ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
John Bude, Martin Edwards A Telegram From Le Touquet British Library, 10th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355353 The eccentric Blampignon embarks on a thrilling race to discover the truth in one of Bude’s rarest and most spirited mystery novels.
Sheila Bugler Dark Road Home Canelo, 18th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800327368 The night Leah Ryan returns to her hometown, Dungarry, her childhood sweetheart is murdered.
Elizabeth C Bunce Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Complete Gift Set Algonquin Young Readers, 22nd May, boxed pack, £36, 9781523527656 Myrtle Hardcastle is ready to take on the maddening Victorian rules for young ladies of quality to earn her place as the most acclaimed amateur detective of her time.
Huge de Burgh To the River Troubador, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781805142485 Umbria 1943. Nazi troops are massacring whole villages. The injured FitzGerald organises the escape of 600 prisoners who hide in the hills.
Jeffrey B Burton The Dead Years Severn House, 5th March, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312412 A serial killer, dormant for years, reawakens after viewing a docuseries depicting his string of homicides. No one in the cast and crew is safe.
Sarah Burton, Jem Poster Eliza Mace Duckworth, 7th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780715655122 Young Eliza Mace is thwarted by powers that conspire to control and deceive her. But when her father disappears in mysterious circumstances her determination to uncover the truth is unstoppable.
SJ Butler Last Orders Headline Accent, 1st February, pb, £10.99, 9781035414659 Addictive nailbiter from author of Between the Lines and Deadly Lesson.
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Hodder, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399702522 Explosive international thriller from the Hollywood legend and British icon.
Jo Callaghan Leave No Trace Simon & Schuster, 28th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398511200 Simon & Schuster Audio, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398511255 Pulse-racing sequel to Callaghan’s acclaimed crime debut.
Linda Calvey Faith Welbeck, 9th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781802794762 Maria and her daughter have fled Wakefield for the East End of London, desperate to escape the volatile son of the local crime family. But secrets left behind fester.
Angela Carlisle Secondary Target Bethany House, 25th June, pb, eb, £13.99, 9780764242502 Début author will leave readers breathless with bone-chilling story of a ruthless murderer, a deadly secret and an unbreakable love.
Anthony Carragher The Dying Time Te Book Guild, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781916668294 Architect Kate O’Connor appears to have it all. Yet everything is not as it seems.
Caro Carver Bad Tourists Bantam, 4th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780857505101 The White Lotus meets “The Guest List” in chiller thriller about three vengeful women, a beautiful island resort, and the darkest of secrets. Great for the armchair traveller.
Amanda Cassidy The Returned Canelo, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804360101 A devastating fire, a grieving mother, a village full of secrets and a boy seemingly back from the dead. Page-turner from CWA New Blood Dagger- shortlisted writer.
V Castro Immortal Pleasures Titan, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781835410110 In this seductive dark fantasy from the author of The Haunting of Alejandra an ancient Aztec vampire roams the
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modern world in search of vengeance and love.
David Cato-Evans The Music Teacher Troubador, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781805142737 Juliette, a young mother of two, teaches piano and flute while helping with the family antique business. Needing extra income, Juliette is drawn into money laundering.
Steve Cavanagh Kill for Me Kill for You Headline, 11th April, pb, £9.99, 9781035408191 She will kill your worst enemy. All you have to do is kill hers. Dizzying standalone was a top five Sunday Times bestseller.
Javier Cercas, Anne McLean (tr) Prey for the Shadow MacLehose Press, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529422511 The second Terra Alta Investigation, a new crime series by one of Europe’s leading writers.
Justine Champine Knife River Zaffre, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781804185759 When Jess was 13 her mother went for a walk and did not return. Fifteen years later bones have been discovered in the woods nearby.
Julia Chapman Date With Justice Pan, 4th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529095432 Ninth in Dales Detective series of cosy mysteries set in the Yorkshire Dales.
AA Chaudhuri The Lodger Hera, 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804362952 The young lodger, the beautiful landlady and even the house itself hide secrets in this tense psychological thriller.
Nilesha Chauvet The Revenge of Rita Marsh Faber & Faber, 18th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571382101 A vigilante hunting predators online finds her work coming too close to home in this heart- pounding début from an outstanding new voice.
