ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
love and a woman’s desire to shape her own future.
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Follet Valley Mysteries Ian Moore Farrago,978178842 3: Death at the Chateau 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 4974 A crew is staying at Richard’s B&B while filming. But when a much- loved actor suddenly dies, Richard and Valerie go undercover to discover whether his death was really an accident.
on the north Norfolk coast. An unsettling story of strange occurrences and buried secrets.
Walter Mosley Farewell, Amethystine Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 6th June, hb, eb, £22, 9781474616591 Brand-new in the Easy Rawlins range from a veteran of crime-writing.
Greg Mosse Murder At the Theatre Hodder, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399715195 The third Maisie Cooper adventure mystery in a cosy crime series.
Tara Moss The War Widow Verve, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308672 Thje war may be over but journalist-turned-private investigator Billie Walker’s search for a missing man will plunge her right back into the danger she thought she had left behind in Europe.
4: Death in Le Jardin 6th June, hb, £14.99, 9781788424981 pb, eb, £12.99, 9781788425001 Crisis hits the guesthouse when the housekeeper is accused of murder.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia Untamed Shore Jo Fletcher, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529425802 Dreamy, seductive noir from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Appealing to readers of Patricia Highsmith, Margaret Millar and Megan Abbott.
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Te No 2 Feline Detective Agency Mandy Morton Farrago, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788424 3: The Death of Downton Tabby 660 When a body is found at a literary festival, Hettie and her faithful sidekick Tilly are plunged into crisis as a serial killer stalks the grounds. 13: The Suspicions of Mr Whisker 714 Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins are hired to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths at Mr Whisker’s Academy for Wayward Cats.
Sophie Morton-Thomas Bird Spotting in a Small Town Verve, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308535 Chilling literary suspense
Olivia Muenter Such a Bad Influence Quirk, 4th June, hb, £19.99, 9781683694014
Blade-sharp début about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age grows up and goes missing.
Abir Mukherjee Hunted Harvill Secker, 16th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787302723 From the author of the Wyndham and Banerjee series comes a blistering, contemporary thriller with a real message for our polarised times.
Dwyer Murphy An Honest Living No Exit Press, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835010181 Sharp and stylish first novel in which an unwitting private eye gets caught up in a crime of obsession involving a reclusive literary superstar and her bookseller husband.
Dwyer Murphy The Stolen Coast No Exit Press, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835010204 Adrift in a sleepy Massachusetts town a man who ferries fugitives gets twisted up in a plot to pilfer diamonds.
Peter Murphy With the Passage of Time No Exit Press, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798404 Compulsive mix of crime
fiction and legal thriller explores topical themes.
Orlando Murrin Knife Skills for Beginners Bantam, 15th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787636811 Murder is on the menu.. Locked-room, cosy crime novel with a culinary twist, from a MasterChef semi-finalist.
Amy Myers Murder At Tanton Towers Severn House, 7th May, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448309979 Explore the eccentric, history-filled house, take tea in the Happy Huffkin café and visit the site of a recent murder.
Elle Nash Deliver Me Verve, 27th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780857308610 Disturbing story of motherhood,
manipulation and murder, from the author of Nudes and Animals Eat Each Other. Fans of body horror and gritty psychological character studies will find plenty to get their teeth into.
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Te Engineer TP Nash Troubador, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 97818051426 Experienced hitman escapes the Stasi in East Germany and sets up his own business in Western Europe. Part One 07 Parts Two and Three 14
Leonora Nattrass Scarlet Town Viper, 13th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800816992 Sequel to 2021’s critically acclaimed Black Drop and 2022’s Blue Water. Reluctant sleuth Laurence Jago becomes enmeshed in a deadly election in his native Cornwall.
James Naughtie The Spy Across the Water Head of Zeus, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781784080259 Now a British ambassador to Washington, Will Flemyng finds himself on a dangerous journey into his clandestine past, from conflict in Ireland to the long shadows of the Cold War.
Chris Nickson The Scream of Sins Severn House, 5th March, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312900 Thief-taker Simon Westow uncovers an evil lurking in the underbelly of Leeds in this page-turning historical mystery.
