Mystery & Detective

THE SUNDAY TIMES 60 BEST THRILLERS AND CRIME NOVELS OF THE PAST 6 YEARS PICK - A CAPITAL CRIME AND A CHILLING CONSPIRACY AWAIT DCI EWERT GRENS.'A powerful, multi-layered novel' Guardian'A mesmerising crime narrative' IndependentONE CELLA convicted...

December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's Covent Garden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle of the capital's biggest fruit and...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Some Enchanted Eclair comes a tale of delicious desserts and supernatural sleuthing... For magical baker Katie Lightfoot, the only way to beat the Savannah summer heat is to whip up some cool treats for the...

___________________________________________'An atmospheric novel, with a magnificently unreliable narrator . . . McGrath is a connoisseur of this literary tradition.' Financial Times'The pleasure in a Patrick McGrath novel is the travelling, not the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553239317Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

TO TIE-IN WITH THE SONY/YELLOW BIRD PRODUCTION STARRING CLAIRE FOY AS LISBETH SALANDER - RELEASED NOVEMBER 2018Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor...

Brigid Quinn has been shot at, stabbed in the spleen with a nail file and used as serial-killer bait. But she's always been able to trust her instincts and her FBI-training to help her out of danger.Now, retired from the Bureau and investigating the...

Hatusu, the remarkable young widow of Pharaoh Tuthmosis II, has forced Egyptian society to acknowledge her as Pharaoh, and her success in battle is spreading Egypt's glory well beyond its frontiers. In the Temple of Anubis, Hatusu and the defeated King...

A multi-layered and unnerving portrait of gangland Glasgow, For Those Who Know the Ending is the gripping novel from the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, Malcolm Mackay. He has to clear thoughts of Joanne and thoughts of the past out of his...

Lord Burford had some serious misgivings about hosting yet another house party at Alderley. After all, the previous two could, at best, be described as disastrous. But with family members travelling down for the funeral of an elderly relative, the Earl...

A heart-stopping new psychological thriller from international bestseller, Emily Elgar, inspired by a shocking true-life story'Grips to the very last page - a tense, twisted tale' T.M. Logan, bestselling author of THE HOLIDAY'I was completely hooked'...

WINNER OF THE 2011 CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER. A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER. AND SOON TO BE A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER - SCANDINAVIAN CRIME DOES NOT GET MORE EXPLOSIVE.'Extraordinarily compelling' Daily Mail'Three Seconds is just about how long it feels...

It is the late Victorian era and society is fascinated by - and worried about - that suspicious character known as the New Woman. She rides bicycles and drives those newfangled automobiles and doesn't like to be told what to do. In crime fiction as...

From the author of Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Baby Doll, comes a riveting thriller with domestic violence, murder and how far one woman will go to protect her family at its core.'Every bit as gripping as her best-selling...

How do you catch a killer when no one is willing to talk?When a homeless man is found murdered in picturesque Lincoln the police are met by a wall of silence from those who may hold the key to solving the crime. DS Catherine Bishop is drafted to...

'Gripping, stomach-churning . . . Marwood is in a class of her own' LISA JEWELL'Heart stopping' SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH'A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller . . . I couldn't put it down' MARK EDWARDS________________Sun-drenched glamour and...

Five years after the horrific crash of TWA Flight 800 over Long Island which killed 230 people, John Corey is inadvertently caught up in the now-closed case by his FBI lawyer wife, Kate, who believes the government's findings of mechanical failure is...

One girl missing. Another found dead. Only one detective can solve this case.'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday TimesWhen a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired...

Snow Blind is the fourth book in P.J. Tracy's bestselling Twin Cities series.The Dead of Winter... Minneapolis, winter's first white flakes; a park full of snowmen. But the layers of packed snow hide a ghoulish surprise.First, the bodies of two cops are...

You'd kill to protect your child - wouldn't you? From the #1 bestselling author of My Sister's Secret... When radio presenter Anna Graves and her baby are attacked on the beach by a crazed teenager, Anna reacts instinctively to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780928067Author Gayle PuhlFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX Publishing

From the bestselling author of Dark Pines comes Will Dean's most terrifying Tuva Moodyson mystery yet Praise for the series: 'The tension is unrelenting, and I can't wait for Tuva's next outing.' Val McDermid 'Loaded with atmosphere, brilliant on...

Described as a 'riveting read' by Sarah Waters and acclaimed by crime writers such as Andrew Taylor, The Pursued is a dark, gripping 1930s psychological thriller by C. S. Forester, the author of Hornblower.The story begins when Marjorie, a young woman,...

A brand-new anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Jeffrey Deaver, Val McDermid and Lee Child. A brand-new anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre. Featuring both original in-universe stories and...

'A good police force is one that catches more crooks than it employs' - Sir Robert Mark 'A good police force is one that catches more crooks than it employs' - Sir Robert Mark A clever, accomplished Cambridge graduate with a good job and an attentive...

Leicestershire-based Dominic Mallory has made sufficient money in the City to retire at forty-eight, and is looking for interesting things to do as he builds a post-commercial portfolio career. Having served briefly as an Army officer in the 1980s, he...

A gripping and atmospheric Black Forest Investigation featuring Detective Inspector Louise Boni."Oliver Bottini is one of the most sophisticated crime writers of modern times" Sunday TimesIn a Berlin hotel a man is beaten up, but it's more than a random...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847514592Author Evelyn HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 294gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594934292Author Gerri HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bella BooksPublisher Bella BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782958039240Author Pj FitzsimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Phillip FitzsimmonsPublisher Phillip FitzsimmonsWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440001195Author Sofie KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR - SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES'Superb thriller writing.' Peter Robinson'A brilliant, breathless thriller' M.J. Arlidge'A high concept solution to a mystery' Sophie HannahA body is discovered with the dismembered...

A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.Like most of the trouble in Nick Stefanos' life, it started with a drink. Lying in the darkness, drunk and immobile, Nick hears two men murder a terrified teenager. When he...

Dr Siri's bagged himself a holiday: an all-expenses-paid trip to the northern mountains of Laos. What's more, through a bit of skilful bartering (well, blackmail) he has wangled it so that his nearest and dearest may accompany him. They are to assist a...

Abduction. Accusations. And murder on the dance floor. Sparkle McCavity, young drag queen and employee of Miss Merkin, is missing, presumed kidnapped or even worse. Naturally, Merkin turns to reluctant sleuth and friend to the community Fi for help,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451184917Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

Mirabelle Daws travelled all the way from Australia to Sheridan Square to visit her sister - only to die in the middle of a locked garden. All the residents of Sheridan Square have a key to the garden - but no-one seemed to know that Mirabelle was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553385458Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

ANNA CAMERON is a new Sergeant in the Flexi Unit. On her first day in the new job she discovers she'll be working with her ex, Jamie. In at the deep end emotionally, she's also plunged headlong into the violent underworld of Glasgow's notorious Drag -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916901216Author Susan WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Herkimer LimitedPublisher Herkimer LimitedDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 22mm