Mystery & Detective

The death of a squatter is not all it seems...Ann Granger introduces the unemployed and soon-to-be-homeless amateur sleuth Fran Varady in the first of this riveting crime series. The perfect read for fans of Edward Marston and LJ Ross. 'It looks as if...

When Rachel's baby is stillborn, she becomes obsessed with the idea that saving a stranger's life months earlier is to blame. An unforgettable, heart-wrenching, warm and funny debut... 'Emotionally engaging, witty, clever and wonderfully satisfying'...

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.1941.After ten years spying for the Americans, Wolfgang Stahl disappears...

N is for Noose is the fourteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future, a quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we saw would make no sense at...

It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine...

When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on the Honeychurch Hall estate, suspicion as to his unusual demise naturally falls on the residents. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line and rolling stock depot...

We come from the mist, and to the mist we will return . . . Fergus MacGregor told people he was going to Pitlochry for the day but was never seen again. Years later, Rebecca witnesses his deeply religious mother holding an annual ritual in the ancient...

David Hewson's The Killing 2 is the novelization of the second series of the hit Danish crime drama, The Killing.It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case. Two years since Detective Sarah Lund left Copenhagen in disgrace for a remote...

The sensational breakout historical thriller from Sunday Times bestseller and Ancient Rome expert Harry Sidebottom.______________________He came home a hero.But death isn't finished with him yet . . .145BC - CALABRIA, ANCIENT ROME. After years of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615665405Author Kris NelscottFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Wmg PublishingPublisher Wmg PublishingWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The Cook of the Halcyon is the twenty-seventh Inspector Montalbano mystery from the master of Sicilian crime, Andrea Camilleri.Moments later the all-white schooner, which looked like a hospital ship, began to pass ever so slowly before him, as if wanting...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553261097Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 169mm *...

Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesA stolen weapon. A troubled young man. A race against time...Inspector Maigret receives a call from his wife to say he has a visitor at their apartment. But when he gets home, the young man has already...

'Hyland, a seasoned firefighter, ensures the climactic inferno takes your breath away. More please.' - Mark Sanderson, The Times'An atmospheric gripper' - Crime Monthly'A gritty, inventive slice of Outback noir' - Paul Burke, Crime Fiction Lover'had me...

In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound diamond heist. Bored and restive, Modesty is looking for a mission when she is approached by the head of the...

Rose Janko is missing. It has been seven years since she disappeared, and nobody said a word. Now, following the death of his wife, her father Leon feels compelled to find her. Rumour had it she ran off when her baby boy was born with the family's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425207086Author Emily BrightwellImprint Berkley Publishing GroupPublisher Berkley Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 107mm * 17mm

November 1302, and Sir Hugh Corbett, Edward I's Keeper of the Secret Seal, together with his manservant, Ranulf, and messenger, Maltote, are sent to Mortlake Manor on the Norfolk coast to confront an evil rarely seen before. A man's headless corpse, its...

Water washes away everything, even the bodies. Lake Zurich is Rosa Zambrano's beat. Once a detective with the Criminal Investigation Department, she's now exchanged serious crimes for the serenity of the water, patrolling it daily as the first female...

***A MAIL ON SUNDAY '100 HOTTEST BOOKS OF SUMMER*** 'Had me turning the pages well into the night' Harlan Coben 'Extraordinary' Sunday Times 'Breathtakingly good' Daily Mail 'Stylish... More please!' The TimesWELCOME TO A SCHOOL REUNION YOU WON'T...

The car jolts to a halt at the pavement's edge, the driver waving through the windscreen to attract Richard's attention. He starts with astonishment. The driver is Gemma, his ex-wife.He has not seen or spoken to her for several years. They have, she...

___________________________________ A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.A full week after...

The streets of Philadelphia are blistering in the summer heat, the homicide rate is soaring and the nights belong to the mad. Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are prowling the streets with a growing sense of unease. Where next will evil rear...

'Connelly excels - easily surpassing even John Grisham in the building of courtroom suspense' LOS ANGELES TIMESIn tough times, crime still pays. For defense attorney Mickey Haller - a.k.a. The Lincoln Lawyer - most of his time is now spent not keeping...

Two hearts. Twice as vulnerable. Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only...

With a new Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'Surely no man would take up my profession if it were not that danger attracts him.' In The Casebook, you can read the final twelve stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his brilliant detective...

'One of the finest American writers' GUARDIAN--------Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered by the sudden death of his daughter Fannie Mae. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime, he is drawn into a network of...

Perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, The Murder Exchange is a thills, spills and kills all-action novel guaranteed to get under the skin. Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben -...

Vintage Elmore Leonard - a searing tale of gambling, gangsters, hidden agendas and a whole heap of trouble from the virtuoso of American crime fiction.Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi -...

'You should read ELEVATOR PITCH by Linwood Barclay as soon as possible. It's one hell of a suspense novel' STEPHEN KING 'Moves as fast as a falling elevator and hits with just as much force. Linwood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958384961Author Betty HechtmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Beyond Page PublishingPublisher Beyond Page PublishingWeight(grams)...

The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter LoveseyThe year is 1884. London is being terrorised by a series of bomb blasts - even within Great Scotland Yard! Reluctantly, Sergeant Cribb attends a course in the science of infernal machines in a bid to gain...

Capturing the magic of the Dordogne and its people, the Dordogne Mysteries are worldwide bestsellers. Featuring Bruno, France's favourite policeman, along with gourmet food and wine, local colour, sunshine and murder mystery, no wonder they are so...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773239132Author Patricia WentworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016***'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' ElleGeorgian London, in the summer of 1763.At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296913Author Qiu XiaolongFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 137mm *...

One murder to solve and another to cover up. It'll be tricky, but the OAP residents of Sunset Hall are going to give it their best shot. Sunset Hall is a house-share for the old and unruly, led by Agnes Sharp. It's an eventful day when this group of...

'Fiendishly addictive' GUARDIANYour best friend isn't who you think she is.You've been friends since university, when you became the people you are today.You don't see each other enough but when you do it's as if you've never been apart.She's one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643856803Author Eva GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books