Crime & Thrillers

'Always a delight.' Sunday TimesI will never understand why murder is considered such a lowbrow speciality in Hollywood.September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of...

From the detective who helped catch the Golden State Killer, a memoir about investigating America's toughest cold cases, and the rewards - and toll - of a life spent solving crime.For a decade, from 1973, The Golden State Killer stalked and murdered...

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters'...

A gripping, high-concept Sigma Force adventure from bestselling author James Rollins.When a US military satellite crashes into the remote wilds of Mongolia, a desperate search begins. The satellite contains a code-black physics project - research linked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of School Library Journal Adult Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780345455918Author Alice HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ballantine Books...

Kyle McAvoy is one of the greatest legal students of his generation. He has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him.But he has a secret from the past that threatens to destroy his entire livelihood.When this secret catches up with him in...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the second Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. THE RETURN OF INSPECTOR FRENCH When young Maxwell Cheyne discovers that a series of...

The sixteenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series. When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is...

ONE DETECTIVE. ONE MURDERER. BUT WHICH IS WHICH?'Fresh, gripping and addictive! An absolute gem' ALLIE REYNOLDS'If there is a finer crime debut this year, it will be a surprise' DAILY MAIL'Clever and bold' LISA GARDNER'The book everyone's going to be...

The eighteenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series. It is drawing near to the end of term, and the University at Cambridge is in turmoil over the opening of a new Common Library. There is an attack on one of the masters at a meeting to discuss...

For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on...

The fourth book in the acclaimed William Dougal crime series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London.James Hanbury is a reformed character. Or he would like to be. He plans to marry into respectability: his bride Molly is...

'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 provocative thriller for fans of Dan Brown and David Baldacci, from the top-ten New York Times bestselling author.The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that...

Discover a chilling twentieth century classic, delving into the dark and complex heart of childhood'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.'But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the rambling Victorian...

A would-be politician is found battered to death in the kitchen of his Oxfordshire home. His wife's alibi is full of holes and there's another woman in the picture. His seemingly mild-mannered political rival can't seem to place himself at the time of...

A chilling, thrilling collection of 13 haunting tales. Perfect for every YA reader! From supernatural thrillers to contemporary horror, creepy ancient legends to murders gone wrong - this insatiable anthology is ...

'A lively, well-written, entertaining whodunit' THE TIMESLose yourself in the sumptuous first novel in a new series of Golden Age mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters.It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of...

What secrets from the past was he about to uncover?When a woman's skeleton is discovered in a shallow grave DCI Andy Gilchrist is tasked with finding her murderer. But a psychic's warnings and markings on a rusted cigarette lighter found among the rotted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515425434Author Miles BurtonFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Black Curtain PressPublisher Black Curtain PressWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

'Sea of Greed will have readers turning pages. With a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic Cussler' Mail Online KURT AUSTIN AND THE NUMA CREW ARE BACK IN AN ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE FROM #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992822866Author Ann SwinfenFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Shakenoak PressPublisher Shakenoak PressDimensions(mm) 224mm * 152mm * 14mm

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest, a Reese's Book Club pick.We had no warning that she would come back...Welcome to Hollow's Edge - a picture-perfect neighbourhood where everyone has each other's backs. At least, that's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788419162311Author Benedict BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Benedict BrownPublisher Benedict BrownWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Your dream trip or your worst nightmare... The holiday is finally here - a chance to reconnect with your husband at a secluded island resort. But when he calls you from the beach, you know something is very wrong. The beautiful waitress from last night...

'Moving, beautifully written' The Times'Heart-breaking. The Nameless Dead is as good a novel of modern Ireland as you're likely to read this year, crime or otherwise' Irish Times ________'You can't investigate the baby, Inspector. It's the law.'Declan...

Gabriel Allon brought down the most dangerous man in the world. But he made one mistake. Leaving him alive . . .'Kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page' 5***** Reader Review'A heart-stopping thriller which you can't put down until you're...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312966973Author Janet EvanovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 175mm *...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYRediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.A dead solicitor, a suspicious pig-farmer and a local ghost disturb Mrs Bradley's holiday to...

Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? The new up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick The Holiday, now a major NETFLIX Drama.I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it...

THE ELEVENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIESThe one with the difficult aunt . . .The no. 1 lady detectives of Botswana travel to a safari lodge in the Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest...

'Pure pleasure.' Evening Standard'An absolute treat . . . wittily and slyly written.' Euro CrimeAN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERYWhen the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed, Inspector Aurelio Zen is...

A school girl possessed by evil spirits and a savage murder; Merrily is once again drawn into the deadly tangle of deceit and mystery in rural Herefordshire...Lies, cover-ups, danger and the unexplainable. The pace is fast and plot twists await the...

'It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader' DAILY MAIL'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'Breathless action' THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are...

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Marriage Lie, don't miss this gripping thriller from Kimberly Belle, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Shari Lapena. A DREAM HOLIDAY ...

In The Green Eagle Score, Parker cuts his vacation with Claire short with a new job: stealing the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York. With help from Marty Fusco, fresh out of the pen, and a smart aleck finance clerk named Devers,...

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is...

A GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FINALISTLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2018Crime Book of the Month, Sunday Times, February 2018'I loved this... very tough and very real.' - Margaret AtwoodWhen Stella, a young mother in an Indigenous...

'Dazzling ingenuity and cleverness' Independent'Chilling ... the writing is crisp and brutal' Daily TelegraphOf all the mysteries Bernard Samson has encountered, the greatest is his wife Fiona. Dedicated agent of the Service and a woman of secrets, she...

On a bitterly cold night on the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district, a woman lies dead. It seems like a mugging gone wrong, but Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped there deliberately. Now she has to find out why...