Crime & Thrillers

Shortlisted for Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards Longlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize THRILLER OF THE YEAR in GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH AND DAILY EXPRESS 'Totally addictive. Like Fight Club, only darker'...

Eve wasn't sure what it said about her that she was more comfortable in the morgue than a baby boutique. And she didn't care. The scent of death was the familiar.Rushing to the murder scenes of a tortured young woman, Eve is far more at home than when...

A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story The Witness for the Prosecution... Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation... A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from 'the other side'; a...

The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalised paintings,...

'Feels incredibly modern... it is brutal, frank about sex and violence, and will make your flesh creep' Ian RankinA brilliant new translation of Simenon's critically acclaimed masterpiece.'And always the dirty snow, the heaps of snow that look rotten,...

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major feature film. DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH. Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the ...

If you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone . . .FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGE_________The last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa.Now he is helpless, alone, and...

Don Roberto Luciano, boss of the Sicilian Mafia, agrees to be chief witness in the trial of Paul Carolla, who murdered Luciano's firstborn son, Michael, 20 years ago. Despite round-the-clock protection, all the Luciano men are killed the night before a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915009326Author Robyn NyxFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Butterworth BooksPublisher Butterworth BooksWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

AN INTENSELY CREEPY SERIAL KILLER THRILLER DEBUT, FOR FANS OF CHRIS CARTER AND M. W. CRAVEN.'A truly extraordinary crime novel' - Lynda La Plante'Written with a clear grasp of social media, the story simply bristles with invention - though it is not for...

'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHSThere is more to solving a crime than following the clues.Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings.It's the height of summer, and the wealthy Finney family have...

From the BAFTA-winning writer behind the TV series PRIME SUSPECT and author of WIDOWS, now a major motion picture... As Vera Reynolds, drag queen and night club star, sways onstage singing 'Falling in Love Again', a sixteen-year-old rent boy lies in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915747082Author Helen GoldenFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Drew Bradley PressPublisher Drew Bradley PressWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Killjoy is the fourth mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The youth theatre cast are in their places but Gus Lynch's female lead is missing, that is, until she's found in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850222415Author Debby FowlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint TruranPublisher TruranDimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 18mm

'Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical crime fiction' JESS KIDD In the darkness, her face glimmered like polished bone, white, but with a bluish tinge. Her lips were dry and...

A thrilling page-turner about sisterhood, secrets, love and murder by Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Mother-in-Law.It's not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows.For as long as they can remember, Jessica,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781998090Author Andrea MaraFormat PaperbackImprint Poolbeg Press LtdPublisher Poolbeg Press Ltd

The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's spectacular career - became a blockbuster film - and introduced Jack Ryan. THE HUNT IS ON... Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738446506Author Martha BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Darkfield BooksPublisher Darkfield BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Discover the addictive crime thriller from bestseller Wes MarkinA murdered child. A case from the past. A detective inspector with nothing to lose...DI Paul Riddick is a man tormented by his own actions and determined to right the wrongs of his past any...

The latest adventure for the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films, where the pirates are real and the shooting isn't all done with cameras. In England's young silent-film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837903863Author Emily ShinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world. The Ripper commenced his series of atrocities at the end of August and continued freely until the...

'BRILLIANT AT CAPTURING THE MURDEROUS CHARMS OF RURAL FRANCE ' MirrorMillions of fans worldwide have discovered the world of Bruno, Chief of Police, and the lovely Perigord town that he looks after. Yet even in the depths of rural France, murder is never...

THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH White Suicide spins a story of espionage, secrecy and revenge in the months and years following the kidnapping and subsequent assassination of Aldo Moro. Known to be one of Italy's, and the Cold War's, visionary...

"WOW! This book had so many good twists and turns I couldn't put it down . . . Loved it!" -Goodreads reviewer, five starsThe author of Ripple Effect returns with a taut and terrifying new novel full of suspicion and revenge. When Alice starts a...

A shocking reveal threatens to unravel Detective Superintendent Roy Grace's happy new life in Love You Dead, by award winning crime author Peter James.Grace is newly married, having moved to a country cottage with Cleo and their baby son. But his first,...

'Dark, timely and thought-provoking' THE SUN'Set to be a big summer hit' THE INDEPENDENT'A gripping read that is visceral and raw. Buy it' GLAMOURThe last time Rachel saw the girls, they were teenagers island-hopping in Greece: making friends, finding...

'Serrailler, Hill's brilliant detective, is the central character in the great writer's crime fiction novels' CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALLHow do you catch a killer who doesn't exist? One snowy night in the cathedral city of Lafferton, an old woman is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934824269Author Mathias EnardFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Open LetterPublisher Open LetterWeight(grams) 649g

THE TRUE STORY OF LONDON'S MOST PROLIFIC ARMED ROBBERY GANGThe average bank robbery takes around four minutes. The essential ingredients are ruthlessness, cunning and plenty of bottle. You'll also need a weapon, a disguise and a getaway car. If you have...

Lindsey Davis has received the Crime Writer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award for her two immortal series of detective novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco and his adopted daughter, Flavia Albia. She is regarded as the finest living novelist of...

THE HUNTERS return in their third brilliant novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author Chris Kuzneski, whose writing James Patterson says has 'raw power'. The team are hunting Marco Polo's hidden treasure, but who is on their tail? THE...

'Pacy, dark and highly entertaining, with a real sense of menace' Sunday Times bestseller, T.M. Logan 'The very definition of a white-knuckle ride' Sunday Times bestseller, B P Walter 'Brilliant . . . a proper page-turner' Sunday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Bram Stoker Awards (Novel) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780451236371Author Bentley LittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Berkley Publishing...

Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin's series... Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple...

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand: to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959947998Author Philip FairbanksFormat HardbackPage Count 454Imprint Is It Wet Yet PressPublisher Is It Wet Yet PressWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm)...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH'Imaginative, unusual, clever and fun' Sunday Times'A twisty, exciting read' Sabine Durrant'A dark, sexy mystery' Metro**********Claire Wright isn't who she seems.A British drama student, in...