Crime & Thrillers

The streets of London's Soho hide a multitude of secrets in this hard-hitting gangland thriller from bestselling author Jacqui Rose.Ten years ago, Jo Martin was released from prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence - but she isn't Jo anymore...

Stabbed in the backA pieced of lead piping nearbyIt should be a simple case... Poirot is summoned to France, but arrives too late to save his client, whose body now lies face down in a shallow grave on a golf course. Why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250857859Author Cj LeedeFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Tor NightfirePublisher Tor NightfireWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm * 30mm

Somebody is intent on murdering Hollywood's A-list. A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards, the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid detail. It is signed Mary Smith. More...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999927417Author Ann SwinfenFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Shakenoak PressPublisher Shakenoak Press

1919. The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war, and now, just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons, the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity.Myrtle...

She thinks she knows the truth. But what if she's wrong?***THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NOW YOU SEE HER***Laila and her husband arrive for a week's holiday in Greece in desperate need of a reset.As Laila sits by the pool she...

'A real page-turner' - Ian RankinThe Party House by Lin Anderson is a deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.Devastated by a recent pandemic brought in by outsiders, the villagers of...

*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday...

A stunning collector's edition of the acclaimed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab. With an exclusive metallic ink cover, this edition will feature: * End papers of London * Fan art * A glossary of Arnesian and Antari...

Icelandic detective Elma faces mortal danger as she investigates the death of a young man in a mysterious Akranes house fire, and a Dutch au pair's perfect placement turns deadly ... The breathtaking third instalment in the award-winning Forbidden...

THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK SUMMER 2023 CLUB PICKWINNER OF THE 2023 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARDHIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED. BUT SO ARE YOURS.'Keeps readers on the edge of their seats through a roller-coaster ride of high-octane action that builds to an...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling thriller that inspired the film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington and is now a major NBC TV series. Their first case, their worst killer . . . New...

In this exhilarating thriller from four million copy bestselling author Mark Edwards, Aidan's spent years looking for his sister. Will he ever find her? Two years ago, on a trip to Seattle to visit her brother Aidan, fifteen-year-old Scarlett vanished...

SOE, the Special Operations Executive, was a small, tough British secret service, a dirty tricks department established in July 1940 and encouraged by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. Recruited from remarkably diverse callings, the men and women who...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN'A triumph . . . leaves the reader hungry for more' Andrew TaylorAutumn, 1728. Life is good for Thomas Hawkins and Kitty Sparks in their home above the Cocked Pistol, Kitty's wickedly disreputable bookshop. But when Tom...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Bianca is beautiful and demure, with a plethora of wood-be suitors, but marriage is forbidden until her older sister Katherina finds a suitable match...

On assignment in Vienna, photographer Ian Jarrett falls passionately in love with the mysterious and beautiful Marian. Back in the UK, Ian resolves to leave his wife for her - only to find Marian has disappeared, and the photographs of their brief time...

From the creased pages of 1930s pulp magazines Black Mask and Dime Detective come eight of Raymond Chandler's finest short stories:KILLER IN THE RAIN, THE MAN WHO LIKED DOGS, THE CURTAIN, TRY THE GIRL, MANDARIN'S JADE, BAY CITY BLUES, THE LADY IN THE...

How do you do the right thing when there are only bad choices to be made? A neutral capital straddling Europe and Asia, Istanbul survived WW2 as a magnet for refugees and spies, trafficking in secrets and lies rather than soldiers. Expatriate American...

The WORLDWIDE Bestseller. A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise ...

Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie return in Ann Granger's gripping ninth Victorian mystery.It is the summer of 1871 when Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross pays a visit to Jacob Jacobus, the old rogue of Limehouse: infamous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296074Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 138mm *...

A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age - perhaps the first ever psychological crime novel - by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the author. Mrs Bentley has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593545836Author Rachel HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244g

'If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is a bibliomystery, just as it is if a major character is a bookseller or a librarian.' - Otto Penzler A bookish puzzle threatens an eagerly awaited inheritance; a submission to a publisher...

'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind' Sunday TimesNeither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice's elite military academy,...

'Unputdownable . . . spookily familiar, funny, and darkly captivating. I loved it'Sally Hepworth Question: How long does it take to tear someone's life apart?Answer: Sometimes just one night.From the outside the parents of the kindergarten class at...

THE CHILLING FOURTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING DI HELEN GRACE SERIES'Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER___________In the dead of night, three raging fires light up the city skies. It's more than a tragic...

"FAULTLESS." -The Guardian *** "A SLY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER." -The Observer Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target...

THE TWISTY FOURTH NOVEL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE GRIPPING INSPECTOR MCLEAN SERIES SET IN EDINBURGH A family lies slaughtered in an isolated house in North East Fife . . .____________ Morag Weatherly and her two young daughters have been shot...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author. 'Top drawer ... his most epic outing yet' Independent ...

She committed the ultimate betrayal. Now someone knows the truth . . .Discover the gripping and page-turning new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Lesley Pearse'An engrossing read' WOMAN'S WEEKLY___________Eve should never have married Don Hathaway...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250830562Author Jason ParginFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Winner of the 2013 Indies Choice Honor Award A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a...

'A summer must-read' Red 'Exotic and mysterious - I was gripped by this complex tale' Dinah Jefferies, author of number one bestselling The Tea Planter's Wife 'This story of twists and turns transcends era and genre. Absolutely brilliant' Kerry Fisher,...

From the author of APPLE TREE YARD, now a major BBC drama starring Emily Watson A man dies a week after rewriting his will. In it, he has left everything he owns to a woman he has known for only three weeks. As Bet investigates Peter's past, she...

When a letter arrives at Tradmouth police station, addressed to a DCI Norbert it causes quite a stir. For though DCI Norbert has long since moved on, the letter claims to have evidence that the man convicted of murdering the Rev. Shipbourne, Vicar of...

On a grey October morning, the strangled body of a teenager is found in the North Yorkshire city of Eborby, a mutilated doll lying by her side.Singmass Close, where the girl is found, has a famously sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of...

A wealthy lawyer, debonair ladies' man, consummate actor, and courageous gambler, Dusko Popov played the role of playboy amongst the top echelons of British society to become one of Germany's most trusted spies. In fact, he was one of Britain's most...