Crime & Thrillers

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ***'A brilliant historical crime read' Bella'This thrilling and twisty crime novel is perfect for fans of Martina Cole' My Weekly'A rollercoaster of crime, revenge and murder' The SunBEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS AN...

'NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN DAVID MORRELL' LEE CHILDOne war waged against one man: RAMBOFirst came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of FIRST BLOOD to take his place on...

Famous for being ruthless, cruel, and cool, the Mafia has always captured the darker side of the imagination. Here, James Finckenauer debunks the myths surrounding the Mafia to reveal the harsh realities of global organized crime from Japan to Russia to...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'Read this book' DAVID BALDACCI 'One of the absolute best thrillers of the year' JEFFERY DEAVER 'You will find it hard to put down' MARK BOWDEN EVERY BODY HAS SECRETS It all starts with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916051812Author David LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint David B. LyonsPublisher David B. Lyons

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year*How do you solve a murder when you don't have a clue? Frankie Boyle's gripping crime debut novel, Meantime, is a hallucinogenic ride through Glasgow...

'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax' Daily Mail*****A game of cross and double-cross in...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Ends with one of the most reverberating shocks in modern crime fiction' The Sunday Times 'A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail 'A work of genius... Stunning' Daily Express Jerome Morval has...

Almost unbearably tense, chilling and addictive . . . Exceptional' - Paula Hawkins, author of Girl on the TrainA mother knows best . . . doesn't she?Talented and determined, Devon is the centre of her ambitious parents' world, and the lynchpin of their...

Christopher Kent, worth a quarter of a million pounds yet without a penny in his pocket, stands hungrily in Piccadilly one snowy morning, looking up at the huge hotel, when a piece of card bearing a number floats down to him. He enters and is served with...

'From cold cases and serial killers to the death of a spy, Peter's true life story is as gripping as the finest thriller' - Peter James, author of Picture You DeadDiscover the truth beyond the police tape in What Lies Beneath, the arresting memoir of...

THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD 'One of the most deliciously twisted families ever put to page' Riley SagerWith the death of his adopted mother, Camden McTavish hopes that he can finally be free of his scandalous family. Ruby McTavish was...

The search for a missing boy gives Myron Bolitar far more than he bargained for...From the bestselling author of SIX YEARS.The boy was born and raised on the Main Line. But he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets - last seen in a down-town cheater's...

*Soon to be a major TV series starring Sheridan Smith with Paramount+* A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? ...

The perfect holiday... For a passionate crime It was not unusual to find the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun...she had been strangled...

Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingly, as well as his three dogs, and will be Thea Slocombe's latest house-sitting assignment. Thea expects the location will be one of her quietest, until the serene atmosphere is shattered by a fatal hit-and-run. ...

Agatha Christie's masterpiece, and the best-selling murder mystery book of all time, celebrates its 80th birthday with this gorgeous hardback Special Edition. 'We're not going to leave the island. None of us will ever leave. It's...

'One of the great series of British crime fiction' The TimesFrom multi-million-copy number one bestseller Mark Billingham comes a twisting, unbearably gripping DI Tom Thorne and Nicola Tanner thriller inspired by a dramatic real-life case.How do you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316440868Author Fonda LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint OrbitPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 163mm * 43mm

'Britain's No.1 crime writer' Mirror * * * * *A CASE THAT WON'T DIEJohn Rebus can't close the door on the death of glamorous socialite Maria Turquand. Brutally murdered in her hotel room forty years ago, her killer has never been found.Meanwhile,...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga' JAKE ARNOTT, GUARDIAN 'Huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year' LEE CHILD, NEW...

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'AN ABSOLUTE, CAN'T-PUT-IT-DOWN THRILLER' Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Jan '23 Pick)'EERIE AND ATMOSPHERIC'Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the...

'Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay' Miriam Margolyes'Witty, warm and so enjoyable' Jo BrandThe next irresistible cosy crime novel from celebrity TV chef Rosemary Shrager! Preparing a midwinter's feast for all hundred residents of...

'If you haven't read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes, the Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller A Times best crime book of 2023 Suburban bliss The new neighbours seem just right for Jellicoe Close, a pretty street...

Very few people get the opportunity to stay here.And some don't get to leave ...Zoey doesn't remember anything about last night. But she knows something went badly wrong. For she is no longer in New York. She's woken up in the desert, in a white...

EVIL TAKES MANY FORMS.PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CHARLIE PARKER HUNTS THEM ALL.It is 1997, and a serial killer is on the loose in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South.In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD...

From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin.They dreamed of a new homeThey woke to a nightmareOn Imir, Captain Holt...

Barry Broman joined the CIA in 1971 straight out of the Marine Corps, choosing a career in intelligence largely because he wanted to spend his working life in Southeast Asia. Over the next thirty years, he had the privilege of working with brave men and...

FEATURED IN THE TIMES TOP 100 CRIME NOVELS SINCE 1945SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES 'An intelligent, provocative whodunit with a killer twist' IAN RANKIN ____________ A body is found off the coast of Iceland.A cursory police investigation calls it...

WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021'Her strongest yet... a powerful, beautiful novel that shows us our land as it really is: a place of shelter and cruelty, innocence and experience' THE...

'Undercover, you're never just acting; you're only ever a different version of yourself.'Neil Woods spent fourteen years (1993-2007) infiltrating drug gangs as an undercover policeman, befriending and gaining the trust of some of the most violent,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805080589Author Jane JesmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Tracy Whitwell's second novel Gin Palace picks up with the unwilling crime-solver, Tanz, from the hilarious The Accidental Medium, as she grows accustomed to her rather unusual gift . . .Tanz can talk to ghosts, although she'd prefer it if she couldn't...

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE IT HURTS...'This is crime-writing at its nerve-tingling best'Harlan CobenA killer is targeting lone women, torturing and murdering them. The precision of his methods leads Detective Jane Rizzoli to suspect he is medically trained...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553763065Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786815255Author Shalini BolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her? According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life...

Discover the 2023 Winner of the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award - an atmospheric and suspenseful tale of intoxicating art and dizzying ambition, forbidden love and twisted obsession in Renaissance Venice - Damian Dibben's kaleidescopic...

PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' Nelson MandelaApril, 1964. The naked body of an old man floats in a lake on the outskirts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035002405Author Julia ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint MacmillanPublisher Pan MacmillanWeight(grams) 130g