SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
Faber & Faber, 4th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780571348305 From the author of the Kingmaker series an epic yuet intimate tale of adventure, myth and the creation of one of literature’s greatest stories.
Milo Clenshaw, Vicky Allan Murray Hall Black and White, 25th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781785304620 New York. It is 1901 and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall, politico, gambler, womaniser, dead.
Colleen Coble Fragile Designs Tomas Nelson, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780785253822 Family secrets can be the most dangerous. The journey to find the truth and protect her family will have Carly delving deep into the lost treasures of Eastern Europe.
Rowan Coleman From Now Until Forever Hodder, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529376548 Unforgettable and beautiful novel about what it means to live to the fullest and to love forever. For fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Jack Collett Quies Rocks Troubador, 28th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805142676 It is 1940. A dense sea fog envelopes the north Cornish coast just south of the treacherous Quies rocks.
Mary Connealy Chasing the Horizon Bethany House, 9th April, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780764242656 Beth Rutledge and her mother’s one chance to escape the tyrannical man in their lives is a wagon train heading west.
Lorna Cook The Lost Memories Avon, 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008527624 Suffolk, 1944, and Suffolk, 2023. When long-buried secrets emerge life will never be the same again.
Jilly Cooper Tackle! Penguin, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780552177849 Legendary bonkbuster queen brings back archetype, upper-class cad Rupert Campbell- Black. Scandal, sex and sabotage, this time on the football field.
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Summertime Punchline Collins, 21st May, pb, £9.99, 9780063329584 Second-chance romantic comedy about an up-and- coming comedian forced to return to her Jersey Shore hometown and confront everything she left behind 10 summers before.
Sophie Cousens The Good Part Hodder, 25th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529393866 What if you could skip ahead to the moment your life was finally sorted?
Emma Cowell The Island Love Song Avon, 23rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008624521 Sisters Georgia and Ella visited the Greek island of Hydra as children. Now, they must return to scatter their mother’s ashes. The trip will change both their lives forever.
Claudia Cravens Lucky Red Allen & Unwin, 6th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838956769 Feminist coming-of-age story from a début author. Playful, historical fiction for readers of Sarah Waters, Charles Portis and Anna North.
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Stay A Spell Juliette Cross Union Square,pb, £14.99, 97814549536 1: Wolf Gone Wild 22nd February, 23 Mateo Cruz’s wolf alter- ego torments him with vividly violent and carnal thoughts. 2: Don’t Hex and Drive 21st March, 30 Isadora Savoie is roped into the mystery when neighbourhood girls vanish. 3: Witches Get Stitches 25th April, 47 Violet Savoie plans to open a magic tattoo shop. 4: Always Practice Safe Hex 23rd May, 54 Livvy Savoie has the magical gift of persuasion and charms everyone she meets, except grim reaper Gareth Blackwater. 5: Resting Witch Face 27th June, 61
As Jules and Ruben campaign together at covens from New Orleans to London, their reignited spark burns hotter than ever before.
6: Grim and Bear It 25th July, 78 Henry is dragged into the nightmare he has been avoiding all his life.
Katie Daysh The Devil to Pay Canelo, 4th April, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781804365670 Two diplomats vanish en route to Malta in 1802. Courtney and Nightingale must find them but dissension aboard ship threatens their mission.
Mimi Deb The Accidental Holiday Avon, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008550035 Strangers Maya and Alex check in and discover they have both booked the last room available.
Jennifer Deibel The Irish Matchmaker Revell, 9th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800744854 When professional matchmaker Catriona Daly makes grand plans for her own love life she never expects a shy, widowed farmer to distract her.
Lucy Diamond Summer With My Sister Pan, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035021741 Reissue of fascinating tale of family secrets and hidden rivalries.
Lucy Diamond I Remember Paris
JD Davies The Cursed Shore Canelo, 27th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804366059 Philippe Kermorvant, unfairly dismissed from the French Navy, accepts command of a privateer from its enigmatic owner. But the mission quickly unravels.
Lindsey Davis Death on the Tiber Hodder & Stoughton, 4th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781399719582 Brilliant new episode in the must-read, laugh-out- loud Flavia Albia series.
Lindsey Davis Voices of Rome Hodder, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781399721370 Four novella-length stories written to illuminate Davis’ unparalleled output of the last 30 years.
Quercus, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529432930 23rd May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529432954 Brand new from author of The Beach Cafe and Anything Could Happen.
