ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR everyone inside hostage.
Bill Fitzhugh A Perfect Harvest Farrago, 12th August, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781788423304 Learning of a terminal diagnosis, Miguel Valez decides to accomplish something meaningful before death by donating a kidney to save some- one’s life. But why not donate everything?
Emma Flint Other Women Picador, 20th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781509840540 Heady novel of obsession, fantasy and evil, Other Women is the story of a doomed love triangle set in interwar London.
Caroline Flynn A Wildflower Summer HarperCollins, 16th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008480943 From a small town called Port Landon comes a sweet romance about finding a place to truly call home.
Giles Foden Freight Dogs Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2nd September, hb, £16.99, 9780297868019 Explores the individual consequences of Africa’s Great War, distilling a world-shaking conflict into the enticing story of one man’s life.
Giles Foden The Last King of Scotland Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5th August, pb, £8.99, 9781474624275 Scottish doctor on Ugan- dan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with dictator Idi Amin.
Ken Follett Never Macmillan, 9th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781529076936 Visionary in scale, Never is a contemporary thriller that imagines the immi- nent threat of World War III.
Steve Frech Untitled HQ Digital, 25th Novem- ber, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008471033 When a teenage girl is found dead in the middle of a quiet suburban street, Detective Meredith Somerset struggles with flashbacks to the day her sister disappeared.
Penny Freedman Chronicles of the Time Matador, 28th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800464629 Gina Gray returns to the
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Lake District to share Covid isolation with her oldest friend and teenage granddaughter who is finding her own home too crowded for comfort.
Nicci French The Unheard Simon & Schuster, 16th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781471179310 Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she know who to trust?
Tana French The Searcher Penguin, 7th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241990100 A disappearance, a small town and a question that needs answering.
Gregory Galloway Just Thieves Melville House, 14th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781612199375 Revelling in con-artistry and double-crosses, Just Thieves is a nailbiting, noirish exploration of the working lives of two unforgettable crooks and the hidden forces that rule and ruin their lives.
Santiago Gamboa, Andrea Rosenberg The Night Will Be Long Europa Editions (UK), 4th November, pb, £13.99, 9781787703247 Addictive and nuanced narrative about conflict- riven Colombia.
John Gardner Licence Renewed Orion, 19th August, pb, £9.99, 9781398701243 Ian Fleming’s 007 returns in an original, authorised Bond thriller with a new introduction from bestsell- ing author MJ Arlidge.
Lisa Gardner Untitled Century, 12th January, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529135565 New novel from bestsell- ing author.
Ryan Gattis The System Picador, 5th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781509843879 Electrifying, multi- voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system by a writer Michael Connelly has called “one of our most gifted novelists”.
Cecily Gayford Murder on a Winter’s Night Profile Books, 4th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788168014 Ten classic crime stories.
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Alison Gaylin The Collective Orion, 4th November, pb, £14.99, 9781409179078 New from award-winning crime writer.
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Rowland Sinclair Sulari Gentill Crime & Mystery Club, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857303 4: Paving the New Road 24th August, 639 It’s 1933, and the politi- cal landscape of Europe is darkening. Rowland Sinclair must travel to Germany to defend Australian democracy from the relentless march of fascism. 5: Gentlemen Formerly Dressed 24th August, 653 After narrowly escaping Nazi Germany, Sinclair lands in London. A bizarre murder plunges the hapless Australian into a queer world of aristocracy, Blackshirts, illicit love, scandal and spies. 6: A Murder Unmentioned 24th August, 677 For 14 years, Sinclair has tried to forget, but now the past has returned. A newly discovered gun exposes a family secret. 7: Give the Devil His Due 18th November, 691 When Sinclair is invited to take his Mercedes on to the Marouba Speedway, popularly known as the Killer Track, he agrees without reserve. But then people start to die. 8: A Dangerous Language 18th November, 714 A communist agent is murdered on the steps of Parliament House and Sinclair finds himself drawn into a danger- ous world of politics and assassination. 9: All the Tears in China 18th November, 738 Under strict instruc- tions to commit to noth- ing, Sinclair arrives in Shanghai to represent his brother in interna- tional wool negotiations. A murder makes that impossible.
Caroline George The Summer We Forgot Tomas Nelson Fiction, 9th December, hb, £12.99, 9780785236214 George once again trans- ports readers with lush, evocative prose and leads them to ask the question: what happens when we can’t even trust ourselves?
