ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Adam Simcox The Dying Squad Gollancz, 22nd July, hb, £18.99, 9781473230743 “Line of Duty” meets Rivers of London— a brand-new supernatural crime début in which the dead investigate murders the police can’t solve.
Nalini Singh
Quiet in Her Bones Gollancz, 25th February, pb, £14.99, 9781473229570 In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, enter the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac on the edge of a sprawling forest.
Gustaf Skoerdeman Geiger Bonnier Zaffre, 24th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781838773687 The biggest international thriller of 2021, sold in over 20 territories. An extraordinary high- concept début about a mysterious codeword, a murder and an international plot 50 years in the making.
CJ Skuse Dead Head HQ, 18th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008312589 Victim, murderer, serial killer. What next? Third darkly comic thriller in the highly addictive Sweetpea series featuring serial killer Rhiannon Lewis.
Karin Slaughter The Silent Wife HarperCollins, 15th April, pb, £8.99, 9780008303488 “As sharp and absorbing as ever”—Guardian. “A page turner”—Sunday Times.
Karin Slaughter Untitled HarperCollins, 24th June, hb, £20, 9780008303501 Next in the Will Trent series.
Susan Sleeman Hours to Kill Bethany House, 27th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764233975 Just as Homeland Security agent Addison Leigh reaches the pinnacle of her cyber investigation into a firearms smuggling ring she’s attacked and left for dead.
Anna Smith Framed: Kerry Casey Quercus, 4th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781529407105 Quercus, 13th May, pb, £7.99, 9781529407136 Gripping gangland thriller sees crime boss Kerry Casey in jail. For fans of Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole and Jessie Keane.
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Sarah Elaine Smith Marilou is Everywhere Penguin, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241986516 Richly atmospheric American début about lost innocence and life on the ragged margins of society.
Wilbur Smith, Corban Addison Call of the Raven Zaffre, 27th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781785767951 Action-packed new adventure by number one bestselling author about one man’s quest for revenge.
Wilbur Smith, David Churchill Legacy of War Bonnier Zaffre, 15th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781838772246 Nailbiting story of courage, bravery, rebellion and war.
Jo Spain After the Fire Quercus, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529400311 The latest Tom Reynolds mystery from the internationally bestselling author of With Our Blessing and The Confession.
Jo Spain The Perfect Lie Quercus, 13th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529407242 A thriller that will keep readers guessing right to the end.
Sally Spencer The Company Severn House, 26th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9780727890948 In this hard-hitting standalone thriller a crash survivor discovers dark family secrets as he tries to stay alive.
Lize Spit, Kristen Gehrman (tr) The Melting Picador, 13th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781509838684 Phenomenal Flemish international bestseller tells of a young woman’s return to the small town where she suffered as a child and the payback she demands there.
Stephen Spotswood Fortune Favours the Dead
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Gavin Smith Spec Ops Z Abaddon Books, 2nd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781781088739
A Spetsnaz squad is sent to New York at the height of the Cold War when the practice weapon they’re carrying detonates and triggers a zombie plague.
Wildfire, 8th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472274816 First in a new series, Pentecost and Parker, set in New York City in the 1940s. A hugely entertaining murder mystery.
Michael Stanley Facets of Death Orenda Books, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193638 When a South African mine is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds and the thieves are murdered execution-style, Detective Kubu begins a terrifying international investigation. Prequel to the award-winning series.
CD Steele False Truth Book Guild, 28th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913551735 Private investigator and former MI6 agent Joe Wilde is hired to investigate the death of a rising football star.
Susie Steiner Remain Silent Te Borough Press, 1st April, pb, £8.99, 9780008273842 “Police procedural with real imagination and a marvellous lightness of style and wit”—Philip Pullman. “A brilliantly gripping tale”—Lucy Foley.
Julian Stockwin Balkan Glory Hodder, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781473698802 Twenty-third in the fantastic Thomas Kydd series.
Mats Strandberg The Home Jo Fletcher Books, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529402155 Eerie story about love, friendship and the greatest fear of all: losing control of ourselves.
Amy Suiter Clarke Girl, 11 Pushkin Vertigo, 3rd June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781782276890 Full of adrenaline- inducing twists and emotional nuance, Girl, 11 is a heartstopping suspense novel where the detective is a podcaster.
