Crime & Thrillers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Georgia Writers' Association Best Novel 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780804180290Author Karin SlaughterFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Dell Publishing Co...

When a seemingly innocent photograph in the streets of Beijing ignites a nationwide manhunt, a desperate flight for freedom begins and young British traveller Daniel Weaver finds himself running for his life. Using his wits, misdirection and a change of...

A mystery lands - literally - at Tom Winscombe's feet, and another riotous mathematical adventure begins... Tom Winscombe and Dorothy Chan haven't managed to go on a date for some time, so it's a shame that their outing to a Promenade Concert is cut...

Jacob Meaney makes so little money as a translator that his girlfriend has given up on him. Then Eloise, an Australian digital marketer, appears out of the blue, offering him unheard of sums for a couple of weeks' work.A private plane and helicopter take...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593470510Author Juneau BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Assassin. Immortal. Spy.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights comes the first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders...

The only unsolved act of air piracy in US history from the perspective of a mathematician and pilot. On November 24, 1971, a polite, nondescript, and dark-complexioned man calling himself "Dan Cooper" hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Boeing 727,...

The first female president of the United States is summoned to an emergency briefing.Deep in the jungle of Peru, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist party whole. FBI agent Mike Rich investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and...

In this tense thriller set on a WW2 airbase, a female pilot faces danger in the sky-and a murderer on the ground. July 1940. As the Battle of Britain begins, the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary carry out the dangerous task of ferrying warplanes...

In war-torn Iraq, Stratton's closest friend is killed whilst on operation, leaving behind a grieving wife and child - Stratton's godson. When the widow moves to Los Angeles she is brutally murdered and her child placed in state custody. Stratton, rocked...

"Blade-sharp, whip-smart, and genuinely original - a thriller to refresh your faith in the genre, your belief that a story can still outpace and outsmart you."- A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in The Window"Clever and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780441011636Author Simon R. GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ace BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm *...

A brilliant Murphy and Rossi police procedural from Luca Veste, called 'A writer to watch' by Mark Billingham. Social media stars Chloe Morrison and Joe Hooper seem to have it all - until their bodies are found following an anonymous phone call to their...

At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff's office eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered. As years passed and the double...

Most of them were asleep in their beds when the ground gave way...When Ryder Creed responds to a devastating mudslide in North Carolina, he knows the difference between finding survivors and the dead - is time. Heedless of the dangers, Creed and his best...

A brutal killer is on the streets of Rome. He leaves no trace. And shows no mercy. A series of gruesome murders leaves the police force in Rome reeling, with no real clues or hard evidence to follow. Assigned to the case is Sandra Vega, a brilliant...

Shortlisted for The Winston Graham Historical Prize Longlisted for The Highland Book Prize A battle lost. A daring escape. A long walk into obscurity. The ultimate failure... In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure...

'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVEN_____________________Three can keep a secret. If two of you are dead... Two women...

Anna Fekete, who fled the Yugoslavian wars as a child, has just started working as a criminal investigator in a northern Finnish coastal town, when she is thrust into a rolling murder investigation. It doesn't help that her new partner, Esko, doesn't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617738500Author Carlene O'connorFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

'Greenwood's strength lies in her ability to create characters that are wholly satisfying: the bad guys are bad, and the good guys are great' Vogue1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty. Three...

Sergeant Pete Decker is driving through a housing estate one night when he discovers an abandoned toddler in blood-stained pyjamas. As Decker and his partner, Marge Dunn, hunt for the child's parents, the bee-stings they notice all over the child's arm...

LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 'Anyone wanting smart and compelling crime fiction with razor-sharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact, EVERYONE should read her.' Mark Billingham 'A new read...

Brighton,1957Mirabelle Bevan can't resist a cry for help, be it the little girl at a seaside sanatorium who is getting bullied or the strange behaviour of Uma, the Indian nurse who is looking after her. Intrigued she soon finds herself drawn into a...

Everyone has secrets. Especially the king. When a gruesomely mutilated body is found on the squalid streets of Paris in 1759, the Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths is called to the scene. The body count soon begins to rise and the...

Glasgow's melting. The temperature is rising and so is the murder rate. Douglas Brodie, ex-policeman, ex-soldier and now newest reporter on the Glasgow Gazette, has no shortage of material for his crime column.But even Brodie baulks at his latest...

The twelfth hair-raising Dirk Pitt thriller sees the adventurer hunt for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold, before the richest prize known to man is lost forever. ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE A call for help from a stricken archaeological...

One photo. Seven friends. And a strange face, none of them recognise."I loved it - a classy and clever subversion of a country house mystery" Harriet Tyce** A Sunday Times crime book of the month**'The end, when it comes, is as unexpected and smart as it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907565489Author Shaun HutsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Caffeine Nights PublishingPublisher Caffeine Nights PublishingWeight(grams)...

On an island in the shape of a teardrop live two sisters. One is admired far and wide, the other lives in her shadow. One is the Oracle, the other is destined for the Underworld.But what will happen when she returns to the island? Based on the Japanese...

The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. Kate Shugak's family becomes involved in a murder investigation in Blood Will Tell. Fifty thousand square miles of untouched Alaskan forest is definitely a...

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 timeIn three more classic tales, the Saint continues to push his luck...

On a late summer evening, the train from Malmo to Ystad is involved in a crash. The deaths at the scene seem straightforward until one of the bodies is identified as a well-known conman. It's someone who had crossed swords with Chief Inspector Moberg in...

Did you know that gin was first created as an anti-malarial? Or that Buckfast Tonic Wine was created by Benedictine monks as a cure-all? Whilst alcohol is today best known for its intoxicating properties, in the past it was prized for its ability to...

'Omg... Gripping from page one... Love love loved it!!!' NetGalley reviewer It's every parent's worst nightmare... Seventeen-year-old Bryony Lloyd's father drops her off at a friend's house to study -...

Suicide or murder? DI Ford is sure there's a killer to catch, but time is running out. A young female soldier is found on Salisbury Plain, her throat cut and a bloody knife in her dead hand. Everyone assumes that she killed herself. But something...

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR REVENGE? A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. ...

'Gripping psychological suspense' Fiona Barton, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Child 'Keeps you guessing till the very end' Cara Hunter, author of All The Rage You never...

'A slick, smart thriller you don't want to miss' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife'Every page is packed with feral tension'Stephanie Wrobel, author of The Recovery of Rose Gold'An ending you won't see coming'Louise O'Neill, author of After the...

When Tommy Phan discovers a mysterious rag doll on his doorstep one day, he's curious but tries to dismiss it. However, the thing seems ominously foreboding - a feeling borne out when he hears a sound from it that evening. When he picks up the doll, its...