GENERAL FICTION


Laura Vaughan Hazard Night Corvus, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838957100 A suspicious death upends the cloistered and privileged world of a traditional boarding school.


Fien Veldman, Hester Velmans (tr) Hard Copy Apollo, 6th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781035906444 Incisive début novel in translation about a woman who becomes obsessed with her office printer.


Abraham Verghese The Covenant of Water Grove Press, 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781804710456 From New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a magisterial saga of love, faith and medicine set in Kerala, south India.


Margaux Vialleron Breaststrokes Simon & Schuster, 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398525771 Simon & Schuster Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398529755 Four women’s lives overlap and interweave as they grapple with who they are in the modern world.


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Annie McDermott (tr) Tidal Waters Charco Press, 14th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781913867768 Epistolary, fictional account of one woman moving towards happiness in the black community of Colombia’s Pacific coast.


Ursula Villarreal-Moura Like Happiness One, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781911590927 Searing first novel about the complexities of gender, power, race and fame told through a young woman’s destructive relationship with a legendary writer.


Willy Vlautin The Horse Faber & Faber, 2nd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571384754 Vlautin’s most personal novel yet—a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be a musician, and an exploration of loneliness, humanity and resilience.


Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse 5 Vintage Classics, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781784879693 Time-bending, sci-fi satire


rebound as a Quarterbound Classic.


Isabel Waidner Corey Fah Does Social Mobility Penguin, 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241998885 Radical and joyful follow-up to the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Sterling Karat Gold.


Adelle Waldman Help Wanted Serpent's Tail, 21st March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781805221654 Llong-awaited follow-up to Waldman’s sensational début: a heartbreaking, comic novel about an exploited workforce that will be a major event in American letters.


Ericka Waller Goodbye Birdie Greenwing Doubleday, 18th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780857527257 From the author of Dog Days, a funny, emotional novel about three women made lonely by circumstance and made rich by new friends.


Aimée Walsh Exile John Murray, 23rd May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399815857 Taut and tender, a devastating exploration of the repercussions of one half-remembered night.


Colin Walsh Kala Atlantic, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838958626 Muscular literary page- turner from a rising Irish talent in which former friends, estranged for 15 years, reckon with the terrifying events of the summer that changed their lives.


David Ward Leechcraft Hawkwood, 15th April, pb, £8.99, 9781739323950 Leechcraft is a sharing of wisdom and healing, rooted in folklore. These are poems that will stay with the reader.


EM Ward, Simon Thomas Forest Silver British Library Publishing, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355803 First published in 1941, Forest Silver is an important work of Lake District fiction in which M Ward evokes her environment with pitch- perfect authenticity.


Guy Ware Our Island Story Salt, 15th March, pb, £10.99, 9781784633134 Denis Klamm returns to


the Island to find it sinking. Or the sea rising. Either way, the occup[ants are going to drown— unless the newly elected Leader really is the saviour.


Laura Warrell Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm Penguin, 8th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804992173 Sensuous literary work about looking for love in all the wrong places.


Gianni Washington Flowers From the Void Serpent's Tail, 2nd May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781800816312 Grotesquely gothic short stories to keep readers awake all night.


Christie Watson Moral Injuries Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 14th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399613071 Tight psychological drama that asks how far will you go to protect your own when you are trained to protect the lives of others?


Honey Watson (tr), Fan Wu The Souls Left Behind Sinoist, 29th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838905576 Paying tribute to the 140,000 men recruited from China by Allied Forces during the First World War, The Souls Left Behind is an emotional exploration of loss and identity.


Paul Webb The Wainwright Boys Matador, 28th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805142225 One anonymous woman with a dream and four unrelated men all in receipt of the same solicitor’s letter urging them to travel to the town of Keswick in the Lake District.


Cassie Werber Open Season Trapeze, 25th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781398714908 Two couples’ lives sexually and romantically intersect in a remarkable début that deftly peels apart the complexities of sex, love, honesty and betrayal.


Jaclyn Westlake Dear Dotty Avon, 4th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063340718 Rosie Benson does not have it all together. Like most twenty-somethings, she struggles to figure out life and soon finds herself following the advice of her late great-aunt.


Edith Wharton, Jessie Gaynor The Glimpses of the Moon Union Square, 22nd February, pb, £12.99, 9781454951520 Susy and Nick realise that everything in their sophisticated world comes at a price and that their hearts and consciences may no longer allow them to pay.


