Rahul Raina: The Most Audacious Crimes in Fiction
By Little, Brown Book GroupThe Talented Mr Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
£9.99 £9.49One of the greatest heists ever pulled - not money, not jewels, not state secrets, but somebody else's life. Probably the greatest book of the 20th century.
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
£9.99 £9.49It begins with the crime and goes in reverse. Can learning Greek cause a murder? The way Tartt builds it up convinces you that it must.
Confessions
Kanae Minato
£9.99 £9.49A teacher tells her class that one of them killed her daughter, and how she will exact her revenge. A brilliant, twisty tale.
Pietr the Latvian: Inspector Maigret #1
Georges Simenon
£8.99 £8.54The greatest detective series of the 20th century. It starts right here with a dead man on a train. The pace never lets up. Simenon used to lock himself in a room until he finished, and I think you can tell.
Sacred Games
Vikram Chandra
£14.99 £14.24Missing gangsters, film stars, Indian society, Bombay, wealth, poverty, a brilliant detective - what more do you want?
How to Kidnap the Rich by Rahul Raina is out now in paperback.Â
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Ramesh has a simple formula for fame and success: find a wealthy kid, make him a star and create an elaborate scheme to extort money from his parents, what could go wrong?