ADVENTURE, CRIME & HORROR
that no one can remember committing.
Harriet Tyce A Lesson in Cruelty Wildfire, 11th April, hb, £16.99, 9781472280121 Propulsive new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of Blood Orange, The Lies You Told and It Ends at Midnight.
Danielle Valentine Delicate Condition Viper, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800818330 The Push meets Behind Her Eyes in tough thriller that follows a woman convinced that someone is trying to make sure her pregnancy never happens.
JM Varese The Company Baskerville, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399802659 Intoxicatingly atmospheric slice of gothic Victoriana follows a young woman’s fight to save her family name in the face of one man’s dark obsession.
Charlotte Vassell The in Crowd Faber & Faber, 4th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571376216 Bitingly witty crime novel about the bad behaviour of the rich and powerful.
Elaine Viets A Scarlet Death Severn House, 2nd April, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448311446 Angela Richman’s new case is full of dark secrets and scandal but shocking events closer to home prove to be her biggest challenge yet.
Vikki Wakefield To the River No Exit Press, 14th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781915798312 Compelling page-turner exposing the point at which smalltown corruption and family abuse intersect with love, truth and justice.
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Te Dordogne Mysteries Martin Walker Quercus, 97815294 16: A Chateau Under Siege 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 13724 Bruno faces a dangerous threat to the town he polices and the people he protects. 17: A Grave in the Woods 6th June, hb, eb, £22, 28285 France’s favourite country cop investigates a long- buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town.
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Joanna Wallace You’d Look Better As a Ghost Viper, 18th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800811324 Dark, funny and compulsive thriller introduces a part-time serial killer.
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Minnie and Albert Bridget Walsh Gallic Books, 9781913547
The Tumbling Girl 1st February, pb, £9.99, 639 Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found murdered. Can she solve the crime? The Innocents 11th April, pb, £12.99, 523 In the hotly anticipated follow-up, Minnie and Albert take on a new crime-solving quest.
Catriona Ward Looking Glass Sound Viper, 16th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800810990 Terrific literary thriller from author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial.
Sarah Ward The Vanishing Act Canelo, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804363201 Mallory Dawson is back and must solve the case of a family who have disappeared from a holiday cottage.
Ruth Ware One Perfect Couple Simon & Schuster, 18th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781398526655 audiofile, £14.99, 9781398526686 Reality TV takes a deadly turn when five couples are stranded on a desert island with a killer in their midst.
Kaaron Warren The Underhistory Viper, 11th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800812024 Magnificently inventive, upmarket thriller about the lengths a lone woman will go to protect her home and the family history it hides within its walls.
Susan May Warren One Last Shot Revell, 30th April, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780800745479 When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, who is not impressed with his fame.
Holly Watt The End of the Game
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Raven, 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526625632 Casey Benedict is the heroine we need: tenacious and determined to expose the people behind the corruption and power that make the headlines.
Kate Webb Laying Out the Bones Quercus, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529421316 Second Wiltshire-set crime novel in the DI Lockyer Series.
Daniel Weizmann Cinnamon Girl Melville House, 23rd May, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781685891152 Driver-turned-sleuth Adam Zantz returns in a neo-noir dive into the dark side of rock and roll dreams. Part of the Pacific Coast Highway Mystery series.
Irvine Welsh Resolution Jonathan Cape, 11th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781787334755 From Scottidsdh writing superstar a new novel in the Crime series featuring former detective Ray Lennox.
Douglas Westerbeke A Short Walk Through a Wide World Jonathan Cape, 20th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781787335011 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets The Midnight Library in this dazzlingly epic début.
Mathew West The Water Child HarperNorth, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008473006 What the sea takes for its own can never return.
Chris Whitaker All the Colours of the Dark Orion, 16th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781398707658 Sweeping work from critically acclaimed bestseller, one of the must-read novels of the year.
Ethel Lina White, Martin Edwards Fear Stalks the Village British Library, 10th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355308 Revelling in the delicious contrast of angelic outer appearances and the wickedness behind the facade, White’s novel is a witty and satisfying interwar mystery.