Edith Wharton The Glimpses of the Moon Pushkin Press, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805330929 Details above. One of the greatest authors of her age.


Wiz Wharton Ghost Girl, Banana Hodder, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399700375 Heartfelt, poignant and intensely emotional, Ghost Girl, Banana is a compelling exploration of secrets kept through generations.


Shaun Whiteside (tr), Carmen Pellegrino The Earth is Falling Prototype, 28th March, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781913513474 Haunting, magical novel set in an abandoned village outside Naples. The deserted houses are peopled with ghosts who live in a perpetual present from which time has been abolished.


Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray Union Square, 21st March, hb, £18, 9781454952947 Enthralled by his own portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life.


Manya Wilkinson Lublin And Other Stories, 6th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781913505943 It is 1907 and three lads set off for Lublin, the market town of dreams.


Eley Williams Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good Fourth Estate, 18th July, hb, £16.99, 9780008618926 A Granta Best of Young British Novelists finalist. Fabulous collection of stories from award- winning author of The Liar's Dictionary and Attrib and Other Stories.


Georgia Carys Williams Unspeakable Beauty Parthian, 7th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914595424 Beautiful, poetic novel is


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Daniel Cole Mimic Orion, 14th April, pb, £7.99, 9781409198024 Chilling new detective thriller.


Martina Cole Two Women Headline, 3rd March, hb, £20, 9781472289834 Special anniversary hardback edition to celebrate 30 years of Cole’s bestsellers.


Richard Coles Murder Before Evensong Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 9th June, hb, £14.99, 9781474612630 Introduction to Coles’ Canon Clement Mystery series.


Paul Fraser Collard Commander Headline, 12th May, pb, £9.99, 9781472263483 The 10th historical military adventure featuring Jack Lark, soldier, leader, imposter. Egypt, 1869, and Jack gets an offer he can’t refuse.


Max Allan Collins Tough Tender Hard Case Crime, 15th March, pb, £7.99, 9781789091434 Has Nolan met his match? Collins’ veteran thief faces off against a cold- blooded femme fatale in this adventure originally published as two novels and unavailable for three decades.


Max Allan Collins Quarry’s Blood Hard Case Crime, 22nd February, pb, £7.99, 9781789096682 When a beautiful writer of true-crime bestsellers announces hitman hero Quarry as the subject of her next book, killers descend.


Peter Colt The Combat Zone Severn House, 31st March, hb, £20.99, 9781448307661 When the daughter of an old army buddy goes missing, Vietnam vet Andy Roark swears to get her back no matter the cost.


Elle Connel Down by the Water Wildfire, 26th May, pb, £8.99, 9781472272614 Breathless thriller about a group of old friends at a remote Scottish castle who are preyed upon by someone who won’t let them leave.


John Connolly The Nameless Ones Hodder & Stoughton, 17th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529398366


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Charlie Parker returns in a heart-pounding thriller as Angel and Louis take centrestage following events of A Book of Bones.


Robin Cook Viral Pan, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529059403 Medical thriller about a deadly airborne disease in New York.


Caroline Corcoran Five Days Missing Avon,, 17th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008441784 Having a baby is all about firsts. The first touch. The first kiss. The first cuddle. They mark a lifetime of firsts—including the first goodbye.


Jane Corry A Good Daughter Penguin, 23rd June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241989029 Suspenseful and darkly emotive domestic thriller about what happens when family ties are pushed to breaking point.


SA Cosby Razorblade Tears Headline, 17th March, pb, £8.99, 9781472286543 Hugely acclaimed Sunday Times Thriller of the Month. Two grieving fathers must avenge their murdered sons while also confronting their own prejudices.


Jayne Cowie After Dark Penguin (Century Physical), 12th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529156768 High-concept domestic suspense that asks the important question: are women ever truly safe? For fans of Vox, The End of Men and John Marrs.


Edward Cox The Wood Bee Queen Gollancz, 23rd June, pb, £9.99, 9781473226876 In another world, a queen has been killed. And the only people who can stop her murderer are a thief and a librarian who doesn’t believe in magic.


Helen Cox A Body by the Lighthouse Quercus, 3rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529410419 All aboard for the latest Kitt Hartley mystery: a swashbuckling adventure with a charming cast of characters, split between Newcastle and Norway.


Ben Creed A Traitor’s Heart Welbeck, 14th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781802791938 Winter, 1952: Leningrad’s icy streets are haunted by


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a murderer. Rossel must team up with Major Nikitin to hunt down the killer.


