Crime & Thrillers

Gangsters, hitmen, murderers and terrorists . . . Kate Kray has met them all. Using her unrivalled links to the criminal underworld, she has asked the questions many would be too terrified to utter.From seasoned hard man Roger Shaw to feared detainee...

MI5 officer Liz Carlyle is posted to Northern Ireland. From the moment she lands in Belfast, danger follows. She soon discovers that the peace process in the province is precarious. Then a source reports strange goings-on at a house on the Irish Sea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912714339Author Arthur C DoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern PublishingWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 178mm...

'Extraordinary... one of her finest novels' Guardian"If everybody in the world didn't keep watching to see what everybody else did, we'd all go berserk."Jenny believes that sighting an owl is a portent of death. When she spots a stranger looking in...

The stunning new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin, in which the worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.P. Lovecraft collide.About the AuthorJames Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He has...

'Richard Osman, here's a bullet with your name on it' TimesA government minister has vanished into thin air.The local police in the isolated island of Crete have no leads, save for a mobile phone discarded on a cliff edge.Assistant Commissioner Louise...

His exploits echo with the bustle of crowded ports and the crash of naval warfare...It is 1780 and seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash young libertine with a head full of dreams. When he is found in bed with the wrong woman, he is forced to leave...

ABSOLUTION BY MURDER is the brilliant and evocative first novel in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma series, bringing 7th-century Ireland vividly to life.PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTION BY MURDER: 'In the simultaneously sharp-tongued and full womanly figure of...

Lucas Davenport investigates an anonymous threat to the children of US politicians in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from the internationally bestselling author John Sandford. The daughter of a US Senator is monitoring her social media presence when...

A letter from beyond the grave One last request An unsolvable crime When Miss Marple receives a letter from the recently deceased millionaire Jason Rafiel, she's not sure what to make of it. Knowing her...

Somebody in Laos is wooing and wedding country girls - and then killing them on honeymoon and binding their bodies to trees. The horror of what this monster does to his victims appals Dr Siri and his morgue team and they vow revenge. But they're...

Step inside The Magic Cottage, another chilling classic from the Master of Horror James Herbert.A cottage was found in the heart of the forest. It was charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful - a magical haven for creativity and love. But the...

PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024Now a major Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons_________________________MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE RECOVERY OF ROSE GOLD'Deliciously dark and so very clever' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Slick, smart and terrifying' 5***** READER REVIEW'Expertly paced, hugely unsettling and perfectly dark' ASHLEY...

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'A remarkable achievement' Independent'One of the leading names in crime fiction.' Stylist Magazine___The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and - as if by slick, sick magic - had been replaced...

'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.' The Times 'This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.' Guardian The Chinese Communist Party is determined to reshape the world in its image. Its decades-long infiltration of the...

'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North' LEE CHILD__________________________North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war.A young American woman disappears...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780298177Author Rosemary RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *...

One suspicious death. Two amateur sleuths. And an utterly impossible crime... The NUMBER ONE ebook bestseller! 'Amuses and intrigues in equal measure... a splendid start to what promises to be a long-running series' Daily Mail ...

On a Sunday night in 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death. Two days earlier, a Church-sponsored report had implicated Guatemala's government in the disappearances of 200,000 civilians. The Church,...

The fifth novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series - authentic and terrifying crime fiction with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. ...

Number One New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich returns with the launch of a blockbuster new series that blends wild adventure, hugely appealing characters, and pitch-perfect humour, proving once again why she's 'the most popular mystery...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018Antoine is twelve years old. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother in Beauval, a small, backwater town surrounded by forests, where everyone knows everyone's business, and nothing much ever...

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A captivating and taut thriller that will leave you holding your breath, from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben.'The next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book, I will pick it up. Brilliant!' - RICHARD...

The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling, groundbreaking series following Kay Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta is back, and this time she's right in the path of danger... World-renowned forensic pathologist Kay...

The unputdownable new psychological thriller from S K Tremayne, the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Twins A hotel brimming with wealthy guests Surrounded by the Blackwater estuary, The...

SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER...UNTIL HIS WIFE IS MURDERED.Seeking justice, he leaves his old life behind to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of the most unusual...

'At once a suspenseful manhunt story and a knowing portrait of the perils of ordinary life in Hitler's Germany, The Seventh Cross is not only an important novel, but an important historical document. This new, unabridged translation is a genuine...

Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry...The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole...

1947. Elinor White, known locally as 'the White lady', is living a solitary, quiet life in a grace-and-favour cottage in the Kent countryside. Unbeknownst to her neighbours, she is the veteran of two world wars, a trained killer and former intelligence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440216414Author Nancy PickardFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dell Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

The syndicate have taken everything from her. It's time to take them down-or die trying. DCI Kate Young never meant to shoot Superintendent John Dickson at the reservoir that night-even if, as a scheming corrupt cop and head of the shady syndicate, he...

From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin.'David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller' Khaled Hosseini'[An] acerbically captivating first novel' New York TimesAlso adapted as a feature...

'Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant'CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man'Chilling . . . compulsive and deeply thought-provoking'Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home**********"There's something I have to explain, my love," he says, taking your hand in...

The Lake District's cold case specialist, DCI Hannah Scarlett, is determined to uncover the truth behind Bethany Friend's apparent suicide in the Serpent Pool. Why would Bethany, so afraid of water, drown herself? Hannah fears that her partner,...

'The last line will make you literally shout with shock' Good Housekeeping'Terrifically twisty ... hooks from the first page' Sunday TimesOn a bright morning in the London suburbs, a family moves into the house they've just bought on Trinity Avenue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593100448Author Elizabeth LoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

When a university student is murdered in Dunedin's university district, newly transferred young female police officer Sam Shephard is drawn into the investigation ... The heart-stoppingly tense next instalment in the page-turning, international...