Crime & Thrillers

From USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates comes a haunting story of dread and a lingering poison inside Gillespie HouseElle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. Over an hour's drive...

Like any small community, Linchester has its intrigues: love affairs, money problems, unhappy marriages. But the gossip is elevated to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the very night of his beautiful wife's birthday party.The whole...

Hugh Corbett returns in the twenty-first gripping mystery in Paul Doherty's ever-popular series. If you love the historical mysteries of C. J. Sansom, E. M. Powell and Bernard Cornwell you will love this.Secrets simmer in the lonely wasteland of Dartmoor...

'Wow! [This book] has it all - a terrific new character, devious twists, plenty of action and one hell of an ending' JONATHAN MABERRY, New York Times bestselling author of Ink and RageAngels walk among us, but so do other unearthly beings in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999343361Author Emily OrganFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Emily OrganPublisher Emily OrganWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 17mm

A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crime - and its extraordinary aftermath.'An absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness...it deserves to be read with...

The Shift is an exceptionally gritty thriller and one that will transport the reader back to the summer of 1989 and is based on the author's experiences after he joined Strathclyde Police on July 31, 1989. It is interwoven with a fictionalised account...

When a magistrate rules Harlan Westover's death a suicide, something smells fishy. Amidst a sea of unanswered questions, the clever Mrs. Jeffries wants to get to the bottom of it - and make sure someone doesn't stage another "suicide" . . .Praise for...

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest instalment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica.The beautiful wife of one of the world's richest men comes to...

A gripping and atmospheric Black Forest Investigation featuring Detective Inspector Louise Boni."Oliver Bottini is one of the most sophisticated crime writers of modern times" Sunday TimesIn a Berlin hotel a man is beaten up, but it's more than a random...

The story of a Faustian bargain set in the world of heavy metal. The story concerns a heavy metal band named Durt Wurk. They were big in the 90s but then their lead singer Terry went solo and now, 20 years later, all the other band members are...

The bestselling author and true crime master Ann Rule presents her fifteenth volume of the acclaimed Crime Files series focusing on disturbing stories of people in danger,. Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As they...

'A beautifully told stroy about the raw pain and ecstasy of motherhood. I loved it.' Jane Corry'I adored this powerful, emotive and sensitively written story about love and loss/' Louise Jensen'Haunting and heart-rending ... a beautifully told story'...

A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.Like most of the trouble in Nick Stefanos' life, it started with a drink. Lying in the darkness, drunk and immobile, Nick hears two men murder a terrified teenager. When he...

Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to scientist Melanie...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982170493Author Lescroart JFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria Books

Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when she and FBI maverick Kit Brennan rescued six incredible winged children from the school that created them. Now the young flock wants to go back to the couple, and Frannie and Kit are suing for custody. But...

Jason Bourne is back. An exhilarating rush of a novel in Robert Ludlum's legendary series.'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Times. 'Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you' - Sunday TimesWhen the head of Mossad learns that a major Mexican drug lord may be...

Andrew Morrison sacrificed everything-his childhood, his education, and the girl of his dreams-to look after his alcoholic mother. But enough is enough, and now he's determined to get out and live his life. That means trading the home he grew up in...

Expelled Mossad agent, Ronen, has disappeared following a failed assassination attempt on the life of the Hezbollah operative responsible for suicide bombings in Israel. Feared to be on an unauthorized mission that will bring catastrophe to his country,...

In this chilling story from USA Today bestselling author Margot Hunt, a mother and daughter try to start over in an idyllic town only to get caught up in cliques, mind games...and murder. After the sudden death of her husband, Kate Turner is looking...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER IN TRANSLATION 'Disturbing and powerful ... I loved it' - Leila Slimani, author of Lullaby 'Icy and chilling... In sharply drawn sentences, Sedira summons the beauty of a small French village, and the shocking acts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727850546Author David MarkFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm * 30mm

London in 1952 was a still recovering from the devastation wrought by World War II: rationing was still in effect, rates of crime and unemployment were high, and the national economy was in shambles. In an effort to repay its massive war debt, the...

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727823076Author Alys ClareFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 146mm * 24mm

A brilliant, high-tension thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller...Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer until his wife was murdered. Now Hawthorne has been called out of retirement for one last assignment. For he is...

'Gibson is having tremendous fun' Independent --------------THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ PATTERN RECOGNITION AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORE Hubertus Bigend, the Machiavellian head of global ad-agency Blue Ant, wants to uncover the maker of...

"A brilliantly written, pacy read " - Irish Examiner An addictive thriller from the most sensational new voice in YA fiction. Perfect for fans of the gaming and fierce love of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399585593Author Sofie KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A gripping high-concept thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Turnglass'Races along, with plenty of surprises' Times*****February, 1944.A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads a circuit of British agents risking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984819598Author Susan Elia MacnealFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Lore Rivera was married to two men at once. She led a secret double life - until one man shot the other.That's the story the world knows.But true-crime writer Cassie Bowman wants to know more - about the mysterious woman at the heart of it all, and about...

Another brilliant Wilde/Chase thriller from one of the best in the business - Andy McDermott.Archaeologist Nina Wilde's life has fallen apart. Her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase is on the run, falsely accused of murder, and her only distraction has...

'The master at his peak' Daily TelegraphA Russian scientist is defecting to the West, in order to realize his dreams of contacting extra-terrestrial life among the stars. But when an insubordinate British agent and a top CIA operative are sent to the...

In this compelling and utterly addictive thriller, bestselling author Sharon Bolton gives us a fascinating look at the extreme lengths people will go to in desperation, whatever their situation. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin...

The New York Trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one of America's most consistently astonishing writers. The Trilogy is three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250759665Author Chris WhitakerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Henry Holt & CompanyPublisher Henry Holt & CompanyWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm)...

'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland' The Times'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' S. J. BoltonFollowing her promotion and working now from Reykjavik, Gunnhildur is given responsibility for two cases - the first in tracking down an escaped convict...