Georgina Cross Nanny Needed Avon,, 14th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008498207 When Sarah Larsen answers the Bird family’s “Nanny needed” advertisement, her life changes overnight. But all too soon she realises there is something very strange about the Bird family.


NJ Crosskey Correctional Legend Press, 1st June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800310032 The nation settles down to watch a special edition of Justice Live, the most popular, and sadistic, reality show ever made.


Blake Crouch Upgrade Macmillan, 21st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529045352 Mind-bending thriller filled with twists and turns from the author of Dark Matter and Recursion.


Morgan Cry Six Wounds Polygon, 5th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846975707 When a brawl in Daniella Coulstoun’s bar results in a body being discovered in the cellar, Daniella finds herself framed for murder. Set in the Costa Blanca.


Charles Cumming Judas 62 HarperCollins, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008363505 Second book in Cumming’s pacy thriller series surrounding Box 88, a covert intelligence organisation.


Fiona Cummins Into the Dark Macmillan, 14th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529040159 Big Little Lies meets Broadchurch in a dark and readable crime thriller about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship.


Alex Dahl Cabin Fever Aries, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789544053 A successful therapist, her troubled client and an isolated cabin in the woods.


Kjell Ola Dahl, Don Bartlett (tr) Little Drummer Orenda Books, 26th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781914585128 When a woman is found murdered in her car and her scientist boyfriend goes missing, Frølich and Gunnarstranda are


drawn into the shady international trade in HIV medications.


Michelle Davies The Death of Me Orion, 3rd February, pb, £8.99, 9781409193463 Everyone thinks Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room. But all is not what it seems.


Judith C Davis Death in the Mooragh Book Guild, 28th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781914471896 The investigation into a man’s death throws the life of a family into chaos even as they attempt to keep the property they have run for years.


Mark Dawson The Driver Welbeck Group, 23rd June, pb, £8.99, 9781787397057 Ex-assassin has a job driving a taxi around the streets of San Francisco. He has his anonymity and his solitude. But that’s all about to change.


Will Dean The Last Thing to Burn Hodder, 3rd February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529307092 Dark standalone thriller from a rising star in the crime genre.


Will Dean First Born Hodder & Stoughton, 14th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529307146 A twisting edge-of-the- seat drama about a twin who learns her sister has been murdered in New York and travels to the city to piece together what happened.


Jeffery Deaver The Midnight Lock HarperCollins, 17th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008303884 The “master of ticking- bomb suspense” presents the latest thriller featuring his most popular protago- nists on the hunt for a criminal terrorising New York City.


Stephanie DeCarolis Deadly Little Lies HarperCollins, 3rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008462123 Some secrets are best left buried.


Len Deighton The Ipcress File Penguin Classics, 3rd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241566312 Deighton’s grubby first spy novel, now adapted into a major new ITV series.


AA Dhand The Blood Divide Penguin, 12th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552176545 Explosive race-against- time, international thriller, set between England and India from acclaimed author of the Harry Virdee novels.


LR Dorn The Anatomy of Desire Trapeze, 21st July, pb, £7.99, 9781398705180 Compelling and original suspense novel for fans of Good Me Bad Me and podcast hit Serial.


Fran Dorricott The Lighthouse Avon,, 3rd February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008449339 No one expected them to go there. The question is will any of them leave? Powerfully atmospheric suspense novel with a gothic edge.


Walker Dryden The Poison Throne Orion, 28th April, pb, £9.99, 9781409187080 Sweeping historical epic for fans of Conn Iggulden and those looking to cure their Game of Thrones itch.


Charlotte Duckworth The Sanctuary Quercus, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529418668 Jaw-dropping thriller from the author of The Perfect Father.


Caroline Dunford Hope for Tomorrow Headline Accent, 17th February, pb, £9.99, 9781472276674 Third thrilling outing for British spy Hope Staple- ford, whose mission leads her to a Scottish airfield base as the Battle of Brit- ain pilots take to the skies.


Dorothy Dunnett Dolly and the Bird of Paradise Farrago, 7th April, pb, £8.99, 9781788424097 The first in a series of witty, erudite suspense mysteries, by a celebrated classic author—with an independent, smart heroine and an ending sure to surprise!


Sabine Durrant The Summer Job Hodder & Stoughton, 21st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781473681699 She just wanted to escape.


