Cops & Crime Sale 2020

Summer, 1962. A scorching heat wave is suffocating L.A.PI Jim Keegan is offered a small fortune to find a beautiful woman.He refuses.The job seems suspicious.The next day the same woman turns up on his doorstep.Eve fears for her safety. She is being watched. Before Keegan knows it, someone has been killed with KeeganΓÇÖs own gun, and he gets sucked into a world of suspicion and betrayal where heΓÇÖs never quite sure where the truth lies. Before long heΓÇÖs the prime suspect in a murder he didnΓÇÖt commit, and all the evidence seems to point in his direction.ItΓÇÖs almost like someone planned it that way.ΓÇÿTerrificΓÇÖ Publishers WeeklyΓÇÿA very cleverly written bookΓÇÖ @mrsfegfictionΓÇÿI knew what was going on until three pages before the end when I was proven HORRIFICALLY wrongΓÇÖ @nobooksgivenΓÇÿA truly exciting, punchy and interesting readΓÇÖ @reading_for_my_mindΓÇÿIt pulls you inΓÇÖ BooklovelifeΓÇÿClassic mystery lovers this novel is highly recommended for youΓÇÖ @nightfallmysteries

A gripping murder mystery set in a time of violent civil war and featuring commoner-turned-earl's man, Edwin Weaver

''A cracking read.'' Val McDermid''One of the yearΓÇÖs best urban crime stories. Topical, gripping and perfectly paced, you wonΓÇÖt be able to put it down.'' Better Reading''The Rip pulls you under and tosses your emotions around like flotsam bobbing up and down on the waves.'' Queenland Reviewers CollectiveA young woman living on the street has to keep her wits about her. Or her friends... but when the drugs kick in that can be hard.Anton has been looking out for her. She was safe with him. But then Steve came along.He had something over Anton. Must have. But he had a flat they could crash in. And gear in his pocket. And she can''t stop thinking about it. A good hit makes everything all right.But the flat smells weird.There''s a lock on Steve''s bedroom door.And the guy is intense.The problem is, sometimes you just don''t know you are in too deep, until you are drowning.Praise for Mark Brandi:Winner of the CWA Debut DaggerWinner of the 2018 Indie Debut Fiction Award''A bold new voice in fiction'' Louise Jensen''Devastating, breathtaking, and effortless'' Sarah Schmidt''An unforgettable story'' Sarah Bailey

The fifth novel in Julia Chapman's delightful cozy mystery series featuring Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe, the Dales Detectives. A fatal accident at an auction mart takes the daring pair into dangerous waters. Perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton.

A Polish psychological thriller which has been made into a successful HBO TV series.

Entreated by the Belgian financier D'Aunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the Inspector Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle find themselves at the imposing hilltop fortress Schloss Schadel, in which a killer lurks amongst a small group of suspects.

A brand new DS Thoroughgood thriller from Award Nominated crime fiction author RJ Mitchell. Set in Glasgow in 1990, The Blood Acre follows DS Angus Thoroughgood as he explores a tangled web of lies, deceit within a corrupt police force leading him to uncover an explosive terrorist plot and a fabled piece of Glasgow criminal folklore.

The Kendrick family have run their world famous doll-making business since the early 1800s. But one night the most valuable doll is stolen. Only someone with knowledge of magic could have taken her...

Detective Betty Church is forced to revisit ghosts from her past when a skeleton is found buried in the woods.

This classic country house mystery, first published in 1933, contrasts the splendours and frivolities of the English upper classes with the sombre overhang of the First World War and the irresistible complications of deadly familial relationships.

Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes find the body of Princess Olga Karukhin, who fled from Russia at the time of the Revolution. Taking place in the three days leading up to Christmas, Nightingale's enquiry takes him to a gramophone shop and a jewellers, culminating in the wrapping of the mystery on Christmas Eve.

In these pages lie the clues you will need to crack the most impenetrable of cases. Culprits lurk between the lines of word searches. Imposters are unearthed in anagrams. A keen eye and a quick wit are your best tools for eliminating the suspects in a range of puzzles, suitable for all ages and levels.

Clues to an elaborate assassination plot are intercepted in Paris and the authorities believe the assassin's lair lies in Soho, London. Heloise Chancey, courtesan and professional detective, must go undercover to spy upon the nest of suspects and end their murderous conspiracy.

This British Library anthology uncovers the best mysteries set below the surface and atop the waves, including stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, William Hope Hodgson and R. Austin Freeman.

Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children's home in rural Devon, is a saint - but is she? When her body is found drowned in the mill race, Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one of his most difficult cases in a village determined not to betray its dark secrets to a stranger.

Superintendent Littlejohn is summoned to Surrey to investigate murder by explosion in Bellairs' novel of small-town grudges with calamitous consequences.

A masterful and atmospheric mystery combining high stakes courtroom drama with a search for evidence in a war-torn Europe, where the roots of the central deadly crime lie buried.

When the mutilated body of a police officer is found in a derelict factory, the Hamptonshire police force is shocked to the core.

A masterpiece of the genre in which Inspector Hazlerigg must unravel a gruesome murder at the heart of the double-crossing, high-stakes microcosm of a London law firm.

In this second instalment of the Heloise Chancey Mysteries, M.J Tjia brings us another enthralling historical crime with twists and turns are as numerous and dark as the London streets which serve as their setting.

Julia Chapman's fourth Dales Detective Agency novel following Date with Mystery - A teenager has gone missing from Bruncliffe, can Samson O'Brien and Delilah Metcalfe find him?

A gripping murder mystery set in a time of violent civil war and featuring commoner-turned-earl's man, Edwin Weaver