Crime & Thrillers

__________________Keeping it in the family...After her painful divorce four years ago, Lotte Meerman has kept well away from Arjen, her ex-husband, and his new wife Nadia. So when they both visit her at central Amsterdam's police station to report...

Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father's failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also the approach of Mother's Day, a busy and painful day for her...

'A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader's appetite' Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries Jodie 'Nosey' Parker is back! When popular TV baking contest and...

1854. As the Cardiff-bound train puffs out of Paddington Station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm around his large valise. He has been entrusted with a priceless silver coffee pot, designed in the shape of a locomotive, by his elderly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593436707Author Isabel CanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

A TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL and LITERARY REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR: 'Flawless' SUNDAY TIMES *** 'A rich and fascinating puzzle' MAIL ON SUNDAY *** 'I completely lost myself to this book for a few days' LUCY FOLEY *** 'A deliciously involving page turner'...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.It begins in Africa ...

Two missing boys.A stolen bolt gun.One fatal shot.Three ingredients for murder.When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case...

Shortlisted for The Diverse Book Awards 2021 'Bold and brave, shocking and heartfelt . . . A very special book from a very special author' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month We Begin at the End ...

SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN'Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page'Harlan Coben'It's Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith' Washington Post 'Will keep you turning pages till the end'Attica Locke'Outrageously...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A national favourite . . . touching and emotive' Sunday ExpressEmma Hunt has spent fifteen years raising her two sons Theo and Jacob on her own, and has created what she sees to be a happy and stable life for them, despite...

The brand new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of It's Always The Husband 'We were drawn in from the first page' Bella A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic...

'The book is written with that depth of thought about crime and humanity that characterises the best of Leon's work.' Jane Jakeman, IndependentMaclean's Magazine (Canada) National Bestseller__________________________________When a body is found floating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477806265Author Richard LaymonFormat PaperbackPage Count 301Imprint 47northPublisher 47northWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 140mm * 19mm

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTheo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from...

'It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader' DAILY MAIL'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'Breathless action' THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are...

What if the only person you can trust is the LAST person you should?A well-loved and gripping read from the Sunday Times bestselling author about rumours and old ghosts...** DON'T MISS THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET, THE NEW NOVEL FROM DIANE CHAMBERLAIN...

SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL AMAZON PRIME SERIES_____________________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613161272Author Ellery QueenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 361gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Agatha Christie's world-famous Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in...

An impossible mystery must be solved, and he is running out of time.Men have been found dead in the scarlet chamber of an Italian manor. They have no marks upon them, they have not ingested poison, there are no secret passageways in to the room. And they...

The #1 bestseller and Queen of Thrillers is back... 'A terrific story, originally told. All hail the new Queen of Crime!' HEAT 'A web of a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. This formidable...

Allotment wars! Lord Bellington, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his...

Can you trust your father, when they say he killed your mother? . . . THE RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THAT NIGHT'Suspenseful and heartfelt, with a superb ending' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'An intricately plotted, twisty page-turner. Wow' 5**** READER...

WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN FT BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH...

Detective Inspector Nikki Galena has nothing left to lose. She's seen a girl die in her arms and her daughter will never leave the hospital again - she will stop at nothing to avenge her daughter. Through her pain she's toughened up, particularly on...

Dorothy Pengelly lived alone in her remote, dilapidated cottage with only her pets as company. When her old friend, Rose Trevelyan calls round to visit and finds Dorothy dead she is devastated. And when Rose learns that it wasn't a heart attack but a...

You can't run from the truth...Cassie McNamara was found guilty of the murder of her husband, Paul Cavellini, but she has always protested her innocence. Upon her release, she hires local journalist, Dee Doran, to prove she was wrongfully convicted...

The Pilgrim of Hate: As the pilgrims gather at Shrewsbury, in distant Winchester a knight has been murdered. Among the throng of pilgrims, some strange customers indeed begin to puzzle Brother Cadfael, and as events unfold it becomes clear that the...

A devious collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, featuring appearances from Lincoln Rhyme and Colter Shaw. Amongst the dead ends … A murder at a crime writers' conference. The method is entirely literary, the motive seems obvious...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992939304Author Howard of WarwickFormat PaperbackImprint The Funny Book CompanyPublisher The Funny Book Company

THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK'One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven't felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .' Oprah Winfrey Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about -...

THE ROSE RENT: A young woman, recently widowed bestows one of her properties on the Abbey of Shrewsbury. In return she expects an annual rent of a single rose. But such a beautfiul and wealthy woman is an attractive proposition for suitors. Someone it...

Discover Graham Greene's blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana.'British Intelligence being sent up something rotten' Daily Telegraph Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power...

The award-winning debut novel by New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, Open Season is the first in the hugely successful Joe Pickett series, now adapted into the hit Paramount TV show Joe Pickett, streaming on Paramount UK. There's nothing unusual...

An 8-book collection of Maurice Leblanc's gentleman-thief Arsene Lupin, the perfect gift for fans of mystery fiction and classic literature. Always one step ahead of the law, Maurice Leblanc's gentleman-thief Arsene Lupin steals from the rich, evades...

An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out... When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable...

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman on his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world. A hasty retreat from the...

Tragedy strikes close to the Detective Department when an old friend of Superintendent Tallis walks to meet a speeding train head on. The suicide, prompted by the disappearance of the man's wife, has shocked the local community and leaves plenty for...

'I wanted more' DAVID GILMAN One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it. Harry Bristow: policeman, father, chauffeur, fraud. In 1988 Harry made one mistake: he took a bribe, letting a man he knew as Igor into Britain - and he's...