The Sandpit
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
3.42
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
'A remarkable contemporary thriller – with shades of Graham Greene and Le Carré about it – but also…
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1. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
By: Mick Herron
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more
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- espionage
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)
2. Nightblind (Dark Iceland #2)
By: Ragnar Jónasson
4.18
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Siglufjordur: an idyllically quiet fishing village on the northernmost tip of Iceland, accessible o… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fiction
3. The Last Voice You Hear (The Oxford Investigations, #2)
By: Mick Herron
3.90
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Zoe Boehm doesn't do death. It's a rule. Yet here she is--in this new ambitious detective novel fro… read more
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4. The Accident
By: Chris Pavone
3.59
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
From the author of the New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning The Expats As dawn approa… read more
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5. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
6. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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- espionage
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
7. Paris Echo
By: Sebastian Faulks
3.49
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city in which every building seems to hold the e… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
8. Enlightenment
By: Sarah Perry
3.70
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment
9. Central Park West
By: James Comey
3.94
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
In the thrilling first crime novel from the former director of the FBI, a murder investigation reve… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"Our job is to lock up bad people, to protect good people. I've never really thought of our job as finding truth. Our job is to live in gray."-James Comey, Central Park West
10. Agent Running in the Field
By: John Le Carré
3.85
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent… read more
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- espionage
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"Beloof niets waar je niet op kunt terugkomen."-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"O cartaz seguinte anuncia as características curativas dos famosos banhos. Não há nenhum cartaz a anunciar que a cidade também é célebre como o local de encontro preferido da fina-flor do crime organ…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"Para quem tem acesso autorizado à Poeira de Estrelas, o espetáculo começa dentro de cinquenta e cinco minutos. Para quem não tem, há dois funcionários com olhos de águia à porta que terão todo o gost…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
"It is my considered opinion, that for Britain and Europe, and for liberal democracy across the entire world as a whole, Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Br…"-John Le Carré, Agent Running in the Field
11. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)
By: Matthew Richardson
3.95
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more
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- espionage
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
12. Hospital
By: Sanya Rushdi
3.70
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
A strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis. In Melbourne, Australia, a woman in h… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
13. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fiction
14. The Wrong Hands (Detective Miller #2)
By: Mark Billingham
4.41
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
This is one case Detective Miller won't want to open . . . The second rip-roaring mystery from m… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- fiction
15. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
By: Michael Robotham
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
"We exist before we are born and after we die."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"... as though men were the solution to every problem."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)
16. The Shame Archive
By: Oliver Harris
4.39
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
How does a secret service confront its past, when it never ended? Buried deep in MI6's digital a… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- fiction
17. The Sandpit
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
3.42
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
'A remarkable contemporary thriller – with shades of Graham Greene and Le Carré about it – but also… read more
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- espionage
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
18. The Seventh Floor (Damascus Station, #3)
By: David McCloskey
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Six CIA officers. Dear friends and cherished enemies. For a quarter century they have stolen other … read more
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- espionage
- thriller
- fiction
19. The Enigma Girl
By: Henry Porter
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A masterclass in espionage thriller fiction from the heir to John le Carre for fans of Mick Herron,… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- espionage
- fiction
20. Never Walk Away
By: Nick Triplow
4.00
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
'Like a darker, grimier version of Mick Herron's Slough House novels, this is a highly promising de… read more
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- crime
21. A Reluctant Spy
By: David Goodman
4.26
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN. 'In the very top tier of espionage fiction' M.W. CRAVEN 'A… read more
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- espionage
- fiction
