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Thrillers
A girl experiments with the occult to keep her family together in this psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Dark Corners. In a quiet house in the London suburb of Manningtree... See More
What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre? On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A chilling psychological thriller about one man's murderous obsession with his childhood sweetheart. Growing up in the roughest part of London, Guy Curran never imagined he would... See More
Thrillers
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A novelist pieces together the murderous past of an old friend -- "smoldering suspense... literally unputdownable" (Time Out). When writer Lizzie Vetch has tea with her old... See More
From an Edgar Award-winning author: Murder intrudes on a student's secret history of the London Underground in this "brilliantly unexpected" mystery (The Times, London). Jarvis Stringer is a young man of many... See More
Three spellbinders from a New York Times-bestselling Edgar Award winner, "unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time" (Patricia Cornwell). This trio of Barbara Vine mysteries provides undisputable evidence... See More
A daughter's research into her father's life unearths shocking family secrets in this "frightening" novel (Express on Sunday). After celebrated English author Gerald Candless dies of a heart attack at his clifftop home... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A terrifying psychological thriller that dives deep into the mind of a sexual predator. In a remote corner of London, a woman is walking her dog when a man grabs her from behind... See More
In End in Tears, Edgar Award winning author Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford has his work cut out for him: When Mavis Ambrose is killed by a falling chunk of concrete, the police have no reason to suspect mischief. However... See More
Thrillers
A Sight for Sore Eyes tells three stories, and for the longest time, the reader has no inkling of how they will come together. The first is a story of a little girl who has been scolded and sent to her room when her mother... See More
Psychological
INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction's reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in Portobello, she delivers a... See More
Mystery
A psychological thriller about an isolated young woman and her murderous mother from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Next Door. Far from London, the isolated estate called Shrove House looms over the... See More
Literature & Fiction
Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. For Mrs. Kinaway lives with... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
He was young, arrogant, wealthy and in the bloom of health -- or was he? "Undoubtedly one of the best writers of English mysteries and chiller-killer plots." -- The Los Angeles Times Like any small community, Linchester... See More
London's Inspector Wexford has two cases to solve -- a murdered wife and a missing husband -- in this double dose of a "masterful series" (Los Angeles Times). Now in one volume, two novels in "one of the best-written... See More
Mystery
A spine-tingling anthology by the New York Times-bestselling author and master of "psychological insight... and, not infrequently, teeth-chattering terror" (The New York Times). These never-before-collected stories by... See More
A woman investigates the shocking secrets that brought down her once proud family in this suspenseful Edgar Award winner from a New York Times-bestselling author. Faith Severn has never understood why the willful matriarch... See More
Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of serial killer Reggie... See More
Psychological
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a... See More
Mystery
This Edgar Award finalist from the New York Times-bestselling author is a "suspense mystery of the highest order" (The New Yorker). For London's Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, it wasn't an official call. He was just being... See More
The search for the body commenced. Then the victim walked into town. Behind the picture-postcard façade of Kingsmarkham lies a community rife with violence, betrayal, and a taste for vengeance. When sixteen-year-old Lizzie... See More
The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled. According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed... See More
From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Dark-Adapted Eye: A unique psychological thriller about a gentle young man tempted to kill for love. Philip Wardman is disgusted by murder. He cannot tolerate violent films... See More
Thrillers
A lonely man stumbles into a dangerous game in this twisting novel of psychological suspense by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Crocodile Bird. In a desolate alley on the bank of the Thames, a spy slips... See More
Mystery
A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Minty's boyfriend, Jock, was killed in the disastrous train wreck at Paddington, shortly after he borrowed all her savings. Now he has come back to haunt her. Zillah lost her estranged husband, Jerry, in that same accident... See More
Mystery
Edgar Award Finalist: In London, a missing child unites three mothers in grief, madness, and murder. When Benet Archdale was a young girl in North London, her mother, Mopsa, made her nervous. The woman was unsound, and... See More
Thrillers
An "obsessively readable" mystery from the New York Times-bestselling author of Dark Corners about a century-old diary that holds clues to a murder (The Sunday Telegraph). Asta Westerby is lonely. In 1905, shortly after... See More
The first victim had bite marks on her neck so the London papers nicknamed her killer, "the Rottweiler." He has been stalking the small and diverse London community of Lisson Grove, where Inez Ferry runs an antique shop... See More
Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A... See More