ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Sally Hinchcliffe Hare House Mantle, 6th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529061635 A woman leaves her old life behind to escape to a remote estate in Scotland. But what secrets lie in her past? And how long can they stay hidden?
Anna M Holmes Blind Eye Book Guild, 28th September, pb, £8.99, 9781913913458 Set in the Indonesian rain- forest, Blind Eye is a fast- paced political environ- mental thriller exploring moral predicaments and personal choices.
Anne Holt A Necessary Death Corvus, 2nd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786498540 Intricate and page-turning second instalment in Holt’s new crime series featuring Selma Falck.
Anne Holt A Memory for Murder Corvus, 4th November, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781786498687 Third part of the fantastically atmospheric series.
Joshua Hood Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Exile Head of Zeus, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789546545 Second in explosive series set in the Jason Bourne universe.
Anthony Horowitz A Line to Kill Century, 19th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781529124309 Private investigator has been invited to talk about his new book. The writer Anthony Horowitz trav- els with him. Soon they discover that not all is as it should be.
Catherine Ryan Howard 56 Days Corvus, 19th August, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781838951627 Brilliantly claustrophobic thriller from the critically acclaimed author of the The Nothing Man.
Debbie Howells The Secret Avon, 6th January, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008400194 Suspense thriller from the author of number one ebook The Vow.
Joe Ide Smoke Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2nd September, pb, £8.99, 9781474612043 You’ve never met a detective like IQ. Latest instalment in the adven- tures of LA’s coolest new detective.
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Stina Jackson The Last Snow Corvus, 4th November, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786497369 A troubled family, a broken home and a suspi- cious community where no one ever forgets. From the award-winning author of The Silver Road.
Maxim Jakubowski (ed), Ian Rankin (ed), Jeffery Deaver (ed), John Connolly et al Daggers Drawn Titan Books, 21st Septem- ber, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781789097986 The first Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award retrospective features 19 award-winning stories.
Peter James Left You Dead Pan, 14th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529004267 Seventeenth Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel from an acclaimed writer.
JA Jance Missing and Endangered William Morrow, 28th October, pb, £7.99, 9780062853479 Joanna’s college-age daughter is caught up in a missing person case, forcing Joanna to be both mother and sheriff in a race against time.
Michael Jecks The Moorland Murderers Severn House, 26th August, hb, £20.99, 9781780291222 Londoner Jack Blackjack finds himself a stranger in a strange land when he’s accused of murder in rural Devon in this eventful Tudor mystery.
Diane Jeffrey The Silent Friend HQ Digital, 25th Novem- ber, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008404727 It’s supposed to be Laura’s dream holiday—a trip to France with a group of friends to see their favou- rite band play live. But the holiday quickly turns to disaster.
Louise Jensen All for You HQ, 30th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008330163 Everyone in this family has something to hide but what are they trying to protect and at what cost? From the author of The Date.
Jane Jesmond On the Edge Verve Books, 26th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308160 Traumatised former free- climber and drug addict
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Lisa Jewell The Night She Disappeared Arrow Books, 6th January, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787466357 Teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leav- ing her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. At 4.30am Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah never came home.
Alan Johnson The Late Train to Gipsy Hill Wildfire, 2nd September, hb, £16.99, 9781472286123 Fast-paced and elegant thriller from a former MP.
Carole Johnstone Mirrorland Te Borough Press, 14th October, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008361426 Gothic fiction début from 2021’s new voice in psychological suspense.
Doug Johnstone The Great Silence Orenda Books, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193836 The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and a missing girl present the Skelfs with their most challenging cases yet.
Carys Jones We Are All Liars Orion, 9th December, pb, £7.99, 9781409196013 Five friends go up a mountain. Only one comes down. Rip-roaring commercial thriller for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.
Sandie Jones The Guilt Trip Pan, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529033052 Psychological thriller from the author of The Other Woman and The Half Sister. A great holiday read.
Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsaw Titan Books, 7th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789098099 “Friday the 13th” and “Carrie” move to “The Burbs”. The Jordan Peele of horror fiction turns to classic slasher cinema in this sharp and witty gentrification horror.
David Joy When These Mountains Burn Andre Deutsch, 11th November, pb, £8.99, 9780233006505 The tale of a father, an addict and a lawman and the explosive events that come to unite them.
