Crime & Thrillers

ONE RULE. TRUST NO-ONE.Adam Hamdy's debut PENDULUM was called 'one of the best thrillers of the year' by JAMES PATTERSON. This pulse-racing read is perfect for fans of Lee Child and Simon Kernick.'SO TENSE, YOU WILL BE BITING YOUR NAILS LONG BEFORE THE...

Anna Hunt has lost her memory and is on the run. From who and what she is unsure, but trapped in the present she seems certain of only one thing - she is somehow linked to the stolen painting currently being restored in the National Gallery. In a...

Exam board: EdexcelLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024About the AuthorOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish...

'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday TimesDetectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off - but it shouldn't be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the drug dealer,...

On 6th September 1949, twenty-eight-year-old Howard Barton Unruh shot thirteen people in less than twelve minutes on his block in East Camden, New Jersey. The shocking true story of the first recorded mass shooting in America has never been told, until...

'Amazing!... I was absolutely blown away. Twists and turns and so much suspense.' Reader ReviewNo one can love a son like his mother...Patricia Mullner is trapped in a nightmare no parent should ever experience. Three years ago, 17-year-old son...

Now a Sky Original film starring Outlander's Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, and Andy Serkis 'One of the great all-action characters of recent times. Like his creator, the ex-SAS soldier turned uber agent is unstoppable.' Daily Mirror'Authentic to the core'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912550364Author Sadie RyanFormat PaperbackImprint Ruby FictionPublisher Choc Lit Publishing

'I read this in one sitting. Fascinating and unique' BELLA MACKIE 'Gripping, sharp and sultry' PANDORA SYKES 'Superbly unsettling' GUARDIAN 'A gothic Olive Kitteridge mixed with Gillian Flynn' VOGUE On a cold day in 1997, student Sara Morgan...

'Inspired by her own family history, this thriller has it all. Tense and thoughtful, with impeccable characterisation and historical detail... A compulsive nail-biter... Thought-provoking, emotional and suspenseful, it's a smasher.' Reader Review, 5...

'A book that had to be written and it's really well written ... fascinating.' Ray D'Arcy, RTE Radio 1'A great book ... really comprehensive' Miriam O'Callaghan, RTE'Fascinating' Pat Kenny, Newstalk'It is very rare for murder to involve the degree of...

An unputdownable, edge-of-your-seat thriller full of twists and turns from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben. Guaranteed to keep you gripped. Perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780297248Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 135mm *...

'A gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done.' GuardianGripping and chilling, with a killer twist, THE BURNING AIR proves that Erin Kelly is one of Britain's best suspense writers.Of course it was love for my children, love for my...

It was meant to be paradise... the stunning new thriller that readers are calling 'a real page turner' and 'gripping and immersive' 'Thought-provoking, twisty and devastatingly plausible... captivating. One to get lost in. '...

____________________________________Featured in The Times Top 10 Crime Books of the DecadeThe twenty-fourth book in the bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series, from the author of classic detective fiction and gripping psychological...

'Count to three,' her mother told her, the last words she would ever speak. An Impossible Crime SceneA wealthy woman is found brutally murdered in the locked fortress of her London mansion. Surrounding her are four mysterious objects,...

The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkney Isles.'A cracking story told at breakneck speed' - Scotland on SundayAfter a fierce storm hits Scotland,...

**Winner of the eDunnit Award for Crime ebook of the Year**Shortlisted for an LA Times Book Award, and a Daily Mail Book of the Year'Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.' Observer'A marvellous, magical novel'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279088Author Douglas StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

As spring returns to the Cotswolds, so too does Thea Slocombe to house-sitting. She has agreed to look after Lucy Sinclair's new home in Northleach while she is away, and Thea is glad of the change of scene. She soon meets several of the locals who seem...

Penniless Gwinny Tuffel is delighted to attend her good friend Tina's upmarket wedding. But when the big day ends with a dead body and not a happily-ever-after, Gwinny is left with a situation as crooked as a dog's hind leg. When her friend is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906378175Author Gilou BareauFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint FolrosePublisher FolroseWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

The Undoing is the most talked about TV series of 2020. From the creators of Big Little Lies, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland. 'A great psychological thriller ... I couldn't put it down.' Daisy Goodwin'Gripping . . . had me in...

'For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith' A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowYOU WAKE UP COVERED IN BLOODTHERE'S A BODY DOWNSTAIRSYOUR MOTHER'S BODYYOU DIDN'T DO IT. DID YOU?HOW COULD YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE...

AUTHOR OF THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB HIT BETTER OFF DEAD'Terrifically fun and explosively propulsive'Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan XFrom bestselling author Tom Wood comes a unique and gasp-inducing Victor thriller that turns all your expectations on...

The debut cosy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4's Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42 Mrs. Sidhu - unofficial Aunty to everyone,...

On the morning after he has celebrated his 60th birthday party at a celebrity-filled party, Ned Marriott is in bed with his partner, Emma, when there's a knock on the door. Detectives from the London police force's 'Operation Millpond' have come to...

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon has to face things no boy his age should face. In the year since his twin sister's abduction his world has fallen apart: his father has disappeared and his fragile mother is spiralling into ever deeper despair.Johnny...

New York homicide cop Eve Dallas is plunged into a terrifying nightmare, where her past and the present are about to collide.Eve Dallas was just a rookie cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a murderer and paedophile, who was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800190832Author S E LynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily Mirror When you play with fire, everyone gets burned . . .Joe Weeks is new to the Grange Estate. Tolerant, doesn't mind a bit of weed, doesn't try to pull other men's women. Live and let live is his motto . . ...

The brand-new psychological suspense novel from the author of After She's Gone, soon to be a major motion picture starring Daisy Ridley.'DAZZLING ORIGINALITY' SUNDAY TIMES'THE VERY TOP TIER OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION' ANDERS DE LA MOTTE, AUTHOR OF...

Former Secret Service agent, Nick Averose, must expose a dark conspiracy in this electrifying thriller from New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quirk. 'Opens with a bang and keeps exploding for three hundred pages' DAVID BALDACCI His job is to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124382Author Keith McCaffertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series.'I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone assassin...

1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen, diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world's nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War. A horde of journalists, spies and opportunists...

Putting dead bodies in the ground for a living could give anyone ideas... Blaise is out of work and down on his luck when a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde has him hooked. He'll do anything to stay by her side, even if it means working for...

There is no doubt in Thomasina Elliott's mind that her oldest schoolfriend is a creature of habit. So when, after three years of regular correspondence, Anna's letters suddenly stop, Thomasina becomes concerned. And even more so when it transpires that...

Dangerously addictive, The Secrets of Us is a pulse-pounding exploration of a disturbed psyche and the bond between two sisters desperate to escape a troubled past. Foster sisters Krystal and Nichole have always been there for each other, so when...