Payback A Thriller
Elizabeth Rose Quinn
Published 2026
287 pages
The most popular detectives books of 2026
These books are for readers who love a good detective. Brilliant amateurs, weary police inspectors and private eyes with a past follow clues to the truth. You will find stories about the great fictional sleuths here, along with true accounts of real investigators and their cases. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Moonlight Murder A Detective Aunty Novel
Uzma Jalaluddin
Published 2026
320 pages
Children of the Savage City A Novel
Elizabeth Heider
Published 2026
416 pages
The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (16)
Alexander McCall Smith
Published 2026
240 pages
The Spirit Guide
Bridget Walsh
Published 2026
288 pages
A Perilous Plot (A Booktown Mystery)
Lorna Barrett
Published 2026
320 pages
Ripples And Repercussions (D'Accio Investigations)
R. D. Chapman
Published 2026
393 pages
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse The Latest in the Bestselling Series Inspired by the Great Detective's Housekeeper in Baker Street
Martin Davies
Published 2026
320 pages
A river red with blood
John Connolly
Published 2026
408 pages
The Death of a Wrecker (A Shell House Detectives Mystery)
Emylia Hall
Published 2026
399 pages
The Under Dog and Other Stories - A Hercule Poirot Collection
Agatha Christie
Published 2026
240 pages
The Italian secret
Tara Moss
Published 2026
355 pages
Dirty Metal A Novel
Allison LaMothe
Published 2026
304 pages
Murder Sees All
Elizabeth Spann Craig
Published 2026
248 pages
The Devil in the Details A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery
Vicki Delany
Published 2026
304 pages
Murder in Blackfriars (A Below Stairs Mystery)
Jennifer Ashley
Published 2026
320 pages
The Delivery
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Published 2026
312 pages
Twelve Months
Jim Butcher
Published 2026
480 pages
Wait and See
Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Published 2026
432 pages
From the Dust
David Swinson
Published 2026
400 pages
The Pie & Mash Detective Agency A brand-new, laugh-out-loud cosy mystery featuring an unforgettable crime-solving duo
J.D. Brinkworth
Published 2026
400 pages
The Affable Anna Harris
Tracy Maton
Published 2026
384 pages
The Ski Lodge A Gripping and Unputdownable Psych Thriller For 2026
Nina Manning
Published 2026
320 pages
Make It Out Alive A Quinn & Costa Thriller
Allison Brennan
Published 2026
400 pages