Mystery & Detective

It is 1939. The world stands on the brink of Armageddon. In the Soviet Union, years of revolution, fear and persecution have left the country unprepared to face the onslaught of Nazi Germany. For the coming battles, Stalin has placed his hopes on a...

Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger AwardThe North-West Frontier, 1910. The screams of a wounded British officer abandoned at the bottom of a dark ravine are heard by a young Scottish subaltern. Ignoring the command to retreat back to base the...

Obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, Alistair Haston heads off to Greece, where she is on holiday. Mugged on the harbourside in Paros, he is robbed of everything. So when Ricky a charming Aussie, shows up and offers Alistair a job recruiting tourists to...

The Lady in the Lake is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery...

Club Gouge: Chicago's edgiest night spot, where a woman calling herself the Body Artist invites the audience to use her naked body as a canvas.The show attracts all kinds of people, from a menacing cop to Ukrainian mobsters and Iraq war veterans. A...

Six victims. Same gun. No link. The final 87th Precinct novel from the master...It started with the blind violinist - shot twice through the head at point-blank range in the alley outside his dingy restaurant. But it's only when the omelette lady gets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062573421Author Agatha ChristieFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 452g

Robbie Daniels is a Palm Beach playboy. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything - even murder - until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery...

Gayla's only hope is about to turn into her worst nightmareTricked into coming to Ireland with the offer of a good job, all Gayla wants to do now is run. As far and as fast as she can. Because her captors are close behind her, and they want her dead - no...

Kimihiko Kimizuka has survived the battle with Seed, but not without heavy casualties. Natsunagi is dead, Charlie is in critical condition, and Yui has been taken captive. Kimihiko is lost in despair, but Siesta appears before him to pull him back into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847519306Author Alys ClareFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 135mm * 30mm

Is he guilty or innocent? Even he doesn't know... On the eve of their thirtieth birthday, twins Jasmine and Nicolas Moretti celebrate late into the night. But when Nicolas wakes several hazy hours later, Jasmine is dead-and he is covered in her blood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501192210Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501173271Author Graham NortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

THE SECOND NOVEL FROM PATRICIA MARQUES, FOLLOWING ON FROM THE COLOURS OF DEATH A woman's body is found in a river just outside of Lisbon. Inspectors Isabel Reis and Aleksandr Voronov identify the murder victim as Marta Nunes - a youth centre worker who,...

A gripping novel of passion, intrigue and ambition, set against the backdrop of 1950s Britain in the popular tradition of Kate Morton.Cambridge, 1952. When Ellen Kingsley embarks upon an exciting career in scientific research she soon finds herself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360477Author Andy GriffeeFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

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Hereford's Diocesan Exorcist must encounter a legacy of evil within the crumbling walls of an old hotel along with memories of murder...'Merrily has become an ever more engaging protagonist, a passionate, flawed modern women every bit as concerned with...

When amateur jockey Archie Best receives a surprise legacy from an old family friend, it proves to have some unwelcome strings attached. The strange bequest points an accusing finger at Clive Drury, an influential and affluent businessman who mixes with...

1895. A senior executive at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is found in his office with a bullet hole between his eyes, a pistol discarded close by. The death has officially been ruled as suicide by local police, but with an apparent lack of motive for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903385869Author David CoubroughFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Galileo PublishersPublisher Galileo PublishersDimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 19mm

Surrounded by evil, how long can one man's good intentions last? February 1941, Berlin: A murderer is on a killing spree. The Murder Squad is in the midst of the biggest manhunt the city has ever seen. Georg Heuser is the idealistic, brilliant young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year.Book InformationISBN 9780143112129Author Marisha PesslFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin...

'This brooding tale of obsessive love, teenage jealousy and hidden desire has a dark charm' The i paper'Atmospheric, creepy, tense and utterly absorbing' Harriet Tyce'Clean prose, subtle characters and intrigue to keep the pages turning' Mike...

The fourth book in M.C. Beaton's charming A House for the Season series. He's just not the marrying kind...Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's Regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women and song in mind when he rents No. 67...

Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their car into Moon Lake. Miraculously surviving the crash- and growing into adulthood- Daniel returns to the site of this traumatic incident in the hopes of...

Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown. Not only has her baby arrived, but she and her fiance Christopher have moved to the historic village of Hartsop in the Lake District - and they still intend to say...

FULLY REVISED NEW EDITIONCaught between instinct and authority, he must decide where his loyalties lie...Picardie, 1963. A truck drops a group of illegal workers by a deserted stretch of canal in the dead of night near Poissons-les-Marais. Days later,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496708960Author Kirsten WeissFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613163603Author Ellery QueenFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

"Charming... Four interconnected visits to a world of danger, wit, beauty and genuine romance. Treat yourself!"-ANNE PERRY, internationally bestselling authorA stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold...

'ONE NIGHT, NEW YORK transports the reader to the glitter and the danger of old New York. A page-turner with style.' ERIN KELLY'ENTHRALLING' THE TIMES, BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTIONA THRILLING DEBUT NOVEL OF CORRUPTION AND MURDER, SET IN THE NIGHTCLUBS,...

'Outstanding... Rich in details of Alaskan life, history, and archaeology, this fast-paced mystery builds to a satisfying conclusion. Fans will hope they won't have to wait another eight years for Liam's next outing' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061561320Author Alafair BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902756588Author Mark HaddonFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Esperanto-Asocio de BritioPublisher Esperanto-Asocio de BritioWeight(grams) 330g

She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the New Year - before a Christmas killer wrings another neck . . .On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me - well, actually, my true love,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804240434Author Mark MowerFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613162408Author Andrew KlavanFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 393gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984802668Author A. M. StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult