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July Thriller of the Month The Appeal by Janice Hallett July Thriller of the Month The Appeal by Janice Hallett

If sleuths, gumshoes and detectives are what you are looking for then you have come to the right place. Fill your bookshelves with classic whodunits from Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler or the latest gripping crime novels from Ian Rankin and Ann Cleeves. Everybody loves a literary murder mystery and our great selection of crime books will keep you on-the-edge-of-your-seat right up until the final paragraph.

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Our Best Crime Fiction

The Appeal
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The Appeal
Janice Hallett
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The Thursday Murder Club
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The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman
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Troubled Blood
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Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith
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The Dinner Guest
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The Dinner Guest
B P Walter
£8.99   £7.49
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The Marlow Murder Club
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The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood
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A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times
Ian Rankin
£8.99   £7.49
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The Feast
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The Feast
Margaret Kennedy
£9.99   £8.49
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Still Life
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Still Life
Val McDermid
£8.99   £7.49
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The Windsor Knot
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The Windsor Knot
SJ Bennett
£8.99   £7.49
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The Devil and the Dark Water
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The Devil and the Dark Water
Stuart Turton
£8.99   £7.49
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Other People's Clothes
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Other People's Clothes
Calla Henkel
£14.99   £12.99
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I Follow You
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I Follow You
Peter James
£8.99   £7.49
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
Sophie Hannah
£8.99   £7.49
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The Postscript Murders
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The Postscript Murders
Elly Griffiths
£8.99   £7.49
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Hostage
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Hostage
Clare Mackintosh
£14.99   £12.99
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The Guest List
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The Guest List
Lucy Foley
£8.99   £7.49
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The Darkest Evening
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The Darkest Evening
Ann Cleeves
£8.99   £7.49
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The Law of Innocence
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The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly
£8.99   £7.49
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Our Best New Crime Hardbacks

The Night She Disappeared
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The Night She Disappeared
Lisa Jewell
£14.99   £12.99
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The Nameless Ones
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The Nameless Ones
John Connolly
£20.00   £17.99
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Hostage
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Hostage
Clare Mackintosh
£14.99   £12.99
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Falling
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Falling
T. J. Newman
£14.99   £12.99
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Death and Croissants
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Death and Croissants
Ian Moore
£14.99   £12.99
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Other People's Clothes
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Other People's Clothes
Calla Henkel
£14.99   £12.99
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Left You Dead
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Left You Dead
Peter James
£20.00   £15.99
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Widespread Panic
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Widespread Panic
James Ellroy
£20.00   £17.99
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False Witness
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False Witness
Karin Slaughter
£20.00   £17.99
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True Crime Story
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True Crime Story
Joseph Knox
£14.99
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Dog Rose Dirt
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Dog Rose Dirt
Jen Williams
£14.99   £12.99
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Sixteen Horses
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Sixteen Horses
Greg Buchanan
£16.99   £14.99
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The Royal Secret
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The Royal Secret
Andrew Taylor
£14.99   £12.99
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Before You Knew My Name
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Before You Knew My Name
Jacqueline Bublitz
£12.99
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The Second Woman
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The Second Woman
Charlotte Philby
£14.99
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Sleepless
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Sleepless
Romy Hausmann
£14.99   £12.99
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Dream Girl
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Dream Girl
Laura Lippman
£14.99   £12.99
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Lucky
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Lucky
Rachel Edwards
£12.99
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Our Best New Crime Paperbacks

The Appeal
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The Appeal
Janice Hallett
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The Thursday Murder Club
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The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman
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A Time for Mercy
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A Time for Mercy
John Grisham
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Troubled Blood
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Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith
£9.99   £8.49
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The Marlow Murder Club
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The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood
£8.99   £7.49
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A Song for the Dark Times
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A Song for the Dark Times
Ian Rankin
£8.99   £7.49
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
£8.99   £7.49
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The Feast
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The Feast
Margaret Kennedy
£9.99   £8.49
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I Follow You
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I Follow You
Peter James
£8.99   £7.49
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Daylight
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Daylight
David Baldacci
£8.99   £7.49
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The Windsor Knot
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The Windsor Knot
SJ Bennett
£8.99   £7.49
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The Law of Innocence
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The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly
£8.99   £7.49
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
Sophie Hannah
£8.99   £7.49
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Trust
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Trust
Chris Hammer
£8.99   £7.49
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Magpie Lane
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Magpie Lane
Lucy Atkins
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Kill A Stranger
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Kill A Stranger
Simon Kernick
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Mr Cadmus
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Mr Cadmus
Peter Ackroyd
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Gallows Rock
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Gallows Rock
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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Signed & Special Editions

