Adventure, Crime & Horror
Sam R Oyken The Pickle Factory Network Press, 10th September, hb, £21.99, 9798991641524
CIA satire follows an agent trapped in bureaucratic madness.
Chris Panatier Worry Box Angry Robot, 22nd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781836730323
Horror story that does what it should and unsettles the reader. Great for fans of Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts.
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Mrs Sidhu Suk Pannu Hemlock Press, 9780008 Mrs Sidhu’s Just Desserts 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 563011
Mrs Sidhu is catering the grand opening of Berkshire’s new art gallery. Then a valuable painting is stolen and Mrs Sidhu’s favourite waitress is left dead on the floor . . . Mrs Sidhu’s Death Warmed Up
28th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 760083
Mrs Sidhu suspects foul play when a resident dies under odd circumstances.
Sara Paretsky Bad Company No Exit Press, 24th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781835011775
The CIA forced Lily to retire too soon. She had been skilled, resourceful – everything that makes a good agent. But she had rubbed too many of her bosses up the wrong way.
Rob Parker A Promise to the Drowned
Raven Books, 21st January, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781037203749
The watery grave of an ill-fated couple marks the beginning of the most dangerous case yet for salvage diver-turned-sleuth Cam Killick.
Adele Parks Eyes on You HQ, 27th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008586423
Psychological gripper from an international bestselling author.
SJ Parris Rebel’s Gambit Hemlock Press, 28th January, hb, eb, £20, 9780008595746
The body of a Scottish envoy washes up on the banks of the Thames. Sophia de Wolfe must discover why he was killed. SJ Parris
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The Midwinter Martyr Hemlock Press, 19th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008808150
Venice, 1576. Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy, is on the run from the Inquisition.
David Parry The Numbers Sphere Fiction, 21st January, hb, eb, £20, 9781408734964
The Chain with an eat-the-rich twist. For fans of Child, Baldacci and Cavanagh.
CJ Parsons The Bad Mother HQ, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008613969
Sinuous psychological thriller about every mother’s worst nightmare.
James Patterson The Munich Affair Century, 8th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781529136678
Inspired by the unsolved murder of Hitler’s 21-old niece.
James Patterson Delusional Century, 27th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781529922134
Michael Bennett thriller high on octane, of course. Coordinated bombings and crimes sweep the US and Bennett is forced to hunt two brothers behind the campaign.
James Patterson The Family Cross Century, 19th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781529922196
This is the 36th time Alex Cross sets out to fight crime.
James Patterson The Traveler Century, 14th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781529922677
Cat-and-mouse thriller about a true-crime writer who becomes the adversary of a serial killer.
James Patterson The Murder Trial Century, 19th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781529993615
A woman stands trial for the murder of her adoptive parents and must uncover the truth before she is silenced for good.
Michelle Paver Rainforest Sphere Fiction, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398723221
New ghost story.
Tanya Pell Barbie Just Won’t Die! Corvus, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805467557
Camp slasher about a The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
horror movie scream queen who is being stalked by a knife- wielding psychopath.
Helen Pendry The Levels Parthian Books, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781913830922
A military drone hurtles out of the sky into a holiday park, killing a woman. Tragic accident or deliberate act of sabotage? Abby Hughes searches for the truth.
Otto Penzler, Stephen Vincent Benet, Anthony Boucher, Fredric Brown, Mignon G Eberhart, F Scott Fitzgerald et al Golden Age Whodunits
Penguin, 17th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804999387
The finest mysteries that have entertained and delighted readers for centuries.
Kristen Perrin How to Cheat Your Own Death
Quercus, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529445695
Much-anticipated sequel to How to Seal Your Own Fate. Cosy crime novel with a killer hook.
Anne Perry Death Times Seven Headline, 8th October, pb, £12.99, 9781472294456
Daniel Pitt faces two of the greatest challenges of his life in the final mystery in the series.
Dani Pettrey Three Steps Behind Bethany House, 20th October, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780764238505
FBI agent Harper Grace returns to Jeopardy Falls and learns her friend Taylor has died of a heart attack.
Bethany Philip Grey Area Troubador, 28th August, pb, £9.99, 9781806344925
Psychologically charged writing in which a local hero is murdered.
Alex Pine
Blood on the Snow Avon, 22nd October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008803155
The next DCI James Walker thriller.
Edgar Allan Poe The Murders in the Rue Morgue Macmillan Collector’s Library, 3rd September, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781037403538
The author who shaped the world of horror as we know it. One of 10 pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmillan Collector’s
Laura Purcell House of Splinters Raven Books, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526627254
Spine-tingler from the Sunday Times bestseller.
