Mystery & Detective

The fourth installment in the Rocco Schiavone mystery series from the international bestselling author, Antonio Manzini picks up three days after his last novel, Out of Season, left off, as Rocco seeks revenge for a friend-and closure for himself.Rocco...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609454098Author Maurizio GiovanniFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Europa EditionsPublisher Europa Editions

Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur and expert on cultivated crime, is back in Marseille, for both work and pleasure - the lure of excitement and the pleasures of the region proving too tempting to resist. But surrounded by gangsters...

Life or death FBI agent Ash Stryker would never speed-date. But that's where he tracks down Claire Molenski, a computer programmer suspected of selling government information. When he rescues her from a kidnapping,...

From picturesque canals to the swirling currents of the ocean, a world of secrets lies buried beneath the surface of the water. Dubious vessels crawl along riverbeds, while the murky depths conceal more than one gruesome murder. The stories in this...

A gripping addition to Lemaitre's award-winning Paris trilogy - Irene, Alex and Camille Jean Garnier lives on the fringes - a lonely nobody who has lost everything dear to him. His girlfriend was killed in an unexplained accident, his mother has just...

Crime novel set in Reykjavik Detective Soffia struggles to cope with a single-handed investigation into a spate of malicious acts, and enlists help from her psychologist ex-husband Adam. With Covid raging in the city, he grudgingly agrees to work with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648693628Author H y HannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint H.Y. Hanna - Wisheart PressPublisher H.Y. Hanna - Wisheart PressWeight(grams) 322g

Longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2020 Quiet towns keep big secrets. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks...

In the jungles of South America lies Limbo, presided over by the Mistress of Limbo, where the men and women enslaved in Limbo have no hope of escape or rescue. Only Danny Chavasse nurses any hope for outside he has a friend who can save him,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963188984Author Stewart SwerdlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Sky BooksPublisher Sky BooksWeight(grams) 350g

'Smart and topical' Financial Times (An FT Best New Thriller 2023)'A compelling, fast-paced thriller' SunAustralian inventor and geoengineer Clive Winner is the genius who brought the Great Barrier Reef back from the brink, yet his ambition goes well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857302816Author Ted LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint No Exit PressPublisher Oldcastle Books Ltd

Melander likes to do things flashy. When Parker finds himself working with Melander on a bank heist in a mid-sized midwestern city, his job is throwing a Molotov cocktail into a gas station. The resulting explosion sends the cops and fire trucks to the...

Another runaway adventure with glamorous heroine Phryne Fisher! Whether foiling kidnappers' plans, walking the wings of a Tiger Moth or simply deciding what to wear for dinner, Phryne handles everything with her usual panache and flair! Here, the...

She was beautiful and evil - she murdered minds as well as bodies...'A work of art - terrifyingly believable' NEW YORK TIMES'Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Millar was the master of the...

'A hilariously funny and bonkers book which I thoroughly enjoyed' ANNE GLENCONNER'A witty, waspy, parody that hits its targets - hilarious' HELEN LEDERERThe next in Daisy Waugh's hilarious Tode Hall series: a gloriously witty tale of toffs, terror and...

This killer has got inside Harry's head. And now he's coming for YOU.'Breathtaking... Harry Hole returns in cracking form' Sunday Times'Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express'With Harry in the unfamiliar role...

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify...

THE SCENT OF ALMONDS AND OTHER STORIES is a collection of short stories from the No.1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. Four unmissable stories set in the Swedish fishing village of...

'One of the best in the genre' THE SUN'A fabulously satisfying addition to the canon of vintage crime' DAILY EXPRESS'A delicious adventure' DAILY MAIL on The Riviera Express *** Murder can strike at any...

In OSCAR WILDE AND THE RING OF DEATH, the second in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, a parlour game of 'Murder' has lethal consequences... 'Intelligent, amusing and...

Was their killer still at large? Could their killer be here at Buckshaw...?Two deaths, ten years apart, give Flavia de Luce the distraction she needs at a time when her family are more remote and dysfunctional than usual. Especially when a bizarre series...

Dan Starkey, the ducking and diving hapless investigator, takes centre stage again in this brilliant new novel by the master of comic crime.Radio shock-jock and self-styled people's champion Jack Caramac is used to courting controversy - but when his...

'The best discovery I've come across in a long time' Michael ConnellyWhen the beautiful woman you've longed for since boyhood calls and asks you to find her missing sister, what do you do? If you are Isaiah Quintabe - IQ to his friends - you'll do...

Based on the incredible true story of The Great Stork Derby, Prize Women is the profoundly moving novel that sheds light on a scandalous moment in history just as relevant today'Gorgeous. Prize Women took my breath away. I haven't stopped thinking about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451469205Author Kate CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Obsidian MysteriesPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 171mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360408Author Andy GriffeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

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.1959.An old flame has returned to Troy's life: Kitty Stilton, now wife of...

America's finest crime writer sends hero Billy Bob Holland deep into Montana - paradise to some, to others a savage wilderness...'Still the greatest, bar none' LITERARY REVIEW'Powerful stuff and confirms Burke's place in the forefront of contemporary...

Taut, tense and terrifying - AMERICAN DEVIL marks the thrilling debut of an outstanding new talent.The Progression of Love: his ultimate artistic creation. Now all he needs is seven beautiful women.For the violent killer stalking New York's streets, the...

From the author of APPLE TREE YARD, now a major BBC drama starring Emily Watson. Against a rising tide of commuter mayhem, three women struggle in to work. Caught up in the chaos on the streets - and in the equally savage battle surrounding their boss's...

Q is for Quarry is the seventeenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton and is based on a true crime.She was a 'Jane Doe', an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The...

A chilling modern horror novel from the author of THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award - perfect for fans of Let the Right One In.The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldis a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913065324Author Dawn BrookesFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Oakwood PublicationsPublisher Oakwood PublicationsWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD "An uncompromising, unsentimental, slyly humorous novel." IRISH TIMES "A haunting drama of a Taiwanese family's efforts to rise out of poverty." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Keith Chen, the desperately yearned for...

***THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING DETECTIVE SERIES***Don't miss the thrilling new Lorimer novel from Alex Gray. WHEN SHADOWS FALL is available to pre-order now'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' Alexander McCall Smith A murder on their doorstepA case...

A woman's investigation into her family's murders uncovers lies, secrets, and dangerous truths in a heart-wrenching novel of suspense. When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom's family was murdered and their Catskills farmhouse set ablaze in...

The sensational psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh, CJ Taylor and BA Paris.'I thoroughly enjoyed Tattletale, sympathetic characters and neck breaking twists - highly recommended.' Jenny BlackhurstOne day changes Jody's life...

Some secrets were meant to stay hidden... Trust no-oneAfter an operation goes badly wrong, undercover specialist Detective Caelan Small leaves the Metropolitan Police for good. Or so she thinks. Then the criminal responsible is seen back in the UK. Soon...