Crime & Thrillers

Burial of Ghosts is a page-turning standalone novel from Ann Cleeves, author and creator of the three astounding TV series: Shetland, Vera and The Long Call. Abandoned as a baby, twenty-five-year-old Lizzie Bartholomew spent her childhood moving between...

'There were some weeks that were painful, nerve-racking. At the office or at home, in the middle of a meal, he would suddenly find his forehead bathed in sweat, a tightness in his chest, and at those times, feeling everyone's eyes on him was unbearable...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in British Columbia. Bob Boyd is a geologist, as resilient as the British Columbia timber country where he works for the powerful Matterson Corporation. But his real name and his past are...

The ADDICTIVE THRILLER perfect for fans of Fiona Barton's The Child and Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone.________'I think you might be my father . . .'Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connelly's office and tentatively says these words.The lives of his...

'Suspense doesn't get much smarter than this' Lee ChildMurder. That's what they all have in common.A high-security boarding school has been set up to provide a place of sanctuary for children whohave lost their families in violent circumstances. But even...

Somebody just shot my kids!' Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of...

Set in Dundee, this fast-paced crime novel is the first to feature Polish Detective Sergeant Dania Gorska.Volatile times in the city of discovery . . .DS Dania Gorska is a stranger in a foreign land. Born in Poland and transferred from London to Dundee's...

A secluded hut in the middle of the woods. A double life that could be his downfall. The Secret Life of Mr Roos is the third Inspector Barbarotti novel from the 'Godfather of Swedish crime' (Metro), Hakan Nesser. At fifty-nine years old, Valdemar Roos is...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!'By the end of this book your fingers will be mere stubs of their former selves . . . King's inventiveness and skill show no signs of slacking: Doctor Sleep has all the virtues of his best work' -...

'We're going to change all this. We're going to make you a new life.' From petty shoplifter to gangland empress.From frightened runaway to proud mother.From drug dealer to probation...

'Scott, it's Rebecca. I need you.' After years of silence, Texan lawyer Scott Fenney receives a devastating phonecall from his ex-wife. She has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Trey - the man she left Scott for - and is being held in a police...

Featuring an introduction from the UK's bestselling true-crime author, Christopher Berry-Dee.Shaun Attwood is the man who talks to gangsters, drug lords and mafia bosses. Infamously known for his time as the head of an international ecstasy ring in...

'Taut, compelling and deliciously dark' - B. A. Paris, author of The PrisonerAn unputdownable domestic suspense, The Favour is the bold, compulsive debut from Nora Murphy.Leah Dawson and McKenna Hawkins had a lot in common, but they had never met.They...

"If you're missing your Murderbot fix, Emergent Properties is a worthy successor."-Sarah Pinsker Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brewing corporate warfare from Nebula Award-nominated...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places. Jarvis Jay Masters's early life was a horror story whose outline we know too well. Born in Long Beach, California, his house was...

'The whole story is so terrible. You will be disgusted and amazed.'Graham Young, confessing his crimes to detectivesThere are few criminal cases more astonishing yet less well known than that of Graham Young. A quintessentially British crime story set in...

'Compelling.' Reni Eddo-LodgeA 'must-read book for 2022', as picked by StylistMore than one fifth of children want to become influencers and it's easy to understand why. What if you could escape economic uncertainty by winning the internet's attention?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780298252Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

FOR VIEWERS OF THE NO.1 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY - A TWISTING TALE OF MURDER AND SCANDAL'Murdaugh Most Horrid...' Telegraph "Readers will be swept up in this account." -Booklist"Glatt has produced the equivalent of a juicy John Grisham novel, featuring a...

February, 1918. In the small hours of a cold morning, a burglary in Limehouse has escalated into a sinister siege between a band of thieves and the authorities, and a police constable lies dead. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Detective Sergeant...

London, 2013, and the city is battling an epidemic of serial killings - even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the 'punitive coma'. Detective Isadora 'Jake' Jacowicz is hunting a murderer, code-named 'Wittgenstein,'...

WHEN THE FAIR COMES TO TOWN, A KILLER'S GAME BEGINS...'One hell of a ride' - THE TIMES'Revelatory' - VAL MCDERMID'A must-read' - JANICE HALLETT'A genuine triumph' - IAN MOORE'What more could a reader ask for?' - JOHN CONNOLLY'A thrilling helter-skelter'...

'A bookshop is a first-rate place for unobtrusive observation,' he continued. 'One can remain in it an indefinite time, dipping into one book after another, all over the place.' Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine second-hand bookshop on Charing...

Jan Fabel returns to the Hamburg murder squad to track down a horrifying killer... From the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell comes this darkly compelling and horribly prescient thriller full of spine-tingling moments and...

'A class above' IAN RANKIN. Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever. The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because...

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 9780307454812Author Andrew VachssFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 188gDimensions(mm)...

Amazing news is spreading like wildfire across the Scottish countryside: the most famous of all Highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, is planning to marry at last! Everyone in the village of Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Hamish's newest...

'OH MY GOSH... Gripping' NetGalley review 'Edge-of-your-seat thriller... Absolutely brilliant' NetGalley review 'WOW... Intense, suspenseful... Heart-breaking' NetGalley review 'Because he chose you. Out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912592746Author David PennyFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint River Tree PrintPublisher River Tree PrintWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

'Terrific' Sunday Times ___________In the dark world of cryptocurrency, there's a high price to pay . . .From the central bank of El Salvador to a tantalum mine in Rwanda, the Acropolis Museum in Athens to the biggest freeport on the planet in Dubai,...

'Impressive and unique. As relevant today as it was over two decades go' Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionA gripping, propulsive courtroom thriller following barrister Lee Mitchell as she uncovers the dark secrets of London's obscenely richLee...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804396674Author G. R. MalowneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

The Secret of Crickley Hall is James Herbert's number one bestseller. It explores the darker, more obtuse territories of evil and the supernatural. With brooding menace and rising tension, he masterfully and relentlessly draws the reader through to the...

They thought it was a simple flight home. The pilot had other plans... A moment of calmHeading home after a conference, the senior leadership of a global corporation relax on their private jet ahead of their Christmas break. A flash...

The sixth brilliant book from Andy McDermott - Clive Cussler's heir apparent.The world is in shock when Michelangelo's David is stolen from a museum in Florence, Italy. The latest in a series of audacious thefts of historical treasures, it's only a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.Book InformationISBN 9781933372426Author Elena FerranteFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Europa EditionsPublisher Europa Editions

Ex-cons, armed robberies and scams in Miami - another classic crime thriller from the masterful Elmore Leonard.After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight...

From the bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES. 'Few writers blend mystery and the supernatural as well as Sarah Pinborough, but there are none who do it better. Quite, quite brilliant' John Connolly Dr Thomas Bond is back, but this time the trial of...

________________________'Utterly compelling... I absolutely loved it' Sarah Winman'Tantalising' Sunday Times'Thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian________________________No one looks twice at the women in the typing pool.No one knows that two of them are...