Oriana Ramunno, Antony Shugaar (tr) Smoke in Berlin Hemlock Press, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008668969
Berlin, 1944. Hugo Fischer, unwillingly forced into the Nazi secret service, investigates a series of deaths which
Library celebrating the art of the short story.
Edgar Allan Poe The Edgar Allan Poe Collection Arcturus, 1st September, multiple item, £49.99, 9781398869615
Handsome hardback boxed set brings together Poe’s most celebrated literary works in five clothbound volumes.
Dea Poirier The Author Hera Books, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835986172
A bestselling thriller writer disappears. Dark secrets from her past are exposed and the question arises: do her books reveal or cover up a real murder?
Kevin Powers Children of the Wild Atlantic Books, 6th August, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781805466000
Author of The Yellow Birds presents a haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of First World War France.
Natasha Preston The Lodge Hot Key Books, 3rd September, pb, £8.99, 9781471418471
Snowed-in ski trip becomes a deadly nightmare as friends are hunted one by one.
Piergiorgio Pulixi The Black Cats Bookshop Macmillan, 21st January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035097487
Home invasions put family bonds to the test and an eclectic book club of crime aficionados must crack the case.
Punchdrunk Theatre company (ed) Troublesome Roots British Library, 8th October, hb, £16.99, 9780712369268
British Library Publishing has teamed up with Punchdrunk Theatre Company for this collection of weird tales reinterpreted by contemporary authors.
leads him to uncover a conspiracy brewing against the regime.
Ian Rankin The Heights Orion, 8th October, hb, £25, 9781398726802
Murder comes to London’s most exclusive high-rise and every resident is a suspect.
Ian Rankin Mortal Causes Orion, 14th January, pb, £10.99, 9781398729346
The sixth Inspector Rebus novel. “An outstanding creation” – Sunday Telegraph.
Ian Rankin Doors Open Orion, 13th August, pb, £10.99, 9781398730656
Standalone heist thriller. “You won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough” – Red.
Dorian Ravenscroft The White North Has Thy Bones Raven Books, 22nd October, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781526697530
Sarah Waters meets The Terror in this chilling début for fans of Michelle Paver and Emma Stonex.
Tim Rayborn The Scary Book of Christmas Lore Cider Mill Press, 24th September, hb, £15.99, 9781400356225
Christmas folklore from around the world played for scares. Exquisitely crafted with leather binding, shimmering foil accents, stained edges, and a ribbon marker. A luxurious holiday keepsake.
Carly Reagon
The Midnight Lodge Sphere Fiction, 8th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781408733400
Contemporary ghost story from the author of The Toll House.
Marcie Rendon Girl Gone Missing Viper, 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805227571
Following the award- winning Murder on the Red River in the Cash Blackbear series.
Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes Christmas Horror Short Stories Flame Tree Collections, 18th August, hb, £20, 9781835628065
Classics published alongside stories from writers working today. Tales that range from ancient Yuletide demons to vengeful Christmas trees.
Hans Rosenfeldt, Ian Giles (tr) Dark Harvest Hemlock Press, 14th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008464387
From the creator of the Marcella TV drama comes a story in which Hannah Wester investigates a troubling death and an assassin hunts two women on the run.
Jim Ross
Hawk’s Justice Simon & Schuster, 5th November, pb, £9.99, 9781398557260
Fans of John Grisham are likely to take to this. In the rarefied world of the Royal Courts of Justice a judge is murdered.
LJ Ross
Obsession Penguin, 3rd December, pb, £9.99, 9781804960509
Sarah Reynolds Traces of Alys Honno Press, 29th October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781916821491
One daughter is lost, another found. Psychological thriller with an unforgettable twist.
Phil Rickman The Echo of Crows Corvus, 3rd September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781786494641
Final novel in the ever-popular Welsh borders-set Merrily Watkins series, where the procedural meets the supernatural.
Satu Rämö The Stranger from the Mountains
Zaffre, 19th November, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781806172764
Fifth book in the international bestselling Hildur series, soon to be a TV show of the same name.
Peter Robinson Strange Affair Pan, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035070961
DCI Banks is drawn into two mysteries when his brother’s disappearance coincides with a puzzling murder case. Fifteenth in the series.
Michael Robotham Tell Me Something True Sphere Fiction, 29th September, hb, eb, £22, 9781408722633
Astounding story of love, loss, heartbreak and murder in a small Australian town.
Karen Rose The One Who Walked Away
Headline, 13th August, hb, £22, 9781035438020
Standalone thriller from author of Knife in the Back and Dead Man’s List.
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