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A Legacy of Spies

John Le Carré

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A nail-biter set in 1914, against the backdrop of Venetia Stanley's love affair with the Prime Minister, Asquith, who was more than twice her age.

Precipice

Robert Harris

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A life of controlled perfection starts to unravel when a Hollywood star takes to the therapy couch to prepare for a part... Cunning and surprising.

Sweet Fury

Sash Bischoff

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When policeman Melchor Marin's daughter disappears, he goes to look for her in Port de Pollença in Mallorca, where she's fallen into the orbit of a Swedish-American billionaire.

Fortress of Evil

Javier Cercas

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Set in Algeria, where the retiring Algerian Inspector Taleb makes the mistake of telling the truth in a TV interview, and the past breaks loose.

This is the Day They Dream of

Robert Goddard

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A nifty mystery in which the reluctant editor of a crime novel finds that the solution to a murder apparently lies inside that book, and comes to realise that she is now a target herself.

Marble Hall murders

Anthony Horowitz

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A spy novel set during WW1 and the early days of MI6.

No 2 Whitehall Court

Alan Judd

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Racketteers, bent politicians and suspect emigres in 1950's London.

Smoke and Embers

John Lawton

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Mary Shelley writes her monster in Byron's house on the shores of Lake Geneva.

Love, Sex & Frankenstein

Caroline Lea

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...may be made of glass. A clever thriller that picks its way between savagery and cosy crime, with an estate agent found dead in a lake.

Other People’s Houses

Clare Mackintosh

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A violent crime and its revenge, set on the south coast of England.

The Sunshine Man

Emma Stonex

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It is 1945, and - brace yourself - there has been a murder at the Monkshill Park School for Girls...

A Schooling in Murder

Andrew Taylor

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Or a pack of lies? An Icelandic psychological thriller with a dark twist.

One True Word

Snaebjoern Arngrimsson

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Narrated by Mozart in three periods of his life: as a child in London, as an angst-ridden youth in Paris, and as a man in sight of his own death in Leipzig. Charlatans and aristocrats abound... read more

Allegro: A Novel

Ariel Dorfman

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A death in Harlesden - suicide or murder?

The Last Days of Kira Mullan

Nicci French

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Why would a woman confess to a crime for which she had an irrefutable alibi?

The Opposite of Murder

Sophie Hannah

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The third novel from the author of Damascus Station has us zipping between Moscow and Langley, with a bit of Singapore...

The Seventh Floor

David McCloskey

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Oh dear oh dear oh dear. A bookseller in a pool of blood outside his shop in Bristol. Sullivan has been bumping off different professions in his previous books so we suppose it was only a ma... read more

The Bookseller

Tim Sullivan

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A flock set about investigating the murder of their shepherd... A re-issue of this funny, unusual mystery that finds much of its humour in the foibles of its humans.

Three Bags Full

Leonie Swann

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A compulsive political thriller that takes us deep into the Kremlin and the psychology of authoritarianism: at its heart is Putin's chief spin-doctor, the still centre of a delirious propaga... read more

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Giuliano da Empoli

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Two translators - a Russian girl and an Englishman - train for the Moscow marathon together so that they can talk - and then save the world, or at least some of it.

The Translator

Harriet Crawley

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A woman suddenly flees - as she always thought she might have to - leaving everything and everyone in her life. By the author of Apple Tree Yard.

A Bird in Winter: ‘Nail-bitingly tense and compelling’ Pau ...

Louise Doughty

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A cold case warms up for Ballard and Bosch.

The Waiting

Michael Connelly

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A new Smiley novel, by the son of John le Carré.

Karla’s Choice

Nick Harkaway

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An artwork is found to contain human bone; a woman lives alone in a house that is cut off at high tide: this is a slow-burn, psychological thriller, told from multiple points of view, with a... read more

The Blue Hour

Paula Hawkins

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Bombay, 1951 - a third adventure for Persis Wadia.

City of Destruction

Vaseem Khan

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Funny, clever and dark tale of a middle-aged contract killer approaching retirement.

Going to the Dogs

Pierre Lemaitre

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The daughter of the Dean of Westminster investigates the murder of an antiquarian, a theft and ghostly visions. There's an amiable parrot too, called Cuthbert.

The Bells of Westminster

Leonora Nattrass

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Ruthless ambition in a small town.

Blood Ties

Jo Nesbo

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The author picks locks for fun apparently - and it shows in this tight, playful mystery in which a dinner party game turns deadly - secrets are spilled and surely blood will follow?

Ink Ribbon Red

Alex Pavesi

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Inspector Gamache is having a quiet time enjoying his garden in Three Pines, Quebec. It's safe to presume that he won't enjoy it for long!

The Grey Wolf

Louise Penny

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A semi-rogue MI5 agent (female), a money launderer codenamed 'Hagfish', and a news website run by descendants of Bletchley codebreakers who have been hacking high-security government databas... read more

The Enigma Girl

Henry Porter

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A murder in prison for Inspector Rebus to solve.

Midnight and Blue

Ian Rankin

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By the queen of Icelandic noir.

Can’t Run, Can’t Hide

Yrsa Sigurdardottir

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Precious Ramotswe of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and her friend Grace Makutsi are busy sorting things out - again!

The Great Hippopotamus Hotel

Alexander McCall Smith

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1938: a famous novelist dies, leaving his manuscript to his young typist with a cryptic dedication. Atmospheric spy story set between London and Vienna.

Midnight in Vienna

Jane Thynne

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