Black Widow

A brilliant surgeon stands trial for the murder of her newlywed husband in Scottish crime master Christopher Brookmyre’s latest thriller, a heart-pounding novel that dissects the darkest impulses of life…

Night Side of the River

A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” (New York Times), The Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it…

Charity

“The master of espionage writing at his brilliant best.”—Mail on Sunday Full of action, incident, and intrigue, the concluding book of Deighton’s superb trilogy that began with Faith and Hope…

The Boyfriend

“There are probably only half a dozen suspense writers now alive who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks, vivid, sympathetic characters, and compelling narratives each time they publish….

Complete Plays

Forensics

Internationally bestselling crime writer Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic science, from the crime scene to the courtroom.

Hanging Hill

“In this superb stand-alone from British author Hayder, the brutal murder of 16-year-old Lorne Wood, found dead in a park with words written on her corpse, draws together the Benedict…

High Lonesome

“Barry Hannah writes the most consistently interesting sentences of any writer in America today. . . . High Lonesome collects thirteen stories, a handful of them of startling unexpectedness, with…

The Labyrinth of Osiris

Detective Arieh Ben-Roi of the Jerusalem police once more teams up with his old friend, the Egyptian policeman Yusuf Khalifa, in a gripping contemporary thriller with connections to ancient Egypt.

Leila

This sequel to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman finds Darcy desperately departing Dublin as a pauper. But once home amid the leaking, bat-infested halls of Andromeda Park and his…