hollywood Gentleman Roundfire Books, 26th January, pb, £22.99, 9781806950829
Everyone in Hollywood has a secret. His just happens to kill.
Mark Morris (ed) Ghost Lights Flame Tree Press, 20th October, pb, eb, £9.95, 9781805520108
Seventh volume in the ABC of Horror, a non- themed series of original stories showcasing the very best short fiction the genre has to offer.
Gavin Mortimer Who Dares Betray Chiselbury, 1st December, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781917837842
SAS troops wage guerrilla war in occupied France, but a traitor within their anks feeds information to the enemy.
Series
Inspector Tibbett Patricia Moyes Farrago, pb, eb, £9.99, 97817884255
4: Murder a La Mode 27th August, 75 Tibbett’s niece, a model for a fashion magazine, is at risk of being murdered. 5: Falling Star 5th November, 99 The death of a famous actor on set appears to be an accident but Tibbett is convinced the murder was added to the script.
Sarah Mughal Rana Dawn of the Firebird Bloomsbury Archer, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526674395
Gorgeous prose, magic, morally grey characters, rich Islamic culture and an exploration of the cost of war, individual power and choice.
Barbara Nadel Serpent’s Tongue Headline, 10th September, pb, £10.99, 9781035419043
The 28th Ikmen mystery. The Istanbul-set mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, an eight-part BBC Two series.
Shizuko Natsuki, Robert B Rohmer (tr) Murder at Lake Ashinoko Hutchinson Heinemann, 12th November, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529997286
More murder and mystery in Japan from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Murder at Mount Fuji.
Leonora Nattrass The Bells of Fortune Viper, 5th November, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781805223559
Sequel to The Bells of Westminster from the Laurence Jago creator.
Jo Nesbo, Sean Kinsella (tr) Kill Shot
Harvill, 5th November, hb, eb, £22, 9781787304888
Harry Hole is back in his most explosive case yet.
Adam Nevill Banquet for the Damned Tor Nightfire, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035068579
The first horror novel from Nevill republished. A shuddery good read for those who like their Stephen King and MR James.
Adam Nevill House of Small Shadows Tor Nightfire, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035068586
Reissue.
Daryl Nilbett Lost in the Light Matthew James, 19th November, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780722365519
A missing woman, a trafficking ring and a violent enforcer draw two detectives into a conspiracy where power, corruption and ritual collide in the shadows.
Michael Northey A Longing Eye Troubador, 28th August, pb, £10.99, 9781806345113
Crime novel set in the world of local politics.
Rachel North The Temptation Test Corvus, 6th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805464440
High-concept thriller with a strong hook.
Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (tr) The Memory Police Vintage Classics, 6th August, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529988413
Compelling and surreal, this is an Orwellian mystery by one of Japan’s greatest writers.
Janice Okoh
Girl Number Eight Hemlock Press, 28th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008801403
Debut. When Olori’s four-year-old daughter vanishes rumours begin to swirl. Other girls have been going missing but none have been found.
Mattea Orr The Last Telegram of Mrs Hudson Head of Zeus, 3rd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035926510
First in a new series of history mysteries that reimagines Sherlock Holmes’s mother and her lady’s maid hunting for clues.
T Orr Munro Death Watch Cottage HQ, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008644635
Set in Devon, this will work for fans of police procedurals and authors such as LJ Ross, Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths.
Richard Osman We Chase Shadows Viking, 10th September, hb, eb, £25, 9780241745892
Penguin, 10th September, audiobook, £25, 9781405991346
We Solve Murders returns.
Robert P Ottone Amityville Awakens Clash Books, 19th November, pb, £16.99, 9781968043292
Two-Time Bram Stoker Award-winning author brings the terror of Amityville back to life.
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