Crime and Thriller

Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror, with a new introduction and notes by Carolin Duttlinger

A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**

'Shocking, disturbing and utterly original - will grip you from first page to last' - Paula Hawkins

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.

Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only f

Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the creeping insanity of "The Tell-Tale Heart", and the Gothic nightmare of "The Masque of the Red Death".

'To that flash of semi-vision can be traced a full half of the horror which has ever since haunted us'An expedition to Antarctica goes horribly wrong as a group of explorers stumbles upon some mysterious ancient ruins, with devastating consequences.

From the author of the BBC 2 Between the Covers hit, The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

'The world's greatest storyteller' Guardian
'One of the finest crime writers of any generation' Daily Mail
'Our finest practitioner of the double-cross plotting' Mick Herron
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Umiko Wada never

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSELECTED AS ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2022 'It's hard to believe that such an accomplished novel could be a debut

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'Dark, claustrophobic, compelling, shocking and very funny indeed'

'A very dark black comedy, with a murder investigation coming ever closer'

'Left me speechless with disbelief and giddy with delight'

'A very intriguing and rewarding thriller, and such brutal fun'

'The ending is not just 'tidy' - it is totally unexpected until

t begins like any other day for Molly Gray, silently dusting her way through the luxury rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel. But when she enters suite 401 and discovers an infamous guest dead in his bed, a very messy mystery begins to unfold. And Molly's at the heart of it - because if anyone can uncover the secrets beneath the surface, the fingerprints amongst the filth - it's the maid.

'Abdullah's legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt' Sunday Times Crime Club

The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of VOX and Q

Since his first appearance in Beeton´s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle´s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle´s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes´s adventures in crime! Volume II begins with The

The further you run the closer you get to the truth... An instant classic for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and We Begin at the End! 'One of the finest debut novels to emerge so far in 2021' Sunday Post

When Iris was a teen, her twin sister Piper was kidnapped.Now an adult, Iris wants one thing - proof. And if the police still won't help, she'll just have to find it her own way: by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key.But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simm

Richard Osman meets MasterChef. In this cookery school, murder is on the menu...

'Delicious fun!' Tess Gerritsen

'Knife Skills for Beginners is a joy.' S. J. Bennett

'A deliciously dark slice of murder and mystery.' Chris Whitaker

'If Ruth Rendell had teamed up with Delia Smith they'd have produced something like thi

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Oscar Wilde's decadent and disturbing novel with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.

Dorian is a good-natured young man until he discovers the power of his own exceptional beauty. As he gradually sinks deep into a frivolous, glamorous world of selfish luxury, he apparently remains

A medical thriller featuring a deadly airborne disease set in New York City, from the master of the genre, Robin Cook.

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLDInnocent of guilty. It's a matter of which lines you cross. It's mid-winter and a body is discovered in a flat just outside Lafferton.

There's no way back from paradise.

WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE is the new addictive Karin Slaughter thriller for 2025, available now! One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer? Welcome to the luxury McAlpine Lodge… Nestled in the misty mountains, it’s the perfect getaway. Until a woman’s body is found. Everyone is a suspect. The cruel father. The toxic mother. The

An electric Argentinian literary noir that is 'an essential read' AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA, author of Tender is the Flesh A devastating train crash in the suburbs of Buenos Aires leaves forty-three people dead, but not Hugo Lamadrid, a criminal wanted for murder. He seizes his chance to disappear, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond all recognition. As