Crime & Thrillers

1882. When the creak of the garden gate one autumn afternoon sounds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, William Trenchard is puzzled, but not alarmed. He cannot possibly know the destruction this visitor will wreak on all he holds dear. The stranger...

Half fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and...

Three muffled thuds ring from the partially filled grave of the newly wed girl. Only the verger hears them and he dismisses the noise as his imagination. But over the next few days others also hear faint sounds.An exhumation order is granted. Reporter...

'James Patterson and Bill Clinton are the dream team' Lee Child'Propulsive, exhilarating, and unnervingly believable' Karin Slaughter'Superb thriller, expertly told... More please' Piers Morgan'Even better than their first ' Daily Mail'I loved this book...

Now available in mass market paperback, The Cloud Roads is the first in the Hugo Award-nominated Books of the Raksura series, from New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries). Moon has spent his life hiding what he is: a...

This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England. Acclaimed as one of the best historical novels ever written, this engaging saga of Viking adventure in 10th century northern Europe has a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934824269Author Mathias EnardFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Open LetterPublisher Open LetterWeight(grams) 649g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295688Author Paul DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 139mm *...

The classic Cold War thriller, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their...

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)...

In ALONE IN THE DARK, Karen Rose - the Sunday Times bestselling author of CLOSER THAN YOU THINK - returns with a breath-taking new novel in the Cincinnati series - would you cross the line between danger and desire, justice and revenge? A desperate hunt...

THE FIRST TOM REYNOLDS MYSTERY FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT LIEIt's true what they say . . . revenge is sweet.1975A baby, minutes old, is forcibly taken from its devastated mother.2010The body of an elderly woman is found in...

'A gripping thriller from the man on the inside. You need to read this.' Andy McNab'Tom Fletcher was the ultimate Downing Street operator' David CameronA global conspiracy. A man on the run. What happens when diplomacy fails?An unputdownable thriller,...

'I was gripped immediately' KATERINA DIAMOND, author of THE TEACHER 'Terrific characterisation, great writing and twists to leave you dizzy.' TERESA DRISCOLL, author of I AM WATCHING YOU ...

A bold and timely novel from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older - and what happens when they decide to take back control...Have you ever felt invisible? Bernie Moon has given her life to...

Old sins cast long shadows...Thirty years on from a horrific series of child murders in London, Josephine Tey sets out to write a novel about the crimes' perpetrators: Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious Finchley baby farmers. Meanwhile, her...

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

Spring, 1937. Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs is making her way home, only to find herself in a dangerous place. She was seeking peace in the hills of Darjeeling, but her sojourn is cut...

'No other thriller writer can make you break into a sweat and break your heart at the same time' THE TIMESLeyli Maal is a beautiful Malian woman, mother of three, living in a tiny apartment on the outskirts of Marseille. Her quiet life as a...

The second blistering Elvis Cole novel from the bestselling author of RACING THE LIGHT'Brilliant... read this, then read all his others' MirrorBradley Warren had lost something very valuable, something that belonged to someone else: a rare...

The first mystery in the bestselling Kate Shackleton crime series! A Golden Age murder mystery set in 1920s Yorkshire, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T E Kinsey and Verity Bright.Take one quiet Yorkshire Village, add a measure of mystery, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916051812Author David LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint David B. LyonsPublisher David B. Lyons

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that...

To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television. Anne Day is the new...

One play, two murders and a grievous miscarriage of justice After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when the mysterious Simon Chaloner follows Nicholas Bracewell home with an...

'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction. This is his best book to date' Peter James'Taut, terrifying and timely' Val McDermid'William Shaw is a superb storyteller' Peter MaySHE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR DS Alexandra Cupidi has done...

'One of the most entertaining thrillers of the year... THE PROMISE is filled with suspense, surprises and ably-drawn characters. ... putting him in the company of such greats as James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton, Stephen King and Elmore Leonard. THE PROMISE...

*****Part of the bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times**********The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501142062Author Stephen KingFormat HardbackPage Count 1344Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 2517gDimensions(mm)...

'Excellent' Stewart Binns, author of the Making of England seriesThe fight for England began long before 1066...AD 1045. Godwin of Wessex, one of the most powerful earls in the country, prepares for the marriage of his daughter to King Edward of England...

'MacDonald . . . writes gripping suspense with strong, resilient female lead characters' Booklist'Carefully plotted [with] a nest of sinister secrets' Publishers Weekly'I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING . . . I DID SOMETHING BAD.'Fifteen years ago, Blair's...

A powerful story of grief and hope, a passionate and epic love story from the Russian-born author of the internationally bestselling novels TULLY and ROAD TO PARADISE. The world at war ... two people in love. Tatiana is eighteen...

New Year's Eve, 1940, is unusual for the Paradine family. Departing from tradition, James Paradine makes a speech that changes the course of many lives. Valuable documents have disappeared. A member of the family has taken them. The culprit has until...

Deadly secrets dwell behind closed doors...In the summer of 1380 a French captain is murdered in Hawkmere Manor - a lonely, gloomy dwelling place, otherwise known as the 'Devil's Domain'.The house is used by Regent John of Gaunt to house French...

As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller. It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913065324Author Dawn BrookesFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Oakwood PublicationsPublisher Oakwood PublicationsWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

A shocking crime A mansion filled with suspects Ruth Van Rydock can't shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house. Her old school friend Jane Marple decides it's time to...

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!THE EAGLE IN THE SAND is the action-packed seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell. 'Scarrow's [novels] rank with the...

A woman's death sees rumours flood the island community - as Inspector Jimmy Perez's life is about to change forever. Wild Fire is the eighth and final Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.A new...

'Quite simply a masterpiece' John Banville'I've just found a stranger in my house. In a bed on the second floor. He was dying when I got there. You're going to have to deal with it'Hector Loursat has been a drunken recluse since his wife left him...