Melanie Dickerson Lady of Disguise Tomas Nelson, 28th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780840708670 Medieval retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk’ is filled with romance, action and adventure.
Margaret Dickinson A Mother’s Sorrow Macmillan, 11th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781035024582 Pan, 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781035024599 Hypnotising story of family, hardship and love set in early 1900s Derbyshire.
Laura Dockrill I Love You, I Love You, I Love You HQ, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008586911 Début adult novel from award-winner and a glorious nostalgia trip for everyone who has known the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love.
Emma Donoghue Learned by Heart Picador, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035017799 Evocative, captivating and unusual, this is the dazzling new novel from Room creator.
Hannah Doyle The Pick Up HQ Digital, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008651725 Perfectly funny, fake- dating romcom.
Elizabeth Drummond The House Sitter One More Chapter, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008520083 Forced proximity romcom to shed some warmth on 2024.
Viktoria G Duda Twenty-five Centuries Without You Histria, 13th February, hb, £29.95, 9781592113804 Gripping book takes readers on a metaphysical journey from Ancient Greece to modern times.
Jennifer Dugan Hot Girls and Heartbreak Avon, 28th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780063307513 Enemies-to-lovers, queer, romantic comedy for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care. A wedding-obsessed city girl inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt.
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Daniel Cole Mimic Orion, 14th April, pb, £7.99, 9781409198024 Chilling new detective thriller.
Martina Cole Two Women Headline, 3rd March, hb, £20, 9781472289834 Special anniversary hardback edition to celebrate 30 years of Cole’s bestsellers.
Richard Coles Murder Before Evensong Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 9th June, hb, £14.99, 9781474612630 Introduction to Coles’ Canon Clement Mystery series.
Paul Fraser Collard Commander Headline, 12th May, pb, £9.99, 9781472263483 The 10th historical military adventure featuring Jack Lark, soldier, leader, imposter. Egypt, 1869, and Jack gets an offer he can’t refuse.
Max Allan Collins Tough Tender Hard Case Crime, 15th March, pb, £7.99, 9781789091434 Has Nolan met his match? Collins’ veteran thief faces off against a cold- blooded femme fatale in this adventure originally published as two novels and unavailable for three decades.
Max Allan Collins Quarry’s Blood Hard Case Crime, 22nd February, pb, £7.99, 9781789096682 When a beautiful writer of true-crime bestsellers announces hitman hero Quarry as the subject of her next book, killers descend.
Peter Colt The Combat Zone Severn House, 31st March, hb, £20.99, 9781448307661 When the daughter of an old army buddy goes missing, Vietnam vet Andy Roark swears to get her back no matter the cost.
Elle Connel Down by the Water Wildfire, 26th May, pb, £8.99, 9781472272614 Breathless thriller about a group of old friends at a remote Scottish castle who are preyed upon by someone who won’t let them leave.
John Connolly The Nameless Ones Hodder & Stoughton, 17th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529398366
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Charlie Parker returns in a heart-pounding thriller as Angel and Louis take centrestage following events of A Book of Bones.
Robin Cook Viral Pan, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529059403 Medical thriller about a deadly airborne disease in New York.
Caroline Corcoran Five Days Missing Avon,, 17th February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008441784 Having a baby is all about firsts. The first touch. The first kiss. The first cuddle. They mark a lifetime of firsts—including the first goodbye.
Jane Corry A Good Daughter Penguin, 23rd June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241989029 Suspenseful and darkly emotive domestic thriller about what happens when family ties are pushed to breaking point.
SA Cosby Razorblade Tears Headline, 17th March, pb, £8.99, 9781472286543 Hugely acclaimed Sunday Times Thriller of the Month. Two grieving fathers must avenge their murdered sons while also confronting their own prejudices.
Jayne Cowie After Dark Penguin (Century Physical), 12th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529156768 High-concept domestic suspense that asks the important question: are women ever truly safe? For fans of Vox, The End of Men and John Marrs.
Edward Cox The Wood Bee Queen Gollancz, 23rd June, pb, £9.99, 9781473226876 In another world, a queen has been killed. And the only people who can stop her murderer are a thief and a librarian who doesn’t believe in magic.
Helen Cox A Body by the Lighthouse Quercus, 3rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529410419 All aboard for the latest Kitt Hartley mystery: a swashbuckling adventure with a charming cast of characters, split between Newcastle and Norway.
