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From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Dark-Adapted Eye: A unique psychological thriller about a gentle young man tempted to kill for love. Philip Wardman is disgusted by murder. He cannot tolerate violent films... See More
Thrillers
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A chilling psychological thriller about one man's murderous obsession with his childhood sweetheart. Growing up in the roughest part of London, Guy Curran never imagined he would... See More
Thrillers
A lonely man stumbles into a dangerous game in this twisting novel of psychological suspense by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Crocodile Bird. In a desolate alley on the bank of the Thames, a spy slips... See More
Mystery
A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young girl's body is found in a London cemetery and the local police, under the... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Minty's boyfriend, Jock, was killed in the disastrous train wreck at Paddington, shortly after he borrowed all her savings. Now he has come back to haunt her. Zillah lost her estranged husband, Jerry, in that same accident... See More
Mystery
Edgar Award Finalist: In London, a missing child unites three mothers in grief, madness, and murder. When Benet Archdale was a young girl in North London, her mother, Mopsa, made her nervous. The woman was unsound, and... See More
A girl experiments with the occult to keep her family together in this psychological thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Dark Corners. In a quiet house in the London suburb of Manningtree... See More
A woman investigates the shocking secrets that brought down her once proud family in this suspenseful Edgar Award winner from a New York Times-bestselling author. Faith Severn has never understood why the willful matriarch... See More
Thrillers
An "obsessively readable" mystery from the New York Times-bestselling author of Dark Corners about a century-old diary that holds clues to a murder (The Sunday Telegraph). Asta Westerby is lonely. In 1905, shortly after... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
He was young, arrogant, wealthy and in the bloom of health -- or was he? "Undoubtedly one of the best writers of English mysteries and chiller-killer plots." -- The Los Angeles Times Like any small community, Linchester... See More
Mystery
The first victim had bite marks on her neck so the London papers nicknamed her killer, "the Rottweiler." He has been stalking the small and diverse London community of Lisson Grove, where Inez Ferry runs an antique shop... See More
Rhoda Comfrey's death seemed unremarkable; the real mystery was her life. In A Sleeping Life, master mystery writer Ruth Rendell unveils an elaborate web of lies and deception painstakingly maintained by a troubled soul. A... See More
Literature & Fiction
In this "dark, hypnotic story of romantic obsession," an elderly woman shares her disturbing secrets with a spellbound young caregiver (The New York Times). Stuck in a loveless marriage and mired in a troubled affair... See More
Psychological
An award-winning novel from a New York Times-bestselling author: The long-buried bodies of a woman and child are unearthed on a Suffolk country estate. When the new owners of Wyvis Hall, a rural estate in Suffolk, set out... See More
Mystery
A psychological thriller about an isolated young woman and her murderous mother from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Next Door. Far from London, the isolated estate called Shrove House looms over the... See More
Mystery
Inspector Wexford searches for answers after an elderly woman is murdered in this "spellbinder" from a New York Times-bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). When Chief Inspector Wexford enters the parking garage, the... See More
Thrillers
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A terrifying psychological thriller that dives deep into the mind of a sexual predator. In a remote corner of London, a woman is walking her dog when a man grabs her from behind... See More
London's Inspector Wexford has two cases to solve -- a murdered wife and a missing husband -- in this double dose of a "masterful series" (Los Angeles Times). Now in one volume, two novels in "one of the best-written... See More
A daughter's research into her father's life unearths shocking family secrets in this "frightening" novel (Express on Sunday). After celebrated English author Gerald Candless dies of a heart attack at his clifftop home... See More
Thrillers
From a New York Times-bestselling author: A novelist pieces together the murderous past of an old friend -- "smoldering suspense... literally unputdownable" (Time Out). When writer Lizzie Vetch has tea with her old... See More
Mystery
From an Edgar Award-winning author: Murder intrudes on a student's secret history of the London Underground in this "brilliantly unexpected" mystery (The Times, London). Jarvis Stringer is a young man of many... See More
Mystery
In End in Tears, Edgar Award winning author Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford has his work cut out for him: When Mavis Ambrose is killed by a falling chunk of concrete, the police have no reason to suspect mischief. However... See More
Literature & Fiction
When Ismay and Heather's stepfather was discovered dead in the bathtub nine years ago, the police concluded the drowning was an accident. But Ismay has always silently suspected that Heather might have had something to do... See More
From Edgar Award-winning author Ruth Rendell, quiet, pretty Mary Jago could never have suspected that a series of unspeakable murders in the park contained threads that tangled around her simple, ordinary life. Set near... See More
Mystery
Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a... See More
Literature & Fiction
A Sight for Sore Eyes tells three stories, and for the longest time, the reader has no inkling of how they will come together. The first is a story of a little girl who has been scolded and sent to her room when her mother... See More
Mystery
With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with... See More
Mystery
Stephen Whalby loves to walk the moor. He considers it his, although he and his young wife Lyn are merely tenants in a flat nearby. But the senseless and frightening murder of a young woman invades Stephen's sense of privacy... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
This Edgar Award finalist from the New York Times-bestselling author is a "suspense mystery of the highest order" (The New Yorker). For London's Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, it wasn't an official call. He was just being... See More
What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre? On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their... See More