Crime & Thrillers

Dawn on a cold February morning and a mist hangs over Oxford, shrouding spires and domes. Feisty novelist Kate Ivory enjoys her early morning run with the (mainly) women's jogging group. It gets her away from her word processor and she hears all the...

London, 1919: a city of ghosts and absences, haunted by the men who marched away but never came back. 'A poignant and readable mystery' THE TIMES Grace Armstrong believes that she has come to terms with her own loss, the death of her dazzling fiance who...

Will the most powerful defense system in history be used to safeguard America-or to force universal domination? The U.S. has unleashed Thor's Hammer, a missile-launching satellite that can strike anywhere on the planet in seconds. But when President...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593544662Author Josh WinningFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Publisher Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.

Whalley, 1537: On a day like any other, a devastating fire changes the lives of two young girls. What happens next triggers a series of events leading inexplicably to the cells of Lancaster Gaol.Lancashire, 1612: The most notorious witchcraft trials in...

2010. More than a century of ecological damage, industrial and technological expansion, and unchecked population growth has left the Earth on the brink of devastation. As the world's governments turn inward, one man dares to envision a bolder,...

The 5th Lily Bard novel from the bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse seriesLily Bard is a woman with a dark past. One she's trying to forget. So she joins a local therapy group in her adopted town of Shakespeare, hoping it will help her cope with...

'An all-action court drama' Sunday Times on Summary JusticeShe was found hanging in a dingy London bedsit with a blood orange in her mouth. Diane Heybridge, a young woman without a past or much of a future, has captured in death the compassion denied her...

'The action scenes are deftly choreographed and Standing is an engaging protagonist' Financial Times'The quick-fire pace of a classic Leather guys-with-guns thriller that again hits the target' The SunWhat makes a good man become an assassin?A Navy SEAL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496708533Author Laura LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' - DAVID BALDACCI Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA, in this next installment of the #1 NYT-bestselling...

One fatal crashBen is driving on the motorway, on his usual commute to the school where he works. A day like any other, except for the crash.Two colliding worldsAdam has left his home for the last time. In his final despairing act, he jumps in front of...

A missing murder victim; an agent declared rogue. Someone wants a secret kept, no matter what the cost...A superb standalone thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Bourne series.Ben Hartman is on holiday in Switzerland when he meets...

The most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago, Blondell O'Henry was convicted of murdering her eldest daughter and wounding her two other children. The prosecution said that beautiful, selfish Blondell wanted to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250219824Author Ann CleevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Minotaur BooksPublisher Minotaur BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758285287Author Joanne FlukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999497500Author Tom MorrisseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint 5th Palace PublishingPublisher 5th Palace PublishingWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm)...

Always Watching By Julie Anne Lindsey Is she being paranoid? Suspecting she's being followed, Scarlet Wills hires local PI Austin Beaumont. But when a brutal attack lands Scarlet in hospital, it's clear...

Everything started from that day.The memory of 31 August 1969 has been at the back of Commissario Michele Balistreri's mind for over four decades. It was not only the day that preceded Colonel Muammar Gadaffi's seizure of power in Balistreri's birthplace...

What did her son do in the woods last night? Does a mother really want to know? It's what Sarah Ellsworth dreamed of. Marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Martin. Living in a historic mansion in Pennsylvania's most exclusive borough. And Finn, a...

`Like a cold spider, the memory stirred in my head and spun an icy web about my brain. Someone else crawled in. I remembered' Thirty-on-year-old Catherine Hope has a great memory. But she can't remember everything. She can't remember her ninth year...

Return to the unique and evocative world of The Dying Earth, edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin, in this tribute anthology featuring the most distinguished fantasists of our day. Here are twenty-two brand-new adventures set in the world of...

'An espionage master' Charles CummingA terrifying plot to unleash destruction in London. A very unlikely spy. The countdown has begun...Constantine Lindow is waiting for his brother Eamonn outside a central London tube station when a bus turns into the...

The gripping story of what it's like to be the daughter of a woman who changed the world - perfect for fans of The Power and VoxA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK AND KINDLE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 'Engrossing and original. The Silence Project will get people...

A Kirkus Reviews 'Best Fiction of 2016' selectionA Bookpage 'Best Books of 2016' selectionA Barnes and Noble 'Best Books of 2016' selectionA Seattle Times 'Best Books of 2016' selection'Mercury is as luminous, unforgettable, and perfectly rendered as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780927237Author Petr KoplFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 9mm

A secret admirer's devotion turns deadly in a twisting novel of psychological suspense. Mia Anderson is an invisible woman. An unremarkable thirty-two-year-old Tennessee librarian, she's accustomed to disappearing in a crowd, unseen and unheard. Then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395843673Author John UpdikeFormat PaperbackPage Count 835Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 960g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643850405Author Kira PeikoffFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322462Author William RougheadFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Amaka returns in this gripping sequel to Easy Motion Tourist, and finds herself in more trouble than ever. When a plane crash kills the state gubernatorial candidate, Chief Ojo is picked to replace him. The same Chief Ojo who beat up a girl in The Harem,...

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing... Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781335455000Author Ulf KvenslerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hanover Square PressPublisher Hanover Square PressWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 238mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646040346Author Cheyna RothFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062094407Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

An expert thief outwits foes old and new to defeat a sinister summoning, in this hair-raising noir-thriller from the bestselling world of Arkham Horror Adventuress Countess Alessandra Zorzi has a new vocation: reacquiring the occult artefacts she stole...

Three girls were best friends - until friendship became murder... From the bestselling author of SUNBURN and LADY IN THE LAKEBaltimore police receive an urgent call out to a school after gunshots are heard coming from a locked girls' toilet. The police...

The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand, red flags are raised. Pete Green wasn't the sort of soldier who would ever take his own life - and no one is more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538721070Author Steve BerryFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Official, original James Bond from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.Bond has lost his licence to kill. After he took revenge on the CIA agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal, Sanchez, M revoked his double 0...