Ben Creed A Traitor’s Heart Welbeck, 14th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781802791938 Winter, 1952: Leningrad’s icy streets are haunted by
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Georgina Cross Nanny Needed Avon,, 14th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008498207 When Sarah Larsen answers the Bird family’s “Nanny needed” advertisement, her life changes overnight. But all too soon she realises there is something very strange about the Bird family.
NJ Crosskey Correctional Legend Press, 1st June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800310032 The nation settles down to watch a special edition of Justice Live, the most popular, and sadistic, reality show ever made.
Blake Crouch Upgrade Macmillan, 21st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529045352 Mind-bending thriller filled with twists and turns from the author of Dark Matter and Recursion.
Morgan Cry Six Wounds Polygon, 5th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781846975707 When a brawl in Daniella Coulstoun’s bar results in a body being discovered in the cellar, Daniella finds herself framed for murder. Set in the Costa Blanca.
Charles Cumming Judas 62 HarperCollins, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008363505 Second book in Cumming’s pacy thriller series surrounding Box 88, a covert intelligence organisation.
Fiona Cummins Into the Dark Macmillan, 14th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529040159 Big Little Lies meets Broadchurch in a dark and readable crime thriller about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship.
Alex Dahl Cabin Fever Aries, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789544053 A successful therapist, her troubled client and an isolated cabin in the woods.
Kjell Ola Dahl, Don Bartlett (tr) Little Drummer Orenda Books, 26th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781914585128 When a woman is found murdered in her car and her scientist boyfriend goes missing, Frølich and Gunnarstranda are
drawn into the shady international trade in HIV medications.
Michelle Davies The Death of Me Orion, 3rd February, pb, £8.99, 9781409193463 Everyone thinks Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room. But all is not what it seems.
Judith C Davis Death in the Mooragh Book Guild, 28th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781914471896 The investigation into a man’s death throws the life of a family into chaos even as they attempt to keep the property they have run for years.
Mark Dawson The Driver Welbeck Group, 23rd June, pb, £8.99, 9781787397057 Ex-assassin has a job driving a taxi around the streets of San Francisco. He has his anonymity and his solitude. But that’s all about to change.
Will Dean The Last Thing to Burn Hodder, 3rd February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529307092 Dark standalone thriller from a rising star in the crime genre.
Will Dean First Born Hodder & Stoughton, 14th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529307146 A twisting edge-of-the- seat drama about a twin who learns her sister has been murdered in New York and travels to the city to piece together what happened.
Jeffery Deaver The Midnight Lock HarperCollins, 17th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008303884 The “master of ticking- bomb suspense” presents the latest thriller featuring his most popular protago- nists on the hunt for a criminal terrorising New York City.
Stephanie DeCarolis Deadly Little Lies HarperCollins, 3rd February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008462123 Some secrets are best left buried.
Len Deighton The Ipcress File Penguin Classics, 3rd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241566312 Deighton’s grubby first spy novel, now adapted into a major new ITV series.
AA Dhand The Blood Divide Penguin, 12th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552176545 Explosive race-against- time, international thriller, set between England and India from acclaimed author of the Harry Virdee novels.
LR Dorn The Anatomy of Desire Trapeze, 21st July, pb, £7.99, 9781398705180 Compelling and original suspense novel for fans of Good Me Bad Me and podcast hit Serial.
Fran Dorricott The Lighthouse Avon,, 3rd February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008449339 No one expected them to go there. The question is will any of them leave? Powerfully atmospheric suspense novel with a gothic edge.
Walker Dryden The Poison Throne Orion, 28th April, pb, £9.99, 9781409187080 Sweeping historical epic for fans of Conn Iggulden and those looking to cure their Game of Thrones itch.
Charlotte Duckworth The Sanctuary Quercus, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529418668 Jaw-dropping thriller from the author of The Perfect Father.
Caroline Dunford Hope for Tomorrow Headline Accent, 17th February, pb, £9.99, 9781472276674 Third thrilling outing for British spy Hope Staple- ford, whose mission leads her to a Scottish airfield base as the Battle of Brit- ain pilots take to the skies.
Dorothy Dunnett Dolly and the Bird of Paradise Farrago, 7th April, pb, £8.99, 9781788424097 The first in a series of witty, erudite suspense mysteries, by a celebrated classic author—with an independent, smart heroine and an ending sure to surprise!
Sabine Durrant The Summer Job Hodder & Stoughton, 21st July, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781473681699 She just wanted to escape.
