ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
historical epic The Beasts of Paris, Penney returns to her heartland in this tense thriller in a small, Scandinavian town.
E J Pepper Winter Kill Troubador, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781805142836 Character-led story where the reader is forced to work out the motive and identity of the murderer. Set in London and Salisbury in the near future.
Kristen Perrin How to Solve Your Own Murder Quercus, 26th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529430059 The biggest début of 2024 and a hilarious mystery with a killer hook. Perfect for fans of “Knives Out” and Only Murders in the Building.
Joshua Perry Seraphim Melville House, 25th July, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781685891138 Set in New Orleans during the bleak years after Hurricane Katrina, Seraphim tracks a murder investigation by a defence attorney who is driven to exonerate his client at any cost.
Robert Peston The Crash Zaffre, 4th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838777807 Nobody wants to hear it, not politicians, not bankers, not Gil’s bosses at the BBC. When Gil gets a tip-off that a small northern bank has run out of money, everything changes.
Dani Pettrey One Wrong Move Bethany House, 2nd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764238482 Security expert Christian Macleod and insurance investigator Andi Forster are drawn into a dangerous game with an opponent bent on revenge.
Jonathan Pinnock The Code of the Vavasors Farrago, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781788424356 Witty, fast-paced thriller, with a dash of
mathematics and a large dose of danger.
Anna Pitoniak The Helsinki Affair No Exit Press, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835010617 CIA agent becomes involved in an international case involving high-profile Russian crimes and espionage.
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Leah Pitt The Beach Hut Hodder, 23rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781399726542 Exciting summer thriller from new talent to win over fans of Broadchurch.
Lynda La Plante Taste of Blood Zaffre, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804181539 As Jane Tennison hunts for the missing piece of evidence that will identify a vicious killer, she knows that this case will either make her career or break it.
Michael Ponsor Point of Order Open Road, 12th March, pb, £19.95, 9781504082822 The trial over a 50-year- old murder comes with plenty of danger for one judge in an explosive legal thriller by the author of The Hanging Judge.
Kyle Powell More Black People SRL, 9th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781915073327 Corporate, political, and romantic paths intertwine as they navigate the different challenges of diversity and inclusion.
Kevin Powers A Line in the Sand Sceptre, 18th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399711524 White-knuckle powerhouse of a novel from author of The Yellow Birds, shot through with treachery, trauma and the long tentacles of war.
Spencer Quinn Mrs Plansky’s Revenge Bedford Square, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798275 Quinn’s first novel in a new series introducing the irresistible Mrs Plansky.
Royston Reeves The Weatherman No Exit Press, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798572 Will’s a nice guy. So he steps out of the way when a stranger staggers towards him. Moments later, one man is dead and another’s life is changed forever.
Helen Reilly Mckee of Centre Street Penzler, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781613164990 One of New York’s favourite dancers is murdered in a crowded high-tone speakeasy in this pioneering mystery from the mother of the police procedural.
Matthew Reilly Cobalt Blue
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Orion, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398716070 Heart-pounder from author of the Jack West thrillers and The Secret Runners of New York.
Matthew Reilly Mr Einstein’s Secretary Orion, 4th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781398721272 All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the greatest
scientist who ever lived. SERIES
Rod Reynolds Shatter Creek Orenda, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916788091 DS Casey Wray investigates a complex double homicide while fighting to keep her career alive. Sequel to Black Reed Bay.
Stella Rimington The Hidden Hand Bloomsbury, 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 9781526652737 Second in spy thriller series from ex-head of MI5.
Jacqui Rose, Martina Cole Loyalty Headline, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9781472249494 More from the queen of crime.
Karen Rose
Beneath Dark Waters Headline, 1st February, pb, £9.99, 9781472282989 Second thrilling novel in series based in New Orleans.
Karen Rose Cheater Headline, 28th March, hb, £20, 9781472296900 Latest San Diego Case File from author of Cold Blooded Liar.
Nilanjana Roy Black River Pushkin Press, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782279440 New in paperback, a devastating literary thriller set in rural India for fans of The Dry, We Begin at the End and Where the Crawdads Sing.
Gareth Rubin The Turnglass Simon & Schuster, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398514522 Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive story for fans of clever crime fiction.
