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6 Crime Books You NEED To Read

Check out some of our favourite crime books from earlier in 2024 you might have missed.

Crime Books Stack including  Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane, The Last Trace by Petronella McGovern, Pheasants Nest by Lousie Milligan, Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey, Death in the Air by Ram Murali, and Dark Arena by Jack Beaumont.

2024 has been a *wink* thrilling *wink* year for lovers of a good mystery, thriller, or crime novel – and we’re not slowing down either, with October packed to the brim with more great reads! In case you missed it though, here are some of the best and biggest releases from the earlier half of 2024, that you need to check out stat if you haven’t already!


 

Dark Arena by Jack Beaumont

Dark Arena by Jack Beaumont


The Frenchman returns! Former DGSE spy Jack Beaumont is back with a chillingly plausible thriller delivering all the taut plotting, superb action and authentic spycraft that made The Frenchman a critically acclaimed bestseller.



 

Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane

Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane


From the author of The Sun Walks Down and The Night Guest comes a brilliant and illuminating account of loss and its extended echoes across an entire society. In overlapping stories, Highway 13 explores the reverberations of a serial killer's crimes in the lives of everyday people.



The Last Trace by Petronella McGovern

The Last Trace by Petronella McGovern


An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Liars. What if you're scared you committed a crime but can't remember? The Last Trace is a gripping thriller about siblings and secrets, and the things we can never erase.



Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan

Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan


A gripping, propulsive and brilliantly original debut by award-winning investigative journalist and writer Louise Milligan. Kate Delaney picked the wrong guy to humiliate on a girls' night out. She finds herself brutalised, bound and gagged in the back of a car being driven God-knows-where, by a man whose name she doesn't know, and she is petrified about what's in store for her.


Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey

Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey


Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock returns in a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Housemate. An unknown car crash victim is rushed to hospital but can't be saved. Hours later, her corpse is stolen. In the days that follow, the town is rocked by another shocking crime and Gemma can't resist joining the investigation. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she finds herself in.


Death in the Air by Ram Murali

Death in the Air by Ram Murali


A murder mystery bursting with wit, glamour and smarts. Ro Krishna has just checked in to Samsara, a world-class spa nestled in the Indian Himalayas. But when one of the other guests is found dead, everyone scrambles to figure out what happened. Before he knows it, Ro is pulled into an investigation that endangers them all, and threatens to spiral out beyond the hotel walls...



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