Crime & Thrillers

K is for Killer is the eleventh in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Lorna Kepler was beautiful and wilful, a loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger. She has also been found dead in mysterious circumstances and her death pulls...

The brand new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose is out now. The closer you get to the truth, the more dangerous it gets.FBI Agent Tom Hunter has been chasing down leads to find the brutal cult that damaged some of his closest friends. They...

Pamela Butchart meets Sam Copeland - like if Charlie changed into a chicken AND NEVER REALISES IT, in this hilarious, fantastic debut by Bethany Walker. 10-year-old Freddy Spicer writes letters to his parents - who ...

What would you do if you found your own name on a hit list? Seddon addresses this terrifying question in an explosive novel. One of the most exciting, brave and clever books I have ever read. The Hit List is my book of the year. Gillian McAllister,...

'A must-read' Stylist'Powerful' Harriet Tyce'A spellbinding novel' The Irish Times'Thrilling' Heat'Compulsive' John Marrs'Dazzling' Chris Whitaker'Grippingly readable' The Daily Mirror'A rollercoaster read' ElleTHE THING IS . . . WHO DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING...

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The winter of 1353 has been...

___________________________________The gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.In the searing heat...

Sherlock Holmes may be the world's greatest detective, but he needs your help. Join the renowned sleuth and his assistant Dr Watson as they travel across Victorian England, encountering mysterious crimes along the way. Using just Watson's illustrated...

A compelling story of hidden secrets and forbidden love, from the bestselling author of The Secrets of the Tides'If she could reach back through the years and warn the person she once was, what would she say? ... What would she say to the ghosts who now...

S is for Silence is the nineteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. Just after Independence Day in July 1953 Violet Sullivan, a local good time girl living in Serena Station Southern California, drives off in her brand new Chevy and...

'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James'Murder most enjoyable' Colin Dexter'What? You mean the earl does it for money? That's way beyond the barbed wire!' This explosion of disgust from Blotto is provoked when Twinks informs him of...

Murder Squad 4: Alongside Jack the Ripper there is another brutal serial killer roaming the streets of Victorian London.Spring 1890. The spectre of Jack the Ripper still haunts Inspector Walter Day, his injured leg a daily reminder of his violent brush...

'She is giving Martina Cole a run for her money' - Amazon reviewONE GANGLAND EMPIRE. TWO FEUDING BROTHERS. A SECRET THAT COULD DESTROY THEM ALL.Daisy Lane is battling to keep her son, Jamie, under control. His older brother Eddie is about to come out of...

Midnight Atlanta is the stunning new novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series, and sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks' protest and Martin Luther King Jnr's emergence.Atlanta, 1956.When Arthur...

A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times'Excellent... Compelling' GuardianFor the...

'Nick is hot, and cute and a serious book boyfriend material' 'It got my heart in a flutter...romance was so perfect, I haven't read anything like it' 'Carlie Walker can tell a story!!' He wants to take her out. She wants to take him...

In the wake of burnout, mental health struggles and a painful breakup, twenty-something Max is feeling lost and seeking solace. He is persuaded by a friend to visit an isolated meditation retreat nestled in the serene French countryside. At first the...

John le Carre's second novel is an ingenious puzzle featuring his best-loved character George Smiley. Now available in a collector's hardback edition.Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort,...

'Perhaps the greatest living American crime writer' Stephen KingAfter the Carusos family home is destroyed by police with a no-knock warrant, the family struggle to return to normal. Two former inmates reunite on a TV set. They're both back on the...

'Cracking . . . Taut, gripping and beautifully written' Steve Cavanagh'An ending you definitely won't see coming' JP Delaney'Drew me in from the first chapter . . . This should be one of the books of the year' James DelargyDCS Frankie Sheehan is...

From John Douglas-the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter-comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers...

Eliza Altairsky-Lointaine is the toast of Moscow society, a beautiful actress in an infamous theatre troupe. The estranged wife of a descendant of Genghis Khan, her love life is as colourful as the parts she plays: her ex-husband has threatened to kill...

Part of the elegant Timeless Classics series, The Complete Sherlock Holmes is comprised of 4 full-length novels and 56 short stories featuring the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective. For Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide, this stunning hardcover...

There's a murderer on board. And everyone is a suspect...'Fast-paced, gripping and intense - A Stranger on Board is going to make waves this summer' T.M. LOGAN'What a tense, breath-taking read! Amazing' 5***** READER REVIEW ________Welcome to The Escape...

A magisterial anthology of American noir writing in the 20th century by the best-selling author of the LA Quartet: The Black Dahlia. The Big Nowhere , LA Confidential and White Jazz. In his intoduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613161784Author Ellery QueenFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Charlie Walden is the Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, where he had hoped for a quiet life, but has found it to be anything but. With the job of balancing the needs of prosecutors, judges, 'Grey Smoothies', the humourless grey-suited civil...

HUSTLERS meets BIG LITTLE LIES in the heist of the summer... A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Propulsive and captivating' Vogue 'Darkly comedic' Daily Mail ...

'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray Maigret is called to the home of professional gambler, Felix Nahour, who has been found shot dead by his chambermaid. Maigret is shocked to recognise a photo of the man's wife who becomes the main suspect...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEY'CAREFUL AND COMPELLING' KATE MORGAN'YOU...

The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane.Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the...

The first in Robert Wilson's Seville series, featuring the tortured detective Javier Falcon. The man is bound, gagged and dead in front of his television.The terrible self-inflicted wounds tell of his violent struggle to avoid some unseen...

The scandalous debauchery of the playboy tenth Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. One of the richest men in the country and master of a Downton Abbey-style dynasty, he abandoned his loyal wife and two sons for...

On the beautiful, tranquil Scilly Isles, a brutal murder is uncovered...There was no doubt at all that the girl was dead. The front of her skull and her facial bones had been splintered like the cracked shell of an egg. What made it even more shocking...

Serial Killer profiles over 100 of the world's most deadly serial murderers. Each profile details the means, motive and opportunity of those who kill and kill again, and asks: what, if anything, drives these killers? Were they born to kill? What could...

Death stalks the streets of Tangier . . .When Detective Karim Belkacem's best friend and colleague, Abdou, goes missing during an investigation into an illegal cartel, Karim is sent to Tangier to look for him. But the Tangier police have another problem...

Another runaway adventure with glamorous heroine Phryne Fisher!When Phryne Fisher arranges to go to Ballarat for a week, she eschews the excitement of her Hispano-Suiza for the sedate safety of the train. But as the passengers sleep, they are all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524746278Author Edward HumesFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF THE YEARIn London, private investigator Dr Rayhana Crane is contacted by a woman who has received an unexpected letter from her estranged son Jason, not seen since he left to become a fighter for Islamic State. When his steps...

Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award Two murders. An abandoned asylum. Will a mysterious former patient help untangle the dark truth? The body of an elderly woman has been found in the bowels of a derelict asylum on the banks of the...