Hanna Nielson The Burning Child of Bantry Wild Hunt, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781739458027 eb, £4.99, 9781739458034 Out-of-work journalist goes to County Cork to investigate a boy’s murder and a connected haunting that torments a local house.
Aslak Nore, Deborah Dawkin (tr) The Sea Cemetery MacLehose Press, 25th April, hb, eb, £20, 9781529424355 Dark family secrets lie hidden beneath layers of wealth and power. Norwegian version of Succession.
Olivier Norek Between Two Worlds MacLehose Press, 23rd May, hb, eb, £22, 9780857059215 Crime novel set in the Calais Jungle refugee camp. From author of Capitaine Coste Investigations and a key writer on French TV’s Spiral.
LC North Clickbait Bantam, 11th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781787637481 The darker the secret, the brighter the spotlight. Clickbait is a sharp, compelling thriller about ruthless ambition and the underside of fame.
Rachel North Happily Never After Corvus, 6th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781805460558 Hugely entertaining, high- concept summer thriller about a dream wedding gone wrong.
Liz Nugent Strange Sally Diamond Penguin, 25th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241993576 “Vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving . . . defies categorisation”—Marian Keyes.
Merle Nygate
Honour Among Spies No Exit Press, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798381 Eli Amiram, Mossad’s star spy runner, returns in a quickfire, international spy thriller that sees two complex plots collide with a potentially apocalyptic outcome.
Sara Ochs The Dive Penguin, 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804991732 From the publishers of The Couple Next Door and The Sanatorium comes the biggest début thriller of the year. Unputdownable beach
read about the dark side of paradise.
Bernard O’Keeffe Every Trick in the Book Muswell Press, 15th February, pb, £9.99, 9781739471606 “DI Garibaldi takes the biscuit—my kind of detective in my part of London. Ingenious, entertaining, surprising, everything you want in a satisfying murder mystery”—Gyles Brandreth.
AD O’Neill Circus Maximus Black and White, 14th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781785305351 Enter the greatest sporting arena in history— the Circus Maximus. AD69. Epic adventure blends history, imagination and a thirst for adrenaline.
Richard Osman The Last Devil to Die Penguin, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241992401 Fourth novel in the record- breaking, million-copy bestselling Thursday Murder Club series.
PR Page Ray’s Legacy Matador, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781805141846 Gentle read full of mystery and twists. The death of a loved adopted father and grandfather leaves chaos in his wake and a slew of scandals.
Peter Papathanasiou The Pit MacLehose Press, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529424515 Third Outback noir follows Special Constable Sparrow as he investigates a cold case in a barren mining region of Western Australia.
BA Paris The Guest Hodder & Stoughton, 20th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399710268 Hodder, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399710305 Nerve-shredding new novel from the author of global bestseller Behind Closed Doors.
Claire Parkin The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe MBE Macmillan, 21st March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035028450 Darkly comic début about toxic friends, lost love and seething resentment.
Adele Parks Just Between Us HQ, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008444396 Unmissable thriller from
James Patterson Eruption Century, 6th June, hb, £22, 9781529907490 Combining the talents of two of our greatest storytellers, James Patterson and Michael Crichton present an engrossing event thriller about a volcanic eruption in Hawaii.
NV Peacock The 13th Girl Hera, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804366424 Girls are disappearing and a terrified public is pointing fingers. But have the armchair detectives got the right man?
George Pelecanos Owning Up Orion, 8th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781398721173 Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity, from esteemed crime fiction writer.
Stef Penney The Long Water Quercus, 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529425673 After her magnificent
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Sunday Times bestselling author of Both of You. Shadowy and explosive.
Alan Parks To Die in June Canongate, 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805300823 From the McIlvanney Prize-winning author of May God Forgive comes the latest gritty instalment in the Harry McCoy series.
Terri Parlato All the Dark Places Hera, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367414 When Molly Bradley’s husband is murdered at their Boston home the finger of suspicion points at their friends, each of whom has a secret.
Ambrose Parry Voices of the Dead Canongate, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838855512 Latest chapter in the gripping Raven and Fisher series.
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