Mystery & Detective

The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling DI Wesley Peterson crime series'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times__________________Serpent's Point in South Devon is the focus of local legends. The large house on the headland is...

The divine Phryne Fisher returns to lead another dance of intrigue.Seven Australian soldiers, carousing in Paris in 1918, unknowingly witness a murder and their presence has devastating consequences. Ten years later, two are dead - under very suspicious...

GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST READ OF 2024 - a gripping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases*********April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn.They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead,...

A gruesome secret is about to be unearthed...'Fascinating... spectacularly gory... fast-paced.' Mail on SundayWhen a human skull is dug up in a garden near Boston, Dr Maura Isles is called in to investigate. She quickly discovers that the skeleton - that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451476548Author Laurie CassFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 170g

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...

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAININTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA'Highsmith probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of her novel' THE...

It is barely three months since the murder of his wife and Thomas Lynley takes to the South-West Coast Path in Cornwall, determined to walk its length in an attempt to distract himself from his loss. On the forty-third day of this walk, he sees a cliff...

'A brilliant read' B A Paris Two sisters go missing Only one returns. Getting people to believe you is easy. If you tell them...

Catherine's mother died when Catherine was just a baby girl, leaving nothing but her perfect reputation to live up to. Or so she thought. But then Catherine finds a box addressed to her, filled with objects seemingly without meaning - three feathers, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802123824Author Donna LeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

'Outstanding' Booklist'A savvy detective and a setting fraught with intrigue and tension' Publishers WeeklyNOT ALL FLOODS WASH AWAY SIN . . .Ireland, 1923. The country has been torn apart by the War of Independence and is now in the throes of sectarian...

In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic nove, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the...

'Roxane Weary [is] a wonderful character. Lepionka is such an assured writer, with complete narrative authority from the first line.' Sophie Hannah'Kristen Lepionka and Roxane Weary are the best things to happen to the genre in years.' Laura Lippman,...

From the Italian crime legend, Andrea Camilleri, comes The Potter's Field, winner of the CWA International Dagger Award and the thirteenth instalment in the Inspector Montalbano series.While Vigata is wracked by storms, Inspector Montalbano is called to...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These...

Another gripping case for DI Joe Faraday.A young girl falls to her death, and the shadowy figure of a young boy is caught on CCTV... DI Joe Faraday is on the case, but his investigation is hampered when resources are switched to a murder enquiry prompted...

When Rachel Verinder's legacy of a priceless Indian diamond is stolen, all the evidence indicates that it is her beloved, Franklin Blake, who is guilty. Around this central axis of crime and thwarted love, Collins constructs an ingenious plot of teasing...

The Signalman's Daughter Whining its way into steam's Indian summer comes The Difference Engine, a gas turbine locomotive flashily showing the future of rail transport in 1956. But it's the past this gleaming white machine stirs up; tearing lives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787059559Author John LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

"The perfect wartime spy; Fiona Figg is smart, sneaky, and full of surprises... A fun whodunit that will keep you turning the pages!" Cathi Stoler, author of The Murder On The Rocks Mysteries.'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller set amid American high...

Around the world in 22 murders... LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER AWARD '22 hugely engaging and eloquent crime stories from around the world ... the plots sizzle and evoke a variety of emotions. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615779492Author Debbie ViguieFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Big Pink BowPublisher Big Pink BowWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593547441Author Laurie CassFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913825584Author Michael AnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Page d'OrPublisher Page d'OrWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 21mm

'Oh my!!!... The plot is amazing. I honestly couldn't put it down... Fantastic read.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars A DEAD WOMAN. AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. Christine De Bertrand wakes up to her worst nightmare:...

‘A sultry, immersive exploration of 30s New York with a taut plot and a vivid soundtrack. The perfect escape – evocative, smooth prose’ Harriet Tyce, Sunday Times bestselling author ‘This atmospheric snapshot of 1930s New York is utterly unputdownable’...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593201015Author Laura ChildsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

For fans of true crime and of classic crime fiction, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is a gripping thriller featuring detective Alan Grant and a masterful expose of the powerful connections between media, the establishment and what people choose to...

R is for Ricochet is the eighteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the...

Ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished without a trace during a family holiday to Greece. When Scarlett is discovered back in her home town after all this time, DCI Louisa Smith is determined to find out what happened to her and why...

Fresh, funny crime series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. 'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL. 125 Gower Street, 1882. Queen Victoria may sit on the throne and Robert Peel's bobbies walk the...

What strange passions seethe beneath the prosperous surface of Flaxborough town? Affable but diligent Detective Inspector Purbright is tasked with uncovering the darker underbelly of greed, corruption and crime. A classic British series of police...

THE SPINE-TINGLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF ALICE TEALE IS MISSING 'Dark, creepy and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN________ Eriston is a small town. It's the kind of place where...

A crime of passion brought to life by multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell. Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will love this dark and achingly absorbing thriller...'Psychologically acute and extremely...

The fifth gripping novel in the highly acclaimed Dave Robicheaux series.A bullet shot through the window of Weldon Sonnier's house propels Dave Robicheaux back into the lives of a family he's not sure he wants to be reacquainted with ... Weldon...

John Stone, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. His beautiful young widow commissions a...

With the festive season fast approaching, amateur sleuth Juno Browne helps organise a Christmas Fair to raise funds for Ashburton's local animal sanctuary. The event is a success, but whilst Santa is handing out presents in the fairy-lit grotto, a murder...

A charming debut historical mystery set in 1914 Fiji. Perfect for fans of Abir Mukherjee, Vaseem Khan and Sujata Massey.'AN UTTERLY CHARMING NOVEL ... NILIMA RAO IS AN AUTHOR WELL WORTH DISCOVERING' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'AN EXCEPTIONALLY PROMISING...

'Will have you guessing till the very last page. Explosively exciting, an instant spy classic' Tom Marcus, former MI5 agent and bestselling author of Soldier Spy I Am Pilgrim meets Orphan X in this high-concept read that grips and entertains like a...