The Khan
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The Khan
Saima Mir
£14.99   £12.99
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The Night Gate
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The Night Gate
Peter May
£20.00   £15.99
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Girl in the Walls
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Girl in the Walls
A.J. Gnuse
£12.99
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Watch Her Fall
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Watch Her Fall
Erin Kelly
£14.99   £12.99
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The Therapist
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The Therapist
Helene Flood
£14.99
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The Night Hawks
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The Night Hawks
Elly Griffiths
£20.00   £16.99
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The Second Woman
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The Second Woman
Charlotte Philby
£14.99
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The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer
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The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer
Joel Dicker
£20.00   £16.99
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Black Widows
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Black Widows
Cate Quinn
£12.99
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A Line to Kill
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A Line to Kill
Anthony Horowitz
£20.00   £17.99
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Shiver
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Shiver
Allie Reynolds
£12.99
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The Last Thing to Burn
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The Last Thing to Burn
Will Dean
£12.99
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The Coffinmaker's Garden
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The Coffinmaker's Garden
Stuart MacBride
£18.99   £16.99
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The Burning Girls
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The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
£12.99
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The Devil's Advocate
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The Devil's Advocate
Steve Cavanagh
£12.99
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People Like Her
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People Like Her
Ellery Lloyd
£14.99   £12.99
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The Law of Innocence
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The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly
£20.00
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The Lies You Told
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The Lies You Told
Harriet Tyce
£12.99
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Coming Soon - Our Best Crime to Pre-Order

A Slow Fire Burning
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A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins
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The Dark Remains
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The Dark Remains
Ian Rankin
£20.00   £17.99
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The Man Who Died Twice
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The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman
£18.99   £14.99
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A Line to Kill
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A Line to Kill
Anthony Horowitz
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A Narrow Door
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A Narrow Door
Joanne Harris
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The Apollo Murders
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The Apollo Murders
Chris Hadfield
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Silverview
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Silverview
John le Carré
£20.00   £15.99
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The Devil's Advocate
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The Devil's Advocate
Steve Cavanagh
£12.99
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1979
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1979
Val McDermid
£20.00
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The Dark Hours
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The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly
£20.00   £17.99
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The Heights
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The Heights
Louise Candlish
£14.99
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The Heron's Cry
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The Heron's Cry
Ann Cleeves
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Better off Dead
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Better off Dead
Lee Child
£20.00   £16.99
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The Shadow at the Door
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The Shadow at the Door
Tim Weaver
£16.99
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The Jealousy Man and Other Stories
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The Jealousy Man and Other Stories
Jo Nesbo
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Judas 62
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Judas 62
Charles Cumming
£14.99
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Not a Happy Family
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Not a Happy Family
Shari Lapena
£14.99   £12.99
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The Midnight Lock
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The Midnight Lock
Jeffery Deaver
£20.00
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Crime in Translation

