Crime & Thrillers

'Nick Harkaway novels are electric' Patrick Ness, author of A MONSTER CALLS'Cross-genre brilliance' William Gibson, author of AGENCY'Captivating from start to finish' The Big IssueCal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very...

'Unputdownable' Sunday Times'I was hooked from page one' GuardianWhen Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted...

The morning of Agatha's marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. James breaks off...

'I should be very much happier if she were dead.' Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Lywll. His aunt thinks Lywll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside - and thinks the company even worse. In face,...

'No one can plot or tell a story like she can' Daily Express__________The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is a master of the dark and sinister story, and these powers are demonstrated in full force in Christmas is Murder, a festive collection of chilling...

London, December 2019. Two young boys, Habib and Loz, are trying their luck at selling knock-off pain remedies to pensioners. But they are troubled by an encounter with a potential elderly customer and a young man with a blood-smeared face. Mumtaz...

'You'll love every single heart-breaking word' *****'Hands down one of the best books I've read in years' *****Finn and Kaz are about to meet for the first time.Ten-year-old Finn, a quirky, sensitive boy who talks a lot and only eats at cafes with a...

AS FEATURED ON THE ZOE BALL RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 'Wonderful' Lee Child 'Outstanding' Nadine Matheson 'Riveting' Harriet Tyce 'Brilliant' Janice Hallett 'We know you know. Talk and you're next.' Bishop...

The battle for Empire rages across EgyptThe thrilling second novel in the William John Hazzard series, following Napoleon's Run.Malta, June 1798. Captured by the French after hurling himself into enemy ranks, Hazzard is now a prisoner of his...

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A renowned supermodel's world is torn apart in an instant, sending her on an unexpected journey of discovery in Beautiful, from the billion-copy bestselling storyteller, Danielle Steel.Veronique Vincent is a star. At twenty-two, she is one of the most...

In the thirteenth historical adventure by Susanna Gregory, Chaloner faces a barrage of problems in the latest case for the 17th-century spy-----------------------------------By January 1666, the plague has almost disappeared from London, leaving its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478250913Author Andrew GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost... 'A compelling and...

The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series were the original Scandinavian crime novels and have inspired...

ONE MURDER. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWELVE MOTIVES FOR MURDER . . .Sit back and become a real armchair detective.A murder mystery told entirely through interviews.Private Investigator Elizabeth Chalice needs YOU to help her solve this case.It's a beautiful...

MURDERS THAT DEFY DETECTION.Discover the stories behind some of the most infamous unsolved murders of the last century, including the Black Dahlia, the Zodiac Killer and the JonBenet Ramsey case.Detailing essential evidence.Profiling key suspects...

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The winter of 1353 has been...

Summer has come to the Lake District town of Windermere, where Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown runs her own florist shop. But there's no time for her to stop and smell the roses with the shop struggling for money, so a contract to provide floral displays for a...

A prehistoric corpse entombed within an Arctic glacier, crying tears of blood.A jungle island overrun by rabid primates - escapees from a research laboratory's Hot Zone.A massive seaplane hidden beneath a mountain, packed with a Nazi cargo of...

The second book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series were the original Scandinavian crime novels and have...

A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to...

It's DCI Warren Jones' coldest case yet... The body of Reginald Williamson had been well concealed under a bush in Middlesbury Common and the murder efficiently carried out - a single stab wound to the chest. Reggie's...

Published for the 40th anniversary of the arrest of Peter Sutcliffe, aka The Yorkshire Ripper.The Yorkshire Rippers' reign of terror is well known, but many remain unaware of the full truth behind the brutal attacks that shocked the nation many years ago...

A tart with a heart of stone...Maggie Baird is neither kind or generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been houseguests at her...

*** FROM THE #1 EBOOK BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALL ME MUMMY *** 'Gripped my throat and didn't let go until the final sentence' - CAROLINE ENGLAND 'A slow-burn thriller, both horrifying and touching. Compelling' - CATHERINE COOPER 'A heart-stopping...

THE PAGE-TURNING NEW INSTALLMENT OF THE WORKING GIRLS SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF URBAN CRIME. THE STRONGER SEX. Ruby has always been strong. Growing up with a feeble mother and an absent father, she is forced to fight the battles of her younger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593199510Author Miranda JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448308958Author Paul DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 305g

Killing for Keeps is Maria Hannah's fifth gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels. It's in the blood . . .Two brothers from the same criminal family die within hours of each other, five miles apart, one on the edge of a Newcastle industrial...

Payback is a killer . . . 'This book was brilliant! . . . Rita is so complex and intriguing. I binged it!' 5* reader review'Powerful . . . a first class thriller.' 5* reader review'I could not put this down.' 5* reader review Rita Marsh is a good person...

The dead are rising. The world hangs in the balance... A man holds a gun to Professor Alex Harker in a Cambridge University lecture room. He wants to know about the mysterious Codex Gigas. But before Harker can learn more the man shoots himself,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913065720Author Dawn BrookesFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Oakwood PublicationsPublisher Oakwood PublicationsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

'Wicked and irresistible . . . Leonard is a genius' New York Times Palm Beach playboy Chip Ganz needs money - fast. He has spiralling debts, and his mother's gravy-train has just derailed. So he has a plan: he's going to find somebody rich, and take...

'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANEThe must-read gangland crime novel from bestseller Roberta KraySHE'S BEEN BETRAYED . . .Judith Jonson has been a widow for five years, after the untimely death of her husband Dan. Then one day she sees a picture in the...

‘Riveting . . . a triumph . . . intertwining personal narratives with wider themes of remembrance, loss, courage and blame’ Gary Murphy, Irish ExaminerNovember 1983. Early morning in suburban south Dublin. Businessman Don Tidey is snatched from his car...

He had three perfect wivesUntil one of them killed him. 'Oh, my, can this author write women!' NEW YORK TIMES'Atmospheric and addictive' THE SUN'I could not put it down... I loved it!' MARIAN KEYES*****Blake's dead. His wife killed him.The question is.....

'Deliciously chilly' - Guardian'Humming with suppressed hysteria and madness' - The Times'Wonderfully evocative' - HeatHare House is not its real name, of course. I have, if you will forgive me, kept names to a minimum here, for reasons that will become...

'My friend Ellingham has persuaded me to reveal to the public the astounding features of the Reisby case. As a study in criminal aberration it is, he tells me, of particular interest, while in singularity of horror and in perversity of ingenious method...

A gripping true crime story and an insight into the motivations of a truly evil man, Babes in the Wood by Graham Bartlett with Peter James is a fascinating account of what became a thirty-two year fight for justice.On 9 October 1986, nine-year-olds...