It’s Carnage!

Three sets of killings in three weeks, all the same with the perpetrators committing suicide. It isn’t just a coincidence…

Read an extract from Maxime Chattam’s thriller, out next month through Gallic Books.

Can you hear The Voices of the Dead?

The first of a two-hander, Peter Leonard’s new novel is a classic cat-and-mouse thriller. Told with swagger, brutal humour and not a little violence, it follows a good man who is forced to return to the horrors of his past. Read an extract.

Win copies of Buried Secrets, by Joseph Finder!

Ten readers will win a copy of Joseph Finder’s new Nick Heller thriller, Buried Secrets, courtesy of Headline.

Watch the Buried Secrets Trailer

Watch the trailer and read the extract for the second book in international bestseller Joseph Finder’s new series, featuring corporate investigator Nick Heller, Buried Secrets.

On Wednesday we’ll be giving away 10 copies of Buried Secrets, so watch, listen and read carefully!

Jack Reacher on Nick Heller, by Lee Child

To celebrate today’s publication of the second book in international bestseller Joseph Finder’s new series, featuring corporate investigator Nick Heller, Buried Secrets, we present an exclusive short story by Lee Child. Later this month we’ll be giving away 10 copies of Buried Secrets, so read carefully!

Read The Secret Diaries of Laura Palmer

For fans of Twin Peaks, a glimpse into the bizarre world of Laura Palmer, written by an author who had exclusive access to the subject – Jennifer Lynch.

An extract from The Maul and the Pear Tree, by P.D. James and T. A. Critchley

December 1811, a young linen draper and his family were cruelly murdered at night in their home at 29 Ratcliffe Highway in Wapping. Twelve days later, a publican and members of his household were slaughtered in similar fashion, just half a mile away …

P. D. James shares her appreciation for Jane Austen

In this extended 30-minute interview the author discusses the challenge of taking, Pride and Prejudice, a beloved work of fiction, in a wholly unexpected direction.

Already Gone

Jake Reese is an ordinary guy with an ordinary job, trying to block out the memory of his violent past by planning for the future with his new wife, Diane. But the past has a habit of refusing to stay buried…

An extract from John Rector’s latest thriller.

Cuckoo

Read an extract from Julia Crouch’s dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama.

Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Crime and Thriller Novel of the Year

Bookdagger is delighted to bring you extracts from the shortlists and winners of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011. The winners will now compete for the Galaxy Book of the Year. The public can vote for their favourite and the winner will be announced on 21 December.

Meet The Secret Soldier

Read an extract from this intelligent, commercial CIA spy thriller fiction from NYT #1 paperback and NYT Top Ten hardback bestseller Alex Berenson…

An extract from The Statement, by Brian Moore

Hot on the heels of last week’s extract of The Magician’s Wife, we present an insight into The Statement.

Watch out for a competition to win copies of Brian Moore’s novels in our November competition this Friday!

An extract from Death Comes To Pemberley, by P.D. James

In a pitch-perfect recreation of the world of Pride and Prejudice, P. D. James elegantly fuses her lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen with her talent for writing detective fiction….

An extract from The Magician’s Wife

Power, politics, religion and love, the court of Napoleon III and the deserts of Algeria combine in this mesmerising novel from master storyteller Brian Moore.

Watch out for a competition to win copies of Brian Moore’s novels later this month!

Read an extract from Covenant, by Dean Crawford

Only one man will risk everything to prevent a catastrophe that could tear the world apart…

Read carefully as we’ll have three copies of Covenant up for grabs in the Bookdagger november competition later this month!

An extract from Lisa Gardner’s Love You More

Bestselling crime author Lisa Gardner recently joined Headline Books, who are due to issue the paperback of Love You More in early 2012. Read the prologue here on Bookdagger…

Jonathan Kellerman’s new Mystery

Jonathan Kellermans’ newest book is a story about a murdered young woman with only the identity of ‘Mystery’ for Psychologist Alex Delaware to go on. Read an extract here!

There is No Rest for the Dead

Read an excerpt from Simon and Schuster’s book, No Rest for the Dead, a new book about one detective, haunted by one case, written by various authors including David Baldacci, Alexander McCall Smith, and Kathy Reichs.

Read an extract from Old Enemies

Read an excerpt from the exciting new book by Michael Dobbs, of helicopter abduction, ransom for a wealthy son, and to top it off, old lovers.