Sarah Sultan The Source Orenda Books, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193591 Young TV journalist is forced to revisit her harrowing past when she’s thrust into a sex-trafficking investigation in her hometown. Startling début by a former CNN reporter.
RS Sutton Stormfront
Book Guild, 28th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913913144 The body of a playboy businessman has washed up ashore on the south coast. A female detective takes on the case.
James Swallow Rogue Zaffre, 29th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838770570 Pulse-pounding, globe- trotting thriller of betrayal in a world where those in power may be the biggest threat to us all. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad.
Peter Swanson Every Vow You Break Faber & Faber, 18th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780571358496 After a whirlwind romance Abigail marries Silicon Valley millionaire Bruce. For the honeymoon he treats her to an exclusive retreat but once there her perfect new life crashes down around her.
Vanda Symon Bound Orenda Books, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193522 When official investigations into the murder of a local businessman don’t add up, and personal problems affect her state of mind, young New Zealand detective Sam Shephard, turns vigilante.
Andrew Taylor The Last Protector HarperCollins, 3rd February, pb, £8.99, 9780008325558 From the author of The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett.
Andrew Taylor The Royal Secret HarperCollins, 1st April, hb, £14.99, 9780008325565 Set during the time of King Charles II.
CL Taylor Her Last Holiday Avon, HarperCollins, 29th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008379223 The master of suspense is back. Prepare yourself for the latest nail- shredding, heart-in-mouth rollercoaster ride.
Joe Thomas Brazilian Psycho Arcadia Books, 25th March, Book, eb, £14.99, 9781911350910 Weaves social crime fiction, historical fact and personal experience to record the radical tale of
one of the world’s most fascinating, glamorous, corrupt, violent and thrilling cities.
Russ Thomas Nighthawking Simon & Schuster, 18th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781471181405, audiofile, £14.40, 9781398500310 From the author of Firewatching. A body is found in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens. DS Adam Tyler is drawn into the secretive world of nighthawkers: treasure- hunters operating under cover of darkness.
Lesley Thomson Death of a Mermaid Head of Zeus, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788549738 Freddy left her childhood home 22 years ago and swore never to return. But now she’s back in her hometown when one of her old school friends goes missing.
Lesley Thomson The Distant Dead Head of Zeus, 13th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788549752 Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a murder in Tewkesbury Abbey to a decades- old mystery in wartime London.
Tom Threadgill Network of Deceit Revell, 16th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800736514 Amara Alvarez gets what she’s worked for: a transfer to Homicide. But the suspicious death of a teenager at a local water park brings chaos to her personal life.
SERIES
Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries Charles Todd A Divided Loyalty William Morrow, 18th February, pb, £9.99, 9780062905543 Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his career—a cold-murder case with an unidentified victim and too few clues to follow. A Fatal Lie William Morrow, 18th March, hb, £20, 9780062905574 Rutledge retraces a dead man’s search for answers about his past but the path to the truth will bring him face-to-face with a killer.
Charles Todd A Hanging At Dawn Witness Impulse, 4th February, pb, £7.99, 9780063048577
Short story featuring World War I nurse Bess Crawford set in India at the turn of the century.
Richard Trahair Bleak Encounter at the Cape Book Guild, 28th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913551834 A body is discovered at the Cape by a coastguard watchkeeper who decides to pursue his own investigation.
Paul Tremblay The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland Omnibus Titan Books, 6th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781789096316 Award-winning Tremblay’s début noir novels back in print after a decade for fans of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, Raymond Carver and Dashiell Hammett.
Megan Turney (tr), Jørn Lier Horst, Thomas Enger Smoke Screen Orenda Books, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193560 When the victim of a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo is identified as the mother of a missing two-year-old girl, Blix & Ramm revisit a cold case. Award-winning Nordic noir.
SERIES
Rise of Emperors Simon Turney, Gordon Doherty 1: Sons of Rome Aries, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800242029 As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. 2: Masters of Rome Aries, 6th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781800242036 As competition for the imperial throne intensifies, Constantine and Maxentius realise their childhood friendship cannot last.
Stuart Turton The Devil and the Dark Water Raven Books, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781408889534 Outstanding novel from author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and winner of the Costa Best First Novel award.
Harriet Tyce The Lies You Told Wildfire, 1st April, pb, £8.99, 9781472252791 Shocking, dark, addictive—Lies You Told is the compulsive new psychological thriller
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