Leigh Russell Revenge Killing No Exit Press, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835010457 DI Ariadne Moralis solves a murder case with only an elderly witness and the suspect on the run.
Robert Rutherford Seven Days Hodder & Stoughton, 11th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399726399 High-octane thriller with global appeal about a woman who has seven days to decide whether to save her father from death row.
Chris Ryan Cold Red Bonnier, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804182628 An SAS outcast back in from the cold. A Ukrainian general on the hunt for traitors. A deadly threat that could drag the world to war.
Jennifer Ryan Wilde for You Avon, 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780063319769 Landscape artist Layla Brock knows what it feels like to love someone so completely you would do anything for them—even take their secrets to the grave.
Lindy Ryan Bless Your Heart Solaris, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781837862184 Crackling vampire spookfest with Southern charm set in 1990s Texas, where the Evans women, owners of the only funeral parlour in town, make sure the dead stay dead.
David Safier, Jamie Bulloch (tr) Murder at the Castle Old Street, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913083465 Forget Miss Marple—here comes Miss Merkel. The number one, cosy crime bestseller featuring a retired Angela Merkel, her pug Putin and a dastardly murder in the local schloss.
EM Scott The Missing and the Dead No Exit Press, 18th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781835010280 In the hazy heat of a Dorset summer, retired DI faces an unlaid ghost of the past wreaking retribution in the present.
Justin Scott The Sister Queens Severn House, 6th February, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448312740 1600: England is in the grip of political strife. Amid the chaos, William Shakespeare is coerced into writing an incendiary play about the queen and the rival monarch she executed.
Ruth Searle Twisted Obsession Book Guild, 28th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668584 His life is a mess, his wife has betrayed him and he is being framed for murder. Daniel Kendrick must find the killer before he loses everything.
Gerald Seymour The Best Revenge Hodder, 2nd July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399722025 Jonas Merrick returns, this time to frustrate the efforts of a Chinese espionage network in the UK.
Meg Shaffer The Lost Story Jo Fletcher, 4th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529436310 Narnia meets All The Birds in the Sky in The Lost Story, the new work by the author of the cult favourite The Wishing Game.
Terry Shames Perilous Waters Severn House, 2nd April, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448311804 FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison’s survival skills are stretched to breaking point when she is plunged into danger.
Morgan Shamy The Dollmaker CamCat, 27th February, pb, £14.95, 9780744308648 No one is safe. Not when the Dollmaker lurks in the shadows.
Louisa Scarr Gallows Wood Canelo, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804366516 Recently demoted PC Lucy Halliday investigates a body found in the New Forest and grapples with the disappearance of her husband.
GW Shaw The Conspirators riverrun, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529420111 Adventure story that places the innocent and the corrupt side by side in the Austrian Alps.
William Shaw The Wild Swimmers riverrun, 23rd May, hb, eb, £20, 9781529420128
Latest DS Cupidi novel features a body washed up on the Folkestone shoreline and a suspect whose identity is hidden behind a string of intriguing dates.
LT Shearer The Cat Who Solved Three Murders Pan, 20th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529098068 Conrad the cat detective and retired police detective Lulu Lewis travel to Oxford on their canal boat and investigate a case of art theft.
Nicky Shearsby Darkridge Hollow SRL, 5th March, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781915073297 28th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915073303 Joshua and his stepdaughter are on a road trip when an accident puts them in a ditch. He wakes to find her
missing. SERIE
Susan Shea Murder and the Missing Dog Severn House, 5th March, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310920 Murder and mystery once again seek out Ariel Shepard in Noyers-sur- Serein when she finds the body of an elderly woman in the doorway of a flea market shop. A Chateau in Burgundy story.
Sara Shepard Wait for Me Union Square, 22nd February, pb, £8.99, 9781454945789 At 17, popular, accomplished Casey suddenly starts hearing voices that terrify her so badly she flees to a remote beach town. Soon she’s having visions—but why?
LJ Shepherd The Trials of Lila Dalton Pushkin Press, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781782279853 Inventive and ambitious speculative courtroom thriller—”Shutter Island” meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
Will Shindler The Cold Case Hodder, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529383898 New gripper in acclaimed DI Alex Finn series.
AM Shine The Watchers Head of Zeus, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035903801 Irish horror adventure set in the unknown forests of Galway where humans are kept under observation by screaming
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