Mystery & Detective

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel'Something in the look on my face must have frightened him, because his eyes widened, and I saw something like human fear cross his reptilian face.' I'm Anita Blake and I kill monsters. The last thing I want to think...

'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature'...

The New York Times bestseller!FBI Agent Kate O'Hare plays by the rules, but con man Nicholas Fox makes them up as he goes along. Ordered to work together to tackle out-of-bounds cases ordinary FBI agents can't touch, they make a brilliant team, as long...

'Chillingly believable and absolutely addictive. I read it in three days flat.' Incredible.' LISA JEWELL'Terrifying stuff, elegantly written' Financial TimesTess has always tried to be a good mother. Of course, there are things she wishes she'd done...

When she found the body of her beloved Uncle Jonathan, Georgina instinctively stooped to pick up the revolver, thus becoming the prime suspect. Georgina stood to inherit a large fortune when her uncle died. But her uncle had a second secret will and the...

Dead Guilty by Michelle Davies is the captivating fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Maggie Neville crime series, following False Witness.Has the killer in DC Maggie Neville's cold case returned after a decade of silence?Katy Pope was seventeen...

Will the dark secrets of a small mountain town finally be revealed? Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, working at the Passage Inn, nestled in the resort town of Cutter's Pass, just off the Appalachian Trail.Now, the string of...

Easy Rawlins is back in an electric new story and facing his greatest set of challenges to dateEasy Rawlins comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Christmas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the...

Hawkwood, the Regency James Bond, returns in this gripping, action packed sequel to the bestselling 'Ratcatcher'. Matthew Hawkwood. Soldier, spy, lover - a man as dangerous as the criminals he hunts. The tough Bow Street Runner is...

***NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***COSMOPOLITAN 'BOOKS OF 2019 TO BRING TO YOUR BOOKCLUB''Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending' Liv Constantine,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399177644Author Lorenzo CarcaterraFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

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'Poetic... Redemptive... Unflinching' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES'A moving tale of resilience and hope in the face of the worst of humanity' Jon Coates, DAILY EXPRESS'A compelling blast of cold air from the wintry woods, with elements of a dark...

A killer is on the loose. Three children have been abducted. The bodies of two returned to their mothers along with a desperately cruel note:You Got What You Deserved.Police Superintendent Adam Stubo is in charge of the investigation, and is convinced...

Along the picturesque Belon River, home of the world-famous oyster beds, between steep cliffs, ominous forests, and the Atlantic Ocean, a stubborn elderly film actress discovers a corpse. By the time Commissaire Georges Dupin arrives at the scene, the...

'You kept my secret. I know yours now. That makes us even.'A claustrophobic psychological thriller that doesn't let go. 'A tense and twisting novel of dark secrets and dangerous desires.' - GraziaPAUL has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250906908Author John BanvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

The gripping second instalment in Anne Holt's Vik/Stubo series. Johanne Vik and Adam Stubo set out to solve a series of celebrity killings in this chilling thriller from Norway's bestselling female crime writer.A TV talk-show star is found murdered in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639102709Author Kate KhavariFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

'Fresh, original, authentic and gritty' Lee Child The third and final gritty Newcastle-set crime thriller in this acclaimed trilogy about a PTSD-suffering veteran turned sleuth in the face of local villainy.A group of vigilantes are carrying out a...

Joe Parker is Manchester's top criminal defence lawyer and Sam Parker - his brother - is a brilliant detective with the Greater Manchester Police force. Together they must solve a puzzling case that is chilling Manchester to the bone... The Death...

What did it mean? The note with the hieroglyphs was found in the pocket of a man lying dead in an alley. The only other item of interest on him was a piece of jewellery, a reproduction of the Charlemagne talisman, but so well done that Vicky Bliss...

Nolan must rob every store in a mall in one night - or his girlfriend dies. Two Nolan novels from Grandmaster Max Allan Collins, collected in one volume for the first time. Nolan and Jon have put their lives of crime behind them - but when a cruel...

What do you do when your child disappears?'A hugely compelling story of loss, grief and vengeance, The Empty Room is probably the best novel yet by one of our finest mystery writers. Unmissable.' John Connolly'The tension and heartbreak kept me turning...

Christmas, 1940. A temporary truce between the German and Allied forces is a welcome respite from the relentless air raids over London. Down Street underground station, in the heart of Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston...

'DARK AND DEVIOUS' Stephen King 'UTTERLY ENGROSSING' Daily Mail 'TWISTY AND RICHLY ATMOSPHERIC' Ruth Ware 'TIGHTLY PLOTTED AND...

In this gripping new crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, Quinn Colson is about to find out whether his quest for justice can coexist with his loyalty to the law...Shot up and left for dead, Sheriff Quinn Colson has revenge on his mind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496728517Author Anna Lee HuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Victim or assassin - the lines are blurred...A badly beaten woman walks into A&E and is promptly arrested by the Home Office on suspicion of being an illegal alien. However, she is neither illegal, nor a victim. After she escapes detention, the bodies of...

There it is: FEAR. It's crawling all over her face and in her eyes, like a swarm of insects, and it's all because of HIM. A serial killer has been terrorising Lancaster for decades, longer than should ever have been possible. The police are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062271617Author Deborah CrombieFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

A body burns in the desert... Does the boy who found it know more than it seems? Sal Prentiss, orphaned and burdened with a terrible secret, just wants a place to belong. Sal lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills, and finds himself at...

'Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science' For more than a century the Holmes stories have held a strange, almost inexplicable grip on the popular imagination. They are intimately associated with late Victorian and Edwardian society, yet...

Furious at being jilted at the altar by Margaret Langton, Charles Moray left England behind him. Four years later he returns only to discover that a criminal gang has been using his house to plan a vicious crime. The target is the beautiful Margot...

THE FIFTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES.The edgy detective investigates a brutal series of murders while dealing with tragedy closer to home.Chief Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsrud's wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family...

'Exceptional' Sarah Hilary 'Don't be ordinary, Leo. Passion has its price.' 1883. Two young people have been killed near Portsmouth's docks. When journalist and amateur detective Leo Stanhope arrives, the police have already dismissed the...

Although he was watching closely when the mummer was poisoned, it took Gil Cunningham several days and three more poisonings to work out how it was done.Danny Gibson and Nanty Bothwell, rivals for the affections of Agnes Renfrew, the apothecary's pretty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847518064Author Caro RamsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847519504Author Mike RipleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538730454Author Louise JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...