Crime & Thrillers

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY SUMMER PICK AND THIS SUMMER'S MOST COMPULSIVE NOVEL'Incredibly tense and gripping' ADELE PARKS'Kept me guessing and kept me fooled. Clever, pacy and so gripping that my heart raced' C.L. TAYOR'This absolutely...

Gallows Drop is Maria Hannah's sixth gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels. At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the...

Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling first novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series'Undeniably at the top of British psychological suspense writing' OBSERVER'Utterly gripping . . . I could hardly turn the pages fast enough' 5*****...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805200314Author Jack ProbynFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Cliff Edge PressPublisher Cliff Edge Press

YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.'Fabulous... Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMAN, author of CoralineThis is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories...

THE NEW EDITION OF THE TRUE CRIME CLASSICThe Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted BundyAnn Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murderer. Little did she know that the young man who was her close friend was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803142562Author Sue WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of...

Preorder Chris Brookmy're stunning, unique new novel THE CRACKED MIRROR nowA BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely...

From the bestselling author behind the addictive, EMMY and GOLDEN GLOBE-winning HBO sensation BIG LITTLE LIES comes a cocktail of family, friendship, and the fear of what could have been . . .'Perfect summer read' REESE WITHERSPOON______________Six...

Newly promoted, Detective Sergeant William Warwick has been reassigned to the drugs squad. His first case: to investigate a notorious south London drug lord known as the Viper.But as William and his team close the net around a criminal network unlike any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914195754Author Paul DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint UK Book PublishingPublisher UK Book PublishingWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A chilling ritual is being acted out by a sadistic killer in Dark Flight, the fourth novel in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.Six-year-old Stephen Devlin has vanished, his mother and grandmother horrifically murdered. At the...

SOME KILLERS CAN'T BE TAMED . . .The brand new Detective Jack Warr thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante - now available in hardback, eBook and audiobook.__________________'Do you know what a Judas Horse is? When the wild mustangs are...

When the body of a young woman is washed up on an idyllic beach on the west coast of Scotland, D.C.I. Jim Daley is despatched from Glasgow to lead the investigation. Far from home, and his troubled marriage, it seems that Daley's biggest obstacle will...

'Clever and compulsive' LOUISE CANDLISH 'A fantastic read' JAMES DELARGY 'I loved it' LEE CHILD 'It's everything you could want from a crime novel' SARAH WARD 'A bold and brilliant new voice in crime fiction' KATE RHODESA WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE...

the best book on the Mafia in Sicily - its origins, its code of honour, its secrecy and its brutality. A chilling insight. - reveals how Mafia violence and corruption crept even into every aspect of Sicilian society, including the police and the church -...

The closest you can get to the most dangerous minds.Find out what truly makes a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve's Villanelle. Dr Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most disturbing psychopath cases of recent...

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple,...

Stylish and dark, the BBC series the 'Peaky Blinders' is set in the backstreets of Birmingham after the First World War and tells of the rise to power of Thomas Shelby and his criminal gang. Yet the real stories behind these fictional characters are just...

THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER MOTHER... FRIEND... POISONER? A young mother is accused of attempting to poison her own child. Ellie is secretive and challenging - she's had a troubled life - but does that mean she's...

_________________________THE LEGENDARY THRILLER THAT CREATED DR HANNIBAL LECTERWill Graham was a brilliant profiler of criminals for the FBI - until he suffered terrible injuries in the process of capturing Dr Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lecter.Years later,...

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series 'This is terrific stuff' Daily Telegraph 'A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era' Financial Times 'A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a...

With an Introduction and Notes by Esther Saxey The flaxen-haired beauty of the childlike Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon's classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy,...

***THE No.1 BESTSELLING SENSATION!***'Activate your '"do not disturb" because you will NOT be able to stop reading until you turn the last page' Tammy CohenThree women. Three secrets.Claudia's life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the...

Tender and humorous novel of second chances and life-changing new friendship for fans of Rachel Joyce, Clare Chambers and Barbara Pym'Life-affirming and funny' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Anne Youngson's witty and elegant novel is a celebration of friendship and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorRebecca Netley grew up as part of an eccentric family in a house full of books and music, and these things have fed her passions.Family and writing remain at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837903825Author Helen PhiferFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** 'Tense. Moving. Morally complex. Zina Pavlou is wholly unforgettable.' RACHEL RHYS 'Impressive... worthy of Sarah Waters' THE TIMES THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. London, 1954...

This book brings to life a selection of the most notorious, and grimmest, murders and other crimes in and around Liverpool from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. The tales include 'Fire in the Menagerie', 'Murderous Propaganda...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400049493Author Philip KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738541805Author David BlakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Black Oak Publishing LtdPublisher Black Oak Publishing Ltd

*Now a major ITV drama starring Martin Clunes*What does it take to catch a predator who has terrorised southeast England for over fifteen years?Delroy Grant - dubbed the Night Stalker - was one of the nation's most wanted men, a shocking sex predator...

Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not...

* THE NEW ADDICTIVE THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE * 'Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish'Meticulously plotted, psychologically astute' Sarah Vaughan'Confirms Nicci French as the giant of the...

Join Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon team as they battle a global criminal conspiracy . . .When the Oregon team uncover a ship full of contraband, smuggling turns out to be the tip of a very deep (and dark) iceberg.Because the Oregon's crew have just...

A stunning novella from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series. Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of thirteen, Charlie Quinn's childhood came...

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERSAWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' Independent'No one can create a more eloquently written...

Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge - with the twist of all twists - make up the perfect page-turning thriller, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.'One of his finest books...

A weekly dinner party Ten amateur sleuths The Tuesday Night Club murders On a quiet Tuesday in St Mary Mead, a group of friends gather for dinner. A policeman, a clergyman, a solicitor, an author, an artist,...