ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Dugald Bruce Lockhart The Lizard Muswell Press, 6th May, pb, £8.99, 9781916360235 Obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, Alistair Haston heads off to Greece where she is on holiday. Mugged on arrival in Paros, he loses everything.
TM Logan Trust Me Bonnier Zaffre, 18th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781838772932 Unmissable new thriller from bestselling author of The Holiday and The Catch. Two strangers, a child and a split-second choice that will change everything.
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British Library Crime Classics Nap Lombard, Martin Edwards 88: Murder’s a Swine British Library, 10th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712353786 Deceptively light- hearted page-turner follows newlyweds investigating the identity of the Pig, a killer who taunts his victims with a disembodied pig’s head.
Davide Longo This is How the Young Beasts Play MacLehose Press, 22nd July, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529408201 Crime thriller revolving around the mystery of 12 deaths that took place at the height of the political tensions during Italy’s Years of Lead.
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British Library Crime Classics ECR Lorac, Martin Edwards 89: Two-way Murder British Library, 10th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712353830 A misty night in the countryside. A missing girl, never found. A wanderer killed by a car speeding away from the party. Lorac returns with this never-before-published mystery.
Jerome Loubry The Final Chapter Hodder, 3rd June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529350548 Three good friends, one tragic summer and a book that tells it all.
Katie Lowe The Murder of Graham Catton HarperCollins, 15th April, hb, £12.99, 9780008289027 Electrifying thriller of true
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British Library Crime Classics Marie Belloc Lowndes, Martin Edwards 91: The Chianti Flask British Library, 10th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712353298 A young woman stands trial for the murder of her husband—but the whereabouts of the murder vessel, a flask of poisoned chianti, remains a mystery.
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Evan Ryder Eric Van Lustbader 1: The Nemesis Manifesto Head of Zeus, 3rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838937690 Russian meddling, American fragmentation and global politics collide in international thriller featuring lone-wolf field agent for a black-ops arm of the Department of Defense. 2: The Kobalt Dossier Head of Zeus, 8th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781800243132 Evan Ryder returns to Washington to find her department shut down and her sister’s children missing.
Diarmid MacArthur Dress for Death Sparsile Books, 15th April, pb, £9.99, 9781916382589 A young woman murdered in the changing room of a local supermarket. A suspected terrorist incident. And there may be a serial killer at work.
Bonnie MacBird The Three Locks Collins Crime Club, 3rd March, hb, £14.99, 9780008380830 A heatwave melts London as Holmes and Watson are called to action in this new Sherlock Holmes adventure.
Niki Mackay Loaded Orion, 27th May, pb, £8.99, 9781409195269 No information at time of going to press.
Gilly Macmillan To Tell You the Truth Arrow Books, 13th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781787462335 Lucy Harper was nine years old when her brother vanished in the woods. As the only witness, her story of that night became crucial. But can she be trusted to tell the truth?
Adrian Magson A Hostile State
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Kevan Manwaring (ed) 21: Heavy Weather British Library, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780712353588 Charting the course of history from ancient flood myths to 20th-century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters and severe weathers offers the perfect read on a rainy day or night.
Severn House, 26th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727850270 Routine assignment for deep cover specialist Marc Portman becomes something darker and deeper in this action- packed spy thriller.
Imran Mahmood I Know What I Saw Raven Books, 10th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781526627629 Smart, contemporary literary thriller from critically acclaimed author and one of the genre’s most striking new voices.
Andrea Mara The Playdate Bantam Press, 8th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787634497 Innocent invitation becomes every parent’s worst nightmare in this domestic thriller by bestselling Irish author.
Tom Marcus Defend or Die Pan, 27th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509863648 Explosive follow-up to Capture or Kill from author of Soldier Spy.
David Mark The Guest House Aries, 8th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800246324 Ronni Ashcroft uncovers a human organ trafficking ring in this suspense thriller.
David Mark Into the Woods Aries, 7th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800246362 Three schoolfriends went out and only two returned. There is a chilling reason why nobody looked for the missing girl.
Ronald Malfi Come With Me Titan Books, 20th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789097375 Masterful, heart- palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee.
Emily St John Mandel The Glass Hotel Picador, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509882830 Bestseller from the author of Station Eleven, the story of the lives caught up in two different tragedies.
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British Library Tales of the Weird
Patricia Marques The Colours of Death Hodder & Stoughton, 17th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529336658 First of a speculative detective series set in Lisbon.
Nick Martell The Two-faced Queen Gollancz, 25th March, hb, £16.99, 9781473225657 For readers who love the intrigue and scope of epic fantasy such Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and Brent Weeks’ The Black Prism.
Faith Martin A Fatal Affair HQ Stories, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008410490 Don’t miss the next cosy mystery novel from Martin.
from the author of the bestselling The Psychology of Time Travel.
Amanda Mason The Wayward Girls Zaffre, 10th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785767067 The Girls meets The Little Stranger in this captivating début about sisterhood, family secrets and a dangerous game that becomes all too real.
From one of our best- loved radio presenters comes a race-against- time thriller, chillingly resonant of today’s headlines.
Peter May The Night Gate riverrun, 18th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781784295042 New Enzo thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author.
RJ McBrien No Way Back Welbeck, 24th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787396180 When married Kristen Calloway signs up to an online dating agency that specialises in casual sex she has no idea that things are about to spiral out of control.
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Graham Masterton The House of a Hundred Whispers Head of Zeus, 7th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781789544268 A Tudor mansion on the edge of Dartmoor guards the moor’s secrets. Masterton’s new standalone horror novel.
Graham Masterton The Children God Forgot Head of Zeus, 4th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781800240209 A rash of strange and horrifying births sweeps through London.
Nadine Matheson The Jigsaw Man HQ, 18th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008359393 There’s a serial killer on the loose. The race is on before more bodies are found. But will it take a killer to catch the killer?
LV Matthews The Prank Welbeck, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781787395220 Contemporary thriller examining the fallout from a single moment in a reality TV show that has devastating consequences.
Kate Mascarenhas The Thief on the Winged Horse Head of Zeus, 10th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789543834 Dazzling mixture of crime, romance, magic and myth
David BP Mayne In the Silence Long-forgotten, Almond Trees Blossom Book Guild, 28th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913551995 Jack, a geologist in Libya is rescued from jail by Bushra. Their affair is fraught with difficulties: her political activism, his loveless marriage.
Simon Mayo Knife Edge Black Swan, 4th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781784164744
Mina and the Undead UCLan, 1st April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781912979479 Mina’s summer is ruined when she discovers a body with puncture marks on the neck. Could vampires be walking the streets of New Orleans or has Mina’s obsession become unhealthy?
Andy McDermott Operative 66 Headline, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472263797 From the international bestseller an action- packed thriller about a deadly government assassin framed as a traitor.
Chris McDonald Roses for the Dead Red Dog Press, 13th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913331252 Rock star Johnny Mayhem is released on a technicality seven years after murdering his wife. When people who investigated the original case start dying, DI Erika Piper must find him before she’s next.
Mel McGrath Two Wrongs HQ, 3rd March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008336837 Psychological thriller about the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her daughter.
Ruth McIver I Shot the Devil Tinder Press, 22nd July, hb, £16.99, 9781472266019 Buried small-town secrets for those who liked The Secret History and The Girls in the Woods.
Clara McKenna Murder At Blackwater Bend Kensington, 27th April, pb, £12.99, 9781496731227
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