Crime & Thrillers

A collection of eight ingenious short stories following Inspector Montalbano's investigations into Sicily's murky underworld, all served with Camilleri's trademark wit, and Montalbano's typical appetite.Featuring stories adapted for BBC4's Inspector...

On the dark streets of Mumbai, the paths of a missing dancer, a serial killer, and an inspector with a haunted past converge in an evocative thriller about lost love and murderous obsession. After years of dancing in Mumbai's bars, Tara Mondal was...

A serial killer. A hero to some. A wanted criminal to others. The man who calls himself Vindici broke out of prison last year. Now he's filmed himself torturing and killing paedophiles in Liverpool's affluent suburbs. Half the city are...

Vietnam, 1963. A female Viet Cong assassin is trawling the boulevards of Saigon, catching US Army officers off-guard with a single pistol shot, then riding off on the back of a scooter. Although the US military is not officially in combat, sixteen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496700414Author Barbara RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Two young men - Jago and Marcantonio - both studying business and finance:Jago is a kid from a rough part of London who has worked hard to get a job in a bank and is now on a fast-track secondment to the Berlin office. Marcantonio is one of the new...

Anne Perry's Inspector William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth...Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater...

Jonathan Paul goes behind the sensationalist headlines of 'child killers' to investigate why these crimes happen. He examines child homicide in today's violent, confusing world and contextualises it against the cruel unforgiving retribution of yesterday...

The extraordinary life and crimes of heiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale, who in 1974 became the only woman to pull off a major art heist.In the world of crime, there exists an unusual commonality between those who steal art and those who...

For millions of people across the world, lighting up a joint is no more controversial than having a cup of tea. But in Hash Wensley Clarkson explores the dark and sinister side of this multi-billion pound business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld...

'Broadmoor Inmates: True Crime Tales of Life and Death in the Asylum' brings together the histories of people who died in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, each having committed a crime that led to them being pronounced criminally insane, necessitating...

He's the only one who can stop America's secrets from falling into enemy hands . . .Dominic Caruso, nephew to president Jack Ryan and operative for top secret intelligence agency The Campus, is working in India when a terrorist hit takes out his trainer...

'G.D. Abson is an author at the absolute top of his game' - David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child and Stasi Wolf'A twisty, fast-paced thriller' - The Times and Sunday Times Crime Club'Gripping... Readers will want to see more of the feisty,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992822866Author Ann SwinfenFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Shakenoak PressPublisher Shakenoak PressDimensions(mm) 224mm * 152mm * 14mm

From the author of The Red Notebook, described as 'Parisian perfection' by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, The Readers' Room is a thrilling murder mystery set in the world of publishing. 'The plot blends mystery with comedy to great effect'- Daily Mail ...

The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.Advertising director Nick Stefanos is well acquainted with the seedy side of the electronics business - blow-out sales and shady deals were his life on the shop floor...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . Hakan Nesser's The Inspector and Silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the Van Veeteren series.In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of...

Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well-connected. She's also a notorious gold digger only recently separated from her latest husband - and she's hired Spenser to act as her stand-in spouse.The Boston P.I. is to accompany Heidi to her private...

'Holmes,' I cried.'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250142931Author Linda CastilloFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 188mm *...

The story of the dangerous race to obtain the ultimate deterrent, with hidden roots in Nazi Germany. An investigation into a series of unexplained deaths of former Israeli intelligence agents uncovers startling revelations from the past, which expose a...

Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China's most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel. Welcome to Shanghai. A restless metropolis where old traditions collide with new...

The deadliest secrets lie closest to home... Mackenzie, Robin and Lily have been best friends since college. Twenty years on, they all live in the same neighbourhood with their perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives... ...

'Dashiell Hammett is an original. He is a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer' BOSTON GLOBEDashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. Short, squat and as stubborn as a mule,...

From the author of ALTAR OF EDEN and MAP OF BONES comes another fantastic mystery adventure, this time set deep in the Amazon jungle.Out of the inhospitable Amazon rainforest a man stumbles into a missionary village. Soon the CIA operative and former...

What you see isn't always real... Ran McGhie's world has been turned upside down. A young, lonely and frustrated writer, and suffering from mental-health problems, he discovers that his long-dead mother was related to one of Glasgow's oldest merchant...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of Bodies from the Library includes the usual eclectic mix of...

'The ever-witty McPherson has outdone herself' Scottish Field'All the wit and clever plotting fans of Christie could want' My Weekly Special*Winner of Left Coast Crime's Lefty Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel*Something sinister is afoot in the...

'Told with passion and sensitivity' DAILY MAIL'Will have you rooting for them all the way' GUARDIAN'Like having Dolly in the room with you' VAL McDERMID 'Deserves to be a runaway success' EXPRESS 'Enthralling, terrifying, moving' LEE SMITH 'A thrilling...

'Intricately plotted, beautifully written...with great pace, truly sympathetic characters, and a great twist at the end' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger award ...

The eighth of John le Carre's espionage novels to feature his most enduring and well-loved character, George Smiley, and a gripping feat of narrative brilliance, The Secret Pilgrim is published in Penguin Modern Classics with an afterword by the author...

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'Powerful . . . psychological menace and dramatic plot twists' Daily Mail'A riveting tale full of intrigue . . . Caroline England at her best and given the standard of her work that is really saying something' AMANDA ROBSONCaroline England keeps her...

Casey knows the truth. But it won't set her free. Casey Cox's DNA is all over the crime scene. There's no use talking to police; they've failed her abysmally before. She has to flee before she's arrested . . . or worse. The truth doesn't matter anymore...

The Davie McCall series returns in Devil's Knock.About the AuthorDOUGLAS SKELTON is an established true crime author, penning eleven books including Glasgow's Black Heart, Frightener and Dark Heart. He has appeared on a variety of documentaries and news...

John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise the execution of the fearless, high-profile...

From the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2012 for Best Thriller of the Year comes a gripping and suspenseful spy novel. Perfect for fans of John le Carre, Charles Cumming is 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday) ...

The skies above London hum with danger. And in the Channel enemies lie in wait... Autumn, 1917. London is not the city that Dr John Watson and Sherlock Holmes once bestrode like giants. Terror has come from the sky and Londoners are scurrying underground...

Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike...

In Paul Doherty's new novel, Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Hall of Two Truths, is once again summoned to the Imperial Palaceo: Tekreth, Guardian of the Door of Sobeck, has fallen to his death from the roof of his stately mansion. According to all...