Mystery & Detective

Wycliffe investigates the disappearance of a young girl - and becomes involved in a major criminal investigation . . .Chief Superintendent Wycliffe doubted whether he would enjoy his Christmas. With his wife away, he rashly accepted an invitation to stay...

A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place... The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter...

Set amid the beauty and darkness of modern Botswana, the second in the fantastic crime series featuring the opera-loving wine connoisseur Assistant Superintendant David 'Kubu' Bengu of the Botswana Police ForceWhen a mutilated body is found at a tourist...

The perfect murder mystery for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood.'Spotswood understands that [...] spending time with unforgettable characters is paramount.' - New York Times'A loving, intricately plotted tribute to the great days of American...

'A man does not leave school at fourteen, make a fortune by forty and go on to become a skilful and powerful politician without ruthlessness.' Hugh Mason was the kind of man it was very easy to hate, if you were not susceptible to his particular kind...

The Amazon Charts bestselling series. What really happened in the forest? Hidden crimes and secrets of the past converge in a riveting thriller by Anne Frasier, the New York Times bestselling author of Find Me. No strangers to evil, criminal...

'The Queen of Highland Noir gets spookier and darker with every book' Lilja SigurdardottirTHE COMPELLING, GOTHIC, BRILLIANTLY ATMOSPHERIC THIRD NOVEL IN THE DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESSome cases are personal...Tied to a derelict pier on Orkney, the bloated...

This is a dazzling, white-knuckle debut thriller starring an ex-convict who combines the government conspiracy angle of 24's Jack Bauer with the action of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, plus a dash of supernatural suspense.About the AuthorPatrick Lee lives in...

An invitation written in blood...A madman is stalking women in the city. By the time his victims are found, they've been dismembered with careful precision, their limbs stacked into a gruesome pyramid and completely cleansed of every last drop of blood...

This is a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family; a story of fathers and sons, corruption and responsibility, memory and history, with a mystery at its heart.A young writer, living abroad, returns ...

'America's greatest crime writer' (Newsweek) brings his genius for characterisation, his rich ear for dialogue, and his piercing psychological insight to a gripping story set in an era he's never before explored: the years of the Second World War.The odd...

"An absolutely prime slice of Scandicrime . . . the writer channels her professional expertise into a noteworthy domestic thriller" Barry Forshaw, FT"Having hit a bull's-eye with . . . The Therapist . . . Helene Flood repeats the trick with another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345470430Author Erle Stanley GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 235gDimensions(mm)...

A twenty-year-old crime throws DI Joe Faraday into the violent legacy of the Falklands War...Freshly promoted to the elite Major Crimes Team, DI Joe Faraday is thrown into the deep end with the investigation into the murder of prison officer Paul...

The Tarot talks . . . but is anyone listening?In the heart of South West London, just a short stroll from the Thames, lies an enclosed and overgrown bike path and a single row of cottages. Foremost among Tinderbox Lane's hotchpotch of loyal residents is...

The 18th-century meets the sharp blade of forensic science...Eighteenth-century anatomist Dr Thomas Silkstone travels to the English countryside to unravel a tangled web of mystery, medicine, and murder...A man staggers out of his cottage into the...

Winner of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 2014 In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer, a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is brutally murdered. Police Inspector Evert Backstroem is unwillingly drafted in from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448311163Author Veronica HeleyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 146mm *...

Helsinki, June 1953, at the heart of the Cold War. Hella, now a reluctant private investigator, has been asked by her former boss at the Helsinki murder squad to do a background check on a member of the Finnish secret services. Not the type of job Hella...

When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295879Author Paul DohertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 135mm *...

1 July 1969. The Investiture of the new Prince of Wales. When Arianwen Hughes is arrested driving with a home-made bomb near Caernarfon Castle, her case seems hopeless. Her brother Caradog, her husband Trevor, and their friend Dafydd are implicated in...

When Max Brennan's estranged father and then his own girlfriend go missing in quick succession, he turns to his old friend Detective Jake Porter for help. As Max is then attacked in his own home, Porter and his partner Nick Styles waste no time in...

'Hugely enjoyable, a proper mystery novel in a glorious Donegal setting' JANE CASEY'Brilliant, beloved characters, a setting to die for and a sensational, twisted plot. I loved this one!' JO SPAIN'A perfect summer read' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The next...

PERFECT FOR FANS OF SUSIE STEINER Someone is dead because of Jamie. Yesterday they were alive. Jamie Worth is a newly qualified as a firearms officer and is called to a domestic disturbance. Events get out of hand, and he shoots and kills a teenaged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590589724Author Kerry GreenwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 489Imprint Poisoned Pen PressPublisher Poisoned Pen PressWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

* THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER FOR FANS OF THE BRIDGE * Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel Winner of the Danish Debutant Award Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for the best Danish crime novel A car is found on a...

Royalty has its privileges, even when you're thirty-fourth in line to the throne, as Lady Georgiana Rannoch discovers on the glamorous - and dangerous - French Riviera . . .Why should my clueless brother, Binky, and his decidedly disagreeable wife, Fig,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636320564Author Patricia RiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Book View Cafe Publishing CooperativePublisher Book View Cafe Publishing...

A brilliant serial killer thriller from a hugely talented British author to rival the best from Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson. When four Derby College students are reported missing, few in Derby CID, least of all DI Damen Brook, pay...

From the author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, comes an electrifying new novel. Nina Wilde is on the hunt for the Tomb of Hercules. Studies of an ancient text have convinced archaeologist Nina Wilde that a tomb containing the remains of legendary warrior...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. . . .A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt.One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin...

'Hypnotic, delivering acute social commentary on everything from class and race to familial bonds and community . . . I devoured Saint X in a day.' Oyinkan Braithwaite (author of My Sister, the Serial Killer), New York Times Claire is only seven years...

Graham Hurley's acclaimed crime series takes a step into the dark side as DC Winter wonders whether crime might pay...From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRAD.DC Winter, sacked from the police, has joined the city's premier drug baron, Bazza...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915231109Author Rachel AmphlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Saxon Publishing Ltd.Publisher Saxon Publishing Ltd.Weight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)...

Lady Georgiana Rannoch won't deny that being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne has its advantages. Unfortunately, money isn't one of them. And sometimes making ends meet requires her to investigate a little royal wrongdoing.While my beau...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593315446Author Brendan SlocumbFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 765gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

THE FEEL GOOD NOVEL OF THE YEAR'I loved this funny, heartwarming read' Libby Page, author of The LidoThe Patron Saint of Plumbing is not answering Nino Speranza's prayers.Without the thousands of euros in taxes that he could never bring himself to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641292580Author Cara BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press