Elizabeth George Something to Hide Hodder & Stoughton, 11th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781529346541 Award-winning author
delivers another master- piece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series.
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British Library Tales of the Weird R Murray Gilchrist, Daniel Pietersen (ed) 26: I Am Stone British Library, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712354004 Packed with thrilling encounters and unforget- table descriptions from the weirdest reaches of the writer’s mind, this anthology aims to intro- duce a new readership to Gilchrist’s influential oeuvre.
David Gilman Shadow of the Hawk Head of Zeus, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788545006 Sir Thomas Blackstone, Edward III’s Master of War, has travelled to France to secure Brittany for England.
Maurizio Giovanni, Antony Shugaar Bread: The Bastards of Pizzofalcone World Noir, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787703155 Sometimes it takes a formidable adversary to know one’s worth. The Bastards may have found it when a murder rattles the city.
Paul Gitsham Out of Sight HarperCollins, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008395308 His biggest mistake was trusting someone he shouldn’t have. The next thrilling DCI Warren Jones page-turner.
Elizabeth Goddard Deadly Target Revell, 23rd November, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800737993 Crime psychologist turned podcaster Erin Larson agrees to assist a county detective—who’s also her ex—in finding the answers to a cold case that has warmed up.
Robert Goddard The Fine Art of Invisible Detection Corgi Books, 28th October, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552172622 Umiko Wada is happy working as a secretary to a renowned detec- tive. Until that detective is murdered and Wada tumbles headfirst into a dangerous world.
Melanie Golding The Replacement HQ, 11th November, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780008293727 Sophisticated and upmarket psychological
suspense—an unsettling thriller about women, for women.
Carol Goodman The Stranger Behind You William Morrow Paper- backs, 5th August, pb, £12.99, 9780063020665 Melissa Osgood, newly widowed and revenge- ful, has burning questions about her husband’s recent death.
Walter Goodwater The Liar of Red Valley Solaris, 28th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781781089118 In Red Valley, California, you follow the rules if you want to stay alive. But even that isn’t enough to protect Sadie now that she’s unexpectedly become the Liar.
Dawn Goodwin What I Never Told You Aria, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800246171 Psychological chiller about family, secrets and how well you really know your children.
Sarah Goodwin Stranded Avon, 16th September, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008467364 Page-turner about secrets, lies and survival at all costs. Perfect for fans of The Castaways, The Sanitorium and One by One.
David Gordon Against the Law Head of Zeus, 9th Decem- ber, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781801104777 Special forces agent- turned-strip club bouncer and mob hitman seeks out a deadly drug lord in the poppy fields of Afghanistan.
Nina De Gramont The Christie Affair Mantle, 20th January, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529054170 Terrific novel reimagines the unexplained 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.
CS Green Sleep Tight HarperCollins, 25th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008390808 Incredible new DC Rose Gifford thriller readers won’t be able to stop.
William Lindsay Gresham Nightmare Alley Raven Books, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526628497 Forgotten noir classic soon to be a major motion picture directed by Guill- ermo del Toro.
VB Grey Sisterhood Quercus, 19th August, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529405743 hb, £14.99, 9781529405750 Identical twin sisters take different paths, leading to long-buried family secrets that reverberate through the generations.
Laura Griffin Last Seen Alone Headline Eternal, 28th September, pb, £9.99, 9781472276032 Heartpounding thriller about a baffling missing person case filled with Griffin’s breathless pacing and suspenseful twists and turns.
Elly Griffiths
The Midnight Hour Quercus, 30th September, hb, £20, 9781787477582 pb, eb, £14.99, 9781787477599 Sixth Brighton-based crime novel from the author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries.
Elly Griffiths The Night Hawks Quercus, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787477841 Dr Ruth Galloway returns to north Norfolk to confront another killer. A devastating new case for our favourite forensic archaeologist.
James Grippando Twenty HarperPaperbacks, 9th December, pb, £9.99, 9780063087699 A school shooting leaves 20 casualties. Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire.
John Grisham Untitled Hodder & Stoughton, 28th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781529342383 Phenomenal new legal thriller from international bestseller John Grisham.
John Grisham Sooley Hodder Paperbacks, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529368048 Moving blockbuster from Grisham.
SP Grogan Vegas Die Histria LLC, 19th October, pb, £21.99, 9781592110452 In Vegas Die, the best stereotypical “Sin City” characters and events pop up: the imploding casino, the buxom stripper, and the Elvis impersonator.
Chris Hadfield The Apollo Murders Quercus, 12th October, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529406825
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