Ethel Lina White The Lady Vanishes Pushkin Press, 27th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805335177
Ingenious classic behind Hitchcock’s famous film, set on a steam train travelling across 1930s Europe.
Lucie Whitehouse Last Witness Orion, 4th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781398709249 From the bestselling author of Before We Met comes a compulsive, emotional and timely new thriller.
Jonathan Whitelaw Untitled HarperNorth, 11th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008626419 Lights, camera, murder. In the Lake District, someone is laying on a deadly welcome.
MJ White The Deadly Echoes Hera, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367094 The young lodger, the beautiful landlady and even the house itself hide secrets in this tense, psychological thriller. But someone is watching their every move and nobody is safe.
Kathryn Whitfield The Night Nanny Headline Accent, 19th March, pb, £10.99, 9781035401277 Fans of Sue Watson, Nicole Trope and Anita Waller will love this nailbiting suspenser that will have readers turning pages long into the night.
Tracy Whitwell Cross Bones Pan, 18th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529087581 Third instalment in the adventures of Tanz, our accidental medium. The spirits need answers and will not rest until Tanz provides them.
Rose Wilding Speak of the Devil Baskerville, 25th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781399805001 Unforgettable, literary whodunnit from an exceptional new talent.
Rick Wilkinson The Maw of the Beast Brolga, 27th May, pb, £9.95, 9780645586473 A murder mystery novel featuring crime reporter George ‘Jogger’ Jensen among the beaches, vineyards and seaside resorts of Australia’s Ballarine peninsula.
Rachel Wolf Five Nights Head of Zeus, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803287829 Escapist fun set aboard a luxury cruise ship with a
cast of super-rich characters told over five tense nights.
Louise Wolhuter An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb Ultimo Press, 4th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781761151712 Magpie Beach is a quiet community full of smalltown prejudices and smalltown cliques. When a child goes missing suspicion falls on a trio of friends who have never fitted in.
Michael Wood Vengeance is Mine One More Chapter, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008618568 New standalone thriller from bestselling author.
Michael Wood The Mind of a Murderer One More Chapter, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008618865 The best person to understand a serial killer is one of his victims.
Karen Woods The Trade HarperNorth, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008656867 Woods has written more than 25 novels about her native Manchester, drawing on her own life story.
Trevor Wood The Silent Killer Quercus, 18th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529432503 First in a police procedural series with a twist. Jack Parker, Newcastle DCI, has a secret. He has early onset dementia and will do anything not to show it.
Cornelll Woolrich, Lawrence Block Into the Night Hard Case Crime, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803366999 Two of the greatest authors of noir fiction in an unforgettable collaboration.
Jeff Wooten Kill Call CamCat, 20th February, hb, £17.95, 9780744307597 Dreams do come true. It’s Jude’s job to make sure they don’t. Born with prophetic nightmares, Jude sees violent murders through the eyes of the killer before they happen.
Patrick Worrall The Stiletto Artist Bantam, 30th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787635807 Prequel to Worrall’s breakout début The Partisan and a white- knuckle ride into the dark
heart of Europe after the Second World War.
Aaron Worth (ed) Out of the Past British Library, 21st March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355605 Summons stories from the eras of witchcraft, the English Civil War, high- seas exploration and post-revolutionary New England. Contributions by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley and more.
Jaime Jo Wright Night Falls on Predicament Avenue Bethany House, 4th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764241451 In 1910, Effie joins an English newcomer to discover what lies behind the doors of the abandoned house. In the present day, Norah reluctantly inherits the house.
Seishi Yokomizo The Little Sparrow Murders Pushkin Press, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782278870 Another fiendish classic murder mystery from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers and author of The Honjin Murders.
Erin Young Original Sins Hodder & Stoughton, 7th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781444777819 Young follows up her acclaimed crime debut The Fields with another engrossing thriller of menace, surprise and suspense.
Glenda Young The Toffee Factory Girls Headline, 15th February, hb, £21.99, 9781035402472 Compelling new saga drippinmg with romance, drama and tragedy. Ideal for lovers of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin.
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