Crime & Thrillers

A fast-paced crime-thriller, full of chilling twists, turns and grisly surprises, Matt Brolly's Dead Lucky will have you gripped from beginning to end! DCI Michael Lambert is back... When a woman is murdered,...

The Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Irish Independent crime fiction book of the year! Don't miss the newest Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent thriller - A STRANGER IN THE FAMILY - Coming March 2024. Available to Pre-Order...

The brand new novel featuring Private Investigator Kate Shackleton!1930, Yorkshire. Intrigued by a mysterious letter from a stranger offering important information, Private Investigator Kate Shackleton arrives in the mill village of Saltaire. At nearby...

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Sometimes I Lie 'Not just fiendish but positively Feeneyish - dark, ingenious and very clever' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home Ten...

It's 1983, and a beat constable walks away from a bar where he knows a crime is about to be committed. In the present, a stranger with a mission moves into a shabby Kinloch flat. Daley has his own problems. Brian Scott's return to the bottle has...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD---'Impressive at every level' - Jeremy Vine'Poignant, funny, engrossing' - Jo Brand'A sensitive and immersive voyage through the career of a forensic psychiatrist' - Kerry Daynes'A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912767649Author J.D. KirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Zertex CrimePublisher Zertex Media LtdWeight(grams) 129g

'I am insanely in love with George Cross, a perfect detective for our time and for all time' Stephen Fry No fingerprints. No weapon. No witnesses. Can DS Cross prove it was murder? DS George Cross can be rude, difficult, and awkward with people. But his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641290111Author Helene TurstenFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

'Wendy Joseph's gripping account of the law at work reads like a cliffhanger.' Sunday Times'Absolutely superb. 5 stars for sheer readability alone. Her Honour entertains as she educates us about murder, about the law and about how we human beings are...

No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's...

She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong. The instant New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times Thriller of the Year, soon to be a major TV series, developed by Emma Stone 'Very few debuts are as insightful,...

A SECRET KEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS... After the dramatic theft of a priceless artefact from Durham Cathedral, the rest of the world believes that DCI Ryan and his team were able to recover and return St. Cuthbert's cross to its rightful home. But Ryan...

Mysterious socialite Dorian Gray is at the centre of Sherlock Holmes' latest investigation in this astonishing, uncanny mash-up of Victorian mystery and horror. 1903 Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson have tickets to the newly arrived Egyptian Circus...

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND SYCAMORE GAP The hunter becomes the hunted... When a man is found dead at the remote church of Heavenfield, DCI Ryan is the only other person for miles around. The police have no weapon, no motive and...

When you sell your soul, the devil gives no refunds...   When an old man is burned alive in a sleepy ex-mining village, Detective Chief Inspector Ryan is called in to investigate. He soon discovers that, beneath the facade of a close-knit community,...

This is a portrait of a wife betrayed, at first desperate to save her marriage but then intent on violent revenge, also an unrelenting dissection of family life among the Argentine middle class. Ines is convinced that every wife is bound to be betrayed...

IF YOU'RE HOOKED ON THE TRAITORS, YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS A GAME OF LIES... THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING THRILLER AND NO.1 KINDLE BESTSELLERThey say the camera never lies.But on this show, you can't trust anything you see.Stranded in the Welsh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593130056Author Rita Mae BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND Hell has unleashed a demon - and he's coming for you... Detective Chief Inspector Ryan's worst nightmare has just become a reality. Notorious serial killer The Hacker has escaped prison and...

'Cunning, explosive . . . A thumping good read.' Time OutJack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm.And turns to see a handgun aimed at his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984805263Author George WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

* Pre-order LOYALTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2023. *Has DI Kate Burrows met her match?Sequel to THE LADYKILLER, BROKEN is the second book in the DI Kate Burrows series: the only time the 'undisputed queen of crime writing'...

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** 'Tense. Moving. Morally complex. Zina Pavlou is wholly unforgettable.' Rachel Rhys 'Hugely powerful... Easily one of the best books you’ll read this year.' Emma Christie THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY...

'Tense, twisty, emotional and gripping. Will definitely be reading more from Matilda Darke and this gets a huge 5 stars from me!' Angela Marsons 'Matilda Darke is an excellent character' BA Paris ...

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower...

Secrets never stay buried for long . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind the bizarre find.Soon, however, the sleepy village becomes the focus of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641291675Author Helene TurstenFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

***THE UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOW YOU SEE HER***'Slick, gripping and compelling. I couldn't put it down' LISA JEWELL____________________________THREE PERFECT WOMEN.THREE PERFECT LIVES.WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?When Laura returns from...

Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with another gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller set on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. On a remote island, there's nowhere to run... ...

The circus is in town…   When a ten-year-old girl turns up on DCI Ryan’s doorstep to tell him she’s witnessed a murder, he has no idea he’s about to step into his most spellbinding case yet. The circus has rolled into Newcastle upon Tyne, bringing with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912767595Author J.D. KirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Zertex CrimePublisher Zertex Media LtdWeight(grams) 129g

A murder with three witnesses. But one of them doesn't believe what she saw... Halloween, Whitby. DCI Jim Oldroyd's daughter Louise is in town with friends for a goth festival. But their visit to an escape room ends in bloody murder when one of the...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***A Financial Times, The Times and The Economist Book of the Year 'Gripping... A startling tale of fraud and impunity. ' The Economist'I...

'A brutal and thrilling page-turner' The Sun'Compelling' Heat 'The best pure mystery plot of the year' Morning Star'Gleefully gory and witty, with a terrific sense of place' Sunday Mirror ______________________After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 2019 TIME's #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 A NEW YORK TIMES...

An unpopular victim. An impossible crime. A murderer on the loose. Revised edition: Previously published as The Body in Jingling Pot, this edition of The Body in the Dales includes editorial revisions. A body is discovered deep in a cave beneath...

When rich American hotelier Alice Wenger arrives in Kinloch, some eyebrows are raised and memories are rekindled. Meanwhile, the secretive Doig family live a solitary existence on a remote part of the Kintyre peninsula, without even the basic amenities...

'All his stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist' - Agatha Christie'One of the most stunning trick stories in the history of detective fiction' - Julian SymonsGraham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying...