Showing results by publisher "Picador" in Mystery

The instant Sunday Times bestseller From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s epic new story of crimes committed and loves lost across worlds and decades. 'Ambitious and captivating . . . the culmination of her career so far' – The New York Times...

Read by the incredible John Lee Winner of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, a World Fantasy award, and a BSFA Award. Blending weird fiction with the police procedural, The City & The City is an existential thriller like no other. When the body of a murdered...

The New York Times bestselling novel, from the author of Station Eleven. 'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive' George R R Martin, author of A Game of Thrones Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost...

A cosy, heartwarming story about finding courage, caring for others and the tremendous power of books. Translated from Japanese, The Cat Who Saved Books is the international bestseller from Sosuke Natsukawa. 'Enchanting' – The Observer Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller. The must-have sequel to Sosuke Natsukawa's bestselling The Cat Who Saved Books – an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat and the power of books to make a difference in the world. Nanami Kosaki loves reading. The local library has become a home from...

This audiobook is narrated by Indira Varma and Tom Burke. As recommended by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club 'A mystery, a love story and a ghost story, all at once. I didn’t want it to end' - S J Watson They say we'll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets...

A gulp-it-down-in-one-sitting novel, The Winter Guest, from Sunday Times bestselling author, Sarah Moss, is an enthralling story about how the past will always come to find you in the end. 'I found it intoxicating' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life 'Deliciously twisty. Destined to be one of...

In Assumption, Percival Everett is on top form as he once again upends our expectations about characters, plot, race, and meaning. Ogden Walker, deputy sheriff of a small New Mexico town, is on the trail of an old woman’s murderer. But at the crime scene, his are the only footprints leading up...

This audiobook is read by Tuppence Middleton and includes an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Macneal. Now a major TV series with Paramount+ Sunday Times Bestseller – BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick – BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime The intoxicating story of one woman's dreams of freedom in...

'I genuinely could not put this down' – Stacey Halls, author of Mrs England 'A tour de force of a gothic thriller. I devoured it' – Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time 'Taut, propulsive, beautifully done' – Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora From Elizabeth Macneal...

'Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours' – Emilia Hart, author of Weyward In deepest winter, beware the coldest hearts . . . London, 1850. Constance Horton has disappeared. Maude, her older sister, knows only that Constance abandoned the apothecary they call home, and, disguised...

Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. Mesmerising and haunting, Emma Flint's Other Women is a devastating story of fantasy, obsession inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago. 'A pitch-perfect historical mystery' – The Guardian 'Bloody brilliant' – Dinah Jefferies...

Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister Alison vanishes from the luxury resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X on the last night of her family’s vacation. Several days later Alison’s naked body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men, employees at...

A Book of the Year in THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, ELLE and THE IRISH EXAMINER ‘A treat' - Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting ‘Dazzling' - Colin Walsh, author of Kala ‘Brilliant’ - The Times ‘Ingenious’ - The Telegraph ‘Terrific’ - The New York Times ‘Heartbreaking’ - The...

‘American literature’s philosopher king – and its sharpest satirist’ – The New Yorker In Watershed, Percival Everett, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel James, turns his focus once again to the injustices of recent American history, exploring the relationship between Native...