Crime & Thrillers

Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything...

The brand new book in the bestselling Liverpool-set gangland crime series is OUT NOW 'If you like Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers you will LOVE [Caz Finlay]' Reader Review Together they stand When Grace Carter's...

‘Clever, contemporary, and a masterclass in slow-burn tension. LOVED it’ Caz Frear  'So clever and absorbing. I couldn't stop turning the pages’ Laura MarshallThe perfect assistant is not all she seems in this gripping suspense thriller from the author...

Skeleton Coast is Clive Cussler's fourth Oregon Files adventure, featuring captain Juan Cabrillo.1896: HMS Rove vanishes in a shocking storm off the African coast. Aboard is a fortune in stolen diamonds...Present day: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the...

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser'[My] generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly...

DARK TIDE RISING is the 24th compelling mystery in the William Monk series, from the master of Victorian crime, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. 'Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries are marvels of plot construction...truly remarkable' New York...

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...

'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________The first book in Karin Slaughter's #1...

'Chris Brookmyre is a genius, every new book of his is a cause for celebration' --- RICHARD OSMAN'Keeps you guessing until the very end - after an avalanche of revelations and twists' --- THE TIMES, BOOK OF THE MONTHOne hen weekend, seven secrets... but...

___________________________________ A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.Dr Temperance...

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. Castrevenford school is preparing for Speech Day and English professor and...

The first book of the smash-hit Wayward Pines trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter, Recursion, and Upgrade.Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission: locate two federal agents who went...

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLER 'If you like your conspiracies twisty, your action bone-jarring, and your heroes impossibly dashing, then look no farther' Mark Dawson When twelve-year-old Valentina fails to return...

Nobody can get into the mind of an erratic killer-except an unpredictable detective. When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no...

Then I felt his warm hand grow cold, it was as if he had been reminded of death. He wasn't looking at me any more, but obliquely, across the restaurant. I turned round.' Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters, seemingly from a former...

You never know who's watching... 'Spine-chilling ... makes you realise how little you ever know anyone!' The Sun 'A brilliantly creepy and insightfully written debut. I tore through it'...

'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel' Martina Cole'Captivating from first page to last' Jeffery DeaverA serial killer is hunting for women on Manchester's Westy Lane.Every time there is a murder, a tiny blue flower is found on...

'A wonderful and moving story, beautifully told . . . an episode of history brought vividly to life' Clare Chambers, author of Small PleasuresJamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her...

Eve Dallas must stray into the bowels of New York City when she is called to a street sleeper's homicide. All expectations go out the window when she discovers a laser-perfect hole where his heart used to be - the work of a highly skilled surgeon...

TWO MEN... ONE MISSION... TO KILL THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART Based on true events, this gripping historical thriller is the culmination of Howard Linskey's fifteen-year fascination with the attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the architect of...

When Laura Fletcher approaches her home in Oxfordshire to find hordes of photographers crowding the gates, she knows there is something terribly wrong. She is faced with the shocking news that her husband is dead - brutally murdered - and according to...

Between 1963 and 1965 the Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - kidnapped and murdered five children before they were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The case shook the nation and has held us both horrified and fascinated for fifty years...

As Lieutenant Eve Dallas stood over what had once been a woman, she wondered when she would see worse than this.Jack the Ripper, the Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy. The worst murderers in history and a new madman's inspiration. In the lost hours of the...

From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie's brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together through espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill us. ...

'Tense, twisty, emotional and gripping. Will definitely be reading more from Matilda Darke and this gets a huge 5 stars from me!' Angela Marsons 'Matilda Darke is an excellent character' BA Paris ...

Hatton Garden... straight from the horse's mouth, as told to the factual producer on ITV's new HATTON GARDEN drama series.For this team of old-school career criminals, The Hatton Garden Heist was supposed to be one last job, the fortune that would sort...

A tale of taut suspense from 'the best writer in crime fiction today' [USA Today]Harry Arno runs a South Miami Beach gambling operation. To protect his position, he was forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Capotorto (Jumbo Jimmy Cap), an...

THE BRAND NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING #1 BESTSELLING AUTHORTOM THORNE IS BACK . . . AND SO IS HIS WORST NIGHTMAREA gripping, grisly read. Mark Billingham is a terrific crime writer' ----- ANTHONY HOROWITZTom Thorne has it all.In...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling series featuring much-loved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs.They have never seen a murder like it - but something about this killer is all too...

Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today.1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated by two hired...

Transport yourself to mid-century New York in this compelling and evocative story of secrets, jealousy and hidden love'Book of the Month' WOMAN & HOME'Dazzling debut' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'So vividly evoked' CLARE CHAMBERS'I was gripped from the first page'...

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane... From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639102723Author Eva GatesFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'You will be hard pushed to find a better storyteller. A brilliant read' 5***** Reader Review'Fast and furious . . . Thrills and spills from start to finish'...

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize On a dark night, out on the Houston bayou to celebrate his wife's birthday, Jay Porter hears a scream. Saving a distressed woman...

Cowardice is a very dirty word. When Malachy Kitchen, an intelligence officer in Iraq, is accused of running away in the face of enemy fire, his career is left in tatters.Kicked out of the amry, Malachy sinks into despair. He becomes an isolated recluse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643859101Author Eva GatesFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

When a claimant to the title of Lord Darlymple comes to an unexpected sticky end, the cry goes up: 'Was it murder?'The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple is recruited by her cousin Edgar - the current Lord Dalrymple - to help him find the next heir to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295831Author David WishartFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *...

A Life to Kill is the seventh thrilling installment in Matthew Hall's twice CWA Gold Dagger nominated Coroner Jenny Cooper series.If they're hiding something, we've got a right to know. We've got a right to know what Kenny died for . . .The day they've...