Lynette Eason Life Flight Revell, 28th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780800737337 An emergency landing for
an aircraft with a critical patient on board make for a tough day. Add a serial killer and it’s clear the challenges have just begun for Penny Carlton.
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MH Eccleston The Trust Aries, 12th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803280363 Cosy murder mystery featuring art restorer turned amateur sleuth Astrid Swift.
SERIES
British Library Crime Classics Martin Edwards (ed) 102: The Edinburgh Mystery British Library, 10th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712354851 New collection includes the mysteries of Edin- burgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Wynne and Margot Bennett and contributions from neglected authors such as Scobie Mackenzie and RT Campbell.
Martin Edwards (ed) Music of the Night Flame Tree, 8th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781787587359 Anthology of original short stories with music as the connecting theme contributed by Crime Writer’s Association members.
Rachel Edwards Lucky Fourth Estate, 17th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008364601 Tense tale about race, power, betrayal, survival and an addiction so compelling it threatens to destroy everything in its path. “A fresh, exhilarating voice”—Adele Parks.
Yvvette Edwards The Mother Pan, 3rd March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529067989 Marcia Williams thought she knew her son and thought he was safe. She was wrong.
Lexie Elliott How to Kill Your Best Friend Corvus, 7th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838950460
Heidi Amsinck Back From the Dead Muswell Press, 18th April, pb, £9.99, 9781739123857 It is June and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on DI Henrik Jungersen’s desk.
Paul Adam The Wolves of Nifelheim Endeavour, 15th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780957191389 Upmarket, historical crime thriller centred on the mysterious death of Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, Norse mythology and a sinister pagan cult, the Wotan Brotherhood. From the author of Paganini’s Ghost.
Kat Ailes The Expectant Detectives Zaffre, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804180914 Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon- to-be mums who turn detective.
Kat Ailes Dead Tired Bonnier, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781804180938 Alice has made the most of her maternity leave, becoming simultaneously a mum and accidental amateur sleuth.
Tove Alsterdal Deep Harbour Faber & Faber, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780571372133 Bestselling High Coast series returns with a case that entangles Detective Eira Sjödin’s family with a decades-old murder.
Jack Anderson The Grief Doctor Raven, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526667540 Brilliantly original, high- concept début in which a controversial scientific genius believes she can cure a man’s grief at the death of his wife. Whatever it takes.
Lin Anderson The Wild Coast Pan, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529084573 Seventeeth novel in forensic crime series, described as the Scottish Silent Witness.
Steve Anderson Lines of Deception Open Road, 12th March, pb, £17.95, 9781504086134 In 1949 a West German nightclub owner embarks on a risky quest behind the Iron Curtain to save his kidnapped American brother.
Charles Ardai Death Comes Too Late Hard Case Crime, 12th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781803366265 From an author Stephen King called a master of the short story comes this unforgettable 20th-anniversary celebration of Hard Case Crime.
MJ Arlidge, Stephanie Broadribb The Reunion Orion, 30th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398716575 Labyrinthine thriller for readers who enjoyed Sharon Bolton’s The Pact, Lisa Jewell’s Then She Was Gone and Claire Douglas’ The Girls Who Disappeared.
Neal Asher War Bodies Tor, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529050103 High-octane standalone set in Asher’s expansive Polity world.
Mike Ashley (ed) Fear in the Blood British Library, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355650 Ashley’s selection focuses on tales about family relationships that bestow on the reader generations of fearful fiction.
Claire Askew The Dead Don’t Speak Hodder, 22nd February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529348347 Beautifully written and splendidly plotted police procedural from a rising star in the crime genre.
Suzy Aspley Crow Moon
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Orenda, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914585500 Début. An investigative reporter quits her job when her twins die in a fire but the discovery of the body of a missing teenager spurs her into following the story.
Christine H Bailey Burning Little Lies Artemesia, 6th February, pb, £13.95, 9781951122744 Four classmates are directly linked by the murder of one of their own. All four are lying but one’s secret is to die for.
Martine Bailey Sharp Scratch Allison & Busby, 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780749030841 18th July, pb, £9.99, 9780749030940 First in a chilling crime series that draws on the author’s time working in the NHS, including at Ashworth top-security psychiatric hospital.
Tina Baker What We Did in the Storm Viper, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800811843 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9781800811867 Upmarket thriller from the author of Call Me Mummy and Nasty Little Cuts.
