Mystery & Detective

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593686584Author Claudia GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Two trains Side by side for a brief moment In that moment, a murder Elspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death. But it was only the merest glimpse through a carriage window...

Reeling from the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum's life has descended into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and blackouts. When traces of child pornography are found on his computer, he's accused of being part of a paedophile...

A strange house A ghost from the past As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there's something strange about this house. A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled. ...

Fourth in the series featuring investigative journalist Lindsay Gordon. When union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from her bedroom window after a spectacularly public row with Lindsay, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real...

Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered - by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus - with a bullet in his...

A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland Hills. In the process of clearing the line a body is discovered, and so begins a dangerous case for struggling Edwardian railway detective, Jim Stringer. Jim's new investigation takes him to the mighty...

She couldn't paint to save her life - so someone's given her a lesson by taking it!Most newcomers don't stay long in remote Lochdubh - usually boredom, dampness and nosy locals drive them out. But it looks as if artist Effie Garrard has come to stay...

A building full of secrets. A key that will unleash them all The K Apartments for Ladies in Tokyo conceals a sinister past behind each door; a woman who has buried a child; a scavenger driven mad by ill-health; a wife mysteriously guarding her late...

Four dead bodies. But who is guilty in this deadly web of secrecy and lies? When a homeless man is murdered, Detective Sergeant Geraldine Steel is disturbed by the coldblooded nature of the crime. With the discovery of a second victim, the police hunt...

1817. Dawn breaks on a summer's day in Chalk Farm, London, and the scene is set for a duel between a lady's two ardent admirers. Paul Skillen has been teaching Mark Bowerman how to shoot properly and, although he is not sanguine of his chances, stands as...

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When Tim Harding agrees to do a friend a favour by bidding for an antique ring at an auction on his behalf, he is unaware of the secrets tied up with it - secrets that date back three hundred years.But the ring is stolen before it can be sold, and a...

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime and detection...

THE FIRST GRAY MAN NOVEL FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MARK GREANEY - now a Netflix original film starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans'Hard, fast, and unflinching-exactly what a thriller should be.' Lee ChildTo those who lurk in the shadows,...

'Vera Morris is one of those unexpected gems who turn up occasionally on the crime fiction scene' Mystery PeopleSomeone knows what happened . . .1971. David was thirteen when he went missing two years ago. It's now up to Laurel Bowman and Frank Diamond,...

Amazing news is spreading like wildfire across the Scottish countryside: the most famous of all Highland bachelors, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth, is planning to marry at last! Everyone in the village of Lochdubh adores Josie McSween, Hamish's newest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400032518Author Charles WillefordFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

'A fast-paced, breathtaking read... This will definitely be making my list of favourite books of the year' Go Buy The BookDetective Alyssa Wyatt is hunting a serial killer.She doesn't know that he's hunting her.A woman is found naked, badly beaten and...

"Curiously enough," said Dr. Manners, "I know a story in which the detection of a murder turned on the behaviour of a bird: in this instance a jackdaw." Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in...

The characters in this book are works of fiction. But, then, isn't everyone . . . ?1988, Pencalenick, Cornwall.At seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working at his father's pub and when fate, in the form of twins Daisy and Bea and their...

The third magical murder mystery in the bestselling Seth Seppi series, which started with The Last Chance Hotel - perfect for fans of Harry Potter and Robin Stevens! 'This mystery is a worthy prizewinner ... a jolly,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250124517Author M C BeatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint St. Martins Press-3plPublisher St. Martins Press-3plWeight(grams) 277g

Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door.literally. It's a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the...

When Maddie Dupree enters Hennessy's Bar in Truly, Idaho, she isn't looking for a husband, a boyfriend, or even just a drink. She's looking for the truth about her past, and nothing will stand in her way. Especially not a Hennessy boy. Everyone knows...

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller'Pure gold indeed' Heat magazine'JD Robb is a fantastic storyteller who knows how to keep the pages flying by' #1 International Bestselling Author, Karin Slaughter"One of my all-time favorite authors hitting a golden...

'If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life' Heat MagazineThe brand new thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling series For a Homicide cop, murder often started the day. For the mixed-race...

A Swedish crime writer as thrilling as Mankell, a detective as compelling as Wallander . . . A dark and sinister case from the past comes back to haunt Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the final novel in the Van Veeteren series, The G File by Hakan Nesser...

Paul and Steve are back to solve the latest hard-hitting case of robbery and murder. After a heist goes down at Harkdale bank, a gang of thieves flee and a car chase ensues. As police close in on them, the thieves come to a screeching dead end...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for The McIlvanney Prize 2020 (UK).Book InformationISBN 9781780296920Author Caro RamsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate...

A shocking act of violence at the Palace of Westminster draws Edinburgh's toughest cop into a complex new case... Skinner is plunged into a web of politics and enemies in STATE SECRETS, another compelling and utterly addictive mystery from bestselling...

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, returns to face an ancient, Medusa-like curse in her twenty-sixth adventure. Fans of Charlaine Harris and Anne Rice will delight in this series by Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. 'I've...

DCI EMILY BAXTER FACES HER TOUGHEST CHALLENGE YET... HOW DO YOU CATCH A KILLER WHO IS ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD?An action-packed serial killer thriller for fans of Tess Gerritsen, MJ Arlidge and Jo Nesbo. Meet DCI Emily Baxter, a detective whose life is as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942207214Author A M StrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Bad Dog Media LLCPublisher Bad Dog Media LLCWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789810539160Author Stephen LeatherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint monsoonPublisher Monsoon Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912599707Author Adam CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Black Cannon PublishingPublisher Black Cannon PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' (Daily Telegraph), the Inspector Troy series is perfect for fans of Le Carre, Philip Kerr and Alan Furst.1938.The Germans take Vienna without a shot being fired. Covering Austria...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542048538Author Viveca StenFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint AmazonCrossingPublisher Amazon Publishing

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WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014Cadiz, 1811. While the city is under siege from the marauding French army, an even greater menace is lurking within the city walls: a serial killer is on the loose, flaying young women to death. Each of these...