PL Kane Untitled HarperCollins, 30th September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008372262 Ideal for fans of Shari Lapena and Cara Hunter.
Jessie Keane The Manor Pan, 2nd September, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509855032 The enemy is close to home in this jumpy gang- land thriller from top five bestseller.
Tyler Keevil Your Still Beating Heart Myriad Editions, 26th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838386009 Keevil’s tightly plotted page-turner pivots on an exceptionally clever twist and is as revealing in its psychological acuity as it is in its portrait of organ- ised crime.
Jonathan Kellerman The Burning Century, 16th September, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781780899091 Riveting thriller from the bestseller who delivers “brilliant, page-turning fiction” (Stephen King).
Dan Jones The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings Head of Zeus, 7th October, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781801101295 Chilling medieval ghost story, first written by a 15th-century monk and now retold by historian Dan Jones.
Tony Kent Untitled Elliott & Tompson, 28th October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781783966059 Adrenaline-fuelled race-against-the-clock thriller from the British Baldacci, crime fiction’s major new star and a Richard & Judy and Zoe Ball Book Club author.
Caroline Kepnes You Love Me
Simon & Schuster, 9th December, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471191916 Eagerly awaited next chapter in the hit series You, now a blockbuster Netflix show.
Alistair WJ Kerr (ed) Tales for Twilight Polygon, 7th October, hb, eb, £10, 9781846975264 Takes the reader on a 200-year journey with tales by the likes of James Hogg, Muriel Spark, James Robertson and many more.
Philip Kerr Prayer Quercus, 19th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529414035 Set in the US, a chilling modern horror story from the author of the Bernie Gunther series of prize- winning historical thrillers.
James Kestrel Five Decembers Hard Case Crime, 19th October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781789096118 During World War II a detective trapped while trailing a killer overseas struggles to survive with only the help of a stranger and his daughter.
Cassandra Khaw Nothing but Blackened Teeth Titan Books, 19th October, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781789098570 Gorgeously creepy clas- sic haunted house story based on Japanese folk- lore combines The Haunt- ing of Hill House with The Ring.
Hannah King She and I Raven Books, 13th January, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526637499 Début suspenser set in smalltown Northern Ireland has everything except easy answers.
Stephen King Billy Summers Hodder & Stoughton, 3rd August, hb, eb, £20, 9781529365726 A contract killer, an ex-marine with one last payday before he retires. King sets his storytelling talent on a new path with this epic thriller.
Stephen King Hard Case Crime Hard Case Crime, 14th September, pb, £23.99, 9781789097566 Slipcased triple collection features The Colorado Kid, Joyland, and his newest novel, Later, plus exclusive art cards.
Erin Kinsley Missing
Headline, 19th August, pb, £8.99, 9781472280954 A mother walks into the sea and never comes back. Emotional new tale from the author of Found, which has sold over 350,000 copies.
Brian Klingborg City of Ice Headline, 30th December, pb, £9.99, 9781472281852 In this vividly original thriller, a baffling murder in China pulls an exiled detective into a case where politics are deadly, corruption is rife, and the powerful are untouchable.
Alex Knight Darkness Falls Orion, 16th September, pb, £14.99, 9781409193678 Twenty years ago her brother was murdered. Tonight, she’s found his killer.
Dorothy Koomson I Know What You’ve Done Headline Review, 30th December, pb, £8.99, 9781472277374 What are the people you know really capable of? Koomson asks how well you really know your neighbours in this tense tale.
Jean Hanff Korelitz The Plot Faber & Faber, 5th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780571368099 The autumn’s most thrill- ing page-turner from the author of The Undoing, a major series on HBO and Sky.
Dirk Kurbjuweit The Missing Text Publishing, 30th September, pb, £10.99, 9781922330444
Based on the true crimes of Fritz Haarmann, the fabled Butcher of Hanover, this gripping novel explores the depths of human depravity and justice during the Weimar Republic.
Vera Kurian Never Saw Me Coming Harvill Secker, 9th Septem- ber, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787302860 “With a college campus setting, charming psycho- paths and a bitingly clever voice, Never Saw Me Coming is a dazzling début from a bold new talent”—Tess Gerritsen.
Alex Lake Ready or Not HarperCollins, 14th October, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008373580 Incredible new thriller that’s going to prove impossible to stop reading.
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