Crime & Thrillers

Annie Carter is back... She was a madam in a brothel and a gangster's moll, but now her protection is gone and her enemies are closing in. 1971, London gang boss Annie Carter Barolli is living the New York high life with the feared...

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...

As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, the dead body of a man is hurled into the canal below. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming take charge of their most complex and difficult case yet. Hampered by the fact that the corpse has...

Meticulously researched by C.G.C. Cook, The Moors Murderers' gives readers a rare and fascinating look into the lives of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - often known as the evillest couple in British history. After a torture and killing spree that lasted...

The eighth book in the Tom Thorne series, from bestselling author Mark Billingham.When a dead body is found in a North London flat, it seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead woman's...

The highly anticipated seventh novel in the bestselling DI Nick Dixon Crime Series. A man has been mutilated and left to drown on the incoming tide, handcuffed in his van. With the murder bearing a striking resemblance to a string of sadistic killings...

In this family, if you want something, you take it.THE TAKE by No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole won the British Book Award for best Crime Thriller of the Year and was adapted for television with an all-star cast including Tom Hardy,...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling series featuring much-loved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. Someone is killing couples just as they start their lives together. Newlyweds...

'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling 'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax' Daily Mail 'Gwynne Jones's talent for evoking place...

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 ...

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)...

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...

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...

'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINAThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache returns to the Surete du...

Pre-order Victory for Ambridge, the brilliant new novel in The Archers series, coming Spring 2024.'Intriguing, comforting and endearingly familiar' Katie Fforde'The BBC's most downloaded radio show' The Guardian'Incredible legacy' The BBC'Longest...

'There's only been one time that Rose couldn't stop me from doing the wrong thing and that was a mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life.'Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week...

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR SIDETRACKEDHerbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango and the other is a conviction that he is being...

'A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader's appetite' Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries A film company is coming to the Cornish village of Penstowan, and the whole...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538753255Author Boon Joon HoFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Voted Culture NL's Book of the Year for 2020 Teenager Alison Doig disappeared from Kinloch over thirty years ago under mysterious circumstances. Her reclusive family still live in a remote part of the Kintyre peninsula, amidst rumours of wrecking,...

The debut cosy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4’s Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42 The perfect village. Mrs Sidhu, caterer and amateur...

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorCity of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel in an historical thriller series by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence.'An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized...

'Donna Leon is keeping up an astonishingly high standard ... she achieves a perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social issues. Her sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best.' The Times__________________________________When Commissario...

She thought it would be just one lie . . .A twisty, gripping novel of friendship and lies, from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Both of You!'GRIPPING . . . FULL OF SUSPENSE' CLOSER'GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU HOOKED' SHEHow far would YOU go to...

11 Oak Street is the true story of how the exclusive Queen's bankers, Coutts & Co sent two large cashiers cheques to a Urie Walsh, Graham Cook's lawyer in San Francisco,the envelope had the wrong address on it (11 Oak Street instead of 1111 Oak Street)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997487152Author David CrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Sandra Jonas Publishing HousePublisher Sandra Jonas Publishing HouseWeight(grams)...

Secrets can be fatal. But so can the truth.When the murdered body of Lauren Shaw is discovered laid out on the altar of St Mary the Virgin church in Eastbourne it sends a chill to the core of those who have lived in the area for a long time. They...

Nominated for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the YearNominated for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionAmazon Top 5 Business Books of 2017'A prodigious feat of reporting' - Malcolm Gladwell'Black Edge has the grip of a thriller ... Everyone...

'Sharp, savage and tense' Sunday Times Crime ClubSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGERLuis Machi has had enemies for a long time thanks to his corrupt business dealings and cooperation with the military junta's coup, not to mention...

They've offered you a luxury apartment, rent free. THE CATCH: you may not live long enough to enjoy it...No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as...

'Truly frightening . . . a British Silence Of The Lambs' DAILY MAIL'A thrilling new talent' PETER JAMESOUT OF THE DARKNESS, A KILLER RISES AGAIN . . .Holly Wakefield was just nine years old when her parents were murdered by notorious serial killer The...

BOOK 19 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 3 IN THE TIGER'S PREY SEQUENCE.The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face...

**Read the addictive bestseller now a major Amazon Prime TV series starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Bobby Cannavale and Luke Evans**PERFECT LIVES OR PERFECT LIES? THE UNPUTDOWNABLE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER AND...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668075760Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 26mm

Motherland meets Midsomer Murders in this fresh and funny mystery about a group of soon-to-be mums who turn detective when there's a murder at their antenatal class. 'Cosy crime at its finest!' JANICE HALLETT'A sharply witty debut' SIMON BRETT'The...

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws.Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his...

'Without doubt one of the best writers working today' KARIN SLAUGHTER SHE'S LOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT HER LIFE . . . Lieutenant Lorraine Page had everything - a devoted husband, two beautiful daughters and an impressive career with the Homicide Squad...

In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she...

The hit novels behind the major new TV series Vienna Blood___________________________Vienna, 1902.Vienna is in the grip of the worst winter for years. Amid the snow and ice, a killer embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Vicious mutilation, a...

*A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023* 'A dark, inventive story' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A gloriously foreboding Gothic tale' - HEAT Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants...