Crime & Thrillers

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, brings us this spine-tingling, compelling and captivating thriller that you won't be able to put down. Real edge-of-your-seat stuff!'The pace is breakneck, the plot twists...

Dark deeds in the Peak District refuse to stay buried... When a skeleton is unearthed at a building site in the village of Meresham, the police immediately link the case to a notorious missing persons investigation. Jayne Arnold was sixteen when she...

From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page... 'Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page...

THE NEW BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EXPLOSIVE BESTSELLER TO KILL THE PRESIDENT'Riveting' Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month'Propulsive' Guardian'Provocative' Mail on Sunday Someone is rewriting history . . . One death at a time...

She thought he was gone. She was wrong. Fifteen years ago, a serial killer was on a rampage murdering young women in Middlehampton. Then, suddenly, the killings stopped, and the murderer was never found... So when the body of another young woman is...

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller'One of the most riveting books I've read in a long time' - Louise Candlish, author of Our House'Marple meets Succession' - Sunday Times StyleFor fans of The White Lotus and Big...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837900688Author Helena DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451232496Author Sofie KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Obsidian MysteriesPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 163g

In this gripping and deeply evocative crime novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark, mesmerising world of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and his detective Philip Marlowe; one of the most iconic and enduringly popular detectives in crime fiction...

Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling third novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series . . . Ruth Lennox is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. But who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? 'Undeniably at the...

BRAVE HERO OR CRIMINAL MASTERMIND? TONIGHT WE FIND OUT.'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN'Great plots, great characters, great action' LEE CHILD'Heaven for readers who love ruthless, full-throttle...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR ‘The most successful novelist on Planet Earth’ Washington Post It should have been a piece of cake. All he had to do was pick up some pretty little runaway. But cynical bounty hunter Jack Dakota soon discovered there...

A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun is the autobiography of convicted felon Noel 'Razor' Smith. An extraordinarily vivid account of how a tearaway kid from South London became a career criminal, it is both a searing indictment of a system that determinedly...

'Gritty, violent and very dark, it is a real page turner. I loved the character of Billie Carlson' Patricia GibneyThis nail-biting Glasgow-set crime thriller introduces Billie Carlson, an ex-cop turned Private Investigator.WHEN YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING,...

'His most gripping thriller to date.' MirrorHurricane Katrina has transformed New Orleans into a violent wasteland. Criminals capitalise on the devastation as survivors wait for help that never comes.David Robicheaux - his city in ruins -- is tasked with...

1903. A darkness has descended on London. A series of grisly murders are uncovered, trophies taken, bodies arranged and soon there are whispers of Jack the Ripper's return. A new client arrives at Baker Street seeking Sherlock Holmes's help: Dr...

Mysterious socialite Dorian Gray is at the centre of Sherlock Holmes' latest investigation in this astonishing, uncanny mash-up of Victorian mystery and horror. 1903 Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson have tickets to the newly arrived Egyptian...

A secret hidden in the past. A family bound by a dark legacy... 'What a fascinating story. I enjoyed every moment of it. Intriguing and with a lovely time-slippery twist' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times bestselling...

*JO NESBO HAS SOLD OVER 50 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE*'An incendiary cocktail of murder, revenge and a hitman with multiple problems' IndependentThe contract killer.Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you 'fix' people for a living - terminally -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805081791Author Irina ShapiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

From the ITV News at Ten Anchor'Bradby has the talent of a reporter but the heart of a storyteller' Daily Mail___________________________Attempting to rebuild her shattered life in the South of France, former MI6 operative Kate Henderson receives an...

'Shiveringly good suspense!' Lisa GardnerTHE FIRST BOOK IN A GRIPPING SERIES FROM 30 MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR.In the first Pescoli/Alvarez thriller, nothing is more terrifying than being left to die . . . When Jillian Rivers opens her eyes, she's...

Disrupt and Deny is the untold story behind Britain's secret scheming against both enemies and friends from 1945 to the present day. British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since...

Discover the shadier side of York's history with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the city. Featuring all factions of the criminal underworld, this macabre selection of tales includes murders, poisonings, poaching, theft and...

The Shawshank Redemption meets No Country for Old Men in the breathtaking new novel from international bestseller Michael Robotham -- already receiving rave reviews, this is the most original, compelling thriller you'll read all year.Why would a man...

How far would you go for love: a white lie, a small deceit, full-scale fraud...?When Charlotte Briggs' husband Ed is sent down for fraud, she cannot find it in her heart to forgive him for what he has done. Ostracised from their social circle, she flees...

'Benjamin's latest captivating mystery will keep the reader hooked to the very last page while also bringing the city of Bologna to fascinating life. Bravo!' Camilla Trinchieri, author of Murder in Chianti 'Excellent! This time, English detective Daniel...

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...

** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **** AN AMAZON "BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH" FOR AUGUST 2023 (Biographies & Memoirs) ** As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of...

First published in 1962, The Crust On Its Uppers, Derek Raymond?s first novel (written when he was Robin Cook) is a gripping tale of class betrayal. With ruthless precision, and a great deal of humour, it brings vividly to life a London of spivs, crooked...

Save Me, is a gritty crime novel by the bestselling author Mandasue Heller.When Ellie Fisher misses her train home one night, she has no idea that being in the right place at the wrong time will change her life forever. That night she comes across...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641290234Author Fuminori NakamuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the third volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. DEATH IN A WHITE TIEThe season has begun. Debutantes and chaperones are...

'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI 'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' SONIA FALEIRO A literary thriller of...

For fans of Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Serial Killers series, this chilling new book explores the dark heart of Russia. For decades, it has been assumed that the United States of America was the serial killer capital of the world.Now,...

A classic tale of love and adventure from the author of the Captain Hornblower series. The film adaptation, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, became one of the most popular films ever made.The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787051607Author Thomas Kent MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Wealthy Bohemian artist Rowland Sinclair and his lively companions are sailing homewards to Australia on the RMS Aquitania. The ship embodies luxury and civilised respite from the tensions of the Depression-era; until the murders start... A passenger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312246983Author John Maddox RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger 2023'A rich, gut-punch of a crime thriller' Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The PushIt's every mother's worst fearOn a sun-hazed afternoon in the Florida Keys, a child goes missing...