Crime & Thrillers

A brilliantly researched reinvestigation into the nearly forgotten century-old murder that inspired one of the most seductive mysteries in the history of television and film. In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York,...

Play with fire, and you're going to get burned. The unputdownable new Ridpath crime thrillerIn Manchester, a block of flats is burning. The only victim is a middle-aged man, sat watching TV. Are the fire and the man's death an accident or is something...

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________Watch Will Trent on Disney+ The fourth Will Trent novel, from the #1 bestselling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501197956Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Was it murder... or something even more sinister? 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life.' David Baldacci on Preston and Child Fifteen years ago, a group of young engineers took a winter trip to the New Mexico...

One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer? Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it's the height of escapist luxury living. Except that everyone here is lying. Lying...

Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback. Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver,...

In this dead city, the vultures are circling...Berlin 1944. The beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. And the beginning of a dark journey for Garda detective Stefan Gillespie as he makes his way through war-ravaged Europe to the German capital. He...

From the Sunday Times bestselling authorTWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S MURDER'I loved it!' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Nobody writes psychopaths like Swanson.' MARK EDWARDSWhen private detective and former cop Henry Kimball is hired to investigate a cheating husband, he...

Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with a gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey. Will there be blood in the water? Three years ago,...

Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them in this breathtaking new kind of thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. Benny Catspaw’s perpetually sunny...

A gripping and suspenseful Albert Campion mystery by one of the queens of crime, Margery Allingham. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Sweet Danger features an afterword by international bestselling crime writer, Val McDermid.Part of the...

'HOOOOLY MOOOOLY. My jaw is on the floor. What. A. Wild. Ride. I need to go stare at the wall in the dark for a few minutes... I read this book in ONE day because I couldn't put it down! The ending?! 👀' Reader Review, Vacation flings...

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A KILLER. EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY IS A SUSPECT.BUT WHICH OF THEM IS A MURDERER?'The best thing I've read in ages' STUART MACBRIDE'Fun, witty and exciting. This is not one to miss!' 5***** READER REVIEW'A must-read for every fan of...

'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer 'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MASTER OF SUSPENSESomething is lurking beneath the water's surface... Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in...

PRE-ORDER REDEMPTION, THETHRILLING NEW JACK JORDAN NOVEL, NOW! THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'Chilling and perfectly paced, one to put on the very top of your TBR!' Sarah Pearse 'Thriller fans will be in heaven' Louise...

When the wife of one of Istanbul's best known popular singers is found dead and his baby daughter missing, the newly promoted Inspector Suleyman, scion of one of Turkey's most aristocratic families, finds himself plunged into the magnificently vulgar,...

**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home.She's drawn into simmering personal dramas...

Discover the gripping, Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller that will keep you hooked to the very end.*A NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK**SHORTLISTED FOR CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR, IRISH INDEPENDENT*'Such a clever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685450908Author Rina KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Blackthorn BooksPublisher Blackthorn BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday TimesDiscover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions. Featuring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and created by Caroline Graham, Death...

The Japanese cult classic mystery 'Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits... Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal' Publishers Weekly The lonely, rockbound...

A wonderful idea and, pun intended, brilliantly executed' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants Frances always said she'd be murdered.She was right.In 1965, seventeen-year-old Frances Adams was told by a fortune teller that one day she'd be murdered...

In the seventh novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series, Date with Betrayal, betrayal is rife in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales as Samson O'Brien, owner of the Dales Detective Agency, is targeted by a hitman. Can Bruncliffe save him? A brilliantly...

In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery - a...

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray A small, thin man, rather dull to look at, neither young nor old, exuding the stale smell of a bachelor who does not look after himself. He pulls his fingers and cracks his knuckles and tells his tale the...

**THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour' The TimesAn old man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his wife isn't the only one who had reason to kill him. Brighton, 1965When...

A MISSING BOY Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father - a former police officer - knows all too well that the longer he is missing, the more likely he is to turn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012471Author Duncan MaclaughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A missing person report is not usually something that Hamish Macbeth sees as cause for undue distress.Should a child or a vulnerable person vanish, it's an urgent matter that needs to be treated seriously, but in Macbeth's experience, most other people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590170649Author Victor SergeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily Collins. 'The moment I finished this story, I turned to page one and started it over again' MALORIE BLACKMAN'Excellent entertainment . . . du Maurier created a...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063082465Author Wanda M MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Her mother's dying request obliges Mary Yellan to make a grim journey across bleak Cornish moorland to Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience and her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn. With the coachman's warning echoing in her mind and affected by...

A luxury cruise liner, abandoned with no crew, steaming into the mid-Atlantic. And you are the only passenger left on board. 'Astonishing' IAN RANKIN 'The premise is excellent... [a] mile-a-minute, bite-your-nails-to-the-quick ride of a novel, but I will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679603313Author Hunter S. ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Lust, power, revenge: the gripping new gangland thriller from Karen Woods - the writer to show you the dark side of Manchester. Two women - one too innocent, one who knows too much. They have secrets,...