A selection of our favourite foreign language crime novels

The Honjin Murders
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The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
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The Decagon House Murders
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The Decagon House Murders
Yukito Ayatsuji
£8.99
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To Cook a Bear
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To Cook a Bear
Mikael Niemi
£8.99   £7.99
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The Girl Who Died
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The Girl Who Died
Ragnar Jonasson
£14.99   £12.99
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The Therapist
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The Therapist
Helene Flood
£14.99
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The Godmother
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The Godmother
Hannelore Cayre
£8.99
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The Inugami Curse
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The Inugami Curse
Seishi Yokomizo
£8.99
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Babylon Berlin
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Babylon Berlin
Volker Kutscher
£8.99
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Winterkill
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Winterkill
Ragnar Jonasson
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People Like Them
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People Like Them
Samira Sedira
£12.99
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The Other Mother
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The Other Mother
Michel Bussi
£14.99   £12.99
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The Chestnut Man
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The Chestnut Man
Soren Sveistrup
£8.99
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Hurricane Season
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Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor
£12.99
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The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer
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The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer
Joel Dicker
£20.00   £16.99
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The Doll
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The Doll
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
£16.99
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Murder in the Crooked House
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Murder in the Crooked House
Soji Shimada
£9.99
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The Chalk Circle Man
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The Chalk Circle Man
Fred Vargas
£8.99
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Dregs
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Dregs
Jorn Lier Horst
£8.99
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Criminally Good Gifts

Agatha Christie Little Grey Cells mug
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Agatha Christie Little Grey Cells mug
£12.99
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Agatha Christie Tea and Scandal mug
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Agatha Christie Tea and Scandal mug
£12.99
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Agatha Christie Cloth Bag
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Agatha Christie Cloth Bag
£12.99
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Agatha Christie glasses case
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Agatha Christie glasses case
£9.99
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Agatha Christie Travel Cup
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Agatha Christie Travel Cup
£9.99
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The World of Sherlock Holmes
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The World of Sherlock Holmes
Nicholas Utechin
£14.99
Jigsaw
221B Baker Street
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221B Baker Street
£23.99
Game
Cluedo Card Game
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Cluedo Card Game
£6.99
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Cluedo The Classic Mystery Game
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Cluedo The Classic Mystery Game
£22.99
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Sherlock Holmes Case of the codebreaker game
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Sherlock Holmes Case of the codebreaker game
£11.99
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Sherlock Holmes Coin Game
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Sherlock Holmes Coin Game
£10.99
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The Pocket Detective 2
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The Pocket Detective 2
Kate Jackson
£8.99
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Scotland Yard
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Scotland Yard
£21.99
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Sherlock Holmes Card Game
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Sherlock Holmes Card Game
£14.99
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The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes Bag
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The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes Bag
£12.99
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Sherlock Holmes TOTE FIRM SALE
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Sherlock Holmes TOTE FIRM SALE
Jennifer Adams
£11.99
Miscellaneous print
Body In The Library Bag
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Body In The Library Bag
£12.99
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Agatha Christie Death on the Cards Card Game
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Agatha Christie Death on the Cards Card Game
£14.99
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

Death on the Nile
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
£14.99
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré
£14.99
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The Honjin Murders
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The Honjin Murders
Seishi Yokomizo
£12.99
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
£25.00
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie
£14.99
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The Woman in White
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The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
£17.99
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Classic Locked Room Mysteries
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Classic Locked Room Mysteries
David Stuart Davies
£9.99
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The Paris Mysteries
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The Paris Mysteries
Edgar Allan Poe
£10.99
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The Moonstone
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The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
£9.99
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The Tiger in the Smoke
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The Tiger in the Smoke
Margery Allingham
£10.99
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
£14.99
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Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates
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Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates
Dorothy L. Sayers
£10.99
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Detective Stories
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Detective Stories
Peter Washington
£10.99
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And Then There Were None
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
£14.99
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
£9.99
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The ABC Murders
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The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
£14.99
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Janice Hallett Recommends Her Top Small Town Big Reads

Janice Hallett Recommends Her Top Small Town Big Reads

Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal, our Thriller of the Month for July, selects her favourite thrillers set in small communities.

Bella Mackie Recommends Her Favourite Crime Novels

Bella Mackie Recommends Her Favourite Crime Novels

Bella Mackie, author of the terrific black comedy How to Kill Your Family, picks her top twisty thrillers and cleverly constructed crime novels.

Clare Whitfield on Her Favourite Empowering Women in Crime Fiction

Clare Whitfield on Her Favourite Empowering Women in Crime Fiction

The author of period chiller People of Abandoned Character reveals her top female characters in crime fiction.

The Waterstones Round Up: July's Best Books

The Waterstones Round Up: July's Best Books

From fiction to cookbooks to biography, here is our pick of the finest publishing coming your way this July.