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• 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.
• 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 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.
• Make Death Love Me a nightmarish mystery of desire and deceit from the award-winning queen of crime, Ruth Rendell by Ruth Rendell. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Psychological, Crime, Mystery & Detective. Publisher: Random House. 224 pages. ISBN: 9781407070827.
• The Good Father The stunning psychological thriller from the award-winning crime writer by Liam McIlvanney. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Psychological, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Amateur Sleuth. Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. 368 pages. ISBN: 9781804186954.
• The Good Father The Stunning Psychological Thriller from the Award-Winning Crime Writer by Liam McIlvanney. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Crime. Publisher: Bonnier Publishing. 416 pages. ISBN: 9781804186985.
• Blacktop Wasteland the acclaimed and award-winning crime hit of the year by S. A. Cosby. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Suspense, Social Science, Criminology, Mystery & Detective. Publisher: Headline. 320 pages. ISBN: 9781472273727.
• Shadow City New crime fiction from Ned Kelly award-winning author by Natalie Conyer. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Police Procedural, Crime, Thrillers, Suspense. Publisher: Echo. 300 pages. ISBN: 9781760688868.
• Killing Jericho The award-winning crime thriller like no other by William Hussey. Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Private Investigators, Thrillers, Crime, Suspense, Hard-Boiled. Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. 384 pages. ISBN: 9781804181195.
• Black Widow Award-Winning Crime Novel of the Year by Chris Brookmyre. Genre: Fiction, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Horror, Hard-Boiled, Police Procedural, Thrillers, Psychological, Suspense. Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group. 432 pages. ISBN: 9781408707166.
• Hold Your Tongue The award-winning crime debut of the year by Deborah Masson. Genre: Fiction, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, City Life, Traditional, Psychological, Thrillers, Suspense, Urban & Street Lit. Publisher: Random House. 416 pages. ISBN: 9781473567887.
• Chameleons A Spy Thriller by Alfred Stone. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime. Publisher: Xlibris US. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781984565167.
• Chameleons A Spy Thriller by Alfred Stone. Genre: Fiction, Thrillers, Crime. Publisher: Xlibris US. 252 pages. ISBN: 9781796013818.
• Duty Calls: A Daniel Ambler Spy Thriller (Daniel Ambler Spy Thrillers) by Thomas Waugh. Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime, Espionage. Publisher: Independently published. 119 pages. ISBN: 9798374978278.
• Duty Calls: A Daniel Ambler Spy Thriller (Daniel Ambler Spy Thrillers) by Thomas Waugh. Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime, Espionage. Publisher: Independently published. 177 pages. ISBN: 9798373491365.
• Stealth Strike: A Gripping Spy Thriller (Tom Marlowe Spy Thrillers) by Jack Gatland. Genre: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Spies & Politics, Crime. Publisher: Independently published. 384 pages. ISBN: 9798879082524.