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Philip Kerr Research Quercus, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529414028 Set in the south of France this fiendishly clever thriller about the back- stabbing literary world is by the author of the Bernie Gunther series of prize- winning historical novels.
Vaseem Khan Midnight At Malabar House Hodder, 11th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473685505 First in an exciting new historical crime series from the bestselling author of the Baby Ganesh Agency books.
Olivia Kiernan If Looks Could Kill riverrun, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529401080 Third in Kiernan’s Dublin- set DCS Frankie Sheehan series.
Olivia Kiernan The Murder Box riverrun, 8th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529401141 When a group of murder mystery fans dream up the concept of the Murder Box, they claim they’d no idea the victim at the centre of their game was real.
Stephen King If It Bleeds Hodder, 10th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529391572 Eagerly awaited paperback edition features standalone sequel to The Outsider and three additional novellas.
Third compulsive novel in the DI Lukas Mahler series from the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Writing competition 2016.
Susanna Kleeman Twice Zero Books, 25th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781789046212 It’s not true. It never was.
Brian Klingborg City of Ice Headline, 13th May, hb, £18.99, 9781472281821 Weary detective in modern China must investigate a murder in a society where politics can be deadly, corruption is rife and the powerful are untouchable.
Rosalie Knecht Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery Verve Books, 25th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308122 When ex-CIA agent Vera Kelly loses her job and her girlfriend in a single day, she reluctantly goes into business as a private detective.
Joseph Knox True Crime Story Doubleday, 17th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780857527707 Blending fact and fiction in his first stand-alone novel, Knox delivers a thrilling true crime story like no other.
Dorothy Koomson I Know What You’ve Done Headline Review, 8th July, hb, £12.99, 9781472277336 Tight new novel from bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend’s Girl and Tell Me Your Secret.
Melissa Koslin Never Miss Revell, 31st May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780800738396 Can they stop a deadly bio-attack before it’s too late?
Mary Kubica Local Woman Missing HQ, 10th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781848458420 A woman and her child are taken but only one will return.
Stephen King Later Hard Case Crime, 2nd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789096491 King returns with a novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them.
Margaret Kirk In the Blood Orion, 29th April, pb, £14.99, 9781409188698
Camilla Lackberg The Gilded Cage HarperCollins, 3rd March, pb, £8.99, 9780008283766 “A sexy, sensational novel with intoxicating vengeance and an unexpected tenderness”— Karin Slaughter.
Joe R Lansdale More Better Deals Mulholland Books, 11th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781473678132
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Sergei Lebedev, Antonina W Bouis Untraceable Apollo, 4th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781800246591 A Russian novel about poisons of all kinds—physical, moral, political—rooted in the recent history of Russia’s suspected state-sanctioned assassinations.
Michael Ledwidge Run for Cover Headline, 2nd February, hb, £20, 9781472283061
ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Full of grit, wit and dark humour, More, Better Deals showcases Edgar Award-winning author’s great writing as he delivers another overwhelming thriller.
Shari Lapena The End of Her Corgi Books, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780552177030 Latest thriller from queen of the one-sit read who wrote The Couple Next Door and Someone we Know.
Shari Lapena Not a Happy Family Bantam Press, 22nd July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787633018 Masterful suburban whodunnit.
Mark Lawrence
The Girl and the Mountain HarperCollins, 29th April, hb, £14.99, 9780008284800 “If you like dark you will love Mark Lawrence. And when the light breaks through and it all makes sense, the contrast is gorgeous”—Robin Hobb.
Stephen Leather Untitled Hodder & Stoughton, 22nd July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781473672031 Explosive new thriller in the Spider Shepherd series.
Stephen Leather The Hunting Hodder, 22nd July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529345254 Action-packed standalone thriller from bestselling author.
In this heartpounding thriller, a former Navy Seal must unravel a lethal conspiracy that has infiltrated the highest levels of the US government.
Simon Lelic The Search Party Penguin, 22nd July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241986189 The killer isn’t out there. It’s one of you.
Pierre Lemaitre All Human Wisdom MacLehose Press, 10th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780857058997 Second volume of Lemaitre’s enthralling, award-winning between- the-wars trilogy.
Charlotte Levin If I Can’t Have You Pan, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529032420 Meet your new obsession. Standout psychological thriller of the year.
Katharine Lillico A Triangle of Circles Matador, 28th February, pb, £7.99, 9781800461475 Character-led, fast- paced crime mystery, a real page-turner with multiple storylines about the aftermath of abuse, perjury, vengeance and murder.
Jeff Lindsay Fool Me Twice Orion, 10th June, pb, £8.99, 9781409186687 From the author of the wildly successful Dexter series a masterful thief plots an impossible crime in Book 2 of Riley Wolfe.
Suzanne Linsey-Mitellas Seeing Things Matador, 28th February, pb, £8.99, 9781800460300 Rachel Holloway has an unremarkable life until one day when she is given the gift, or curse, of being able to see and speak to the dead.
Elizabeth Little Pretty As a Picture Pushkin Vertigo, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781782277019 Wickedly funny behind- the-scenes whodunnit and a thrilling exploration of our cultural addiction to true crime stories. For fans of Lucy Foley and Meg Gardiner.
GS Locke Six Orion, 4th March, pb, £14.99, 9781409190493 Successful criminal defence lawyer Jon Shaw comes face to face with the man he tried to murder 25 years earlier.
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