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Scorching Summer Thrillers and Sun-Soaked Cosy Crime
Rain or shine, no summer is complete without a sizzling thriller. From sun-drenched cosy crime to scorching Outback Noir, we've put together a selection of irresistible summer thrillers, perfect for reading at the beach.
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A trio of actresses famous for portraying Golden Age sleuth Dahlia Lively must join forces to unmask a killer in this addictively readable cosy crime pastiche from a delightful new fictional voice.
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Set deep in the heart of South Australian wine country, the blistering new thriller from the bestselling author of The Dry and Force of Nature sees Aaron Falk grapple with the mystery of a missing mother and the tensions that brew among the seemingly tight-knit community.
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The country music legend and the bestselling crime writer join forces to craft an unputdownable thriller of glamorous dreams and deadly pasts as a young singer determines to make it big in Nashville.
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Perfect summertime reading, this short story collection from the undisputed Queen of Crime features fiendish whodunits perpetrated in the full glare of the sunshine.
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Amidst the political unrest of 70s Mexico, an unassuming secretary and a hired goon join forces to track down a disappeared art student in Moreno-Garcia’s ingeniously constructed, evocative noir.
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Following the struggles of an adolescent who witnesses a suicide when camping in the South of France, Heatwave is an award-winning psychological thriller fuelled by searing tension.
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Brimming with spine-chilling suspense and high drama, The Castaways places a wrecked plane and handful of survivors on a faraway island that is about to bring closely-guarded secrets to the surface.
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Crackling with sun-kissed suspense and twisted eroticism, Lippman’s unputdownable noir thriller sends two mysterious drifters - both harbouring dark secrets - into a steamy, sensuous affair in small town America.
£18.99
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An outrageous ritualistic killing breaks through the petty bickering and parish politics of Champton in the deliciously witty and page-turning sequel to the bestselling Murder Before Evensong.
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Based on true events, Flint’s shimmering account of the murder of two young children during a New York heatwave combines the taut storytelling of a police procedural with a study of the stifling expectations placed upon women in the 1960s.
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Sticky with suspense and psychological power games, Tangerine channels Highsmith and du Maurier with a serpentine story of obsession and control played out in the medinas and backstreets of 1950s Tangier.
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Tightly-plotted, impossibly twisty and wickedly funny, this sundrenched page-turner from the creator of Big Little Lies sees nine stressed out city dwellers descend upon an island paradise to recuperate, little suspecting what sinister goings-on await them there.
£14.99
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Another wonderfully witty slice of Gallic cosy crime, the fourth Follet Valley mystery finds B&B owner Richard Ainsworth investigating the suspicious death of an actor on a film set.
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A deeply atmospheric and consistently suspenseful slice of ‘drought-noir’ takes a small outback community feverish with heat and thirst and places a chilling mass murder in its midst.
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