Crime & Thrillers

Havana, 2003, fourteen years since Mario Conde retired from the police force and much has changed in Cuba. He now makes a living trading in antique books bought from families selling off their libraries in order to survive. In the house of Alcides de...

"I am in great danger ... I know that murder is going to be the reward for my uncomplaining loyalty." This letter containing heartfelt and urgent pleas for help is received by three very eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable...

In an all-consuming novel of suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, the survivor of a brutal family massacre must uncover the shocking truth about a fateful night that left her forever marked . . .All her life, she's been the...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I...

The boy could help them bring down a deadly ISIS terror cell. They just have to find him before the other side does.WINNER OF THE 2019 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE'A welcome return ... Firefly is both timely and terrific' Mick Herron'An...

Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Lancashire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just...

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential...

Jim Qwilleran, newspaper columnist and Moose County's richest resident, is intrigued to hear about the mysterious disappearance of an unidentified backpacker somewhere in Fishport, a village near Mooseville where he has a log cabin. With its hundred...

'Expect a tale of love, courage and being brave in the most dangerous of times' Woman's WayYou can pay a terrible price for keeping a promise...Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Forest Lawns Care Home in the heart of the English countryside,...

NOW..My name is Matthew McConnell. You've probably heard my story.I took five of my friends on a boat through the longest canal tunnel in England. YOU...It takes two hours and twenty-six minutes to travel through that tunnel.Six of us entered that tunnel...

A Fascinating Look into the Psychology of Serial Killers and the Men Who Hunt Them DownColin Wilson opens this illuminating psychological discussion with the development of the 1977 Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI, which was set up in order to answer...

In this third instalment of the John Tedesco Cathedral Murder Mystery series, a controversial new bishop arrives in Rhyminster with a clearly stated mission to attack the Woke culture, his every pronouncement stirring up a hornet's nest. Bishop James...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553212419Author Sir Arthur Conan DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 1088Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A young woman is dead.Her family are convinced she was murdered, and they know who did it.The case is about to be closed.Everyone else says the evidence speaks for itself: this is nothing more than a tragic case of suicide.Only you can uncover what...

"A gripping and thrilling tale. The writing was INCREDIBLE!" Reader review, Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted? A double agent. As World War...

Bullying and persecution among a group of schoolgirls leads to violent retribution and a race against time for Wycliffe.Two very different young women have been murdered within the same week. One was a singer in a nightclub, the other a nurse - but both...

The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie ComerSUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the MonthIn a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847517296Author Mike RipleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 139mm *...

THE TOP FIVE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'Griptastic!' Liz NugentTwo decades of secrets. One shocking discovery...When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial reconstruction expert Dr Carla Steele is drawn into a fourteen-year-old case - but not all cases are...

*** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SILENT PATIENT ***'Infinitely thrilling and delicately crafted, the plot keeps everyone guessing until the very end, with an unscrupulous villain to underline just how good...

Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time.Simon Templar finds himself on the side of the righteous for once...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ILP JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER A TEXAN COURTOOM THRILLER THAT CRACKLES WITH TENSION AND HIGH-STAKES GAMBITS - 'EVERYTHING I LOVE IN A THRILLER', WOODY HARRELSON 'Compelling and fast-moving' LISA BALLANTYNE ...

Shortlisted for: **The Kathy Reichs Award for Fearless Female Character** **The Cat Amongst the Pigeons Award for Most Exceptional Debut** **FINALIST IN THE INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARDS FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL** Part-time Florida...

An ancient legend, an all-too modern murder, and Chief Superintendent Wycliffe must find the link between them ...Every year, at Halloween, high on the Cornish cliffs, a life-sized effigy of a man is strapped to a blazing wheel and run into the sea - a...

In Heartbreak Hotel by New York Times No.1 bestseller Jonathan Kellerman, criminal psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware investigates the death of his most mysterious patient to date. Fans of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben will revel in this knife-sharp...

The spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon's MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told... It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684842561Author Josephine TeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 315g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982179649Author Robert RotenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569473313Author Cara BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press IncWeight(grams) 317g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448310135Author Lee GoldbergFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 470gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 145mm *...

Kaite Welsh's thrilling medical mystery THE UNQUIET HEART is the second in the gothic Sarah Gilchrist series, following a medical student turned detective in Victorian Edinburgh. For readers of Natasha Pulley's THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET or...

'An utterly thrilling gothic tale' KIRSTY WARK'Rich in atmosphere and suspense' BELLA ELLIS'Two unforgettable heroines' ELLY GRIFFITHSDark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham for fans of Stacey Halls...

The disturbing new thriller from the king of southern gothic. When he was a prosecuting attorney Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown - Natchez, Mississippi - that Penn will face his most dangerous...

'ADDICTIVE, ORIGINAL AND BRILLIANTLY TWISTY' T. M. LOGANLisa is running.She has taken her child, Jack, and she has run from his father.Lisa thinks she's safe.She's found a remote house where no one will be able to find them.Lisa is about to wake up in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993995Author NisiOisiNFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.

'A dark, chilling and fantastic read' Patricia GibneyCriminologist David Dunnigan and his troubled niece Beth are on the run. Beth has been accused of killing a high-profile detective and everyone thinks she's guilty. Even Beth, who has no memory of what...

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONA powerful novel of conflict, history and shadows from the past ... by the bestselling, acclaimed author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.'As I stood there on my front porch that hot, breathless July day, leaning against the column...

An action-packed bookish adventure, The Lost Plot is the fourth title in Genevieve Cogman's witty and wonderful The Invisible Library series.A covert mission.A royal demand.And a race against time.In a 1920s-esque America, Prohibition is in force,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912968510Author C. K. HarewoodFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Blue Laurel PressPublisher Blue Laurel Press

A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1930s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Alexander McCall Smith and Agatha Christie.'McPherson is an exemplary crime writer' Scotsman BAD LUCK? BAD TIMING? OR GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MURDER? When a circus comes to spend the...