Looking for your next book obsession? Here are the most addictive new thrillers and crime books hitting shelves in 2026.

The long-awaited return of The Night Manager is almost upon us, with the second series promising another deep dive into the world of international crime and high-stakes espionage. Tom Hiddleston ...

2021 has been a bumper year for crime fiction, filling our bookshelves with fantastic pulse-racing reads across the genre, from psychological thrillers to cosy mysteries, police procedurals to ...

This April marks the 400 th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Shakespeare is universally loved and heralded as a master storyteller, telling some of the most poignant and moving tales that ...

There’s nothing better than a gripping thriller that keeps you turning the pages while you tell yourself you’ll just read one more chapter, before you find yourself reading one more after that! That’s ...

If you’re looking to take a break from the dark, snowy and ominous Nordic noir novels that have been in fashion over the last few years, we’ve got the perfect solution for you – thrillers set in Spain ...

With cities steeped in history, picture-perfect islands and sweeping coasts it’s no wonder Italy is an alluring backdrop that has inspired writers across the world in every genre. But beneath the ...

LGBTQIA+ characters have had a hard time in crime fiction. As a young queer reader hunting for reflection, at first all I found was a confusing array of tropes: cross-dressing murderers, effeminate ...

Looking through notes from 2014, I came across an email I wrote to my publisher and agent. I had just finished the fifth book in my Dark Iceland series about young policeman Ari Thor and was thinking ...

2020 has certainly been a year we’ll never forget and between the highs and the lows we’ve been treated to a raft of brand new crime fiction that has captured our imaginations and given us ...

What makes a good thriller? We’d say a unique premise, flawed but fascinating characters, and a fast-paced plot that never lets up. But such books can be difficult to find, which is why we’ve asked ...

Do you love a psychological thriller, like Silence of the Lambs or Gone Girl? Us too. There’s nothing more gripping than a story where the character questions everything (and everyone) around them, ...