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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Hollywood glamour, Mexican horror movies and Nazi magicians!
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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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Colson Whitehead
From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead comes the thrilling and entertaining sequel to Harlem Shuffle
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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.
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Juan Gomez-Jurado, Nick Caistor (trans.)
Red Queen is the launch of Juan Gomez-Jurado’s internationally bestselling serial killer thriller trilogy which has become a literary phenomenon in Spain
Alice Slater
A bookshop. A true crime case. A deadly friendship. The unmissable debut thriller.
Eleanor Catton
A gripping psychological thriller from the BookerPrize-winning and bestselling author of The Luminaries.
Cailean Steed
A read-in-one-gulp commercial thriller about coming of age under a cult's indoctrination and what it takes to break free
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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…
Antoine Wilson
With the intellectual clarity of Don DeLillo and the dark compelling energy of The Girl on the Train, Mouth to Mouth is a brilliant literary thriller about the irresistibility of…
Leila Slimani
The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.
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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…
Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House is a chilling story of the power of fear.
Lauren Nossett
Lauren Nossett’s artfully written debut is an exhilarating, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness
Emma Stonex
Inspired by real events, The Lamplighters is an intoxicating, suspenseful and deeply moving mystery, and an unforgettable story of love, grief and obsession.
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 -…
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.
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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…
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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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.
Sarah Moss
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship…
Ian McGuire
From the widely acclaimed author of The North Water comes an epic story of revenge and obsession set in 19th century Manchester
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Iain Reid
Stephen King meets metafictional mystery in this terrifying literary horror novel.
Mi-ae Seo
The Only Child is a shockingly unnerving psychological thriller from bestselling Korean author Mi-ae Seo.
Maike Wetzel
A missing child is a nightmare for any family. But what happens when they come back?
Sonya Hartnett
First published by Penguin Group (Australia) 2014.
Alexandra Andrews
She was the only person who knew Helen Wilcox was dead… From the rural woodlands of New York to the beaches of Morocco, Who is Maud Dixon? is a wild…
Stephen King
King’s classic bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his Number One Fan…
Samanta Schweblin
A deeply unsettling and disorientating debut novel about obsession, identity and motherhood.
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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…
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Megan Abbott
The stunning, unputdownable new psychological thriller from acclaimed author Megan Abbott.
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.
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.
Donna Tartt
The original American campus novel.
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…
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…
Patricia Highsmith
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…
Helen Phillips
Speculative fiction of the highest calibre: one woman fights to retain her sense of self amidst the chaos of work, motherhood and alternative universes.
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
The No.1 Sunday Times and the New York Times bestseller
