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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. And while you’re here don’t forget our fantastic range of Christmas cards and festive gift wrap to make your Christmas complete.

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Our Bestselling Crime Fiction

Murdle
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The Secret
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The Running Grave
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The Last Devil to Die
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Traitors Gate
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Loyalty
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The Year of the Locust
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The Satsuma Complex
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Murder at Holly House
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The Christmas Appeal
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The Square of Sevens
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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night
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Murdle: More Killer Puzzles
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Murder Is Easy
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The Drift
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The Exchange
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The Secret Hours
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Holly
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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night
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A Death in the Parish
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Unnatural Death
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The Watchmaker’s Hand
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Simply Lies
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders
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Resurrection Walk
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The Secret Hours
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The Christmas Guest
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The Cat Who Solved Three Murders
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The Defector
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The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
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Deadly Game
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Loyalty
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The Great Deceiver
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The Cloisters
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Killing Moon
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None Of This Is True
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Festive Crime For Christmas Time

Murder On The Christmas Express
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The Christmas Appeal
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders
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Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night
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Who Killed Father Christmas?
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The Long Shadow
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The Christmas Guest
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The Railway Detective's Christmas Case
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Murder at Maybridge Castle
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Classic Christmas Crime Stories
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Murder at Holly House
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The White Priory Murders
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Mistletoe Malice
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The Dead of Winter
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Murder in the Falling Snow
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

The Slough House Boxed Set by Mick Herron
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Murder For All Seasons
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Murder on the Orient Express
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The Woman in White
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Hallowe’en Party
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Midwinter Murder
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Classic Locked Room Mysteries
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The Paris Mysteries
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Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates
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Detective Stories
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Signed & Special Editions

The Last Devil to Die
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The Secret
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Drowning
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Loyalty
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The Game
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The Great Deceiver
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The Defector
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The Crash
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KENNEDY 35
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The Secret Hours
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The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
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Resurrection Walk
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Traitors Gate
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Murder at Holly House
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Zero Days
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Murder on the Dance Floor
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Conviction
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The Raging Storm
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2023's Best Paperbacks

The Satsuma Complex
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The Bullet That Missed
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The Drift
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The Murder Game
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The Skeleton Key
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A Heart Full of Headstones
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Murder Before Evensong
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A Winter Grave
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The Ink Black Heart
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No Plan B
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Marple: Twelve New Stories
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
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Uncle Paul
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Bad Actors
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The Family Remains
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
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The Other Half
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Those People Next Door
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On the Horizon: The Biggest Crime Fiction for 2024

Death at the Sign of the Rook
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The Fury
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Close to Death
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The Mystery Guest
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Argylle
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Murder at the Monastery
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Hunted
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All the Colours of the Dark
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The House of Mirrors
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The Queen of Poisons
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The Man in Black and Other Stories
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The Midnight Feast
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The Puzzle Wood
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The In Crowd
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The Hunter
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The Potting Shed Murder
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Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

The Appeal
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The Cuckoo's Calling
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And Then There Were None
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Murder on the Orient Express
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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Dissolution
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The Honjin Murders
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Knots And Crosses
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The Talented Mr Ripley
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The Blackhouse
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The Axeman's Jazz
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Murder Is Easy
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The Crow Trap
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Black Echo
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The Big Sleep
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Lady Joker: Volume 1
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Whose Body?
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Crime in Translation

A selection of our favourite foreign language crime novels

Tokyo Express
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The Enigma of Room 622
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The Memory Police
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Red Queen
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The Mill House Murders
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The Mirror Man
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The Meiji Guillotine Murders
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Lady Joker: Volume 2
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The Anomaly
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Riccardino
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Maigret's Revolver
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Three Assassins
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The Mantis
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The Birthday Party
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The Prey
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Roseanna
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The Second Life of Inspector Canessa
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My Brother
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Rear Window
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Our Bestselling True Crime Books

Killers of the Flower Moon
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Nothing But The Truth
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Into the Uncanny
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The Secret Barrister
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Empire of Pain
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The Five
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The Devil You Know
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Rogues
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In Cold Blood
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Talking with Psychopaths
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Forensics
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Mindhunter
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Wicked Beyond Belief
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Talking with Serial Killers
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Fake Law
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What We Fear Most
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The Best Books of 2023: Crime & Thrillers

From Richard Osman to Ann Cleeves, discover the crime novels and thrillers we've loved this year.

C.J. Tudor on Her Top Winter Thrillers

C.J. Tudor, author of The Drift, our Thriller of the Month for November, picks her favourite wintry page-turners.

Murder By The Book: The Best True Crime Reads

Explore the dark, dangerous and utterly unputdownable world of true crime storytelling.

Dann McDorman on the Inspiration Behind West Heart Kill

The author of a fiendish, genre-binding new murder mystery discusses his book.

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