Lynette Eason Life Flight Revell, 28th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780800737337 An emergency landing for


an aircraft with a critical patient on board make for a tough day. Add a serial killer and it’s clear the challenges have just begun for Penny Carlton.


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MH Eccleston The Trust Aries, 12th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803280363 Cosy murder mystery featuring art restorer turned amateur sleuth Astrid Swift.


SERIES


British Library Crime Classics Martin Edwards (ed) 102: The Edinburgh Mystery British Library, 10th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712354851 New collection includes the mysteries of Edin- burgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Wynne and Margot Bennett and contributions from neglected authors such as Scobie Mackenzie and RT Campbell.


Martin Edwards (ed) Music of the Night Flame Tree, 8th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781787587359 Anthology of original short stories with music as the connecting theme contributed by Crime Writer’s Association members.


Rachel Edwards Lucky Fourth Estate, 17th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008364601 Tense tale about race, power, betrayal, survival and an addiction so compelling it threatens to destroy everything in its path. “A fresh, exhilarating voice”—Adele Parks.


Yvvette Edwards The Mother Pan, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529067989 Marcia Williams thought she knew her son and thought he was safe. She was wrong.


Lexie Elliott How to Kill Your Best Friend Corvus, 7th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838950460


Heidi Amsinck Back From the Dead Muswell Press, 18th April, pb, £9.99, 9781739123857 It is June and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on DI Henrik Jungersen’s desk.


Paul Adam The Wolves of Nifelheim Endeavour, 15th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780957191389 Upmarket, historical crime thriller centred on the mysterious death of Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, Norse mythology and a sinister pagan cult, the Wotan Brotherhood. From the author of Paganini’s Ghost.


Kat Ailes The Expectant Detectives Zaffre, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804180914 Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon- to-be mums who turn detective.


Kat Ailes Dead Tired Bonnier, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781804180938 Alice has made the most of her maternity leave, becoming simultaneously a mum and accidental amateur sleuth.


Tove Alsterdal Deep Harbour Faber & Faber, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780571372133 Bestselling High Coast series returns with a case that entangles Detective Eira Sjödin’s family with a decades-old murder.


Jack Anderson The Grief Doctor Raven, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526667540 Brilliantly original, high- concept début in which a controversial scientific genius believes she can cure a man’s grief at the death of his wife. Whatever it takes.


Lin Anderson The Wild Coast Pan, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529084573 Seventeeth novel in forensic crime series, described as the Scottish Silent Witness.


Steve Anderson Lines of Deception Open Road, 12th March, pb, £17.95, 9781504086134 In 1949 a West German nightclub owner embarks on a risky quest behind the Iron Curtain to save his kidnapped American brother.


Charles Ardai Death Comes Too Late Hard Case Crime, 12th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803366265 From an author Stephen King called a master of the short story comes this unforgettable 20th-anniversary celebration of Hard Case Crime.


MJ Arlidge, Stephanie Broadribb The Reunion Orion, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398716575 Labyrinthine thriller for readers who enjoyed Sharon Bolton’s The Pact, Lisa Jewell’s Then She Was Gone and Claire Douglas’ The Girls Who Disappeared.


Neal Asher War Bodies Tor, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529050103 High-octane standalone set in Asher’s expansive Polity world.


Mike Ashley (ed) Fear in the Blood British Library, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355650 Ashley’s selection focuses on tales about family relationships that bestow on the reader generations of fearful fiction.


Claire Askew The Dead Don’t Speak Hodder, 22nd February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529348347 Beautifully written and splendidly plotted police procedural from a rising star in the crime genre.


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Orenda, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914585500 Début. An investigative reporter quits her job when her twins die in a fire but the discovery of the body of a missing teenager spurs her into following the story.


Christine H Bailey Burning Little Lies Artemesia, 6th February, pb, £13.95, 9781951122744 Four classmates are directly linked by the murder of one of their own. All four are lying but one’s secret is to die for.


Martine Bailey Sharp Scratch Allison & Busby, 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780749030841 18th July, pb, £9.99, 9780749030940 First in a chilling crime series that draws on the author’s time working in the NHS, including at Ashworth top-security psychiatric hospital.


Tina Baker What We Did in the Storm Viper, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800811843 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9781800811867 Upmarket thriller from the author of Call Me Mummy and Nasty Little Cuts.


David Baldacci Absolute Power Pan, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035007486 Reissue of the book which launched Baldacci’s career as a worldwide bestseller of thrilling fiction.


