Crime & Thrillers

In the wilderness, it's kill or be killed... MISSINGWhen Gemma Kline is reported missing after setting off on a solo hike in the remote Pennines, her sister, Sarah, is dumbfounded. How can someone disappear without a...

We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive. But what would be the...

'Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best' HARLAN COBENTHE VICTIMSIn Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of...

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves'What else did they have to do with their days? They ambled around casually. From time to time, they paused, not because they were out of breath but to admire a tree, a house, the play of...

'A gritty, politically charged mystery.' LA TimesJuniper Song - private detective - has a talent for surveillance, and for knowing when a client isn't telling her the whole story.Rubina Gasparian, Song's latest client, is worried about her cousin, who...

'A SUSPENSE MASTER' STEPHEN KINGEvery crime has consequences.Every town has secrets.__________A young girl is killed by a drunk driver. Shaken by the tragedy, the local community wants justice.It doesn't matter that the accused is only a kid himself...

Drugs, smuggling, big money and political intrigue in Iceland rally with love, passion, murder and betrayal until the winner takes all ... in the masterful, explosive conclusion to the award-winning Reykjavik Noir trilogy... ***Guardian Book of the...

*** WINNER OF THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD AT THE EDGARS 2018 *** 'Striking...visceral, violent and utterly compelling, it nevertheless shines with humanity' Daily Mail'Burns bright and fast' Peter Swanson, author of Sunday Times bestseller Her Every FearA...

The creepiest debut thriller you will read this year! One little girl.Mirabelle's mother loves her. She's her 'little doll'. Mother dresses her, paints her face, and plaits her hair. But as Mirabelle grows, the dresses no longer fit quite as...

What strange passions seethe beneath the prosperous surface of Flaxborough town? Affable but diligent Detective Inspector Purbright is tasked with uncovering the darker underbelly of greed, corruption and crime. A classic British series of police...

The brand new gripping, gritty crime thriller from Kerry Barnes that will have you hooked. 'This gripping page-turner will leave you gasping in horror, yet entirely mesmerised' Woman's Weekly ...

Lock your windows. Lock your door. And don't look outside...At the local university a series of incidents is raising alarm. Someone is breaking into students bedrooms through the windows.But things get even more serious when a corpse is discovered on the...

DEAVER. DANGEROUSLY GOOD. 9am, 31st December. A man gets onto the packed escalator of a metro station and fires a silenced machine gun through a paper bag. He escapes without being spotted in the chaos that follows. A note is delivered to the mayor of...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'True! Nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not...

All aboard. It's a countdown to murder... This Train races us through America's heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, Mugzy, the yippy dog, and Ross, the...

Eight contestants. One killer. Can you find the traitor?'Wow! What a page-turner. I'm a Celebrity meets Lord of the Flies.' Emma Curtis'The pace never slackens.' Faith Martin'Dark, disturbing and addictive.' L. C. NorthEverything is a clue.Bonnie arrives...

'A triumph . . . Babes in the Wood should be required reading for all budding detectives' – Malcolm Bacon, former DI and investigating officer on the caseUpdated with the latest twists in this notorious true-crime saga, Babes in the Wood by Graham...

'Brilliantly eerie' PETER JAMES'Engrossing and beautifully dark . . . a cracking good read' JO BRAND'A most original sleuth' THE TIMES Welcome to the River Wye: a place of poetry, historic obsession... and occult murder.The curious death of an estate...

* Don't miss 'THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter'As bone-chillingly bleak as its subject . . . this doesn't disappoint'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061672279Author Timothy HallinanFormat PaperbackImprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 244g

Murder is the most vile crime known to man. It can be triggered by love or money or sex. Those are the three big ticket items for homicide. But people are strange. They will kill for the most obscure and ridiculous of reasons. In 30 years covering...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there have been many circulations of the sap before we detect...

'An intelligent, utterly-of-the-moment thriller' EMMA STONEX'Compelling, atmospheric. It's BRILLIANT' MARIAN KEYES'Sumptuously written. One of the most compelling literary debuts of the year' GLAMOURONE WOMAN KNOWS THE TRUTH. CAN YOU TRUST HER TO TELL...

'Vivid, pungent and perilous' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'Evocative...brilliant plotting' REBECCA GRIFFITHSAn intricate and darkly atmospheric thriller set in Victorian London, perfect for readers of Elly Griffiths' The Stranger Diaries, Laura Purcell's The Silent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award 1996 and National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9780679772675Author Jonathan HarrFormat...

The heart-wrenchingly honest and fascinating new book from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Each chapter is like a finely-crafted detective story . . . Shepherd...

Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist, together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapadeSwapping the stifling heat and dust of Egypt for the cooler climes of London, adventuress Amelia Peabody finds...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD, 2020 'Just the right blend of suspense and tension.' Forbes, Editors' Pick 'Action, intrigue and a stonkingly modern heroine. It's a blast.' Sunday Times Crime Club Dr Jaq Silver...

The Murder Wall is Mari Hannah's first gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels.Eleven months after discovering a brutal double murder in a sleepy Northumbrian town, Detective Chief Inspector Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve...

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled 'one of the most abused girl in Rotherham', now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. ...

In John le Carre's electrifying novel Our Kind of Traitor, innocents abroad are drawn into the darkest recesses of the financial world.Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an...

Who really killed the princes in the tower? Was Richard III truly the ogre of legend and Shakespeare's play. - a wicked uncle who murdered his nephews to steal the crown of England? Inspector Alan Grant is not so sure. Laid up in hospital with a...

Speak now or forever rest in peace . . . 'A pacy debut that ensnares' ADELE PARKS - THE PERFECT FIANCE. When Victoria's best friend Gwen announces she is marrying the rich...

Returning from holiday Hamish becomes unaccountably worried - it's as if he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over Lochdubh. He soon learns that there is a newcomer to the village, a woman called Catriona Beldame, and that the villagers have decided...

Discover the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, one of the most popular crime series in Britain, with this beautiful special edition.START THE JOURNEY HERE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKEDDr Ruth Galloway is called in when a child's bones are discovered near the site of...

Over a long career in the courts Justice Horace Ireton has a garnered a reputation for merciless rulings and his dedication to meting out strict, impartial justice. Taking a break from his duty after a session of assizes, Ireton retreats to his seaside...

Till death do us part . . . Lucy has dreamt of her wedding day for as long as she can remember. And now the day is almost here. Her nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic Greek island and she just knows it's going to be perfect. It has to be...

A twisty dark academia thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, M.L. Rio and Donna Tartt. ...

An eerie new psychological thriller from the author of The House Guest ‘I adored it! I found it moody, propulsive, gripping and so terrifying you’ll need the lights on. GILLIAN McALLISTER ...

Four dead bodies. But who is guilty in this deadly web of secrecy and lies? When a homeless man is murdered, Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel is disturbed by the coldblooded nature of the crime. With the discovery of a second victim, the police hunt...