Crime & mystery fiction

A collection of twenty-two disturbing tales of crime and suspense from literary icon Joyce Carol Oates.

Edinburgh, 1889. The murder of a nurse at the lunatic asylum awakens Inspectors Ian Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray on New Year's Day. Before the attack, the murderer was overheard talking to fellow patient Amy McGray, sister of 'Nine-Nails'. But Amy has been mute for five years. So why did she brea...

Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre - a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk everything to land a starring role, costumed figures lead to mistaken i...

Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects. Sixteen years have passed, and Hercule Poirot is persuaded to investigate the murder.

From Joyce Carol Oates, one of America's most feted and critically acclaimed authors, a collection of mysterious, suspenseful, macabre and unsettling tales. In her inimitable style, Oates takes the reader on journeys through small American towns and the biggest urban sprawls. Tales of loss, grief...

Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often these did not appear in English and they have been known only by a small number of experts. This ...

Adam Brandt is a forensic psychologist, well used to dealing with the most damaged members of society. But he's never met anyone like Kassie. The teenager claims to have a terrible gift - with one look into your eyes, she can see when and how you will die. Obviously, Adam knows Kassie must be ins...