Crime & Thrillers

'Endlessly fascinating...meticulously written and thoroughly absorbing book' Financial Times'Eye-opening' Daily MailOut now: The gripping new book by the UK's most eminent forensic scientists, Angela Gallop__________CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission...

In the most explosive book of the thrilling Wilde and Chase series, the intrepid pair must race against time before an ancient force is unleashed on the world... Their days of death-defying adventure seemingly behind them, acclaimed archaeologist Nina...

Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, GBP2.6 million (GBP50 million today) in unmarked GBP5, GBP1 and 10-shilling notes was...

'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael ConnellyROBICHEAUX IS A HAUNTED MAN.Detective Dave Robicheaux's beloved wife, Molly, was cruelly taken from him...

* Don't miss 'THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH' TV SERIES - now streaming on Paramount+ * Adapted from The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter'A superbly strong read' The Times What began as a straightforward case...

Meet James Bond, the world's most famous spy, in these landmark 70th anniversary reissues of Ian Fleming's classic series. Bond may have a license to kill, but "Pistols" Scaramanga has a talent for it. He's a KGB-trained assassin who's left a trail of...

Her ex-partner's actions have put her in path of a killer. Can she survive? WATCH YOUR BACK is a pulse-pounding thriller, part of the Baltimore series, from bestselling author Karen Rose. 'Intense, complex and unforgettable' James Patterson. Stevie...

Limehouse, 1880: Dancing girls are going missing from 'Paradise' - the criminal manor with ruthless efficiency by the ferocious Lady Ginger. Seventeen-year-old music hall seamstress Kitty Peck finds herself reluctantly drawn into a web of blackmail,...

A dark, compelling Marnie Rome novel, rich with psychological insight, from the winner of the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year. For readers of Clare Mackintosh and Alex Marwood.'Intelligently and fluently written with a clever plot and an energetic...

"Where do serial killers come from?" and why has Buckaroo, Oregon given birth to sixteen of the most vile serial killers in the world? NSA Agent Nicholas Finch needs to solve that mystery in order to save his friend, and he'll have to team up with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380723393Author Katherine Hall PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 289Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835255735Author Julia CrouchFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

Sunday Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns with a brand new standalone novel - a story about the power of love to light a way through the darkness'If you're after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she's your...

From one of the UK's biggest crime writers - the man brought you the bestselling Inspector McLean novels - comes a phenomenal new series guaranteed to have your heart in your mouth. Undercover ops are always dangerous, but DC Constance Fairchild never...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804056943Author Pauline RowsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Joffe Books LtdPublisher Joffe Books LtdWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE ICE, NINE ELMS AND SHADOW SANDS, ROBERT BRYNDZA'The third Kate Marshall thriller, is the best one yet!' The Times'An exciting, riveting read from a master...

*** Don't miss the obsessively gripping new thriller from Vanessa Savage - The Night They Vanished is out in ebook and available to pre-order in paperback now***'Highly recommended' Nuala Ellwood'Tense and creepy . . . brilliant' Harriet Tyce 'Hooks...

The night is dark. My soul is darker. Marcus Williams and Francis Ackerman Jr. are both killers. But while Williams is tortured by the deaths he has caused, Ackerman takes pleasure in his murders. Williams is a former New York City homicide...

'Forty years ago, Gorky Park established a new high-water mark for the thriller. It has yet to be surpassed' Mick Herron 'One of the greatest detective novels of the 1980s' Adrian McKintySOME CRIMESREFUSE TO BE FORGOTTEN It begins with a triple murder in...

Talented songwriter Shawn Gallagher works as the cook in the family pub. With no responsibilities and no ties, Shawn seems happy with his life.No one understands why he doesn't put his musical gifts to profitable use - least of all Brenna O'Toole. Tough...

'Robyn Young realistically evokes the brutal world of the late fifteenth century, and interweaves a gripping tale with a highly original take on Richard III and the Princes in the Tower. Provocative and grounded upon impressive research, this is...

The Magi return...When a brutal attack leaves a priest close to death and screaming of dark prophecies, Professor Alex Harker once again finds himself pulled into the shadowy world of the Magi. On dubious pretenses, Harker must join a desperate search...

A brand-new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror and steampunk, edited by respected anthologist George Mann. Stories are told from the point of view of famous associates of the great detective,...

'Without doubt one of the best writers working today' KARIN SLAUGHTER SHE'S LOST EVERYTHING EXCEPT HER LIFE . . . Lieutenant Lorraine Page had everything - a devoted husband, two beautiful daughters and an impressive career with the Homicide Squad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800199132Author K L SlaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910751718Author Kathryn CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm

In a powerful and poignant novel, an artist unravels her mysterious family history and its generations of women who depended on each other to survive.Tig Costello has arrived in Darren, Kentucky, commissioned to paint a portrait honoring her grandfather...

'Subtle, funny and furious' ObserverWhat if a lookalike stranger stole your name, hijacked your biography, and went about the world pretending to be you? Startlingly, Philip Roth meets a man in Jerusalem called Philip Roth who has been touring Israel -...

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'A short, sharp, shock of a novel... beautifully done' Daily Mail 'The modern day successor to Francoise Sagan' Evening Standard 'Jestin evokes adolescent turmoil with great delicacy and poignancy' Times Literary Supplement 'The Summer Page-Turner You...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837905492Author Fliss ChesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm

First published in 1972, this is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of secrecy, duplicity and twisted loyalties. The Todds, governed by the widowed matriarch, Mrs Todd, are well-known in Fordinghurst. When Heck, the philandering youngest...

A twisty psychological thriller from NUMBER ONE bestseller Valerie KeoghShe's in your home...Leigh Simon can't say for sure what made her do it. A moment of madness, perhaps, but when the young, loud and gorgeous waitress at her favorite coffee shop...

The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling new novel about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer'Wild, richly satisfying . . . big-screen, popcorn-chewing thrills. What a glorious ride' GuardianIn the near future in a...

'Wonderful' The New York TimesCharlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre of the real'...

'"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then die..."' In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night, amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593974872Author Marcie R. RendonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenaged twin sisters, leading them into a web of dark obsessions. A dazzlingly dark gothic novel from the bestselling author of The Somnambulist. 'Makes skilful...

Welcome to Desperation.Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his...

In THE LAST POLICEMAN, Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Ben H. Winters, offers readers something they've never seen before: A police procedural set on the brink of an apocalypse. What's the point in solving murders when we're...