Mystery

Bad Deeds

Andrew Hunter Murray

Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton, Dalton Trent

The Girl Who...

Andreina Cordani

You Can Trust Me

Gina Blaxill

Death Sets Sail

Robin Stevens

The Death of Downton Tabby

Mandy Morton

The Suspicions of Mr Whisker

Mandy Morton

The Swifts

Beth Lincoln

Carol: Film Tie-in

Patricia Highsmith

Prophet

Helen Macdonald

These Letters End in Tears: Shortlisted for the 2025 British Book Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year

Musih Tedji Xaviere

Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery

Margot Douaihy

Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery

Margot Douaihy

Apples Never Fall: The #1 Bestseller and Richard & Judy pick, from the author Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty

The City of the Living: A literary chronicle narrating one of the most vicious crimes in recent Roman history

Nicola Lagioia

The Younger Woman

Mandy Byatt

The Recovery Agent: A New Adventure Begins

Janet Evanovich

Don't Swipe Right: An addictive, laugh-out-loud serial killer thriller full of twists and turns

L.M. Chilton

Spice level 2 of 5: Behind closed doors

Maggy Garrisson

Lewis Trondheim

The Russian Detective

Carol Adlam

Newburn, Volume 1

Chip Zdarsky

Blistering Barnacles: An A-Z of The Rants, Rambles and Rages of Captain Haddock

Albert Algoud

Alice Isn’t Dead

Joseph Fink

Jar of Hearts

Jennifer Hillier

The Deep: We all know the story of the Titanic . . . don't we?

Alma Katsu

Malorie: 'One of the best horror stories published for years' (Express)

Josh Malerman

Elsewhere

Dean Koontz

Devoted

Dean Koontz

Dead to Her

Sarah Pinborough

Lovecraft Country

Matt Ruff

Smile of the Wolf

Tim Leach

Tyrant

Christian Cameron

The Venetian Heretic: 'The Master of Historical Fiction' Sunday Times

Christian Cameron

Murder at the National Gallery: The thrilling historical whodunnit

Jim Eldridge

Castle Shade: The intriguing mystery for Sherlock Holmes fans

Laurie R. King

Last Days in Cleaver Square

Patrick McGrath

Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter: An Atmospheric Historical Mystery With a Courageous Heroine Intent on the Truth

Lizzie Pook

Theatre of Marvels: A thrilling and absorbing tale set in Victorian London

Lianne Dillsworth

The Western Wind

Samantha Harvey

The Darkening Globe

Naomi Kelsey

The Deception of Harriet Fleet: Chilling Victorian Gothic mystery that grips from first to last

Helen Scarlett

The Glass Woman

Caroline Lea

The Corset: a perfect chilling read to curl up with

Laura Purcell

Mr Cadmus

Peter Ackroyd

The Angel of the Crows

Katherine Addison

The Essex Serpent: from the Booker-longlisted author of Enlightenment

Sarah Perry

The Shape of Darkness: 'A future gothic classic' Martyn Waites

Laura Purcell

The Witchfinder's Sister: A haunting historical thriller perfect for fans of The Familiars and The Dutch House

Beth Underdown

The Plotters

Un-su Kim

Shadows and Sun: A Lola and Ingrid Investigation

Dominique Sylvain

The Coronation: Erast Fandorin 7

Boris Akunin

All The World's A Stage: Erast Fandorin 11

Akunin Boris

The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida: a novel of modern Japan

Clarissa Goenawan

The Rabbit Factor

Antti Tuomainen

Voyage of the Damned

Frances White

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Emma Torzs

Afterland

Lauren Beukes, Bianca Amato

Later

Stephen King

Hummingbird Salamander

Jeff VanderMeer

Mexican Gothic: The extraordinary international bestseller, 'a new classic of the genre'

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

T.L. Huchu

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

Relight My Fire: (The Stranger Times 4)

C.K. McDonnell

Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao

Spice level 2 of 5: Behind closed doors

The Half Burnt House

Alex North

The Whispering Muse: The most spellbinding gothic novel of the year, packed with passion and suspense

Laura Purcell

Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John le Carre

The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries

Various

Strangers on a Train

Patricia Highsmith

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

Fair Play

Louise Hegarty

Version Zero

David Yoon

Crafting Crime Fiction

Henry Sutton

Stone and Sky: Out Now: The Brand New Rivers of London Novel

Ben Aaronovitch

Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife: a twisty murder mystery and the perfect winter read for 2026

Martin Edwards

The Last Death of the Year

Sophie Hannah

Exit Strategy

Lee Child

Silent Bones: The powerful new Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author

Val McDermid

A Killer in Paradise

Tom Hindle

Down to the Sea

Sue Lawrence

His Bloody Project

Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Metal Heart: The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart

Caroline Lea

This Lovely City

Louise Hare

The Shadows of Men

Abir Mukherjee

April in Spain: A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery

John Banville

The Appeal: The smash-hit bestseller

Janice Hallett

The Daughter of Time

Josephine Tey

Blue Water: the Instant Times Bestseller

Leonora Nattrass

The Second Cut

Louise Welsh

Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter: Sprayed Edge Edition

Lizzie Pook

Praying Mantis

RV Raman

The Book of the Most Precious Substance: Discover this year’s most spellbinding quest novel

Sara Gran

Remarkably Bright Creatures: 'That Octopus Book', the major bestseller coming to Netflix soon

Shelby Van Pelt

The Bleeding: The dazzlingly dark, bewitching gothic thriller that everyone is talking about…

Johana Gustawsson

The Winners: From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok phenomenon Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

The Lock-Up: A Strafford and Quirke Murder Mystery

John Banville

Cursed Bread: Longlisted for the Women’s Prize

Sophie Mackintosh