Criminally Good reads
By Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop
By Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop
Our picks of the best recent crime , thriller and psychological suspense
The Murder Book: The incredibly dramatic Sunday Times Tom Thorne bestseller
Mark Billingham
£8.99 £8.54
On Java Road: 'The bastard child of Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith' METRO
Lawrence Osborne
£16.99 £16.14
Queen High: Chilling historical thriller from the acclaimed author of WIDOWLAND
C J Carey
£16.99 £16.14
The Last Party: The twisty new mystery and instant Sunday Times bestseller
Clare Mackintosh
£14.99 £14.24
A Heart Full of Headstones: The Gripping New Must-Read Thriller from the No.1 Bestseller Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
£22.00 £20.90
The Franchise Affair: Their country house will soon play host to a nightmare...
Josephine Tey
£9.99 £9.49
The Way It Is Now: a totally gripping and unputdownable Australian crime thriller
Garry Disher
£14.99 £14.24
The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions): 'A wonderful noir thriller and tremendous rediscovery' - William Boyd
Emeric Pressburger
£9.99 £9.49
The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION: A true story of sex, crime and the meaning of
Julia Laite
£9.99 £9.49Winner of the Non-fiction Dagger 2022
The Appeal: The smash-hit bestseller
Janice Hallett
£8.99 £8.54Winner of the John Creasy ( New Blood) Dagger 2022
Dead Ground: The Sunday Times bestselling thriller
M. W. Craven
£7.99 £7.59Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2022
The Maidens: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the author of The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
£8.99 £8.54
The Heron's Cry: Now a major ITV series starring Ben Aldridge as Detective Matthew Venn
Ann Cleeves
£8.99 £8.54
Razorblade Tears: The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month from the author of BLACKTOP WASTELAND
S. A. Cosby
£8.99 £8.54
Rabbit Hole: The new masterpiece from the Sunday Times number one bestseller
Mark Billingham
£8.99 £8.54No 1 best-selling standalone
1979: The unmissable first thriller in an electrifying, brand-new series from the No.1 bestseller
Val McDermid
£8.99 £8.54
The Master Key
Masako Togawa
£8.99 £8.54I absolutely loved this Japanese classic set in a block of flats built for single women. Creepy, clever and full of insights into Japanese social history and culture. Sarah
The Shadows of Men: 'An unmissable series' The Times
Abir Mukherjee
£12.99 £12.34The fifth novel in Mukherjee's acclaimed historical series set in Calcutta. If you haven't discovered him yet start with A Rising Man, out in paperback
The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
Richard Osman
£9.99 £9.49If you haven't read this yet, do so quick before you are the last person in the world to do so
We Begin at the End: Crime Novel of the Year Award Winner 2021
Chris Whitaker
£9.99 £9.49With a twelve year-old heroine called Star Radley how can you resist ? One of my favourite crime novels of the year
Consolation: Constable Hirsch Mysteries 3
Garry Disher
£8.99 £8.54Garry Disher is the master of rural Australian noir - if you haven't read his brilliant Hirschhausen series, start with Bitter Wash Road and Peace.
This Lovely City
Louise Hare
£9.99 £9.49Wonderful more-than -a- mystery which was a hugely popular hit for the shop in 2021
Snow: A Strafford and Quirke Mystery
John Banville
£9.99 £9.49This John Banville hits the spot both in content and weather
Harlem Shuffle: from the author of The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
£16.99 £16.14A wonderfully atmospheric novel from the author of The Underground Railroad
Maigret and the Headless Corpse: Inspector Maigret #47
Georges Simenon
£8.99 £8.54You have to have a Maigret and this is one of the best
The Village of Eight Graves
Seishi Yokomizo
£8.99 £8.54Ridiculously silly but if you are a sucker for Golden Age Japanese crime ( deadly poisons, samurai shrines, secret doors, hidden cave systems, angry villagers and heroines in trenchcoats ) then this is for you
One by One: The breath-taking thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery
Ruth Ware
£7.99 £7.59
The Night She Disappeared: The addictive, No 1 bestselling Richard and Judy book club pick
Lisa Jewell
£8.99 £8.54
The Last Thing He Told Me: The No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese's Book Club Pick
Laura Dave
£8.99 £8.54
The Assistant
Kjell Ola Dahl
£8.99 £8.54Excellent low key thriller set during the Norwegian occupation
