Crime & Thrillers

They want an eye for an eye. He'll fight until the last drop is spilled.The incredible latest novel in the most visceral, action-packed series around sees the assassin Victor fighting enemies on all sides, with no allies in sight.To make amends for past...

Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti...Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345544148Author Peter BenchleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm)...

In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes brother Cadfael from the quiet world of his garden to the bloody battlefield. Not far from the safety of the Abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninety-four...

From the author of The Jigsaw Man comes the next book in Nadine Matheson's DI Henley series 'Nadine Matheson writes sentences like roses, lovely and bristling with thorns . . . Matheson's voice is exciting, urgent.....

In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as...

The name Reggie Kray remains synonymous with London's East End to this day, and yet although much is known about Reg and his brother Ronnie's life of crime in the '50s and '60s, to date precious little has been revealed about their formative years...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTONIt lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorBestselling author Michael Dobbs was at Mrs Thatcher's side as she took her first step into Downing Street as Prime Minister and was a key aide to John Major when...

The king is dead. The fight to replace him begins...1066 dawns on a fractious England. The death of Edward the Confessor has set in motion a chain of events that can no longer be stopped.In London, Harold Godwinson, anointed king by Edward on his...

Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her? According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life...

Only the strongest will survive... NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY'A cracking good read!' Jessie Keane'Martina Cole territory' Independent'A compelling mystery' Heather Burnside'Gripping' Daily Express____________ Lolly has always known her mum was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316440974Author Fonda LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint OrbitPublisher OrbitWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 163mm * 58mm

Bridgerton goes Gothic in this sweeping Regency romance by celebrated author KJ Charles.Major Rufus d'Aumesty has unexpectedly become the Earl of Oxney, master of a remote Norman manor on the edge of the infamous Romney Marsh. There he's beset on all...

When a bomb devastates the office of London's most unusual police unit and claims the life of its oldest detective, Arthur Bryant, his surviving partner John May searches for clues to the bomber's identity. His search takes him back to the day the...

'Mel Starr's writing is superb. And the stories themselves are captivating. Highly recommended.' Davis Bunn, internationally bestselling author To bring justice, Master Hugh must foil the corrupt power of great men. Many medieval scholars...

A Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller!'A rip-roaring, brilliant page-turner, but it's also timely, cheeky, important and wonderfully, courageously provocative. What great fun!' - James Patterson'Smart and fast and twisty, State of Terror is a...

A USA Today and Publishers Weekly Bestseller#1 Fiction (ECPA) Christian Bestseller"It was the perfect day-until the gunfire." Nir Tavor is an Israeli secret service operative turned talented Mossad agent. Nicole le Roux is a model with a hidden skill. A...

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: GBP5,000 of cash, tucked inside the...

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A SHOTS MAG BOOK OF THE YEARTHE STUNNING FOURTH BOOK IN THE DS ALEXANDRA CUPIDI INVESTIGATIONS FROM ONE OF CRIME FICTION'S FINEST WRITERSA DOUBLE MURDERThe naked corpses of Aylmer and Mary Younis are discovered in their home. The only clues are a note...

'Excellent' Literary Review'Kate Shackleton is a splendid heroine' Ann Granger The Woman Unknown: Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother and calls on the expertise of...

Uncover the traitor. End what you started.Rejoining the English army laying siege to Calais, Simon Merrivale discovers that the conspiracy against the thrones of England and France has regrouped and gathered force. New allies have joined their ranks,...

When Juno Browne finds a life-sized effigy floating in the River Ashburn, a note attached claims it as the work of Cutty Dyer, Ashburton's mythical blood-drinking demon. But despite Juno's instinct that this is a sign of trouble ahead, the police dismiss...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728261188Author E C R LoracFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Poisoned Pen PressPublisher Poisoned Pen PressWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Can DS Karen Hart rely on the word of a little girl to save the life of a woman in grave danger? When a woman is abducted from a quiet suburban street and bundled into the back of a white van, the only witness to the crime is a child with a reputation...

THE classic thriller of the 20th century - 'Simply the best escape and pursuit story yet written' [THE TIMES] - with an introduction by Robert MacfarlaneAn Englishman plans to assassinate the dictator of a European country. But he is foiled at the last...

Now airing as the three-part documentary series The Other Mrs Jordan on ITVX. From whirlwind romance to gaslighting campaign: this is truth far stranger than fiction. When Mary met Will Jordan online, she was a single mother who'd given up trying...

What if your child wanted you dead?'I defy you to read the first chapter and not singe your fingers reading all the rest. It's that compelling. It's that good.' David BaldacciJulia is terrified by her daughter's aggressive behaviour. Lily has changed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992897208Author Mark McCrumFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Prospero PressPublisher Prospero Press

Will the dark secrets of a small mountain town finally be revealed? Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, working at the Passage Inn, nestled in the resort town of Cutter's Pass, just off the Appalachian Trail.Now, the string of...

Successful photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped the house called Sanctuary long ago. She'd spent her loneliest years there after the sudden, shattering disappearance of her mother. But now someone is sending Jo strange, candid pictures,...

A secret hidden in the past. A family bound by a dark legacy... 'What a fascinating story. I enjoyed every moment of it. Intriguing and with a lovely time-slippery twist' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times bestselling...

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favourite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen.'Billed as Agatha Christie meets Beatrix Potter . . . Sometimes you just need an entertaining, escapist read to while away the hours' ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ CULTURE FLYIt's...

From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody's Fool, psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER THRILLERS OF THE YEAR: 'GLORIOUS PROSE AND RAZOR-SHARP TENSION' 'LYRICAL AND ACTION-PACKED' Guardian'I COULDN'T TURN THE PAGES FAST ENOUGH' Clare Mackintosh'IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN, OR FORGET' Sunday Mirror'GLORIOUS DRAMA AND LYRICAL...

Teenager Lewis Hoxworthy discovers a disturbing painting in a medieval barn; a fine which excites archaeologist Neil Watson. But when former rock star Jonny Shellmer is found shot through the head in Lewis's father's field and Lewis himself goes missing,...

Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion.YOU ARE THE NEXT STEP IN HUMAN EVOLUTIONLogan Ramsay is beginning to see the world around him, even those he loves the most, in whole new ways...

HITLER IS DEAD. A NEW THREAT IS BORN.In the gripping new 2023 spy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man in the Bunker, a retired spy must uncover a deadly plot as Britain counts the cost of war. But who is the English...

1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a 'wild child', an American boy in a strange country, ignored by his missionary parents, he begins to lead his life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the...