Crime & Thrillers

The second Folio Maigret collection brings together three of Georges Simenon’s engrossing detective novels, alongside woodcut illustrations by the great Harry Brockway.

Ian Fleming’s spy takes on man-eating sharks and a diabolical criminal mastermind in Live and Let Die, the eighth volume in Folio’s James Bond collection.

Five Marvel milestones! Three sovereign super heroes! One exclusive collection! Including a facsimile of the extremely rare Marvel Comics #1! Marvel: The Golden Age 1939-1949 marks a terrific team-up between The Folio Society and Marvel Comics.

Elmore Leonard's acerbic rampage through Miami’s underworld and Hollywood's movie industry is given a much-anticipated Folio production.

Hercule Poirot gets to the bottom of an especially unnerving case in this irresistible illustrated Folio edition of one of Agatha Christie’s most celebrated mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

Savannah's hustlers and high-rollers open their doors and their hearts to John Berendt in the international bestseller that gets its long-awaited Folio debut.

Inspector Alan Grant tracks down a missing member of the Hollywood elite in the latest page-turning mystery from Josephine Tey. To Love and Be Wise features atmospheric illustrations by Mark Smith.

Thunderball, the latest volume in the Folio Bond Collection, features a new delectable series of images by Fay Dalton, and introduces one of Ian Fleming’s greatest villains – the nefarious Blofeld.

Will Self’s provocative introduction and Ben Jones’s perturbing portraits complete the Folio edition of The Secret Agent; Joseph Conrad’s startling terror-attack fiction set in Edwardian London.

The second Dorothy L. Sayers collection from Folio brings together more addictive mysteries starring gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and his travelling salesman counterpart, Montague Egg. Illustrated by Folio favourite Paul Cox.

A stunning new Folio Society collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most compelling cases, The Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is given a contemporary twist with Max Löffler’s unsettling illustrations.

Miss Pym Disposes is an essential addition to the Josephine Tey collection. A unique and absorbing standalone mystery, this edition features intriguing illustrations by series artist Mark Smith.

Graham and Hugh Greene expose the clandestine world of espionage in The Spy’s Bedside Book,  illustrated with the meticulous and mysterious drawings of Nick Hardcastle.

The Daughter of Time remains Josephine Tey’s most enduringly popular mystery. Can a bed-ridden 20th-century detective solve a 500-year-old crime? With illustrations by series artist Mark Smith.

Ian Fleming’s superspy returns in Diamonds Are Forever, the sixth volume of our James Bond collection, with Fay Dalton’s artwork oozing glamour and danger.

Set in 1960s Haiti, this darkly comic thriller is introduced by award-winning journalist Francis Wheen.

Dramatic accounts of eight sensational murder trials that gripped the nation – and proved that truth really is stranger than fiction.

Georges Simenon’s celebrated French detective Maigret appears in his first illustrated editions, featuring wood engravings by Harry Brockway and an introduction by Julian Barnes.

The Locked-Room Mysteries set brings together three towering examples of impossible crimes, with stories by Edgar Wallace, Gaston Leroux and John Dickson Carr. This Folio edition is introduced by celebrated crime novelist and current President of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards, and is illustrated by Mark Thomas. 

The greatest mystery by the greatest mystery-writer of them all – the crowning achievement of the ‘Queen of Crime’.

Fay Dalton’s captivating images bring Ian Fleming’s riveting thriller Moonraker to life in this essential addition to the Folio Society Bond series.

The first illustrated edition of the breakthrough work that redefined the spy story.

Beryl Bainbridge’s award-winning portrait of life on board the Titanic is published for the first time alongside her own spectacular paintings.

In the latest from Folio’s bestselling Bond series, Goldfinger introduces the terrifying Oddjob and master thief Pussy Galore, while illustrator Fay Dalton returns to bring these characters to life.

An unmissable Albert Campion mystery from Margery Allingham. Produced in series with The Tiger in the Smoke and Traitor’s Purse, Hide My Eyes invites us to explore a crime-ridden London.  

First published in 1955, The Talented Mr Ripley introduced one of the 20th century’s most memorable and chilling fictional creations. Now The Folio Society presents 3 classic Ripley novels together in a superbly illustrated set.

A superbly illustrated Folio edition of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train – the benchmark of the thriller genre since publication in 1950.

Dilettante detective Lord Peter Wimsey returns in this collection of short stories.

A collector’s edition of Stephen King’s genre-changing tale of unquiet ghosts and simmering violence, illustrated by award-winning artist Edward Kinsella.

Produced in series with The Tiger in the Smoke, this edition pays homage to an exceptional mystery writer.