Crime & Thrillers

When a courier for Sweden's Press and Military Office is killed on his final mission, the Norwegian government-in-exile appoints a writer to find the missing documents ... breathtaking WW2 thriller. **International NUMBER ONE bestseller** 'A stylish...

Early one September three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return. When the body of the third friend is...

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A criminal walking free. A life hanging in the balance. The ultimate choice.Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife since their divorce. So he's shocked to learn that not only has Rebecca been placed on life support following an assault, but he's also still...

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. Work on the widening of the...

WINNER OF THE McILVANNEY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2023Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high.When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451418180Author C. S. HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm * 24mm

From the author of Sherlock Holmes & The Christmas Demon another beautifully presented seasonal mystery. 1889. The First Terror. At a boys' prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a...

A modern-day writer and a Harlem Renaissance artist are connected by a painting with a deadly secret in this gripping dual-timeline gothic thriller. Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But it’s hard to ignore the signs when she finds...

THE NAIL-BITING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Is this the best crime writer in the world today?' The Times'A world-class crime writer . . . One of the most astonishing plots of modern crime fiction' Sunday Times'It is...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race, by astronaut and New York Times bestselling author Chris Hadfield'An exciting journey to an alternate past' Andy Weir, author of The...

Five friends meet. Only four come home. On Christmas morning, DS Robin Butler has no plans to celebrate. He'll be glad to get back to work - a wish that comes true sooner than he anticipates. A dog walker at a local beach has discovered five unresponsive...

'A story as fresh as today's newspaper headlines - and all the more potent for being so' Mail on Sunday Answering a routine call on the outskirts of the city, Detective Inspector Harry Virdee finds something he never thought he'd have to face - the cold...

**THE CHILLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR - PRE-ORDER NOW**A small Alaskan town.A missing boy.A brutal murder.A detective brought in from out of state to assist the former sherriff who investigated a similar murder twenty-five...

'One of Dibdin's finest . . . Wonderful.' EVENING STANDARD'Energetically and meticulously written.' GUARDIANAN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERYAurelio Zen's final case brings him to remote town of Calabria, at the toe of Italy's boot, on what is supposed to be a...

Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.Late one afternoon in the winter of 2003 art critic Richard Dorment answered a telephone call from a stranger. The caller was...

A page-turning cosy mystery set in Durham, for fans of Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands. 'A 2020 Miss Marple' Woman's Way**********When librarian and budding private investigator Kitt Hartley visits her ex-assistant Grace Edwards in Durham, she soon...

When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren't adding up ... The second instalment in an addictive,...

The New York Times bestselling book behind the HBO Series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out).A blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Matt...

Simply mad about the girl...In spring a young man's fancy will turn to love and the Honourable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy's chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor...

Written By Sophie Hannah, BA Paris, Clare Mackintosh, and Holly Brown, this psychological thriller is perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Louise CandlishHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTER?Carolyn, Bronnie, Elise, and Kendall are bound...

When admiration becomes obsession, will it turn to murder? I'M WATCHING YOU is a brilliant thriller from bestselling Karen Rose, and part of her Chicago series.Kristen Mayhew, the Chicago Public Defender's office star prosecutor, is no stranger to...

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck.Don't miss Adele's gripping new novel, the Sunday Times bestseller One Last Secret, out now!'TIGHTLY PLOTTED, BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED AND TOTALLY GRIPPING' LISA JEWELL'GRIPPING, TWISTY AND...

A beautiful 60th anniversary special edition of the first George Smiley novel, now with a new introduction by John le CarreAfter a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus...

Daisy's in danger of heading off the rails!Daisy's embarking on a journey to Edinburgh and her biggest worry is that she has forgotten her book, so how will she pass the time? Her concern proves to be pointless, however, as once the journey begins Daisy...

'Breathtaking twists and turns' Anthony Horowitz'An unmissable, breakneck ride' James Swallow'Exhilarating, high stakes action' Lesley Kara______________________________Private Beijing is ripped apart after an attack leaves three agents dead and the head...

AN ABANDONED CHILD A young girl has been found in a deserted cemetery. She speaks a foreign language, and she cries for her mother. But nobody claims her. Nobody knows who she is. A MURDERED BEGGAR On the streets of Cork, homeless men and women...

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea about an alien's hunt for food that transforms into an existential crisis about what it means to be human.After crashing their spacecraft...

A fantastic Joe Pike and Elvis Cole novel from the bestselling author of L A REQUIEM'I can't wait for the next Robert Crais!' Bill Clinton'Robert Crais - and Joe Pike - will have you by the throat' INDEPENDENT'A modern master of crime fiction' Gregg...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908479921Author Tom ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo Books

Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series.Niccolo Polo, father of Marco, will finally reveal the story he has kept secret all his life - the story of Altair, one of the brotherhood's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524744052Author Eric Jerome DickeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl ChinnThe Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family have become cult anti-heroes...

In Glamorama, Bret Easton Ellis delivers a shadowy, looking-glass world. It is a world where fame and fashion, terror and mayhem meet - and begin to resemble the familiar surface of our own lives . . .The centre of the world: 1990s Manhattan. Victor...

He lies about everything. Except for murder.'High-wire suspense that keeps you riveted' LISA GARDNERThe first thrilling book in the brand new San Diego Case Files series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose.Colton Driscoll is a compulsive liar. But...

Secret Star He was standing face-to-face with a dead woman... and she was holding a un. Lieutenant Seth Buchanan's homicide investigation was thrown into turmoil when Grace Fontaine turned up very much alive-and in...

'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' The TimesFor years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he...

Ripper Murders From Old Photographs is not a standard retelling of the story of the Whitechapel Murders but the tale of historically important photographs connected to the case, discovered by the author in 2007. Half of the book deals with The Whitby...

'I am not a gangster,' I spat. 'I'm a businessman trying to make a hard-earned crust. Understood?'I didn't give him time to reply. I took the barrel out of his mouth and smashed him in the face with the butt. His lip split, but he wasn't a dead man. He...