For fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, The Harbour Master is a fast-paced detective investigation set in the evocative locale of Amsterdam.'A debut novelist of rare skill' Barry Forshaw, The Financial Times'The Henning Mankell of Amsterdam' Bill RodgersHenk van der Pol ...

For fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, The Harbour Master is a fast-paced detective investigation set in the evocative locale of Amsterdam.'A debut novelist of rare skill' Barry Forshaw, The Financial Times'The Henning Mankell of Amsterdam' Bill RodgersHenk van der Pol ...

For fans of John Harvey's Charlie Resnick series and Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, Night Market is the second in the gripping Detective van de Pol investigation series.When Henk van der Pol is asked by the Justice Minister to infiltrate a team investigating an online child exploitation network, he can hardly say no - he's at the mercy of prominent government figures in The Hague.But he soon realises the case is f...

On a late summer evening, the train from Malmö to Ystad is involved in a crash. The deaths at the scene seem straightforward until one of the bodies is identified as a well-known conman. It's someone who had crossed swords with Chief Inspector Moberg in the past and he is keen to find out what the dead man was up to. Before long it develops into a far more sinister investigation for Inspector Anita Sundström and the team at Skåne County Police. Yet Anita is finding it difficult to keep her...

The ninth in the detective series featuring DI Geraldine SteelTwo victims and a suspect whose alibi appears open to doubt...Geraldine Steel is thrown into a double murder investigation which threatens not only her career, but her life.When her previously unknown twin Helena turns up, her problems threaten to make Geraldine's life turn toxic in more ways than one.A hand gripped her upper arm so suddenly it made her yelp. Biting her lower ...

WISTING: THE MAJOR TV SHOW NOW ON BBC FOURStavern 1983: Christmas is approaching, snow is falling heavily, and a young ambitious policeman named William Wisting has just become the father of twins. After a brutal robbery, he is edged off the investigation by more experienced officers, but soon he is on another case that is not only unsolved but has not even been recognised as murder. Forgotten in a dilapidated barn stands a bullet-riddled old car, and it lo...

“These days Scandinavian crime writers are thick on the ground. It’s nice to see that the women can be just as bloodthirsty as the men.” —The New York Times Book ReviewHe watches the women from the shadows. He has an understanding with them: As long as they follow his rules, they are safe. But when they sin, he sentences them to death.A woman is found dead in a cemetery, strangled and covered in plastic. Just a few days before her death, the victim...

Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from Ragnar Jónasson, an extraordinary new talent.Where: An isolated fishing village in the fjords of northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors.Who: Ari Thór is a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavík.What: A young woman is found lying half naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed elderly writer falls to his death. Ari ...

Linköping's top detective, Malin Fors, is about to take on a case that's a little too close for comfort. Her daughter has just discovered a dead body. It is that of a 79-year-old resident at the nursing home where she works. He's been hung by his own alarm cord.At first it looks like a cut and dry suicide. But when the autopsy suggests foul play, Malin probes deeper and uncovers rumours about the home's mismanagement its greedy millionaire owner. Was it a mercy killing, or was some...

Inspector Anita Sundström is called away from Christmas with her mother to help investigate a domestic death. Her initial relief at escaping a dull festive season soon fades when she and sidekick, Hakim Mirza, find themselves dealing with a difficult case involving the murder of an unloved father and disliked neighbour. Though suspects and motives abound, they are having difficulty identifying the murder weapon. Has the killing something to do with the victim's past, or is the reason close...

International suspense superstar Kjell Eriksson produces another masterful work of murder, intrigue, and page-turning action in this latest thriller, which features his popular series-detective Ann Lindell.One sunny summer morning a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose?The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. During the police investigati...

‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly GriffithsThe third book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Peter James, Lee Child and Karin Slaughter.Eight killers. One house. And the almost perfect murder…Starling House is home to some of the nation’s deadliest teenagers, still too young for prison.When the latest arrival is found brutally murdered, DCI Matilda Darke and her tea...