Mystery & Detective

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

'To shoot a man on the spur of the moment in the presence of the king and his court, not to mention the cardinal and his household, that took a boldness ... Or utter despair.' - Hampton Court, 1522Lawyer Hugh Mac Egan has arrived from Ireland to draw up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999842584Author Melanie BaconFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint del Sol PressPublisher del Sol Press

From the author of A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - set to be a major Hollywood film - comes the third novel in the Matt Scudder series.When hard-drinking ex-cop Matt Scudder is roped into an NYPD internal investigation, one detective ends up in the slammer...

Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most accomplished short stories to showcase...

**AS SEEN ON WRITE AROUND THE WORLD WITH RICHARD E GRANT**'The No.1 Greatest Crime Writer' The Times'Ripley, amoral, hedonistic and charming, is a genuinely original creation' Daily Telegraph'He is using you for what you are worth'Tom Ripley wants money,...

In The Green Eagle Score, Parker cuts his vacation with Claire short with a new job: stealing the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York. With help from Marty Fusco, fresh out of the pen, and a smart aleck finance clerk named Devers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727850409Author Mike RipleyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 140mm * 20mm

Gruesome secrets from the past turn into a dark and complex current case for psychologist Alex Delaware. GUILT is a compelling and high-octane thriller from bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman, author of KILLER and BREAKDOWN, and is recommended for...

THE THRILLING PAGE-TURNER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER JILLIANE HOFFMAN'Intensely readable. A tale of personal horror, thrills and vengeance' GuardianOne terrible night in New York City, brilliant law student Chloe Larson is brutally attacked in her own...

Classic crime featuring the ever-popular Chief Superintendent Wycliffe - 'Another must for collectors' Sunday Times.On the peaceful and secluded estate of Lord and Lady Bottrell, the body of amateur flautist Tony Mills has been found, shot by his own...

The Missing Children Case Files: Case 4 'Mind-blowingly addictive!' Samantha Lee Howe, USA Today-bestselling author of The Stranger in Our Bed Where better to hide a body than in someone else's grave? ...

C.J. Carver is a top notch thriller writer and Spare Me The Truth is right up there with the best - Simon KernickFor fans of Lee Child and Jason Bourne, Spare Me the Truth is the gripping new thriller from the multi-award winning author of Blood...

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...

'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbo'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian RankinMORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDEAn unbearably tense thriller of revenge, murder, bereavement and the destructive force of passionIt is at their 'torture...

'Murder most enjoyable' Colin DexterEx-Princess Etheline, daughter of the exiled king of Mitteleuropia, has been kidnapped during a visit to Tawcester Towers, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Tawcester, and ducal family honour demands that she should be...

Already a leading jockey in his home country, Jake Felton comes to England to further his career and avoid confrontation with New York's racing mafia. But his plans to combine the life of an English squire with that of a top-flight jockey look like...

Is the Doll Strangler back? Or is a copycat killer on the loose...?Singmass Close has a sinister past. Reputedly haunted by the ghosts of children, in the 50s it was the hunting ground of the Doll Strangler, a ruthless killer who was never brought to...

It is the most controversial religious icon in the world. No one knows where it came from.No one knows when it was made.But now, the greatest mystery in religious history holds the key to a present-day serial killer who devises savage, bizarre deaths for...

Whether understood as a long-run historical process or an intentional political project, international development transforms not only societies and economies but also key ideas about how the world works and how problems should be solved. In this...

Can the US president really just disappear into thin air...? Helen Bentley, the first female of the United States, has been kidnapped on a state visit to Norway: it is up to the FBI and the Norwegian police to work together to find her. But their enemy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847516657Author Cynthia Harrod-EaglesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 294gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

By acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful.The scene: a cottage on the coast on a windy evening...

Sex, lies, and scientific history collide in 1993 Havana.It was as if we'd reached the minimum critical point of a mathematical curve. Imagine a parabola. Zero point down, at the bottom of an abyss. That's how low we sank.The year is 1993. Cuba is at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (U.S. Ed. Inter. Material) 2013. Commended for IndieFab awards (Graphic Novel) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781595829313Author Juan...

Alone in his isolated, windswept chapel on the edge of Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Mark, for seeking affection from the local miller's daughter, Mary? But when Mary's body is found brutally stabbed, Mark is the obvious suspect, and the...

'A cracker of a page-turner... Highly recommended' - Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of Dead Man's Grave His biggest mistake was trusting someone he shouldn't have... When a body is found...

In The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes we read the last twelve stories Conan Doyle was to write about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and he can be seen to take advantage of new, more open...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804111607Author Thomas PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...

1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin.Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800748026Author Alan LiptrotFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060728885Author Robert Hans van GulikFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991173577Author Iris BeagleholeFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Te Ra Aroha PressPublisher Te Ra Aroha PressWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Tracy Lawless returns with a vengeance in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image! Tracy Lawless is still a man caught between a history of violence and his own conscience. And now the worst bad guy in the world is tasked with a new job:...

Northeast Mississippi is hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where killings are as commonplace as they were in the Old West. To Quinn Colson, just back from a tour of Afghanistan, it's home. But home has changed. Quinn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728234526Author Kerry GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Poisoned Pen PressPublisher Poisoned Pen PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

Detective Peter Decker's camping trip into the foothills above Los Angeles was meant to help get him closer to the young sons -Sammy and Jake - of his girlfriend, Rina Lazarus. So when the older boy stumbles on a horrific find - two charred human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569473313Author Cara BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press IncWeight(grams) 317g

A ritual murder at a Mumbai temple exposes the city's dark secrets and ravages the personal life of a detective in this sequel to The Blue Bar. Amid incessant rains pounding down on Mumbai, Senior Inspector Arnav Singh Rajput is called to a shocking...