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Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

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The #1 Lawyer

By James Patterson

Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

Biloxi’s best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client’s beautiful wife is murdered, and America’s #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect. Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every…

Strange Sally Diamond

By Liz Nugent

Crime Fiction

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023** **WINNER Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023** **SHORTLISTED for The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award** **SHORTLISTED for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2024** Sally…

Simply Lies

By David Baldacci

Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

Simply Lies is an intense thriller featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci. 'This is Baldacci at his formidable best . . . Do not miss it' – Sunday Times NO…

Red Sky Mourning

By Jack Carr

Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America's days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of…

Open Fire

By Charles Springwood

Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

Guns are everywhere: three quarters of a billion guns - from pistols to machine guns - exist in the world today. And guns are everything: a hard-won symbol of individual freedom, an index of crime and disorder, a whole industry…

One of Us Knows

By Alyssa Cole

Mysteries, Thrillers, Action

From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts…