Crime & Thrillers

'A wonderfully written, funny and moving debut with an intriguing mystery at its heart... Unforgettable.' - Claire Douglas, bestselling author'Thought-provoking, beautifully observed study of love' - JILL MANSELL, bestselling author'With all the twists...

Jon Reznick will protect New York City or die trying. When a group of homegrown attackers takes aim at cops outside a Fourth of July baseball game, black-ops specialist Jon Reznick and his daughter, Lauren, are caught in the cross fire. Jon hunts down...

It takes one moment to call for help. So why did he wait? 'The rare gift that delivers it all' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Truly gripping and deeply satisfying' CHRIS WHITAKER'I was hooked' JANE CORRY'A new thriller writer to watch' ROBYN HARDING'Left me in awe' JO...

Mark Greaney, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy's recent Jack Ryan novels, delivers another breakneck thriller following the world's deadliest assassin - the Gray Man.After five years on the run, 'The Gray Man' - Court Gentry - is...

'Runcie has honed his style of light, escapist, small-town crime stories to something approaching perfection' - Herald 'Those who would like an engaging summer read should pack James Runcie's latest tale of clerical detection, Sidney Chambers and the...

Whether you want to combine yarns of different colours and textures in one piece or simply use up some of your stash, patchwork knitting provides a great way to play with assorted elements. This accessible book guides you through the essential techniques...

A string of suicides. A community in terror. And a chilling conspiracy only DI Amy Winter can crack. A wave of apparent suicides hits a string of seaside resorts, but when a police officer is named as the latest to die, DI Amy Winter suspects there...

A secret lost for a thousand years. A deadly race to keep it buried...1291 AD, Acre. As the city burns under the onslaught of the Sultan's men, the Falcon Temple sets sail, carrying a small band of knights and a mysterious chest entrusted to them by the...

Nicky Marlow needs a job. He's engaged to be married and the employment market in Britain in 1937 is pretty slim. So when his fiancee points out the position with an English armaments manufacturer in Italy, he jumps at the chance. Soon after he arrives,...

The shocking true story of the Jeffrey Dahmer's murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the story, Anne E. Schwartz-from the dramatic scene when police first entered Dahmer's apartment to the lasting, present-day repercussions of the...

Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen.Georgie is excited for her first Christmas as a married...

*** 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...

Winner of the Kiriyama Prize and the Encore Award, and shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize.In an unnamed English town, Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community and then, on a snow-covered January...

MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is summoned to a meeting with her boss Charles Wetherby, head of the Service's Counter-Espionage Branch. His counterpart over at MI6 has received alarming intelligence from a high-placed Syrian source. A Middle East...

A DEAD COP ALWAYS SPELLS TROUBLE When Caleb Zelic finds one of his clients murdered, it's a bad day; when he discovers the man was federal police it's the beginning of a nightmare. Against his better judgment he is drawn into the investigation. ...

Among the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the...

Covent Garden, January 1708. Widow Trotter has big plans for her recently-inherited coffee house, not suspecting that within days her little kingdom will be caught up in a national drama involving scandal, conspiracy and murder... Queen Anne's new...

Surely you would like to be immortalised in art, fixed forever in perfection? Sadler's Wells, 1933. I would kill to dance like her. Disciplined and dedicated, Olivia is the perfect ballerina. But no matter how hard she works, she can never match...

Can Fandorin infiltrate a secret society to save Moscow's youth? A dark and decadent detective story from the master of Russian crime fiction.There's been rising concern in Moscow over a wave of suicides among the city's young bohemians. An intrepid...

*NOMINATED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD*Family Album 'a hugely enjoyable read' from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively'This novel should delight her regular readers and ensnare new ones' Evening StandardAllersmead is a big shabby Victorian suburban house...

'Gripping and gritty, this book will keep you hooked from the first page to the last' Roberta Kray Liberty Greenwood is back. County lines. Blurred lines. Crossed lines.Things are looking up for Liberty Greenwood. She's brokered a deal with the local...

Fans of Scott Mariani, Ken Follett and Michael Connolly will love this riveting, fast-paced, high-tech thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author John Twelve Hawks."A cyber 1984...Page-turningly swift, with a cliffhanger ending" - NEW YORK...

Three classic crime novels by a master of the macabre - The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, and Ripley's Game - appear here together in hardcover for the first time. Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the...

'Powerful . . . unputdownably gripping' Guardian'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas'During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahe caught a...

A murderer is at large on the streets of Lincolnshire. But why?When the body of a well-known local thug is discovered carrying a personal message for Detective Sergeant Catherine Bishop neither she, nor her team, can figure out why.Soon, a second victim...

Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' - Candis Welcome to Cedar Cove - a small town with a big heart! There's a mystery to be solved in Cedar Cove. Local private detective Roy McAfee and his wife Corrie have been receiving...

Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet.Morris Island has barely had a chance to return to normality after the high profile trial of the Gamemaster, when two local students seem...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728267722Author Bernard FarmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Poisoned Pen PressPublisher Poisoned Pen PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Stars. Lovers. Liars. Killers. This is Hollywood, and everyone has a part to play in a shocking novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author A. R. Torre. Actress Nora Kemp loves two men. One is Hugh Iverson, a philanthropic movie star who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843447139Author Luke McCallinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint No Exit PressPublisher Oldcastle Books Ltd

Odysseus: The Oath is the first book in Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Odysseus epic. An epic retelling of the story of Odysseus; a must read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden.A man becomes a hero . . .The hero becomes a legend.As a young...

Britain and Germany are at war and Sexton Blake is in the thick of itAs the battle for the Western Front rages, adventuring detective Sexton Blake pits his intellect and physical prowess against the machinations of the Kaiser. A band of intrepid allies...

A crime masterpiece brought back into print - and transformed into the major film, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt.'Brilliant' WASHINGTON POST 'Gripping' TIMES 'Masterly' WALL STREET JOURNALJackie Cogan doesn't advertise what he does. But when...

1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying summer on their Sussex estate when they are visited by Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient...

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.Shanghai in 1990. An ancient city in a country that despite the massacre of Tiananmen Square is still in the tight grip of communist control. Chief Inspector Chen, a poet with a sound instinct for self-preservation, knows...

'The Butterfly House is an original and absorbing piece of work . . . Engberg's novels are bestsellers in Denmark and she is a name to look out for' SUNDAY TIMESFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Tenant, which Kathy Reichs called a...

Murder did that. Took lives, crushed others. But why? Money. Jealousy. Revenge. Secrets. Passion. Whatever the answers, the method had been bold and complex.They were best friends, driven by a shared vision to rule the world of virtual reality games...

Following a mysterious explosion, the offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the 3 directors are killed and the peace of a quiet town in Surrey lies in ruins. When the supposed cause of ignited gas leak is dismissed and the presence of...

'Haunting' Independent'A powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves'A splendidly macabre thriller' Andrew Taylor1920. Scotland Yard detective DI Albert Lincoln is still reeling from the disturbing events of the previous year when he's...

'Peppered with revelations that will keep you reading into the night' Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of the Freyja and Huldar series THREE MISTAKES. TWO MURDERS. ONE MORE VICTIM TO GO . . .Annabelle speeds along a deserted mountain road in the Scottish...