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In The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for 2010 this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery – a body; a detective; a country house steeped in secrets.
It is a summer’s night [...]

American journalist, Jake Adelstein reports how he had all his illusions shattered when progressing from a young cub reporter to a seasoned professional working the crime beat for Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper. In Tokyo Vice Jake offers a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to [...]

Stieg Larsson became one of the world’s bestselling and most lucrative writers after his death and his books have put Stockholm and Sweden onto the list of places to go and see. They want to walk the streets made famous in The Millennium Trilogy Set containing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, [...]

The Black Russian is a fast paced art theft caper with wisecracking humour that is sure to thrill readers of all ages. Tight narrative, intriguing characters and atmospheric prose ensure Tasmanian born Lenny Bartulin’s books stand out in the crowded genre of crime fiction.
After yet another slow week at the cash register, that fine purveyor [...]

In his latest corpse strewn novel renowned Swedish author Henning Mankell reminds us that ordinary people can do dreadful things. He starts his tale with a grisly mass murder in rural climes and then spans 150 years and crosses several continents before we discover why it was The Man from Beijing.
One cold January day the [...]

In Talking About Detective Fiction PD James, who grew up contributing to a Golden Age of detective fiction, at 89 meditates on the deep-seated charms and satisfactions of the genre through thoughtful enquiry.  There is only one way to find out if she confirms our belief, despite evidence to the contrary, that we live in [...]

Renowned crime fiction writer Garry Disher brings back his older, edgier, dour professional hit man Wyatt in a fast-moving well-written romp. Wyatt successfully negotiates many clever twists and turns to rip off an international courier of stolen jewellery and other goods, only to be double crossed by his associates. Can he salvage anything from the [...]

Former detective and author Clive Small has released his first book – Smack Express that looks at organised crime in Australia. Clive’s investigations include the murder of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, the Nugan Hand bank, the shooting of police officer Michael Drury, the murder of Cabramatta MP John Newman and the backpacker murders which led [...]

If you like yours thrillers complex and multi-layered and honed to a sharp political edge, A Simple Act Of Violence will keep you engrossed.

Washington DC, embroiled in the mid-term elections, did not want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and details [...]