Mystery & Detective

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496708533Author Laura LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

It's summer, Royal Ascot, and life is good for young trainer Simon Waterford. He has inherited his father's top-class yard, his brilliant two-year-old has just won the Coventry Stakes and he is soon to marry his beautiful half-Brazilian girlfriend. But...

When one of her sisters is attacked by Harry Devers, the lecherous son of Mannerling's present owner, Abigail Beverley puts her obsession with reclaiming the mansion on hold. Then Abigail meets the dashing and extremely eligible Lord Burfield, fresh back...

Heart Attacks is California's last secret spot - the premier mysto surf haunt, the stuff of rumour and legend. The rumours say you must cross Indian land to get there. They tell of hostile locals and shark-infested waters where waves in excess of thirty...

A thirty year old murder case and a possible wrongful conviction, Disordered Minds is the mystery thriller from crime queen Minette Walters. In 1970, Harold Stamp, a retarded twenty-year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession...

When an Albanian husband and wife are found dead in their home, Inspector Costas Haritos, a veteran junta-trained homicide detective on the Athens police force, is called to what seems at first to be an open-and-shut case. For the Greek police, two dead...

In this gripping new novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily travels to Greece where a ghost from her past returns to haunt her amid the ruins. On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady Emily...

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate.When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. He...

Her freedom, her sanity, her life. How much will a young mother sacrifice to protect her secrets? Sleep deprived and overwhelmed, first-time mom Jenn is struggling to adapt to her new role. Frustrated with her loving but preoccupied husband and still...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857302502Author Kem NunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint No Exit PressPublisher Oldcastle Books Ltd

Virginia Barkeley is a nice, well brought-up girl. So what is she doing wandering through a snow storm in the middle of the night, blind drunk and covered in someone else's blood? When Claude Margolis' body is found a quarter of a mile away with...

'Martin Edwards is a true master of British crime writing' Richard Osman 'Highly recommended, with a touch of the gothic' Ann Cleeves How can you solve a murder before it's happened? 'This is my challenge for you,' the woman in white said. 'I want...

Every year when the harvest moon shines, families of noisy Cockney hop-pickers descend on the bountiful countryside near the village of Plummergen, home to Miss Emily Seeton, artist and Scotland Yard aide extraordinaire. But the holiday jollity brings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296180Author Mike RipleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm *...

Bullying and persecution among a group of schoolgirls leads to violent retribution and a race against time for Wycliffe.Two very different young women have been murdered within the same week. One was a singer in a nightclub, the other a nurse - but both...

An ordinary day. An ordinary street. A gruesome delivery waiting on the doorstep that's going to set off an spine-chilling chain of events...Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no note, no label. As a politician,...

A 'one-off' from the best-selling creator of the Dr Kay Scarpetta series, based on the serialisation in the New York Times.Moving between the chill of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sultry humidity of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winston Garano, a police...

David Hewson's The Killing 3 is the novelization of the third series of the hit Danish crime drama, The Killing.Detective Inspector for homicide, Sarah Lund, is contacted by old flame Mathias Borch from National Intelligence. Borch fears that what first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735217454Author Laird BarronFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 189mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952739491Author Trixie SilvertaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 828Imprint Sittin' on a Goldmine Productions LLCPublisher Sittin' on a Goldmine Productions...

Detective Carter knows all about torture-but he's never known a case as dark as this one. The Six... An abandoned building goes up in flames. Six women are chained inside and left to die-the truth is left to burn with them. Only one piece of...

Fifteen years ago Ryder Creed's sister, Brodie disappeared from an interstate rest stop. She was only eleven and Creed was fourteen. Since then her disappearance has haunted him, so much so that Creed has dedicated his life to his K9 business. He rescues...

'Great protagonist, great setting - this is a delightful book' Morning Star The second novel in Ovidia Yu's delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, featuring amateur sleuth Su Lin.What we came to think of as the betel nut affair began...

Eight strangers.One deadly secret.Passengers boarding the 10.35 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work, assignations, reunions, holidays or new starts, with no idea that their journey is about to be brutally curtailed. Holly...

Pickax City is not only about to celebrate its first Mark Twain Festival, but is also hosting the tri-country Scottish Gathering and Highland Games. And most exciting of all, the distinguished celebrity Mr Delacamp is coming to visit, setting female...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945802799Author Josh LanyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Vellichor BooksPublisher Vellichor BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

A newly-discovered gun casts light on Rowland Sinclair's father's death some thirteen years earlier. The whole Sinclair family has ducked the issue, keeping secret the fact that Sinclair senior was murdered. A murder the family would prefer stayed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911021247Author Helen H DurrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Joffe BooksPublisher Joffe BooksWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm

'These days my life is a cross between a preternatural soap opera and an action-adventure movie.'The first hit man came after me at home, which should be against the rules. Then there was a second, and a third. Word on the street is that Anita Blake,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493066254Author David DonachieFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint McBooks PressPublisher Globe Pequot PressWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Crash LandingBy Janice Kay Johnson Escaping was just the beginning... After surviving a crash landing and the killers gunning for them, Rafe Salazar and EMS paramedic Gwen Allen are on the run together. Hunted across treacherous...

'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James'Murder most enjoyable' Colin DexterBlotto and Twinks are off on another adventure - and this time they're bound for the Alpine village of Luzvimmen in Switzerland, where Blotto participates in...

From the author of Thirteen Hours - A Sunday Times '100 best crime novels and thrillers since 1945' pickONE COP. ONE KILLER. TWO CAPTIVES OF THE PAST.Mat Joubert, once a rising star of the South African police force, had it all. Then his wife was...

'An intricate story, full of tension' The Sun From the author of Little White Lies 'Masterful, clever, surprising at ever turn; a proper page-turner and a one-sitting read. I couldn't stop turning the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780291369Author Candace RobbFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 145mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999661861Author Anna NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Burro BooksPublisher Burro Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538753187Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

'Dark, disturbing and utterly compelling' LIZ FENWICK'Haunting and skilfully crafted' PHOEBE WYNNE'Mysterious, atmospheric and chilling' ANITA FRANKA HOUSE CAN HOLD A THOUSAND SECRETS . . .2019When Henry Fox is found dead in his ancestral home in...

A murder that defies logic-and a killer on the loose. England, 1176. Aelred Barling, esteemed clerk to the justices of King Henry II, is dispatched from the royal court with his young assistant, Hugo Stanton, to investigate a brutal murder in a...

Brighton,1957Mirabelle Bevan can't resist a cry for help, be it the little girl at a seaside sanatorium who is getting bullied or the strange behaviour of Uma, the Indian nurse who is looking after her. Intrigued she soon finds herself drawn into a...