Emma Christie In Her Shadow Welbeck, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781802794656 Dave Kellock is a pillar of the community. But when a local teenage girl goes missing he is a suspect and his freedom
and her life are in jeopardy.
Amy Chua The Golden Gate Corvus, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838959517 Début novel set in California during the Second World War. “Chinatown” meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Wendy Church Knife Skills Severn House, 5th March, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312597 Down-on-her-luck chef Sagarine Pfister gets drawn into the Chicago underworld when her boss is found dead in the walk-in freezer.
Alys Clare The Stranger in the Asylum Severn House, 6th February, hb, eb, £21.99, 9780727823076 Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham hunt down an escapee from a French asylum in gripping World’s End Bureau Victorian mystery.
Jack Clark Nobody’s Angel Hard Case Crime, 13th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803367477 “My favourite fiction novel this year was written by a taxi driver who used to hand it out to his passengers”—Quentin Tarantino.
SERIES
Palmer-Jones Ann Cleeves Pan, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529073 Reissues of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth novels in the mystery series. Sea Fever 27th June, 478 Another Man’s Poison 27th June, 485 The Mill on the Shore 11th July, 492 High Island Blues 11th July, 508
Ann Cleeves The Raging Storm Pan, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529077735 Third novel in the Matthew Venn series from a bestselling crime writer.
Caroline Cleveland When Cicadas Cry Union Square, 25th July, pb, £12.99, 9781454952312 Amazing debut in which a lawyer and his lover find themselves entangled in secrets and murder in a small town.
Aoife Clifford When We Fall Ultimo Press, 4th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781761151583 In a wild, coastal town Alex and her mother make a shocking find on the beach. The police claim it is an accidental death but it is not the first.
Darcy Coates The Hollow Dead Poisoned Pen Press, 13th March, pb, £12.99, 9781728239248 In the fourth instalment of the Gravekeeper series Keira faces down the shadowy organisation on her trail.
Alyssa Cole One of Us Knows William Morrow, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063114951 Riveting drama about the caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer and the ghosts of her past.
SERIES
Canon Clement Richard Coles Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 9781474612 A Death in the Parish 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 685 Murder at the Monastery 6th June, hb, eb, £22, 715
CM Collingwood Blue Stones, Black Rock Troubador, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781805142928 A broken heart and scarred mind can be healed with help from another world. This story tells of a three-way journey: in the present, the past and into the mind.
Sarah Easter Collins Things Don’t Break on Their Own Viking, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780241640630 “An elegant story of loss and longing, the aching unknown and the drowning weight of past trauma”—Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End.
Peter Colt The Judge Severn House, 7th May, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310708 A Boston judge is blackmailed and Andy Roark must find out who is behind the threat.
James Comey Central Park West Head of Zeus, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781837932696
Début novel by former director of the FBI. A federal prosecutor’s case against the Mob is blown wide open by a shocking revelation.
James Comey Westport Aries, 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781837932726 Lawyer Nora Carleton is accused of the murder of a colleague.
John Connolly The Instruments of Darkness Hodder & Stoughton, 9th May, hb, eb, £22, 9781529391862 A mother’s worst fear realised and a court case that reveals the darkest of secrets. The Instruments of Darkness thrills from the very first page.
Emma Cook You Can’t Hurt Me Orion, 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781398717251 Smart, sophisticated suspense for readers who enjoyed JP Delaney’s The Girl Before and Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient.
Alex Coombs Death in Nonna’s Kitchen No Exit Press, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798749 To help famous chef Matteo McLeish discover who is blackmailing him, Old Forge Cafe chef Charlie Hunter takes up an offer to work in the kitchen.
Helen Cooper The Couple in the Photo Hodder, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399701051 The camera never lies. But someone does.
Chris Coppel Latency Cranthorpe Millner, 25th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781803781914 Two social outcast detectives are ordered to work together on cold cases and uncover a common thread that might be the key to solving the murders.
Tasha Coryell Love Letters to a Serial Killer Orion, 4th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398716711 Hannah feels blissfully happy with her new fiance but is secretly investigating the partner for serial murder.
Claire Coughlan Where They Lie Simon & Schuster, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398521704
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