The Eighth Girl: 'Relentless tension until the shock of the final reveal' HARRIET TYCEMaxine Mei-Fung Chung1
Bad Kids: the dark and twisty Chinese suspense bestseller, for fans of Keigo Higashino and Bullet TrainZijin Chen4
The Local: The suspenseful Southern legal drama for fans of Michael Connelly and Steve CavanaghJoey Hartstone4
Scorched Grace: A sensationally fiery debut featuring a crime-solving queer punk nun that's 'so much more than a mystery' (Gillian Flynn)Margaret Douaihy
The Inugami Curse: A classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Honjin MurdersSeishi Yokomizo3.7
The Old Man in the Corner: The Teahouse Detective - Classic cosy mysteries from the author of The Scarlet PimpernelBaroness Orczy
London in Black: the ticking-bomb police procedural set in a near-future London, for fans of Hanna Jameson and LutherJack Lutz
THREE FIFTHS: CWA-shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, 'Mesmerising', Sunday TimesJohn Vercher
Grave Intentions: a Gold Age-esque cosy crime set in contemporary India, for fans of Lucy Foley and Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRV Raman4.5
The Adventures of Isabel: An Epitome Apartments Mystery: 'Think Patricia Highsmith on helium' Mark SandersonCandas Jane Dorsey