Mystery & Detective

'A well-plotted and immersive whodunnit that will you engrossed. If you enjoy the TV show Only Murders in the Building, this is for you' SUNDAY INDEPENDENTWhen Lady Anderson invites five guests to her apartment in Bruton Square, Mayfair, none of the...

'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily MailKaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. She isn't dead, or physically injured. But she is alone and very, very scared.Fifty miles...

Whilst on a trip to the sunny Channel Islands to find the heir to a lucrative tax law case, young barrister Michael Cantrip finds himself in over his head. Peculiar things begin to occur on the mysterious and isolated islands with something - or...

'Gripping ... a compelling and authentic page-turner' Sunday Mail 'A must read!' Reader review 'A sparkling debut!' Reader review The first in...

From the #1 bestselling author of My Sister's Secret and No Turning Back For the first time in your life, she is going to tell you the truth... Then: A trip to the beach tore...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425236031Author Miranda JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250199331Author C J BoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Minotaur BooksPublisher Minotaur BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 33mm

"I know every move of your game... It has been a duel between you and me, Mr Holmes... If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you." With Sherlock Holmes's reputation as the scourge of the...

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219312Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510709485Author Denis O SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Sky Pony PressPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

A forensic psychologist fights a mental war against two serial killers in this disturbing thriller from Mike Omer, Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of A Killer's Mind. An online video of a girl clawing at the ceiling of her own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316267724Author Joe IdeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Mulholland BooksPublisher Mulholland BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 162mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802138613Author Christopher BrookmyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

A brutal hit-and-run killing opens the path to another 25-year-old crime. A brilliant novel in the acclaimed Faraday series, from the author of NO LOVELIER DEATH.Past midnight, a horribly mutilated body is discovered on a road in Portsmouth, evidently...

While on an outing one day, a woman who looks exactly like Kimitsuka Kimihiko's deadmentor, Siesta, kidnaps the former detective's assistant and his three friends! There,she reveals a long-forgotten truth about Siesta's death. Will this be the clue...

A massive undercover operation turns personal for DI Faraday when his son is involved.Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza Mackenzie has made millions selling cocaine and heroin into the streets of Portsmouth. He's laundered the...

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in...

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...

London, 1940. After years of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor-well, to themselves, anyway-Ellie McDonnell and her family have turned over a new leaf as they help the government's war effort. It's true that the straight-laced Major Ramsey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062908377Author Anne HillermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint HarperPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 191mm *...

A stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th Century for fans of CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose and An Instance of the Fingerpost. London, 1385. A city of shadows and fear, in a kingdom ruled by the headstrong young King...

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A twisty collection of short stories from the master of classic crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, one of which stars his most popular creation, Peter Diamond. More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story...

Deenie, Gabby and Lise are best friends - a tight girl-unit negotiating their way through the troubled waters of their teens, a world of sex, secrets and intense relationships. When first Lise then Gabby falls prey to a mysterious illness, hysteria...

The third instalment of the brilliant William Dougal series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. There's unfinished business between William Dougal and his widowed father. Part of it has to do with Celia Prentisse,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837910106Author Nils-Olof FranzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Oak Tree BooksPublisher Andrews UK Limited

'Laetitia Rodd is a warm and engaging heroine' The Times For readers of The Thursday Murder Club, M.C. Beaton and James Runcie, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming third mystery in Kate Saunders's series about Laetitia Rodd, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668030813Author Anders De La MotteFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 160mm *...

''Geordie' Cartwright has disappeared, along with Bobby Mahoney's money. I have to find him and fast, or it's going to be my face staring into the business end of a nail gun' David Blake is no gangster, or so he likes to think. He's a white-collar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496740557Author Maddie DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich and...

An ingenious thriller in which young Detective Constable Trave uncovers a sophisticated plot at the heart of MI6 to assassinate Churchill and bring the Second World War and the whole Allied effort to an untimely end. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911547419Author Arthur Conan DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books

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...

Ross Henderson was an influential vlogger rallying against the growing tide of the far right. As his audience tuned in to Henderson's latest live broadcast, they had front-row seats to his savage murder. Alongside this volatile case, Detective...

'Greenwood's strength lies in her ability to create characters that are wholly satisfying: the bad guys are bad, and the good guys are great' Vogue1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty golden-haired girls. And not just pretty. Three...

A gunman is loose in Malmo and he's targeting immigrants. The charismatic head of an advertising agency is found dead in his shower. Inspector Anita Sundstrom wants to be involved in the murder investigations, but she is being sidelined by her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312246983Author John Maddox RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g