David Baldacci Absolute Power Pan, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035007486 Reissue of the book which launched Baldacci’s career as a worldwide bestseller of thrilling fiction.
David Baldacci A Calamity of Souls Macmillan, 11th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781035035588 Blockbuster drama from fiction superstar.
David Baldacci The Edge Pan, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529062113 Second thrilling novel featuring Travis Devine.
Shirley Ballas, Sheila McClure Murder on the Dance Floor HQ, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008558048 Sexy début from world- renowned dancer and Strictly head judge. Behind the sequins and the sparkles the competition is about to turn deadly.
Russell Banks American Spirits No Exit Press, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798923 From one of America’s
most celebrated storytellers come three interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town and the shocking headlines that become local mythologies.
Tom Baragwanath Paper Cage Baskerville, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399808118 Prize-winning, literary crime début from young New Zealand novelist.
David Barnett Withered Hill Canelo, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367513 Sophie finds herself trapped in an isolated Lancashire village. But is it the inhabitants, drenched in folklorish traditions, who keep her prisoner, or something more sinister lurking in the woods?
Rhiannon Barnsley Inside One More Chapter, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780008646158 BBC’s Industry meets Anatomy of a Scandal in this début thriller about deception, loyalty and a toxic workplace.
Graham Bartlett City on Fire Allison & Busby, 21st March, hb, eb, £19.99, 9780749030513 The third explosive crime yarn set in the underbelly of Brighton follows the huge success of Bad For Good and Force of Hate.
Quentin Bates (tr), Stella Blómkvist Murder Under the Midnight Sun Corylus Books, 5th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781739298944 Smart, ruthless and with a flexible moral code, razor- tongued lawyer Stella Blómkvist is back for another series of complicated investigations set in Iceland.
Quentin Bates (tr), Óskar Guðmundsson The Dancer Corylus Books, 1st February, Book, eb, £9.99, 9781739298951 With a style that does not shy away from a sometimes graphic take on shocking subject matter, this is Icelandic crime fiction with a tinge of horror.
Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie Young Rich Widows Sourcebooks Landmark, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781464224331
When four prominent lawyers are killed in a mysterious plane crash their widows must come together to uncover the truth. Edge-of-the-seat thriller with an 1980s mafia vibe.
SJ Bennett A Death in Diamonds Zaffre, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838776237 Royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates mystery series.
Baron Birtcher Knife River Open Road, 6th February, pb, £17.95, 9781504086370 A Ty Dawson mystery. A sheriff fighting to keep the peace in 1970s Oregon faces a shocking secret from his town’s past.
Lynn H Blackburn Never Fall Again Revell, 7th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780800745363 Landry Hutton, artist-in- residence of the Haven, went to Gossamer Falls to build a new life for herself and her daughter. When danger threatens can Callum Shaw protect them?
Katherine Blake The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling Viking, 13th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241640685 Con artist, maneater, gold-digger. Watch out Hollywood, here she comes.
Ali Blood The Other Fiance Avon, 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008527198 She’s moved on. He’s long gone. Or is he?
Grethe Boe, Charlotte Barsland (tr) Mayday Mountain Leopard Press, 15th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781914495342 When Ylva Norvahl’s plane is forced down over Russian territory during a Nato exercise she and the veteran US major John Evans must race against time to avoid capture.
Claire Booth Home Fires Severn House, 2nd April, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310807 A deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse leaves over a dozen victims. What happened in the moments before the accident? The investigation shakes Sheriff Hank Worth to his core.
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Te Black Forest Investigations Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch (tr) MacLehose Press,97815294092 Atmospheric whodunnits with Detective Inspector Louise Boni. The Invisible Web 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 15 The White Circle 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 39
Patricia Bradley Fatal Witness Revell, 2nd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800741631 Although she witnessed the murder of her parents 25 years ago, Dani Bennett has no memory of the event. But the killer remembers her.
Christianna Brand, Martin Edwards London Particular British Library, 10th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355407 First published in 1952 and with its setting based on Brand’s own home, the author cited this mystery as her favourite among her many classics.
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Second Skin Muswell Press, 10th May, hb, £16.99, 9781739123871 Alistair Haston receives a call from a man claiming to be his son’s grandfather. But Alistair has no knowledge of a son.
Greg Buchanan Consumed Orion, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398712737 Follow-up to breakout literary thriller Sixteen Horses featuring forensic veterinarian-turned- detective Cooper Allen.
Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (tr) The Kitchen Orenda, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916788077 Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women.
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