Crime & Thrillers

A shocking crime A mansion filled with suspects Ruth Van Rydock can't shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house. Her old school friend Jane Marple decides it's time to...

'Utterly compelling and laugh-out-loud funny.' KATY BRENT, author of How To Kill Men and Get Away With It 'As if Bridget Jones found herself in a Scream film. Murderously clever!' RUPERT HOLMES Finding true love can be murder. Gwen Turner, 29,...

**Shortlisted for Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023***Shortlisted for The Ned Kelly Awards 2023*'Tom Baragwanath's provocative first novel is riveting and shocking' The Times'[A] magnetic debut . . . breathtakingly compelling' Daily MailMasterton, New Zealand may...

Since 1919 Scotland Yard s Flying Squad has been in the forefront of the war against crime. From patrolling London s streets in horse-drawn wagons, it has progressed to the use of the most sophisticated surveillance and crime-fighting equipment. Between...

'Utterly Gripping' Sunday TelegraphMeet Chloe. First-year student. Ordinary girl next door. Psychopath.Chloe Sevre can be whoever you want her to be. A cool girl, a best friend, someone to tell secrets to over midnight snacks. She has an impressive IQ,...

The thriller that opened a new chapter in the sex wars ...Thomas Sanders' world collapses in just 24 hours - he is passed over for promotion, his new woman boss comes on to him during a drink after work, then, the next morning, he learns that she has...

HER PERFECT TWIN. YOUR NEW OBSESSION.'Sarah Bonner's debut novel made my jaw drop. There are so many twists in this story, I never knew what was coming next. You won't want to miss this one!' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife'A wonderfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593333679Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 105g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496713278Author Peggy EhrhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

THE MITFORDS AT WARIt's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together - maybe for one last time - Deborah invites them to Chatsworth for Christmas, along with a selection of society's most impressive...

Lizard Village, 1903. Cornwall is rich with natural wonders: gorgeous shorelines and imposing cliffs. But these natural beauties conceal dangerous secrets, as amateur detectives Lord and Lady Sheridan discover. Wireless telegraph companies around the...

'Allon is the 21st century Bond' Daily Mail No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his latest tale of high-stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon. ...

The Hammer of Eden is a pulsating, state-of-the-art suspense thriller from master storyteller Ken Follett, author of Never and The Pillars of the Earth.A Deadly ThreatThe FBI receive an anonymous threat from a terrorist group that claims it can trigger...

A gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies. It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather...

GONE is the fifth book in the FBI Profiler series from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE VANISHES WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO GET THEM BACK? If you love Tess Gerritsen and Karin Slaughter you'll love Lisa Gardner...

'I raced through this murder mystery' Good Housekeeping, 10 Books to Read Right Now!'Smiley is a masterful writer' Sunday Times'Outstanding. Her sentences are sublime' Roxane GayFrom a brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS' CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR_________________________________*** A Top Ten Kindle Bestseller ***'Pure nerve-shredding suspense from the first page to the last' Erin Kelly'Blair Witch meets Fleabag ... pure...

THE THRILLING NEXT INSTALMENT IN TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN JR. SERIESA spy in the cross hairs . . .Jack Ryan Jr. lands in Israel. A few hours of simple spycraft for an old friend in the CIA then he's off the hook. Espionage has never been so easy.Then in a...

DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland's south-east coast. Firstly, a young detective inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a...

His great battles against the sea raiders in the Nile Delta have left Pharoah Tuthmosis II frail, but he finds solace in victory and in the welcome he is sure to receive on his return to Thebes. Across the river from Thebes, however, there are those who...

In the chilly, damp Autumn of 1144, two groups of visitors seek the hospitality of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and Brother Cadfael fears the trouble has come in with them. Among the first arrivals is Brother Tutilo, a young Benedictine with...

**Don't miss the stunning, tense new thriller from Amanda Robson: THE UNWELCOME GUEST - coming August 2021, available to pre-order now...** 'Thrilling, unputdownable - I was obsessed' BA Paris ...

WW2 is raging in the skies over England. But for Kember and Hayes there is murder underground. January 1941. The Luftwaffe continues its assault on Britain from the sky, but ATA pilot Lizzie Hayes is grounded after a crash. Itching to be of use, she...

The Martian meets 127 Hours in this powerfully humane thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.'Astoundingly great. Whalefall is, quite simply, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345540768Author Andrew GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm)...

Now they're coming after Caelan's team...A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing.There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses...

'I loved CLEAR MY NAME. It features two strong women, one in prison for murder, one working to reinvestigate the case. Add in secrets, lies, and family drama and it's an immediate page turner.' Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of WHEN YOU SEE ME'The UK's...

48 years in the same house, in the same room, with the same barred windowsThe Barred Windows is a psychological thriller packed with twists and turns from the bestselling author of The Ashes of LondonIt is 1993 and Thomas Penmarsh has lived in...

THREE FRIENDS. TWO BODIES. AND A PARTY TO DIE FOR...***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION***'Outstanding. Dark, atmospheric, utterly believable ' REAL READER REVIEW'What a phenomenal work, I read it in a day. ' REAL READER REVIEW'I...

'Brilliant . . . twisting the tension tauter with each page' Guardian'The dialogue crackles and the search for the killer has surprising twists and turns' ObserverInside a beautiful Victorian family home in Glasgow's West End, a mother and her young son...

The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar SyA selection of the very best adventures of Arsene Lupin, France's most famous gentleman thief The poor and the innocent have nothing to fear from suave trickster and master of disguise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993426377Author David VidecetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Videcette LimitedPublisher Videcette LimitedWeight(grams) 140g

'Complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing - Alan Furst is in a class of his own' William Boyd 'Furst's ability to recreate the terrors of espionage is matchless' Robert Harris 'Furst never stops astounding me' Tom Hanks Chosen as one of the 50 Best...

'A powerful, stirring read.' The Times'Typically brilliant . I loved it.' Adrian McKinty'The most stone-cold crime novel of 2021.' CrimeReadsTokyo, July 1949. President Shimoyama, Head of the National Railways of Japan, goes missing. American Detective...

Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of Aztec...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN _________Mirza, a...

'Eye-popping analysis of politicians' finances... a ground-breaking study... a fascinating and important work.' Sunday Times'Immaculately researched... A powerful reminder that reporters can serve the public good... Should make journalists proud - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542038676Author Mary BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint MontlakePublisher Amazon Publishing

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier-shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. 'A carefully researched and horribly compelling...

In the summer of 1358 the physician Matthew Bartholomew returns to Cambridge to learn that his beloved sister is in mourning after the unexpected death of her husband, Oswald Stanmore. Aware that his son has no interest in the cloth trade that made his...