Mystery & Detective

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.'The system has no place for a cop who puts justice above the interests of the Party. It's a miracle that I survived as long as I did.' For years, Chen Cao managed to balance the interests of the Communist Party and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524742010Author Fiona DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

The new novel by Luke Delaney, ex-Met detective and author of the terrifyingly authentic DI Sean Corrigan series. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. Danger lurks on every corner. But the threat comes from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913383572Author Howard of WarwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint The Funny Book CompanyPublisher The Funny Book Company

After cracking their first case together as a private investigation team, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Phillips find themselves simultaneously in love and in the money. And where better to lie back and contemplate life than the picturesque village of St...

As mid-winter temperatures grip the cathedral city of Ely, a man is found frozen to death in his high-rise flat. The police may think that Declan McIlroy killed himself, but journalist Philip Dryden is not convinced, and he begins digging for the truth. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062428875Author Michael CrichtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Be careful what you dig up...Still recovering from tragedy, Inspector Elisenda Domenech takes on a new case involving a body discovered on an archaeological dig. Seemingly executed as part of an ancient tribal ritual, it soon becomes clear that this body...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504068086Format PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

'[A] lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure' GEORGE R.R. MARTINShould you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation, think of Jesperson and Lane . . .For several years Miss Lane was companion, collaborator and...

'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily MailA fresh start in a place you hate. Even tougher with a killer watching...Jane Osborne left Cambridge and vowed she'd never return. An unexpected twist of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915530134Author Joan CogginFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Galileo PublishersPublisher Galileo Publishers

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'An absolutely enthralling suspense right to the very end' 5***** Reader Review'Keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next'...

Widely regarded as Sorrentino's finest achievement, Mulligan Stew takes as its subject the comic possibilities of the modern literary imagination. As avant-garde novelist Antony Lamont struggles to write a "new wave murder mystery," his frustrating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Agatha Awards (Best Contemporary Novel) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781250145291Author Louise PennyFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher...

'Adored it . . . What are you waiting for? Go and read this book. It's brilliant' NetGalley reviewer, They survived once. Can he save them this time? When Detective Kjeld Nygaard is called to the...

'Even better than Child 44. Akyl Borubaev is a terrific creation' Anthony Horowitz'Just keeps getting better . . . buy the whole series right away' Peter Robinson, No.1 bestselling author of Sleeping in the GroundIN THE BURNING HEAT OF THE SUN, MURDER IS...

Spring, 1523. Henry VIII readies England for war with France. The King's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars. The eyes of the country turn towards London. But all is not well in Wolsey's household. A visiting...

Lucifer, a paranoid young man, believes that he is Satan and has a remarkable psychic ability to predict death by natural causes. Lucifer's ability is used by Seff's gang to extract ransom from their rich victims. Seff selects the victims and warns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593470510Author Juneau BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Shortly before his unexpected coronation, King Richard passed a law letting all of England's prisoners go free. Shortly afterwards a young nun is found, gruesomely murdered. Richard swiftly employs an old military colleague of his, Josse d'Acquin, to...

The New York Times bestselling author of BE COOL and GET SHORTY.War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine - may not be the smartest...

When a strange woman slips a note into grieving widow Paula's pocket at her husband's funeral, everything suggests that he was not all that he seemed ... A devastatingly moving, explosive psychological thriller from the international bestselling author...

'A compelling story that will keep you up past your bedtime' KARIN SLAUGHTHER'One of the best thriller writers working today' LEE CHILDA DEAD MURDERER. A LIVING LIE . . .______A mother and her son have been executed in their home.Fingerprint matches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627551090Author James Hadley ChaseFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Black Curtain PressPublisher Black Curtain PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

A nail-biting, tough-talking classic western from the author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN.In LAST STAND AT SABER RIVER, a Civil War veteran returns home to find a Yankee's private army living on his land, while another enemy waits to strike...Paul...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671035464Author Stephen HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 107mm *...

'This couldn't be more topical if A. A. Dhand was handing you the freshly written pages as he watched the news. It's hugely exciting, too.' Jake Kerridge, Sunday ExpressA bomb detonates in Bradford's City Park.When the alert sounds, DCI Harry Virdee has...

The second classic whodunnit starring Dandy Gilver.Summer 1923, and as the village of Queensferry prepares for the annual Ferry Fair and the walk of the Burry Man, feelings are running high. With his pagan greenery, his lucky pennies and the nips of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593496589Author Laurie R. KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

'An outstanding series' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWA Bill Slider Mystery The lot of the working copper is getting harder: new regulations, regular rousting by the top brass, a budget tighter than a Victoria corset and a DC who thinks he's in a John Le...

'No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists' DAILY MAILA routine assignment transporting two death-row prisoners to their executions goes fatally wrong, leaving Dave Robicheaux brutally wounded and his partner...

Two British environmental activists are discovered dead amongst the whale corpses after a whale-kill in Torshavn. The detective Hannis Martinsson is asked to investigate by a representative of the organisation Guardians of the Sea - who shortly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062573193Author Agatha ChristieFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams)...

'Dazzling' The Guardian on Borderlands'A clever web of intrigue that deepens and darkens as it twists' Peter James on Gallows Lane'Some of the very best crime fiction being written today' Lee Child on Bad Blood________Lucy Black must protect the young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316509633Author Walter MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mulholland BooksPublisher Mulholland BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Thelma and Louise meets Goodfellas when an unlikely trio of women in New York find themselves banding together to escape the clutches of violent figures from their pasts. THELMA AND LOUISE MEETS GOODFELLAS when an unlikely trio of women in New York find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062821782Author Anne HillermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954938410Author Willow RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Buoy MediaPublisher Buoy MediaWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

Amid the heat of Brazil, explosives expert Jaq Silver has one goal - vengeance. When her enemies take what she treasures most, she will do anything to make them pay. But a series of betrayals leave Jaq unsure of those she can trust, and she realises...