Crime & Thrillers

A moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and Songbirds.It is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it...

Understand the real-life science behind crime scene investigation Forensics For Dummies takes you inside the world of crime scene investigation to give you the low down on this exciting field. Written by a doctor and former Law & Order consultant, this...

A STUNNING SECOND WORLD WAR THRILLER SET IN OCCUPIED GREECE FROM THE AUTHOR OF BLACKOUT AND DEAD OF NIGHTThe fierce courage of the men and women of the Greek Resistance is brought to vivid life in Sunday Times bestseller Simon Scarrow's powerful novel. ...

Murder is a very simple crime As easy as ABC The whole country is in a state of panic. There is a killer on the loose, growing more confident with each successive execution - Alice Ascher in...

You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like you, sounds like you. Even has your name...THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, JANUARY 2024'This has everything you could want in a thriller... I did NOT expect that ending' REESE WITHERSPOON'Twisty and...

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Have you read the book that everyone's talking about?'If I could give this book 10 stars I would' (Reader review)'This book touched my soul' (Reader review)'I could not put it down. What a story. What a storyteller' (Reader review)'This is in my top five...

He thinks his secret is safe. But she knows the truth...My husband is a doctor. He's smart and charming and everybody trusts him. Except me.On the surface, it looks like I have it all - the perfect marriage, the perfect husband, the perfect life. But...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'A breathtakingly ambitious mystery ... as beautiful as it is triumphant.' Daily Mail An astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in New Zealand's gold rush. 'What brings a fellow down here, you know, to...

SHORTLISTED FOR TWO CRIMECON.UK 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS IN THE 'OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING' AND 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' CATEGORIES Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal 'An important...

Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is turned on its head when, after over a decade, he discovers that his former lover, Marina...

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...

The truth of what happened that night lies with a secret witness.Quarter to Midnight is the first thrilling novel in a brand new series by Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Rose, set in New Orleans. Rocky Hebert walks into his death at quarter to...

NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared killers?THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLevi Bellfield is one of the most notorious British serial killers of the last fifty years - his name alone...

'Magnificent.' Richard Osman'Razor-sharp.' Erin Kelly'Fresh, frightening, bittersweet and brutal.' Chris Whitaker 'Catnip for fans of Saltburn.' GuardianA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK He's found a life worth killing forEdward is struggling to...

David Baldacci uses his unsurpassed storytelling skills to explore the essence of survival itself, as a conspiracy of violence surrounds an FBI agent whose fate was to be the . . . Last Man Standing.Seven seconds. That's all it took for Web London to...

A healthy young man dies in his sleep, despite the ringing of eight separate alarm clocks... Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set...

When a depressed, alcoholic single mother disappears, everything suggests suicide, until her body is found on the lava fields. Icelandic Detective Elma and her team are thrust into a perplexing, chilling investigation in book two in the award-winning,...

Sweetpea soon to be a major TV series starring Ella Purnell She's back and killing for two... Rhiannon Lewis should be happy. Her cheating fiance is in jail - framed for...

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Red Riding Nineteen Eighty is set against an evolving backdrop of power, corruption and lies. The nightmare continues during the winter of 1980 when the Ripper murders his thirteenth victim and the whole of Yorkshire is terrorised. Assistant Chief...

Hard-boiled detective fiction at its best: Raymond Chandler's best loved novel, The Big Sleep, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed...

Children are vanishing. The village of Lafferton is shattered.There are no witnesses and no leads - just a kidnapper at large.Then Detective Chief Inspector Simon Serrailler receives a call: a child has been snatched in Yorkshire. Has the abductor struck...

'C. J. Sansom's books are arguably the best Tudor novels going' - The Sunday TimesHeartstone is the fifth spellbinding mystery in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory.England, 1545...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not eating death;' Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan's...

'A perfect example of what cosy crime should be like - drama, mystery and intrigue' Ginger Book GeekThe second in the page-turning cosy crime series from Glenda Young, this unputdownable whodunnit is perfect for fans of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective...

We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves.'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride' STEPHEN FRY'An absolute jaw-dropper' LUCY FOLEY'Elegant, sinister, stylish' CHRIS WHITAKER'Grips from start to finish' HARRIET TYCE* * * * *YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MAIDENS...

'The best police procedural I've read in years' Jane Casey 'Grabbed me from the first page' Ian Rankin This grave can never be opened.The head of Scotland's most powerful crime family is...

FRED & ROSE IS THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THIS INFAMOUS TRUE CRIME CASE - NOW UPDATED WITH A POSTSCRIPT FROM THE AUTHOR. AS FEATURED ON TV, AND IN THE PODCAST SERIES, UNHEARD: THE FRED & ROSE WEST TAPESFred and Rose West are virtually unique in British...

A young woman found murdered A scandal in the making When Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there's only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple. But she hasn't called her old friend for comfort. ...

Following on from DEAL BREAKER, this is the excellent, gripping second Myron Bolitar novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SIX YEARS.The young woman was shot dead in cold blood, dropped outside the stadium, in front of a stand selling Moet...

'The ending shattered me in a way only Tarryn Fisher can!' Colleen Hoover, Sunday Times bestselling author An explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Never Never! 'A defiant stand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914537028Author M S MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Landmark MediaPublisher Landmark MediaWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, moving and life affirming. How can one book be so many things? I couldn't put this fabulous, first class, five star read down.' JANICE HALLETT'Thoroughly wicked, compulsively page-turning, and funny as hell.' S J BENNETTHello?...

Enhances his status as a mythic avenger. . .You'll be left with a thumping heart and a racing pulse but, be warned, Chapter 63 will give you nightmares." (Evening Standard)Suicide bombers are easy to spot.They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs.There...

LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SPELLBINDING NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY PICK THE GLASS HOUSE'Beautifully written. I loved every word' LISA JEWELL'Gorgeously written, atmospheric and twisty . . . I devoured it!' CLAIRE...

Bastian Bishop. That's his name. He's rough, rugged, and utterly unpredictable. Silent and steady one second, and a nightmare the next. He's an outsider and in my world outsiders don't belong. But he doesn't seem to care. After one night of reckless...

The epic new thriller from the No.1 bestselling Queen of Gangland crime! Kenny Bond. A murderer. A gangster. A good family man. Meet the Bond family Kenny Bond is...

'Beautifully written and entirely gripping' CHRIS WHITAKER 'An evocative, haunting literary thriller' ERIN KELLY 'A terrific spine chiller' TELEGRAPH 'A sinister tale, beautifully told' THE SUN ...