ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
Adventure, crime & horror
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.
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.
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.
Suzy Aspley Crow Moon
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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