Crime & Thrillers

'This is vintage Deighton' Sunday Times'Spy Line is vigorous and sleazy, psychologically complex and action-packed. And it is always exciting' Daily MailBernard Samson is a spy on the run. But in the murky streets of Berlin, he knows where to hide...

Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will devour this captivating and compelling thriller from multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Mesmerically gripping, it highlights that fame can come at a price - and that that...

A thrilling novel of crime and passion from Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storytellerLila Emerson is fascinated by other people's lives. As a house-sitter, she loves looking after the glamorous homes she could never afford herself. And as a writer,...

'My friend Ellingham has persuaded me to reveal to the public the astounding features of the Reisby case. As a study in criminal aberration it is, he tells me, of particular interest, while in singularity of horror and in perversity of ingenious method...

'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen King, author of It and The ShiningFrom the master of police procedural and bestselling author of Standing in the Shadows comes Wednesday's...

In equal parts hilarious, poignant, suspenseful and thrilling, The Christmas Train by David Baldacci is a delightful journey filled with memorable characters who have packed their bags with as much wisdom as mischief . . .Disillusioned journalist Tom...

For fans of What You Did and The Dilemma comes a nail-biting suspense thriller that asks: how far would you go to save a child that isn't yours?You don't know who they are. You don't know why they're hunting her. But you know she's in danger. What do you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496724472Author Carlene O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453289334Author Ken BruenFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint MysteriousPress.com/Open RoadPublisher Open Road Media

Holmes and Watson Return in These New Sherlock Holmes Stories"Sometimes a brief zap of great writing is just what you're in the mood for or have time for. That's when anthologies like his are ideal....intellectually outstanding."-New York Journal of...

Global politics, Russian meddling, and American fragmentation collide in this action-packed international thriller from New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader. EVAN RYDER: A SINGULAR HERO FOR OUR TIME. Evan Ryder is a lone wolf, a field...

The Thief is Clive Cussler's fifth historical thriller featuring detective Isaac Bell.A bold kidnapping aboard an ocean liner sends detective Isaac Bell across America in a deadly game of cat and mouse . . .Leaving England aboard the liner Mauretania,...

'From start to finish, fast paced and gripping. Gangland fiction at its best!' Kerry Kaya Secrets. Lies. Revenge.With the odds stacked against her, Samantha Reynold is determined to prove she's tough enough to be the boss. But when a secret from the past...

The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller. In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful...

Meet me tomorrow, midnight. Aquarian Club. TELL NO ONE.'When New York cop Frank Wojinski is found murdered, death gets very personal for homicide detective, Eve Dallas - and she'll stop at nothing to find Frank's killer.But then another victim is...

A cold case that’s no longer cold. A suspect who’s been murdered. A silenced witness. "A brilliant debut." —Steve Cavanagh "True fans of Val McDermid will love Payne's writing.” —A. J. West "One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction." —Kia...

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's GRAIL QUEST series, in a bright and bold repackage. It is 1347. The Hundred Years War has been suspended. The truce...

The fourth riveting thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'The Queen of Crime is still at the top of her game' Independent When a Monet is stolen from a...

On 23 May 1992 the Mafia assassinated its 'Number One Enemy', the legendary prosecutor Judge Falcone, with a motorway bomb that also killed his wife Francesca and three bodyguards. Fifty-seven days later, the Mafia killed Falcone's friend and colleague,...

No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on SundayThe 26th outing for the Highland's most famous PC: Hamish Macbeth In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of...

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville Eyes half-closed, head tilted against the back of his seat, he seemed not to be thinking, as the plane flew over a thick carpet of bright clouds. In reality, he was making an effort to bring names and shadowy...

A Gregor Reinhardt Novel Shortlisted for the 2015 CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger In war-torn Yugoslavia, a beautiful young filmmaker and photographer - a veritable hero to her people - and a German officer have been brutally murdered. Assigned to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984802354Author Sofie RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

The third Kathryn Dance novel from Number One bestseller Jeffery Deaver.Kayleigh Towne is a beautiful and successful singer-songwriter, and Edwin Sharp is her biggest fan. When she replies to one of his fan letters with 'XO', Edwin is convinced she loves...

'Original, atmospheric and genuinely moving . . . captures the imagination and does not let go' Giles KristianIt's 1141 and freezing cold.Gwil, a battle-hardened mercenary, is horrified to stumble across a little girl close to death. She has been...

Mel Starr's latest novel is a thoroughly enjoyable medieval crime mystery. It may be enjoyed as complete in itself, or as part of the Hugh de Singleton series. When Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded...

'Think Sherlock Holmes is the only detective working in Victorian London? Meet William Arrowood, the hero of Mick Finlay's series of absorbing novels' The Times London Society takes their problems to...

Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Together they...

A major film from the makers of Normal People and Room, starring Florence Pugh and streaming on Netflix.An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist...

'The father of contemporary European detective fiction' Ann Cleeves Poor Cecile! And yet she was still young. Maigret had seen her papers: barely twenty-eight years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move less gracefully,...

FREE LOVE. DEADLY PRICE.'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction' Peter James'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' Val McDermid'A first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties' C. J. SansomThe...

A dark and sexy thriller perfect for fans of L. S. Hilton's Maestra and Gillian Flynn's Gone GirlDeanna Madden, aka Jessica Reilly, hasn't touched another person in three years. She hasn't left her apartment. She makes money from performing to webcams on...

The latest instalment from the beloved THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY seriesCatch up on the latest from Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi and other favourites in this new instalment of Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.As the...

For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue the first three books with beautiful new series-style covers. Cambridge in 1352 is rife with terrible clashes between the fledgling University and the...

'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian RankinMORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDEAn unbearably tense thriller of revenge, murder, bereavement and the destructive force of passionIt is at their 'torture...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838888749Author Carol WyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

'Stay with me, Rhys,' I kept saying over and over again. 'Please stay with me. I love you.'There was still no expression in his eyes. I was talking and talking to him, desperate to let him know I was there, but there was no flicker in his face. In...

***The brand new, unmissable John Corey novel from America's Greatest Living Thriller Writer.***'Bottom line, if a man is known by his enemies, I'm one helluva guy.'Former anti-terrorist cop John Corey is NYU - New York Unemployed - and watching his...

WINNER OF THE 2019 NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVELONE OF THE TIMES' BEST CRIME FICTION BOOKS OF 2019'I read it in one go' Harriet Tyce, author of BLOOD ORANGE'A smart, propulsive thriller' Kate Hamer, THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT'One of the most...