David Baldacci A Calamity of Souls Macmillan, 11th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781035035588 Blockbuster drama from fiction superstar.


David Baldacci The Edge Pan, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529062113 Second thrilling novel featuring Travis Devine.


Shirley Ballas, Sheila McClure Murder on the Dance Floor HQ, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008558048 Sexy début from world- renowned dancer and Strictly head judge. Behind the sequins and the sparkles the competition is about to turn deadly.


Russell Banks American Spirits No Exit Press, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798923 From one of America’s


most celebrated storytellers come three interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town and the shocking headlines that become local mythologies.


Tom Baragwanath Paper Cage Baskerville, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399808118 Prize-winning, literary crime début from young New Zealand novelist.


David Barnett Withered Hill Canelo, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367513 Sophie finds herself trapped in an isolated Lancashire village. But is it the inhabitants, drenched in folklorish traditions, who keep her prisoner, or something more sinister lurking in the woods?


Rhiannon Barnsley Inside One More Chapter, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780008646158 BBC’s Industry meets Anatomy of a Scandal in this début thriller about deception, loyalty and a toxic workplace.


Graham Bartlett City on Fire Allison & Busby, 21st March, hb, eb, £19.99, 9780749030513 The third explosive crime yarn set in the underbelly of Brighton follows the huge success of Bad For Good and Force of Hate.


Quentin Bates (tr), Stella Blómkvist Murder Under the Midnight Sun Corylus Books, 5th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781739298944 Smart, ruthless and with a flexible moral code, razor- tongued lawyer Stella Blómkvist is back for another series of complicated investigations set in Iceland.


Quentin Bates (tr), Óskar Guðmundsson The Dancer Corylus Books, 1st February, Book, eb, £9.99, 9781739298951 With a style that does not shy away from a sometimes graphic take on shocking subject matter, this is Icelandic crime fiction with a tinge of horror.


Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie Young Rich Widows Sourcebooks Landmark, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781464224331


When four prominent lawyers are killed in a mysterious plane crash their widows must come together to uncover the truth. Edge-of-the-seat thriller with an 1980s mafia vibe.


SJ Bennett A Death in Diamonds Zaffre, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838776237 Royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates mystery series.


Baron Birtcher Knife River Open Road, 6th February, pb, £17.95, 9781504086370 A Ty Dawson mystery. A sheriff fighting to keep the peace in 1970s Oregon faces a shocking secret from his town’s past.


Lynn H Blackburn Never Fall Again Revell, 7th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780800745363 Landry Hutton, artist-in- residence of the Haven, went to Gossamer Falls to build a new life for herself and her daughter. When danger threatens can Callum Shaw protect them?


Katherine Blake The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling Viking, 13th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241640685 Con artist, maneater, gold-digger. Watch out Hollywood, here she comes.


Ali Blood The Other Fiance Avon, 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008527198 She’s moved on. He’s long gone. Or is he?


Grethe Boe, Charlotte Barsland (tr) Mayday Mountain Leopard Press, 15th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781914495342 When Ylva Norvahl’s plane is forced down over Russian territory during a Nato exercise she and the veteran US major John Evans must race against time to avoid capture.


Claire Booth Home Fires Severn House, 2nd April, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310807 A deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse leaves over a dozen victims. What happened in the moments before the accident? The investigation shakes Sheriff Hank Worth to his core.


SERIES


Te Black Forest Investigations Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch (tr) MacLehose Press,97815294092 Atmospheric whodunnits with Detective Inspector Louise Boni. The Invisible Web 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 15 The White Circle 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 39


Patricia Bradley Fatal Witness Revell, 2nd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800741631 Although she witnessed the murder of her parents 25 years ago, Dani Bennett has no memory of the event. But the killer remembers her.


Christianna Brand, Martin Edwards London Particular British Library, 10th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355407 First published in 1952 and with its setting based on Brand’s own home, the author cited this mystery as her favourite among her many classics.


Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Second Skin Muswell Press, 10th May, hb, £16.99, 9781739123871 Alistair Haston receives a call from a man claiming to be his son’s grandfather. But Alistair has no knowledge of a son.


Greg Buchanan Consumed Orion, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398712737 Follow-up to breakout literary thriller Sixteen Horses featuring forensic veterinarian-turned- detective Cooper Allen.


Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (tr) The Kitchen Orenda, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916788077 Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women.


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