Crime & Thrillers

A life has been taken. But whose life is it?On a stifling hot day, former journalist Dee Doran finds the crumpled body of her friend at the roadside. Katie and her little boy, Jake, have been a light in Dee's otherwise desolate life - now a woman is dead...

If you can't beat them - kill themFirst there was Maestra. Then there was Domina. Now - there is Ultima.Glamorous international art-dealer Elisabeth Teerlinc knows a thing or two about fakes. After all, she is one herself.Her real identity, Judith...

Winter Parva, a traditional Cotswolds village next door to Carsely, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend and rival in the sleuthing business,...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAYAgatha and her assistant, Toni, are driving to their friend Bill Wong's wedding, thinking of nothing more than what the...

A chilling thriller and a classic from the internationally bestselling Sidney Sheldon, author of The Other Side of Midnight and If Tomorrow Comes. In New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents. ...

Number one New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink's fast-paced and exciting thriller Final Spin is a story of love, brotherhood, suffering, happiness and sacrifice - a story about life.Johnny . . .Shouldn't be in a dead-end job.Shouldn't be in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993568701Author J. D. MortainFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Manvers PublishingPublisher Manvers PublishingWeight(grams) 426g

THE ONLY BOOK YOU NEED TO READ THIS YEAR: THE NEXT GIRL...You thought he'd come to save you. You were wrong.'Absolutely the best thriller I've read this year!' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars'Just wow!... FANTASTIC... I just had to keep reading' Bonnie's...

BOOK ONE IN THE MILLION-SELLING LEWIS TRILOGY.A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. A RICHARD & JUDY PICK. WINNER OF THE USA'S BARRY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR.PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES'One of the best regarded crime series...

'More action and hair-raising stunts than you'll find in four Bond movies' EVENING TELEGRAPH'Thrilling, action-packed adventure' GUARDIANDISCOVER THIS WILDLY-ENTERTAINING, GLOBE-TROTTING ADVENTURE FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MATTHEW REILLY* * * * *What...

Some secrets won't stay buried... THE LOST ____________ Private Investigator Harry Lind doesn't believe in ghosts. Little Grace Harper went missing over twenty years ago and missing girls can't just reappear. Or can they? Reporter Jess Vaughan is...

*** PRE-ORDER THE BONE HACKER, COMING IN PAPERBACK IN SPRING 2024! *** 'This page-turning series never lets the reader down' HARLAN COBENIN A PROFESSION LIKE THIS, YOU'RE BOUND TO MAKE ENEMIES . . . It all starts when Dr Temperance Brennan finds a box...

Leaving isn't safe... But staying would be deadly.'An addictive read. . . Patricia Highsmith meets Shirley Jackson' - GILLIAN MCALLISTER'A deliciously creepy tale of three sisters forced to take refuge in an abandoned mansion. Seddon deftly weaves...

One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one? *THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING NOVEL* A terrifying psychological thriller perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. A year after one of their identical twin...

1326. As the threat of war hangs over England, Sir Baldwin and Bailiff Puttock must work desperately to prevent murder, in Michael Jecks' latest thrilling mystery in this hugely popular series. In France, King Edward II's estranged wife Queen Isabella...

Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie...

'A web of spying, subterfuge, deceit and betrayal... Acute, witty...winningly cunning' Sunday TimesThe year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth -...

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'No one can plot or tell a story like McDermid' Express PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a...

'Recommended. I read it one breathless sitting' Ian Rankin A gripping new standalone spy thriller, recalling the classic film Casablanca, from the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year and 'the...

You can run.You can hide.But can you ever escape your past?'Lisa Gardner always delivers heart-stopping suspense' HARLAN COBEN'Stories that grip from the first page' KARIN SLAUGHTER'The absolute master of the psychological suspense novel' SHARON BOLTON'....

Ford County. The heart of the American deep South. A place of harsh beauty, of broken dreams and final wishes.From legendary legal thriller author John Grisham comes a unique collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County.From a...

Gamble is the latest Dick Francis novel and the first solo novel by Felix Francis.Nick Foxton once won the Grand National, but a terrible accident cut his racing career short. Years later, he is returning to Aintree - as a spectator - when he once more...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW O'HAGANIn the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life...

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021'Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping' - Scotsman'An utterly riveting read' - Guardian, Thriller of the Month6 December 1993. A drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on her mother's...

The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked...

The game's afoot once more as Holmes and Watson face off against Moriarty's gang, the Pinkertons, flesh-eating horses, a parliament of imps, boredom, Surrey, a disappointing butler demon, a succubus, a wicked lord, an overly-Canadian lord, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913942410Author CJ CarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Bloodhound BooksPublisher Bloodhound Books

Classic crime novel by acclaimed author Jim Thompson - 'the best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMESThe story of a bank robbery and its aftermath, of cross and double-cross, told with the unflinching eye of America's greatest crime writer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873982600Author Robert IrwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dedalus LtdPublisher Dedalus Ltd

If you love the Strikeback series, pre-order the thrilling new book, Red Strike, now. Coming February 2019.John Porter, hero of the original Strikeback novel and TV series returns in an exciting adventure, when old enemies attack the SAS. 1999. A...

Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the YearA Book of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish Times___________________________** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **'As good as suspense fiction...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe gripping Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.For the President of the United States, the crisis point is approaching fast. With his new...

I survived the accident. Now the real nightmare begins... The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. How long can...

Fabio Montale is the perfect protagonist in this city of melancholy beauty. A disenchanted cop with an inimitable talent for living who turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and, in the name of friendship, takes the fight...

County Lines - the new breed of exploitation plaguing the streets of a town near you. If you've heard any news report on the upsurge in knife crime recently, you'll have heard the words 'county lines'. From the street slang that was once known as 'going...

DI Hillary Greene is called out to attend a suspicious death at Three Oaks Farm in the picturesque village of Steeple Barton. The large farmhouse is filled with music and revellers, but when she steps into the farm's cowshed, Hillary finds the bride -...

Sunday Times bestselling author's brand new thriller about one woman's quest to reclaim her life What turns someone into a monster? Are they born that way, or is it a choice? I suppose it can be either or bothMorgan Albright dreams of owning her own...

The elite neighborhoods of Sydney are becoming a serial killer's hunting ground. But for a city-and a detective-on the edge, not everything is as it seems in a twisting novel of suspense. During a stifling summer in Sydney, the body of a chaplain's...

'There's another body on a slab, Dallas. Dirty cop or not, he's dead, and she's responsible. She has to be shut downbefore she decides to clean house again.'Lieutenant Eve Dallas is about to come up against her most formidable criminal yet: Lieutenant...

Three men are present when Amanda Boudreau is raped and murdered and small-time hustler Tee Bobby Hulin's prints are found at the crime scene. Dave Robicheaux reckons he's innocent, and Tee Bobby pleads so, then attempts suicide in his holding cell. ...