ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
are they prepared to go to catch the person responsible?
Dan Malakin The Wreckage of Us Viper, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781788168458 Blistering thriller from the author of The Regret and The Box.
Ronald Malfi Small Town Horror Titan, 4th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781803365657 Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon them in this horror masterpiece.
Marco Malvaldi, Howard Curtis (tr) Foul Deeds and Fine Dying MacLehose Press, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529415391 Deliciously thrilling, locked-room mystery for fans of Agatha Christie and Richard Osman.
Christine Mangan The Continental Affair Bedford Square, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798077 With gorgeous prose, European glamour and an expansive wanderlust, this is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper.
Andrea Mara Someone in the Attic Bantam, 20th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787636521 Everyone has heard noises in the attic. But what if your worst fear came true?
Andrea Mara No One Saw a Thing Penguin, 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804990780 Two children get on the train. Only one gets off. Grip-lit that is worth missing your stop for.
Blake Mara The Dog Park Detectives Simon & Schuster, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398524231 Simon & Schuster Audio, audiofile, eb, £14.99, 9781398524255 Joyous and fur-ociously entertaining murder mystery for fans of dogs and cosy crime.
Javier Marías, Margaret Jull Costa (tr), Margaret Jull Costa Tomás Nevinson Penguin, 21st March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780241568637 The final novel from the greatest Spanish writer of his generation.
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Natalie Marlow The Red Hollow Baskerville, 28th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781399801843 The second book in the William Garrett PI series set in 1930s Birmingham. Follows Needless Alley.
Gay Marris A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder Bedford Square, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781835010099 Set in London in 1968, A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder follows the lives of the inhabitants of no ordinary suburban London street.
John Marrs The Family Experiment Macmillan, 9th May, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781035016976 From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families, real and virtual.
Laura Marshall A Good Place to Hide a Body Hodder & Stoughton, 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781399729628 Smart, fresh thriller about a woman forced to help her parents when they kill their nightmare tenant.
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Home Front Detective vol 10 Edward Marston Allison & Busby, 20th June, 97807490 Set during the First World War.
10: Danger of Defeat pb, eb, £9.99, 29753
11: Spring Offensive hb, eb, £19.99, 31657
Kate Mascarenhas Hokey Pokey Apollo, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781789543872 February 1929. A grand hotel, a famous opera star and a psychoanalyst with a hidden agenda. The third novel from one of the UK’s most exciting new voices in fiction.
Elsie Mason The Runaway Girl Orion, 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398708952 Compelling saga trilogy based on the actual Sixteen Streets in South Shields.
Tim Mason The Nightingale Affair Algonquin, 30th May, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781643756288 Historical thriller featuring Inspector Charles Field hunting a serial killer who terrorises Florence
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Nightingale and her nurses in the Crimea.
SR Masters The Perfect Community One More Chapter, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008520151 TM Logan meets John Marrs in an everyman thriller where a village motto is: Just be kind.
Nadine Matheson The Kill List HQ, 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008548438 From the writer of The Jigsaw Man comes a heart-pounding crime thriller! Five shocking murders and a legacy under threat.
Owen Matthews White Fox Penguin, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780552178365 Atmospheric, Cold War thriller about two competing KGB operatives caught in a race to secure the devastating truth behind the assassination of JFK.
Jahmal Mayfield Smoke Kings Melville House, 8th February, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781685891114 In the vein of “Get Out”, Smoke Kings is a feast of noir fiction and probing social commentary asking us to consider what would happen if reparations were finally exacted.
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Te Enzo Files vol 4 Peter May riverrun, pb, eb, £9.99, 97815294347 4: Freeze Frame 14th March, 50 One tiny island, many hidden secrets. 5: Blowback 6th June, 767 Penultimate chapter sees Enzo enter the volatile and violent world of haute cuisine.
