Tainted Blood by Arnaldur Indridason
26.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
A man is found murdered in his Reykjavyk flat. There are no obvious clues apart from a cryptic note left on the body and a photograph of a young girl's grave. Detective Erlendur is forced to use all the forensic resources available to find any leads at all. Delving into the dead man's life he discovers ...Show more
At Risk (Liz Carlyle #1) by Stella Rimington
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: Liz Carlyle
'Our concern - and we've communicated this over the weekend to all stations - is that the opposition may be about to deploy an invisible.' An invisible is CIA speak for the ultimate intelligence nightmare: the terrorist who, because he or she is an ethnic native of the target country, can cross its bord ...Show more
Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas
26.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the deep-rooted mysteries of one Alpine village's history and a very present problem: wolves. Disturbing things have been happening up in the French mountains; more and more sheep are being ...Show more
When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum
24.99 NZD
26.90 (7% off)
Category: Thriller
'Has anyone seen Andreas?' Andreas's disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But its not easy for Zipp to come forward with details of the last time he saw his friend - they had been following an old woman, an easy target for some quick cash, and Andreas boldly followed ...Show more
The Kremlin Device by Chris Ryan
24.99 NZD
26.00 (3% off)
Category: Thriller
Geordie Sharp is asked to undertake an SAS operation so outrageous that his conscience will barely allow him to carry it out.The ostensible aim of Operation Nimrod is to train a new Spetznaz unit to combat the threat of the Russian Mafia, but Sharp's orders contain a sinister hidden agenda. When two ...Show more
Before the Frost by Henning Mankell
22.00 NZD
Category: Thriller
In the wood in the country land outside Ystad, the police make an horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together in an attitude of prayer. A Bible lies at the victim's side, handwritten corrections and amendments on every page. A string of incidents, including attacks on domestic animals, ...Show more
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
26.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
"Haunted is a novel made up of stories- twenty-three of them to be precise. Twenty-two of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter - sometimes all at once. They are told by the people who have all answered the ad headlined 'Artists Retreat- Abandon your ...Show more
The Broker by John Grisham
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: good
In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving eno ...Show more
The Last Juror by John Grisham
25.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colourful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college drop-out, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdere ...Show more
Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: Commissaire Adamsberg | Reading Level: very good
Each day, in honour of a Parisian tradition, a town crier calls out the local news to all who will listen. Over the course of a few days a number of disturbing messages are slipped in to his box, messages of portentous and malicious intent referring to the Black Death. Strange marks have also appeared o ...Show more
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
Tom Sullivan is about to graduate from Princeton. He's intelligent and popular, but haunted by the violent death several years earlier of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Since its publication in 1499, the Hypn ...Show more
The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell (tr Laurie Thompson)
24.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
Crestfallen, dejected and spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance, a solicitor, seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in w ...Show more