Books published by Canongate Books

After tracking down a missing girl, private investigator Tess Grey feels duty bound to protect the girl and her friends when thugs threaten to blackmail them. But what have the girls got themselves caught up in? Tess and her fiance Po Villere have no idea the extent to which the thugs will go to get their money, and how deadly the events will become.

1840. When Eve Russell vanishes into thin air, her frantic parents call on free man of color Benjamin January for help. Did the teenager run away - or was she kidnapped? The answer lies in distant New York, a hotbed of new religions, of human circuses . and of dangerous slave traders. If January uncovers the truth, will he ever get home to tell it?

A personal reflection on the crucial turning points in the history of music, from BBC broadcaster and musician Mark Radcliffe

December, 1374. With the great and the good about to descend on York for the enthronement of Alexander Neville as the new archbishop, the city is in a state of high alert. When two bodies are discovered in the grounds of York Minster, Owen Archer is summoned to investigate. But before he can make headway, a third body is fished out of the river ...

Something appalling happened in the wood. When Gabriel Ash comes to a young woman's aid, she thinks she's safe. But things aren't always as they seem. DCI Gorman thinks this is his worst nightmare: a predatory paedophile who's prepared to kill. And people have noticed that descriptions of the attacker fit Ash better than they fit anyone else.

When lawyer Sandy Moss moves to Los Angeles, her new life hits a snag when her divorce client, charming TV star Patrick McNabb, is found standing over the body of his soon-to-be ex-wife. Patrick is determined to clear his name, using all the legal skills he's learned from playing a lawyer on TV, and Sandy's the only person he'll allow to help .

It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing. DS Zed Willard believes that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can Claire find out what really happened to Marvel before it's too late?

Elizabeth Major and Tom Quinlan had a passionate relationship until she broke things off abruptly, seemingly for no reason. Then one day, a severe blackout traps Tom and Elizabeth alone together in their office building. They can't resist the sparks that fly between them, but can their passion for each other overcome the secrets keeping them apart?

Harrow House has remained empty for years. Now, on behalf of an anonymous prospective buyer, Ishmael and Penny are spending a night there in order to investigate the rumours of strange lights, mysterious voices, unexplained disappearances, and establish whether the house is really haunted. What really happened at Harrow House all those years ago?

Will Rees and his wife Lydia agree to accompany an old friend previously abducted by slave catchers to the Great Dismal Swamp. However, shortly after arriving in the community one of their number is killed. Will finds himself asked to solve the murder ... which proves tricky when no one there trusts him, and slave catchers are prowling.

Alice awakes with no idea where she is and why there appear to be mercenaries tracking her down. She is found and aided by Este, a pathfinder making a living in the quake-ravaged Los Angeles. Together they battle their way across the US to find Alice's family, all while discovering why Alice is valued so highly by those chasing her.

Oxford, 1975. Three years ago, world-renowned anthropologist Grace Stockton was slain in a brutal, unprovoked attack which left the police baffled. But Grace's daughter refuses to accept that the trail has run cold. Determined to find out who killed her mother, she knows just the woman for the job: private investigator Jennie Redhead.

Magical, mischievous and mysterious, Everyday Magic is an enchanting mix of The Witches, Nevermoor and Lemony Snicket

Visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices - edited by the bestselling author Val McDermid and Jo Sharp

December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupre receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of artist Maxwell Falwell Fenton. Upon arrival, they meet five strangers who have also received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate Maxwell - including Maria. And then, someone starts picking off the six, one by one . . .

Faith Barry is on the fast track in legal circles. Sawyer Bell is a colleague and an old friend - and they're representing opposing clients in a messy divorce case. Then one night, they cross the line between friends and lovers, and Faith is left questioning everything she has always wanted . . . and, in the process, desiring more.

When Nora Best's plans on exploring the US in an Airstream trailer with her Perfect-Ass Husband go up in smoke upon finding him in a compromising position with her friend, she sets off on her own. Nora ends up drowning her sorrows in a campsite in the Wyoming mountains, but soon finds herself in trouble when blood is found around the campsite and she is accused of murder.

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband are enjoying a pleasant stay in historic Durham with their old friend David Tregarth, when David's elderly great-aunt is accused of murder. Dorothy is determined to clear her name - but how can she, when Aunt Amanda can't remember if she did it or not?

A compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with fathers at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw and the part it plays in the patchwork of its distinguished author's life. A mix of memoir, jigsaw history and the strange delights of puzzling

An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica

November, 1583. Desperate not to let the Netherlands fall into the hands of Catholic Spain, the Queen's spymaster orders Cambridge scholar and novice spy Christopher Marlowe to go there to assist its beleaguered leader, William the Silent. Will it end in tragedy?

The murder of any journalist is bound to whip the news media into a frenzy. So when ex-BBC correspondent Ed Stonax id found dead, the last thing Bill Slider needs to complicate his life is the reappearance of an old enemy issuing death threats. Slider has to stay alive long enough to solve the murder and marry Joanna before their baby is born.