Crime & Thrillers

When her husband Richard is killed in a freak accident, Shelby Pomeroy is devastated. But she soon learns a horrible truth - Richard was a conman and a cheat, and their life together was a lie.Returning home to Tennessee, Shelby discovers a new sense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593188057Author Nick PetrieFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

"AN UNLIKELY PAIR! On the surface, he's the babysitter for the boss's only daughter Yaeka, but Kirishima is really a member of the yakuza by trade. Thanks to Kirishima's persuasion, Yaeka finally resolves to visit her mother in the hospital, where she...

Who is the hunter and who is the prey? A cruel bully A troubled daughter A desperate mother A body in the woods But who is the hunter and who is the prey? When a shocking crime takes place in a close-knit community, it exposes secrets and conflicts and...

Don't miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, The Institution. Coming March 2023 - available to pre-order now! 'Relentless pace, devilish cleverness and a laser-sharp focus on plot.'...

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION **In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he'd gone from lowly assistant to running the UK's busiest murder morgue. He couldn't...

'Dark, compelling, beautifully written'Andrew Michael HurleyIn this eerie, atmospheric and mysterious tale, a woman returns to the house in Morecambe Bay where she grew up in the 1960s to find it falling apart, undermined by the roots of two huge...

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 *...

The short story OBITS won the 2016 Edgar for best short story.The No.1 bestselling author delivers an 'outstanding' (USA Today) collection of thrilling stories, introducing each one with a fascinating piece on when, where or how he came to write it.There...

A disturbing discovery is made in a Glasgow cemetery in Easy Kill, the fifth novel in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod.A vulnerable young woman has been brutally slain and left on a grave in Glasgow's sprawling cemetery, the...

1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemen's convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give a talk promoting the museum's new 'Age of King Arthur' exhibition...

`Gripping' - IAN RANKIN; The RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK that sends pulses pounding, Marked for Death will grip fans of David Baldacci and Peter James until the very last page.; A deadly secret. A chilling game. A past you can't escape.; When...

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

From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into...

*** THE SMASH HIT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** *** THE GENRE-BUSTING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK *** *** A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2023 *** *** A TELEGRAPH BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023 *** 'The queen of tricksy crime' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Her best so far' -...

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RETURNSThe iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide."Even more gripping and astonishing than the first" Sunday TimesLisbeth Salander can be viciously violent. Mikael Blomkvist knows it - and owes...

IN 12 YEARS, MICHELLE LYONS WITNESSED NEARLY 300 EXECUTIONS.As a reporter and then spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Michelle was a frequent visitor to Huntsville's Walls Unit, where she recorded the final moments of death row...

On a perfect Spring morning at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II will enjoy a cup of tea, carry out all her royal duties . . . and solve a murder.The perfect book for fans of The Crown and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.'Like an episode of...

'Are you listening, outside world? I'm coming back. Are you listening?' For twelve long years Rachel Beckett has been in prison for the murder of her husband, Martin. A murder she swears she did not commit. For twelve long years she has been denied the...

Britain and America are newly at war, and Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are caught in the very thick of the action. En route to England and his next command, Captain Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen...

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor...

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex"...

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...

'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...

The breathtaking sequel to the all-time classic, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, reissued for a new generation The greatest World War Two story of all time - is not over... By the end of 1943, all evidence of the abortive German attempt to...

***Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 - the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it all***One of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who shaped the decade' 'The biggest sports scandal the world has ever...

'Affinity is the work of an intense and atmospheric imagination . . . Sarah Waters is such an interesting writer, a kind of feminist Dickens' Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Daily TelegraphSet in and around the women's prison at Milbank in the 1870s, Affinity is an...

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...

'An incredible and compelling story' MATT COOPER'Gripping, unpretentious, brilliant and unputdownable' BUSINESS POSTA Murderer. A Leader. The Scandal of an Era.In the summer of 1982, Irish aristocrat Malcolm Macarthur embarked on a brutal killing spree...

The best-selling crime series continues in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. Criminal Volume 2: Lawless - A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much...

Egypt, 1908. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line, are at first disappointed with the Marmora, a small, unimpressive ship owned by the P&O shipping line. Employed by P&O to be the ship's detectives,...

The explosive, shocking and honest account from an MI5 officer, revealing never-before-seen detail into MI5's operation 'I do it because it is all I know. I'm a hunter of people and I'm damn good at it.' Recruited after the 7/7 attacks on London, Tom...

This is a comprehensive look at the events leading up to the death of Baby P. A recent investigation has found that there was poor communication between authorities, a repeated failure to take into account the child's history and inaccurate documentation...

'Blazes with pace and wit - Crilley has produced a real page turner' Ed McDonald, author of BLACKWINGPerfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch and Jim Butcher. The name's Gideon Tau, but everyone just calls me London. I work for the Delphic Division, the...

'Opens with a terrific hook' IRISH TIMES'Absolutely absorbing' SAM BLAKE'A chilling, magical read' PATRICIA GIBNEY'Breathtakingly paced' S. A. DUNPHY'Truly gripping' SINEAD CROWLEYTHE DEAD WON'T STAY SILENT FOREVER...It's a crisp spring morning when...

An investigative reporter is found dead in Virginia's icy waters ...New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. A diver, Ted Eddings, is dead, an...

'An edge-of-your seat tale' O, the Oprah Magazine'Equal parts love story, tragedy and murder mystery' Entertainment WeeklyFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SUNBURN AND DREAM GIRLA classic story of murder and mystery, in which one man's disappearance echoes...

A comfortable, solid, middle-American town - inhabited by a serial killer...Children are disappearing, lost to the world, horrifically murdered. The best clue the detectives have - a serial killer from a century ago. Jack Sawyer, retired from the LAPD...

'Beautifully written, emotionally intelligent.' Daily Mail'What separates Thomas' writing from your average domestic drama is its compelling persuasiveness.' StylistONE PERFECT HOLIDAY. ONE SHOCKING ENDING.After a stressful year at work, GP Jess decides...

***********************Lisbeth Salander returns to take her revenge in the most explosive novel of the series - 100 million copies of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide"Complex, satisfying, clever, moral . . . a grown-up novel for...