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Our Best Crime Fiction

Tombland
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Tombland
C. J. Sansom
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In a House of Lies
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In a House of Lies
Ian Rankin
£20.00   £15.99
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
£8.99   £6.99
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Lethal White
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Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
£20.00   £13.99
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Dead If You Don't
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Dead If You Don't
Peter James
£7.99   £5.99
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A Christmas Railway Mystery
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A Christmas Railway Mystery
Edward Marston
£8.99   £6.99
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Greeks Bearing Gifts
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Greeks Bearing Gifts
Philip Kerr
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Macbeth
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Macbeth
Jo Nesbo
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The Temptation of Forgiveness
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The Temptation of Forgiveness
Donna Leon
£8.99   £6.99
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Snap
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Snap
Belinda Bauer
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Thirteen
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Thirteen
Steve Cavanagh
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Our House
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Our House
Louise Candlish
£8.99   £6.99
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Into the Water
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Into the Water
Paula Hawkins
£7.99   £5.99
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I'll Keep You Safe
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I'll Keep You Safe
Peter May
£7.99   £5.99
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The Chalk Man
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The Chalk Man
C. J. Tudor
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Panic Room
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Panic Room
Robert Goddard
£7.99   £5.99
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After the Fire
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After the Fire
Henning Mankell
£8.99   £6.99
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London Rules
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London Rules
Mick Herron
£8.99   £6.99
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Our Best New Paperback Crime Fiction

A Spot of Folly
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A Spot of Folly
Ruth Rendell
£8.99
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Sleep No More
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Sleep No More
P. D. James
£7.99   £5.99
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The Christmas Card Crime
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The Christmas Card Crime
Martin Edwards
£8.99   £6.99
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Death in a Cold Climate
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Death in a Cold Climate
Robert Barnard
£8.99
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A Maigret Christmas
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A Maigret Christmas
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret and the Tramp
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Maigret and the Tramp
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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A Very Murderous Christmas
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A Very Murderous Christmas
Cecily Gayford
£7.99
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Vanish in an Instant
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Vanish in an Instant
Margaret Millar
£8.99
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17th Suspect
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17th Suspect
James Patterson
£7.99   £5.99
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Pandora's Boy
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Pandora's Boy
Lindsey Davis
£8.99   £6.99
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The Darkness
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The Darkness
Ragnar Jonasson
£8.99
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A Snapshot of Murder
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A Snapshot of Murder
Frances Brody
£8.99
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Paris In The Dark
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Paris In The Dark
Robert Olen Butler
£11.99
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The Collector
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The Collector
Fiona Cummins
£7.99
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The Craftsman
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The Craftsman
Sharon Bolton
£7.99
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Suffer the Children
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Suffer the Children
Adam Creed
£7.99
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Only the Dead Can Tell
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Only the Dead Can Tell
Alex Gray
£7.99
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The Long Shadow
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The Long Shadow
Celia Fremlin
£8.99
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Lethal White
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
£20.00 £13.99
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Step back into the shadows of the undercover world of private eye Cormoran Strike, as Robert Galbraith returns with the 4th novel in the bestselling detective series.

When a client with a troubled past goes missing, his story leads Strike and his newly invested partner Robin Ellacott into a labyrinthine hunt for answers. As their investigation takes them into the heart of a covert Parliament sanctum and to a beautiful and sinister country manor, it’s not only a mystery they must confront but their own relationship.

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Our Best New Hardback Crime Fiction

Bright Young Dead
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Bright Young Dead
Jessica Fellowes
£12.99
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The Reckoning
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The Reckoning
John Grisham
£20.00   £15.99
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The Sentence is Death
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The Sentence is Death
Anthony Horowitz
£20.00   £16.99
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Dark Sacred Night
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Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly
£20.00   £10.00
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Past Tense
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Past Tense
Lee Child
£20.00   £10.00
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Footsteps in the Dark
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Footsteps in the Dark
Georgette Heyer
£9.99
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Points of Danger
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Points of Danger
Edward Marston
£19.99
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Nine Perfect Strangers
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Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty
£18.99   £15.99
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Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer
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Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer
M. C. Beaton
£17.99   £14.99
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The Stranger Diaries
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The Stranger Diaries
Elly Griffiths
£12.99
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Target: Alex Cross
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Target: Alex Cross
James Patterson
£20.00
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Crisis
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Crisis
Felix Francis
£20.00   £15.99
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The Piranhas
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The Piranhas
Roberto Saviano
£14.99   £12.99
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The Way of All Flesh
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The Way of All Flesh
Ambrose Parry
£14.99   £12.99
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Only to Sleep
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Only to Sleep
Lawrence Osborne
£12.99
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Death at Sea
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Death at Sea
Andrea Camilleri
£16.99   £14.99
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The Mystery of Three Quarters
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The Mystery of Three Quarters
Sophie Hannah
£18.99   £14.99
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The First Lady
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The First Lady
James Patterson
£20.00
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Waterstones Thriller of the Month

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
£8.99 £6.99
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‘Original’, ‘unique’, ‘fiendishly clever’ and ‘remarkable’: critics have been knocked for six by Stuart Turton’s mind-blowing take on the country house thriller. The setup – a murder, a set of assembled guests – seems familiar, but the execution is anything but: our narrator is to assume a different life at the outset of each day, doomed to witness the act again and again. He must discover the killer’s identity to be released from the loop, but plot twist after plot twist will render freedom ever more remote...

