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Fiction: Novels, short stories, and literary fiction

• A Guilty Thing Surprised an engrossing and enthralling Wexford mystery from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime, Thrillers. Publisher: Random House. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781409067832.
• Shake Hands For Ever an unforgettable and unputdownable Wexford mystery from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Psychological, Suspense. Publisher: Random House. 288 pages. ISBN: 9781409068402.
• Put On By Cunning a captivating and compelling Wexford mystery from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Traditional, Thrillers, Crime, Suspense. Publisher: Random House. 288 pages. ISBN: 9781409068358.
• Kissing The Gunner's Daughter an engrossing and absorbing Wexford mystery from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime. Publisher: Random House. 416 pages. ISBN: 9781409068105.
• Murder Being Once Done an enthralling and engrossing Wexford mystery from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Traditional, Cozy, Crime. Publisher: Random House. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781409068228.
• A Judgement In Stone a chilling and captivatingly unsettling thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Suspense. Publisher: Random House. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781409067863.
• One Across, Two Down a wonderfully creepy suburban thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Crime. Publisher: Random House. 256 pages. ISBN: 9781409068297.
• Simisola a Wexford mystery full of mystery and intrigue from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime, Thrillers, Suspense. Publisher: Random House. 384 pages. ISBN: 9781409006626.
• Harm Done a hugely absorbing and compelling Wexford mystery from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime. Publisher: Random House. 480 pages. ISBN: 9781409068075.
• The Secret House Of Death a compelling psychological thriller from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Psychological, Crime, Suspense. Publisher: Random House. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781409068815.
• Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 4 - a superb selection of crime and mystery fiction curated by award-winning author Anthony Horowitz by Otto Penzler. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Noir, Amateur Sleuth, Private Investigators, Thrillers, Crime, Suspense, Short Stories (single author). Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing. 416 pages. ISBN: 9781035909759.
• An Unkindness Of Ravens an absorbing Wexford mystery from the award-winning Queen of Crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Crime. Publisher: Random House. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781409067955.
• I’ll Be Watching You - an unputdownable, must-read Scottish crime thriller, from an award-winning author by Deborah Masson. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Technological, Psychological, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, World Literature, Scotland, 21st Century. Publisher: Random House. 368 pages. ISBN: 9781473592452.
• Gone Before Goodbye The thrilling new crime mystery from the bestselling author and award-winning actress by Reese Witherspoon. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Psychological, Medical, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Women Sleuths. Publisher: Cornerstone. 352 pages. ISBN: 9781804956229.
• Burying Jericho The brand new 2025 crime thriller from the award-winning author of KILLING JERICHO by William Hussey. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Police Procedural, Thrillers, Crime, Psychological, Suspense, Supernatural, Hard-Boiled. Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. 400 pages. ISBN: 9781804181683.
• Burying Jericho The Brand New 2025 Crime Thriller from the Award-Winning Author of KILLING JERICHO by William Hussey. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Private Investigators, Thrillers, Suspense. Publisher: Bonnier Publishing. 384 pages. ISBN: 9781804181669.
• Burying Jericho The Brand New 2025 Crime Thriller from the Award-Winning Author of KILLING JERICHO by William Hussey. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Private Investigators, Thrillers, Suspense. Publisher: Bonnier Publishing. 384 pages. ISBN: 9781804181676.
• Gone Before Goodbye The thrilling new crime mystery from the bestselling author and award-winning actress by Reese Witherspoon. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Medical, Psychological, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Women Sleuths. Publisher: Cornerstone. 352 pages. ISBN: 9781804956007.
• Landfall The totally propulsive crime mystery suspense thriller from the award-winning author of Clade by James Bradley. Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Disaster, Science, Global Warming & Climate Change, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Crime, Dystopian, Literary, Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, Nature & the Environment, World Literature, Australia, Crime & Mystery, Thrillers, Political, Suspense, Nature, Natural Disasters, Social Science, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Drama, Australian & Oceanian, Ethnic Studies, Australian & Oceanian Studies, Terrorism, Environmental Science, Political Science, Public Policy, Environmental Policy, Emigration & Immigration, Action & Adventure. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton. 336 pages. ISBN: 9781529358124.
• The Murder at World’s End The gripping new crime series from the award-winning author by Ross Montgomery. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Historical, Amateur Sleuth, Women Sleuths. Publisher: Penguin Books Limited. 352 pages. ISBN: 9781405979290.
• The Axeman's Jazz The Award-Winning Historical Crime Thriller Set in Mafia-Run New Orleans by Ray Celestin. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical, Thrillers, Crime, Private Investigators, Noir, Suspense. Publisher: Pan Macmillan. 336 pages. ISBN: 9781447258872.
• Jericho's Dead The stunningly twisty crime thriller from the award-winning author of KILLING JERICHO by William Hussey. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Police Procedural, Thrillers, Crime, Psychological, Suspense. Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. 400 pages. ISBN: 9781804181638.
• The Crocodile Bird a gripping psychological thriller from the award-winning Queen of Crime by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Psychological, Suspense, Small Town & Rural, Family Life, Sagas. Publisher: Random House. 368 pages. ISBN: 9781409068587.
• Blood & Sugar Award-Winning Historical Crime from the Author of The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Historical, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Suspense. Publisher: Pan Macmillan. 448 pages. ISBN: 9781509880805.