Crime & Thrillers

'Dark, gripping . . . a cracking piece of revenge drama' HARRIET TYCE 'An utterly addictive, deliciously dark look at the underside of glamorous university life . . . An absolute five star read' GYTHA LODGE 'I was completely hooked. Reminiscent of Big...

A BBC Two Between the Covers Pick'A tragicomic masterpiece' Daily TelegraphAll that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.Viktor is an aspiring writer in Ukraine with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company.Although Viktor would...

Save your son . . .or save yourself?----------'Everything I love in a book' Lisa Jewell 'Leaves you asking - what would I do? Jane Corry's best yet' BA Paris Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their...

A classic novel of desire and jealousy. Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only child, Sarah, cannot contemplate the idea of her mother marrying again and wrecks any chance of her remarriage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803142562Author Sue WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

May, 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the tranches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the home front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800199132Author K L SlaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series. September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpool to New York on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Posing as a passenger, Dillman is in fact an undercover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486433592Author Epictetus EpictetusFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

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

Commissario Soneri returns home for a hard-earned autumn holiday, hoping to spend a few days mushroom picking on the slopes of Montelupo. This isolated village relies on the salame factory founded in the post-war years by Palmiro Rodolfi, and now run by...

All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife, Jenn, is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isn't...

There is a fine line between privateer and pirate, between friend and foe. With a beleaguered Britain already facing war on two fronts - against Napoleon's armies in Europe but also against the young and vigorous United States - the objective...

Set in and around the city of Veracruz in Mexico, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating stories - spiralling from real events - that bleed together reportage and the author's rich and rigorous imagination. These cronicas - a genre unique to...

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When it's in your blood, there's no other way.THE LIFE by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore...The Baileys are born...

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray When he got to his door, he was surprised not to hear any noise in the kitchen and not to smell any food. He went in, crossed the dining room, where the table had not been laid, and at last saw Madame...

'The perfect summer escape, I adored it!’ USA Today Bestseller, Faith Hogan In a tiny bookshop in Dubrovnik’s historic Old Town, a book club begins… Newly arrived on the sun-drenched shores of Croatia, Claire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901091830Author Simon TrelawneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Breese BooksPublisher Baker Street StudiosWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

THE GRAFT by Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore. The 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian), Martina's unique, powerful storytelling will appeal to fans of Karin...

Double Kiss is the fast-paced, thrilling sequel to Framed, by snooker champion Ronnie O'SullivanThe race is on. The stakes are high.Frankie James thought his troubles were behind him. He's busy running his Soho Club, and his brother's finally out of...

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Pre-order The Nurse now! The gripping and totally addictive new thriller from Claire Allan. 'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing Just...

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'[My] generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191450Author Scott CarsonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMAThe Master House, close to the Welsh border, is medieval and slowly falling into ruins. Now the house and its surrounding land have been sold to the Duchy of Cornwall. But the Duchy's plans to renovate the house and its outbuildings...

The past is a foreign country . . .Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people as a police officer. That is until Chris, her colleague - and fiance - is found dead, brutally murdered in an old...

Agatha goes digging where she shouldn't...Agatha is taken aback when she finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbour, James Lacey. The beautiful Mary Fortune is superior in every way, especially when it comes to...

The unputdownable and action-packed story of Ancient Rome.Correus and Flavius are half-brothers, sons of a brilliant general. One, son of a slave, is a born warrior destined to excel. The other, a nobleman by birth, must struggle relentlessly to succeed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERMitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandoes deep into Iraq, he has been publicly hailed by the president as the single most important person in the war against terrorism. After years of...

A touching tale of friendship and family - heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. We couldn't read it fast enough - CosmopolitanThey were friends who shared everything - until tragedy singled one out.At the birth of their daughters best friends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908479846Author Brian McDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 301g

Selected as a Best Crime Novel of the Month by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. Chosen as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month 'Lightseekers is the type of detective crime thriller that...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'Extraordinarily powerful and evocative . . . will leave you breathless.' Daily MirrorVOTED CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR when it was first released, and still the most gripping, powerful thriller debut you will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448307937Author Simon BrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *...

Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house-sit for a local couple, her only fear is that...

Out of the frying pan and into the fire...Gardas Siobhan and Macdara Flannery are off to the seaside for their honeymoon, happy to finally have time off from work and relax. Their itinerary includes a visit to a struggling fish and chip shop owned by the...

No good deed goes unpunished...When a police raid in Edinburgh goes horribly wrong, the only silver lining for Inspector Tony McLean is a discovery that could lead to a long-lost girl from his early days on the beat. Haunted by the mystery of what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727823069Author Michael JecksFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...