Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box SP2680
Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box (18 Books)
Eighteen thrillers and crime novels from some of the genre's most reliable names alongside some genuinely exciting discoveries. Frederick Forsyth is back at the top of his game, Carol O'Connell's Mallory returns for another unsettling investigation, and Dick Francis delivers three complete racing thrillers in a single volume. Alongside them: a Cold War love story that Stephen Fry called "brilliant and unforgettable," a thriller built around a 12,000-year-old message with one week left to decode it, the explosive debut from the author of In God's Name, and a serial killer loose in Brighton. Reliable, varied, and excellent value.
1. Hand of Evil — J.A. Jance "Never tempt the hand of fate." Jance is one of America's most prolific and consistently entertaining crime writers, and this entry in her Joanna Brady series delivers everything her readers come for — tight plotting, strong character, and the specific atmosphere of the American Southwest.
2. Crushed — Kate Hamer From the author of The Girl in the Red Coat — Lucy Foley called it "mesmerising, compulsive, deliciously dark." Hamer writes psychological suspense with a literary intensity that sets her apart from the crowded field.
3. Black Ice — Matt Dickinson Cold fear in the most literal sense — Dickinson draws on his background as an adventurer and filmmaker to write thrillers where the landscape itself becomes the enemy. Ice, isolation, and the particular dread of being somewhere no one can reach you.
4. Unholy Alliance — David Yallop The explosive debut thriller from the author of In God's Name — Yallop's journalism background gives his fiction the same propulsive, muckraking energy that made his non-fiction a phenomenon. Power, corruption, and the institutions that protect both.
5. Red to Black — Alex Dryden A British intelligence officer. A Russian agent. A love story played out across the fault lines of the Cold War. Stephen Fry called it "brilliant and unforgettable" — Dryden writes the new Russia with the authority of someone who has watched it up close.
6. Gatekeeper — Philip Shelby From the bestselling author of Days of Drums and Last Rights — Shelby writes Washington thrillers with real insider knowledge of how power operates and how thoroughly it can be corrupted.
7. The Tao Deception — John M. Green A Tori Swyft thriller from one of Australia's most exciting thriller writers — The Australian placed Green "in the front rank of thriller writers," and this China-set conspiracy delivers on that assessment with pace, research, and genuine geopolitical intelligence.
8. The Tattoo Thief — Alison Belsham A serial killer is targeting people for their tattoos in Brighton — Belsham's debut became an international thriller sensation for good reason. Dark, atmospheric, and built around one of the more original premises in recent crime fiction.
9. Blood Loss — Alex Barclay Two missing girls and a father with something to hide — FBI agent Ren Bryce investigates in one of Barclay's most tightly constructed thrillers. The international bestseller tag is earned.
10. The Kill List — Frederick Forsyth "The master storyteller is back" — Forsyth constructs the machinery of a thriller with a precision that no one else in the genre matches. A kill list, a hunt, and the full weight of the intelligence community brought to bear. Essential Forsyth.
11. Bloodline — Alan Gold & Mike Jones Book One of the Heritage Trilogy — an archaeological and historical thriller that traces a mystery across millennia. Gold and Jones write with real historical knowledge and the thriller writer's instinct for pace.
12. Last Rights — Tim Sebastian A new international thriller from the BBC journalist who brings genuine foreign correspondent authority to his fiction — Sebastian writes the world of diplomatic intrigue and covert operations from the inside.
13. Death Trip — Lee Weeks "The female James Patterson" — "Take a journey into hell." Weeks writes crime thrillers with relentless pace and real emotional stakes. High praise from a reliable comparison.
14. Meltdown — Martin Baker A man undercover. A woman missing. A financial world coming apart at the seams. Baker writes about the intersection of high finance and human danger with the authenticity of someone who has worked inside both worlds.
15. Decipher — Stel Pavlou Mankind had 12,000 years to decode the message. We have one week left. Pavlou's thriller combines ancient archaeology with apocalyptic stakes in a novel that moves at an almost unbearable pace once the countdown begins.
16. Trial Run / Whip Hand / Twice Shy — Dick Francis (3-in-1) Three complete Dick Francis novels in one volume — the master of the racing thriller at his most compelling. Francis wrote about horses and the people around them with an intimacy that made every novel feel like an insider's account, and these three are among his best.
17. Winter House — Carol O'Connell Mallory is back — and this time she's fighting something deadlier than her own demons. O'Connell's NYPD detective remains one of the most compelling and unsettling protagonists in crime fiction, and this instalment is one of the series at its most powerful.
18. Falling — Emma Kavanagh A town in mourning. A murder in waiting. Kavanagh writes crime fiction with real psychological depth and a strong sense of how communities absorb and conceal violence. A debut that announced a major new voice in British crime writing.
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Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box (18 Books)
Eighteen thrillers and crime novels from some of the genre's most reliable names alongside some genuinely exciting discoveries. Frederick Forsyth is back at the top of his game, Carol O'Connell's Mallory returns for another unsettling investigation, and Dick Francis delivers three complete racing thrillers in a single volume. Alongside them: a Cold War love story that Stephen Fry called "brilliant and unforgettable," a thriller built around a 12,000-year-old message with one week left to decode it, the explosive debut from the author of In God's Name, and a serial killer loose in Brighton. Reliable, varied, and excellent value.
1. Hand of Evil — J.A. Jance "Never tempt the hand of fate." Jance is one of America's most prolific and consistently entertaining crime writers, and this entry in her Joanna Brady series delivers everything her readers come for — tight plotting, strong character, and the specific atmosphere of the American Southwest.
2. Crushed — Kate Hamer From the author of The Girl in the Red Coat — Lucy Foley called it "mesmerising, compulsive, deliciously dark." Hamer writes psychological suspense with a literary intensity that sets her apart from the crowded field.
3. Black Ice — Matt Dickinson Cold fear in the most literal sense — Dickinson draws on his background as an adventurer and filmmaker to write thrillers where the landscape itself becomes the enemy. Ice, isolation, and the particular dread of being somewhere no one can reach you.
4. Unholy Alliance — David Yallop The explosive debut thriller from the author of In God's Name — Yallop's journalism background gives his fiction the same propulsive, muckraking energy that made his non-fiction a phenomenon. Power, corruption, and the institutions that protect both.
5. Red to Black — Alex Dryden A British intelligence officer. A Russian agent. A love story played out across the fault lines of the Cold War. Stephen Fry called it "brilliant and unforgettable" — Dryden writes the new Russia with the authority of someone who has watched it up close.
6. Gatekeeper — Philip Shelby From the bestselling author of Days of Drums and Last Rights — Shelby writes Washington thrillers with real insider knowledge of how power operates and how thoroughly it can be corrupted.
7. The Tao Deception — John M. Green A Tori Swyft thriller from one of Australia's most exciting thriller writers — The Australian placed Green "in the front rank of thriller writers," and this China-set conspiracy delivers on that assessment with pace, research, and genuine geopolitical intelligence.
8. The Tattoo Thief — Alison Belsham A serial killer is targeting people for their tattoos in Brighton — Belsham's debut became an international thriller sensation for good reason. Dark, atmospheric, and built around one of the more original premises in recent crime fiction.
9. Blood Loss — Alex Barclay Two missing girls and a father with something to hide — FBI agent Ren Bryce investigates in one of Barclay's most tightly constructed thrillers. The international bestseller tag is earned.
10. The Kill List — Frederick Forsyth "The master storyteller is back" — Forsyth constructs the machinery of a thriller with a precision that no one else in the genre matches. A kill list, a hunt, and the full weight of the intelligence community brought to bear. Essential Forsyth.
11. Bloodline — Alan Gold & Mike Jones Book One of the Heritage Trilogy — an archaeological and historical thriller that traces a mystery across millennia. Gold and Jones write with real historical knowledge and the thriller writer's instinct for pace.
12. Last Rights — Tim Sebastian A new international thriller from the BBC journalist who brings genuine foreign correspondent authority to his fiction — Sebastian writes the world of diplomatic intrigue and covert operations from the inside.
13. Death Trip — Lee Weeks "The female James Patterson" — "Take a journey into hell." Weeks writes crime thrillers with relentless pace and real emotional stakes. High praise from a reliable comparison.
14. Meltdown — Martin Baker A man undercover. A woman missing. A financial world coming apart at the seams. Baker writes about the intersection of high finance and human danger with the authenticity of someone who has worked inside both worlds.
15. Decipher — Stel Pavlou Mankind had 12,000 years to decode the message. We have one week left. Pavlou's thriller combines ancient archaeology with apocalyptic stakes in a novel that moves at an almost unbearable pace once the countdown begins.
16. Trial Run / Whip Hand / Twice Shy — Dick Francis (3-in-1) Three complete Dick Francis novels in one volume — the master of the racing thriller at his most compelling. Francis wrote about horses and the people around them with an intimacy that made every novel feel like an insider's account, and these three are among his best.
17. Winter House — Carol O'Connell Mallory is back — and this time she's fighting something deadlier than her own demons. O'Connell's NYPD detective remains one of the most compelling and unsettling protagonists in crime fiction, and this instalment is one of the series at its most powerful.
18. Falling — Emma Kavanagh A town in mourning. A murder in waiting. Kavanagh writes crime fiction with real psychological depth and a strong sense of how communities absorb and conceal violence. A debut that announced a major new voice in British crime writing.