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Our Best New Thrillers

No Tomorrow
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No Tomorrow
Luke Jennings
£14.99
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Target: Alex Cross
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Target: Alex Cross
James Patterson
£20.00
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Past Tense
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Past Tense
Lee Child
£20.00   £10.00
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Absolute Proof
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Absolute Proof
Peter James
£20.00   £15.99
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Moscow, Midnight
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Moscow, Midnight
John Simpson
£20.00   £16.99
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Head Hunters
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Head Hunters
Chris Ryan
£18.99   £15.99
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Courtney's War
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Courtney's War
Wilbur Smith
£20.00   £12.99
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Leverage in Death
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Leverage in Death
J. D. Robb
£20.00   £15.99
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The Little Drummer Girl
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The Little Drummer Girl
John le Carré
£12.99
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Crisis
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Crisis
Felix Francis
£20.00   £15.99
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The Moscow Sleepers
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The Moscow Sleepers
Stella Rimington
£12.99   £10.99
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Shadow Tyrants
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Shadow Tyrants
Clive Cussler
£20.00   £15.99
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Something in the Water
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Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman
£12.99   £9.99
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Give Me Your Hand
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Give Me Your Hand
Megan Abbott
£14.99
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Our Friends in Berlin
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Our Friends in Berlin
Anthony Quinn
£14.99
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Believe Me
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Believe Me
J. P. Delaney
£12.99
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Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories
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Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories
Simon Kernick
£12.99
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Prague Spring
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Prague Spring
Simon Mawer
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Paperback Highlights

A Rage in Harlem
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A Rage in Harlem
Chester Himes
£8.99
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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
£8.99   £6.99
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LA Confidential
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LA Confidential
James Ellroy
£9.99
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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Strangers On A Train
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Strangers On A Train
Patricia Highsmith
£8.99
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The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
£8.99
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Brighton Rock
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Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
£8.99   £6.99
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The Godfather
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo
£8.99   £5.99
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Dissolution
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Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
£8.99   £6.99
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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Pietr the Latvian
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Pietr the Latvian
Georges Simenon
£6.99
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Berlin Noir
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Berlin Noir
Philip Kerr
£16.99
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Gaudy Night
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Gaudy Night
Dorothy L. Sayers
£9.99
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The Tiger in the Smoke
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The Tiger in the Smoke
Margery Allingham
£8.99
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Knots And Crosses
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Knots And Crosses
Ian Rankin
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The Dead of Jericho
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The Dead of Jericho
Colin Dexter
£8.99
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A Taste for Death
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A Taste for Death
P. D. James
£8.99
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The Man in the Grey Overcoat – Inspector Maigret

Georges Simenon’s sparing, knife-edged prose sets the bar for detective fiction, now re-issued by Penguin with brand new translations discover the father of littérature de criminalité.

A Maigret Christmas
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A Maigret Christmas
Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Saturday Caller
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Maigret and the Saturday Caller
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret and the Tramp
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Maigret and the Tramp
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret's Anger
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Maigret's Anger
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
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Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret and the Old People
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Maigret and the Old People
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret in Court
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Maigret in Court
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret Travels
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Maigret Travels
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret's Doubts
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Maigret's Doubts
Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses
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Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret's Secret
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Maigret's Secret
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret Sets a Trap
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Maigret Sets a Trap
Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Headless Corpse
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Maigret and the Headless Corpse
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret Enjoys Himself
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Maigret Enjoys Himself
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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Maigret and the Minister
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Maigret and the Minister
Georges Simenon
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Maigret and the Dead Girl
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Maigret and the Dead Girl
Georges Simenon
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Maigret Goes to School
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Maigret Goes to School
Georges Simenon
£7.99
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The Reigning Queen of Crime

Our curated selection of Agatha Christie stories

The ABC Murders
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The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
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The ABC Murders
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The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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Ordeal By Innocence
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Ordeal By Innocence
Agatha Christie
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Ordeal by Innocence
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Ordeal by Innocence
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
£12.99
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And Then There Were None
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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Death on the Nile
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
£8.99
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The Body in the Library
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The Body in the Library
Agatha Christie
£7.99
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Miss Marple and Mystery
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Miss Marple and Mystery
Agatha Christie
£16.99
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Closed Casket
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Closed Casket
Sophie Hannah
£7.99
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Black Coffee
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Black Coffee
Agatha Christie
£7.99
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4.50 from Paddington
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4.50 from Paddington
Agatha Christie
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And Then There Were None
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
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Sherlock Holmes

A selection of Conan Doyle's iconic detective stories

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes
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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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The Sign of Four
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The Sign of Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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A Study in Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
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The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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A Study in Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£5.99
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The Sign of Four
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The Sign of Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99   £5.99
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£7.99
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A Study in Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99
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His Last Bow
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His Last Bow
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99
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The Sign of Four
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The Sign of Four
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
£6.99
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 How Clued Up Are You? - Our Best Gifts for Super Sleuths

Cluedo -Shuffle Card Game
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Cluedo -Shuffle Card Game
£6.99
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Retro Cluedo
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Retro Cluedo
£19.99
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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
£12.99
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Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Case
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Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Case
Tim Dedopulos
£14.99
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221B Baker Street
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221B Baker Street
£19.99
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Sherlock: The Mind Palace
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Sherlock: The Mind Palace
Mike Collins
£9.99
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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 Tote
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Sherlock Tote
Jennifer Adams
£10.00
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Sherlock Holmes' Elementary Puzzles
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Sherlock Holmes' Elementary Puzzles
Tim Dedopulos
£7.99   £6.49
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Sherlock Holmes' Fiendish Puzzles
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Sherlock Holmes' Fiendish Puzzles
Tim Dedopulos
£7.99
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Body In The Library Bag
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Body In The Library Bag
£12.99
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Little Grey Cells
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Little Grey Cells
Agatha Christie
£9.99   £7.99
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