Classic Crime books

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the last six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

The worst nightmares are the ones you can't wake up from . . .

Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, `The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.

HOMELAND meets THE BOURNE IDENTITY in this utterly fresh, action-packed thriller from bestselling author Rob Sinclair - for fans of I AM PILGRIM by Terry Hayes, THE FIX by David Baldacci, NOMAD by James Swallow, Mark Dawson's THE CLEANER, and THE DECEIVERS by Alex Berenson.

Debut crime fiction from a Sunday Times bestselling author and TV dramatist. When Leah Hills disappears following a short stop at a service station with her husband, Chris, many questions arise and dark secrets are revealed. Did she leave with someone else? Is she still in Norfolk? Is she even still alive . . ?

The first in an exciting new series of nostalgic murder mysteries, steeped in historical detail. Set against the backdrop of WW1, Mayfair 100 is the phone number for a motley crew of sleuths based in a house in Belgravia. Investigating the murder of an aristocrat takes them into London's seedy underbelly. How will they solve the murder?

The fourth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. After being put on involuntary stress leave for attacking his boss, LAPD detective Harry Bosch tackles his mother's murder case.

Stunning debut thriller - first in the Reykjavik Noir series - by bestselling Icelandic crime writer, with an unforgettable protagonist.

5 stars

The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Little Thatch - a thatched cottage in the Devon countryside. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke - and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.

At a lavish dinner party, Inspector Maigret recounts the tale of an old case that has haunted him for years....

An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with FBI Agent Rachel Walling and Homeland Security. The brilliant thirteenth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author.

Manfred Baumann is a loner who spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adele Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. But one day, she simply vanishes. When Detective Georges Gorski begins investigating the case, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.

When two people turn up dead at the same hotel mere hours apart, Maigret suspects it is no coincidence. ...

Our darkest fears lurk in the shadows in these two stunning J. D. Robb short stories.

Josephine Tey's classic novel about Richard III, the hunchback king, whose skeleton was discovered in a council carpark, and who was buried in March 2015 in state in Leicester Cathedral.

An omnibus edition of two short stories featuring Eve Dallas as she weaves through the grisly crime world in search of truth and justice, featuring bestsellers Haunted in Death and Eternity in Death.

A darkly humorous depiction of fraught family ties, The Murder of My Aunt was first published in 1934.

The 25th Hamish Mcbeth crime mystery, delightfully recovered and re-issued for all the fans of Agatha Raisin.