Susan May Warren One Last Chance Revell, 30th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780800745486 Air One rescue swimmer Axel will do anything to save lives, including sacrificing his own, to escape a nightmare from his past. When tragedy strikes again he must choose: rescue or redemption.
Anthony McCarten Going Zero Pan, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529090239 Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s visionary thriller will put readers on seat edges everywhere.
Freida McFadden The Teacher Poisoned Pen Press, 6th February, pb, £8.99, 9781464221378 Another twisty, psycho drama from McFadden.
Freida McFadden The Inmate Poisoned Pen Press, 5th March, pb, £8.99, 9781464221385 Mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt and who has to pay for it.
Freida McFadden One by One Poisoned Pen Press, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781464221392 Sinister yarn about a group of friends lost in the woods. One by one, they each will fall and only the killer will return home alive.
Fiona McFarlane Highway Thirteen Sceptre, 25th July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529389876 Breathless collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial killer’s crimes in the lives of everyday people.
Simon McCleave Untitled Avon, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008620240 Beaumaris CID receives intel of a criminal group operating within the local prison so DI Laura Hart must go undercover to expose the truth,.
Stewart McDowall The Mind Hack SRL, 6th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915073310 Private detective McQueen is drawn into the world of psychological manipulation when he appears on a podcast to discuss the evils of groomin.
Lynne McEwan The Gathering Storm Canelo, 8th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804362310 A dead man discovered on the beach and her husband on trial. Can Shona keep her head above water and protect those around her?
Bantam, 20th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787637191 Succession meets And Then There Were None. Breakout thriller about a killer who picks off wealthy family members in a bid to inherit a billion- dollar estate.
Freida McFadden The Housemaid is Watching Poisoned Pen Press, 11th June, pb, £8.99, 9781464223310 Next chapter in tension- packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series.
Mel McGrath Tell Me Your Secrets HQ, 14th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008336929 Dark, sharp and sinister, Tell Me Your Secrets is a drama that will make readers question those whom they trust most. Final twist is a shocker.
Dinuka McKenzie Tipping Point Canelo, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804366387 A suicide, a shooting and a reckoning, decades in the making. Must-read new Detective Kate Miles novel from a rising star of Australian crime fiction.
Catriona McPherson Deep Beneath Us Severn House, 4th June, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312078 Tabatha returns to her isolated childhood home on a desolate hillside above a disused reservoir. But secrets lurk below the murky waters.
Noah Medlock A Botanical Daughter Titan, 19th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803365909 Captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment.
Nancy Mehl Cold Threat Bethany House, 19th March, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780764240461 Former FBI behavioral analysts River Ryland and Tony St Clair are asked to assist on a profile to catch the Snowman, a serial killer.
Denzil Meyrick The Estate
Carol Miller Murder of a Hermit Severn House, 4th June, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310579 Fun and exciting third instalment in the Fortune Telling Mysteries featuring two sisters who own a mystic shop and are called upon to solve their clients’ numerous troubles.
CL Miller The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder Macmillan, 29th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035021802 The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency meets The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers as written by Richard Osman.
Philip Miller The Hollow Tree Polygon, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781846976483 When her best friend’s wedding in the mountains of Argyll ends in tragedy, reporter Shona Sandison is drawn into a mystery decades in the making.
Sue Minix Sentenced to Murder Avon, 23rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008659820 Jen is facing her greatest nemesis: a looming deadline for her next book. But with a wrongly convicted man in jail, Jen turns to solving a murder once again.
Megan Miranda The Only Survivors Quercus, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529431896 Old classmates reunite to mark the anniversary of a tragic accident, only for one of them to disappear/ Locked-room mystery from author of The Last House Guest.
Helen Monks Takhar Nothing Without Me HQ, 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008566395 Razor-sharp thriller that examines the cost of fame, the pressures of being the successful woman and how far we will go to have our truth heard.
Caroline Montague The Pieces of Us Orion, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781409198116 Dual-timeline novel soaked in atmosphere of hidden secrets, forbidden
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