Crime & Thrillers

From the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once comes the #1 Sunday Times bestseller about the ties we have to our past-and the lies that bind us together...It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But...

A gorgeous illustrated edition of the bestselling dark academia thriller where tragedy strikes at an elite Shakespeare conservatory - complete with a brand-new cover, original illustrations and deluxe finishes. Oliver Marks has just served ten years...

'Her greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go' Donna TarttLiving in the Blackwood family home with only her sister...

These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved...

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now* The fourth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from...

A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school...

The sixteenth Inspector Rebus novel from 'Britain's best crime novelist' DAILY EXPRESS and No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'Rankin just gets better. The topicality and eye for detail are awesome' Jilly Cooper'This is possibly the best...

"Consistently pulse-raising. . .an exhilarating ride. . .Personal wrests back the sheer gusto of the earlier novels; it's the best Reacher adventure in some considerable time." (Independent) Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFIN 'Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile' NEW YORK TIMES'Du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH' One of her best novels, ingeniously contrived as to plot, successfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593315453Author Brendan SlocumbFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Dark, intense and utterly compelling, 'Black Dog' was an extraordinary first novel from a writer who has rapidly become the most promising crime author to emerge in the genre in years. 'Where Cooper stood was remote and isolated... but the...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the...

The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for revenge. Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula...

"Fear Stalks the Village has a sense of reality about it which few thrillers possess, and the characterisation is excellent. You will enjoy thrill upon thrill." - Tatler "To the connoisseur of crime the name of Ethel Lina White is one to be spoken of...

Daisy Darker is an all-consuming tale of psychological suspense with a spectacular twist from the internationally bestselling author Alice Feeney, inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.'Clever, compelling, confounding and absolutely...

'A perfect detective for our time' Stephen Fry No fingerprints. No weapon. No witnesses. Can DS Cross prove it was murder? THE DETECTIVE DS George Cross doesn't rely on guesswork and he has no time for false assumptions. He is a detective who...

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB FAVOURITEAN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON'Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling' Lee Child'Grips like a vice' Daily Mail'Compulsive' Rosamund Lupton'Moving, insightful' Guardian___________Daniel Hunter has spent years defending...

'Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait' Observer'Epic and immersive, new and unexpected... deep and compelling' Mail on Sunday'Terrific action sequences and lashings of suspense... ticks all the boxes necessary for a...

THE FIRST NEW SERIES FROM #1 BESTSELLER MARK BILLINGHAM IN 20 YEARS.'Readers rejoice! A captivating new series from Mark Billingham, the very best in the business' --- RICHARD OSMANMeet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally...

The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her, now a major Netflix series A girl with a secret...Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high...

Julia Chapman's fifth Dales Detectives Agency novel, Date With Danger, sees our intrepid leads Samson and Delilah on the trail of a sheep rustler turned killer. A heartwarming cosy crime caper, perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club...

A beautiful hardback classic edition of King's first published novel, CARRIE, produced for the fiftieth Anniversary, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to...

PRE-ORDER CAPTURE OR KILL, THE NEW PULSE-POUNDING THRILLER IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES NOW, COMING AUTUMN 2024. A simple favour. A debt to be paid. A threat no one saw coming. Mitch Rapp owes powerful criminal Damian Losa a...

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ANXIOUS PEOPLE AND A MAN CALLED OVE, FREDRIK BACKMAN**NOW A MAJOR HBO TV SERIES**'I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown and felt ripped apart by the events in the book' JOJO MOYES'I couldn't put...

How can DI Clare Mackay uncover the facts if nothing is what it seems?DI Clare Mackay is called to Albany High, where the body of a girl has been found. A suspected suicide - yet Sophie Bakewell was by all accounts a cheerful, talented student. Could she...

'GRIPPING AND POIGNANT' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A THOUGHT-PROVOKING...

A dark and sexy thriller perfect for fans of L. S. Hilton's Maestra and Gillian Flynn's Gone GirlDeanna Madden, aka Jessica Reilly, hasn't touched another person in three years. She hasn't left her apartment. She makes money from performing to webcams on...

An unthinkable tragedy forever changes a group of teens and turns family against family in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that begs to be read in one sitting. Best friends Lindsey, Kendra, and Dani endure every parent's nightmare when a tragic...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICEBEST THRILLER, iBOOKS BEST OF 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING SILVER DAGGER, 2015SUNDAY TIMES, TATLER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND GOLDSBORO BOOK OF THE MONTHYou should never talk to...

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLAND AND IMPOSTOR THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER... When the ancient waters of Lady's Well in the rural village of Holystone begin to run red, it seems to be a nasty Hallowe'en...

She is the last hope for people seeking justice.True crime podcaster Rachel Krall has come to Neapolis, a small seaside town being torn apart by a devastating trial. A local golden boy - a swimmer destined for Olympic greatness - has been accused of...

'Gripping... irresistible... brilliant' The Times'Perfectly judged and intimately alive' GuardianNayan Olak hasn't risked love since his young son died.Instead he has ploughed his grief and energy into his work at the union, trying to create the world he...

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...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2020! 'You should read ELEVATOR PITCH by Linwood Barclay as soon as possible. It's one hell of a suspense novel' STEPHEN KING 'Moves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307475299Author Jake AdelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Six months ago, a girl vanished. Now, it's happening again. When the body of a teenager is discovered near Eilean Donan Castle several months after she disappeared, DCI Jack Logan and his team journey across the Highlands to investigate. As they...

A remote Highland castle. A dark and stormy night. A murder most haunting. It's Halloween, and when an elderly billionaire is discovered dead in the locked study of his stately Highland home, DCI Jack Logan and his team must race the worsening weather...

'Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit. He's also a tricky plotter' New York Times Book ReviewWhen Zoe Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney's jewellery shop, she's just hoping to break even in time...

Have you read the book that everyone's talking about?'If I could give this book 10 stars I would' (Reader review)'This book touched my soul' (Reader review)'I could not put it down. What a story. What a storyteller' (Reader review)'This is in my top five...

'A stunning fever dream of a story.' LEE CHILD 'Full of magic, wonder and heart.' ANITA FRANK'A beautiful, unputdownable love letter to books.' BETH LEWIS'A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.' A. J. WEST...