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Jonathan Coe
A blistering political critique wrapped up in a murder mystery - from the bestselling author of Middle England
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Richard Price
In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing Harlem.
Andrew Miller
Where do you hide when you can't leave home? And where, in a frozen world, could you run to?
David Dyer
Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s.
William Boyd
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain's greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and…
Rachel Kushner
From Rachel Kushner, Booker Prize finalist and two-time National Book Award finalist, comes a new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France
Scarlett Thomas
The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr Y
Zahid Gamieldien
Ilene, a working-class mother, is struggling to survive and desperate to reconnect with her children, Jack and Lonnie, in the aftermath of a near-fatal tragedy.
But her children vanish, setting…
Neil Stewart
Welcome to a Tuesday night at London restaurant Midgard. The kitchen is buzzing. The tables are set. And the staff and guests take their place.
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Eleanor Catton
A propulsive literary thriller from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character. It is a brilliantly constructed…
Mona Awad
A darkly funny, gothic novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique of rich girls at a New England university.
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt
A riveting psychological thriller drawn from true events, Dark Mode delves into the terrifying reality of the dark web, and the price we pay for surrendering our privacy one click…
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Donna Tartt
The original American campus novel.
Sarah Bailey
A standalone thriller from the award-winning writer of the bestselling Gemma Woodstock trilogy: The Dark Lake, Into the Night and Where the Dead Go.
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Rumaan Alam
Includes reading group guide with discussion questions and interview with the author.
Colson Whitehead
From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead comes the thrilling and entertaining sequel to Harlem Shuffle.
Juan Gomez-Jurado, Nick Caistor (trans.)
You’ve never met anyone like her …
Patricia Highsmith
To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind games reach a twisted, dangerous…
Leila Slimani, Sam Taylor (trans.)
The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.
Emeric Pressburger
This thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a forgotten feat of Hitchcockian noir, introduced by Anthony Quinn (author…
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Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House is a chilling story of the power of fear.
Kotaro Isaka, Sam Malissa (trans.)
Five killers find themselves on a bullet train from Tokyo competing for a suitcase full of money. Kimura’s young son is in a coma thanks to Satoshi, and he’s tracked…
Oyinkan Braithwaite
As smart and murderous, My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet -…
Vigdis Hjorth
A provocative bestseller from one of Norway’s most highly-regarded novelists.
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Stuart Turton
Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive story you’ll read this year.
Iain Reid
Stephen King meets metafictional mystery in this terrifying literary horror novel.
Stephen King
King’s classic bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his Number One Fan…
Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient is a heart-stopping debut thriller about a woman’s brutal and random act of violence against her husband - and the man obsessed with discovering why.
M.L. Rio
The latest craze in the bookish world of TikTok, If We Were Villains explores the magical and dangerous boundary between art and life.
Tana French
Tana French follows her stunning accomplished debut, IN THE WOODS, with an equally compelling psychological mystery that confirms her place as one of the most exciting new voices in crime…
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Ian McEwan
One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose’s calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for…
Ripley wanted out. Wanted money, success - the good life. Was willing to kill for it…
He is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors when a chance…
Ottessa Moshfegh
The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, a young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father’s carer and her day job as a secretary at the…
Lucy Foley
A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
Cailean Steed
Someone has broken into Zoe's flat. A man she thought she'd never have to see again. They call him the Hand of God.
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Helen FitzGerald,Helen FitzGerald
Ash Mountain is a uniquely Australian domestic noir - warm, blackly funny and a powder keg of accumulated tension. Vividly portraying small-town life, and a woman and a land in…
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Megan Abbott
The stunning, unputdownable new psychological thriller from acclaimed author Megan Abbott.
Alice Slater
A bookshop. A true crime case. A deadly friendship. The unmissable debut thriller.
Tove Jansson
In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she…
Christine Mangan
The perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller.
Debra Oswald
A riveting, provocative novel about women’s fury, traumatic grief, new love, deep friendship, and the preciousness of life, The Family Doctor asks the question: Should you cling to faith in…
Christina Sweeney-Baird
The year is 2025, and a mysterious virus has broken out in Scotland–a lethal illness that seems to affect only men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this phenomenon, she is…
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Deepti Kapoor
A gripping literary thriller, one of the most anticipated novels of 2023, rights sold in fifteen territories, 20-way bidding war for film rights won by FX and Fox 21.
Maike Wetzel
A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
Samanta Schweblin
A deeply unsettling and disorientating debut novel about obsession, identity and motherhood.
Lauren Nossett
Lauren Nossett’s artfully written debut is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness
Erina Reddan
From a Walkley Award-winning journalist comes a gripping, literary crime novel about male power and the secrets that can haunt a family.
Sonya Hartnett
First published by Penguin Group (Australia) 2014.
