Mystery & Detective

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553278194Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

The eleventh classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world's seas. A CREEPING RED TIDE OF DEATH Deep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt...

Almost a year ago Lady Araba, the head of a self-made fashion empire, was found murdered at her home in Trasacco Valley, the Beverly Hills of Accra. Araba's driver was arrested but her aunt, Dele, suspects that Araba's boyfriend was the real killer. ...

Rarely had Mrs Jeffries encountered a murderer as brazen as the killer of Peter Hornsley, who even left behind his name . . . which was Inspector Witherspoon! Mrs Jeffries knew that her mild-mannered employer couldn't possibly be the real culprit, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553254648Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 169mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062275493Author Dorothy L SayersFormat PaperbackPage Count 810Imprint Bourbon Street BooksPublisher Bourbon Street BooksWeight(grams) 640g

'The most fun I've had with a book this year. Every page is a delight' Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleThey were a band of mysterious private detectives who lived beneath the streets of London...London, 1958. Elaborately...

'Richly textured, compelling, emotionally complex' Tammy Cohen'The trouble is, we don't recognise every danger when we see it. And that's how Mr Man manages to creep into our lives.'It is 1966, and things are changing in the close-knit Napier Road...

From the author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter - winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the YearApril 1927. After months of rain, the Mississippi River has reached dangerous levels and the little town of Hobnob is at threat...

Charlie Gavin was abducted as a baby. He didn't know who he was or where he came from. His mission was to find himself. And when he did, he decided to spend his life finding other lost souls by opening the Be Kindly Missing Persons Bureau. Martha...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451235138Author Julie GarwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170g

FIRST RULE: Don't lose your concentration. Electra McDonnell and her family earn their living outside the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but with World War...

2020's most perfect pick-me-up! Home For Christmas is essential reading for animal lovers and readers who love uplifting, heartwarming and hopeful stories about second chances.Kathy Brentwood is good at keeping it together - or so it seems to the people...

A serial killer with all the time in the world...From a stunning new voice in crime fiction.Stephen Killigan has been cold since the day he arrived in Cambridge. Seven hundred years of history staining the stones of the university have given him a chill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955924177Author Scott BladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Black Lion MediaPublisher Black Lion MediaWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

‘The Subtle Thief’ is a witty, elegant, and intriguing murder mystery set in New York’s sophisticated art world. You won’t find street-wise thugs or master criminals here, but rather a heady mix of writers, curators, collectors, art dealers, and enticing...

Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers.Hillmaston School has chosen The Mikado for their next school performance and, in recognition of her generous offer to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933523941Author Fran RizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bella Rosa BooksPublisher Bella Rosa BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Dazzlingly inventive'Sunday Times'Gripping and powerful'Cara Hunter********** FOUR WOMEN.Orly, Lenny, Mel and Thea have been best friends since school. But now it is 20 years later and inevitably they have drifted...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' and recognised as one of the 'big four' Golden Age crime authors. The unloading of a consignment of French...

May Lynn dreamed of being a movie star. But her future was short, and it wasn't on the silver screen. It was down in the dark depths of the Sabine River with a sewing machine wired to her feet. In Depression-era Texas, a better life is hard to come by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553763058Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

Another 87th precinct novel from 'the undisputed master - and there's nobody who does it better' DAILY MIRRORIrritating though he was, Lester Henderson had it all when he strode up to rehearse his keynote address in the darkness of a downtown theatre...

THE 80 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER AUTHOR'Sandra Brown skilfully sets up the sticky web of dynamics between her cast of characters . . . this is a tightly plotted and gripping read' The TimesTwenty years ago, four men attempted to pull off the ultimate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425268544Author Felix FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 189mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781034383758Author Thomas E WellsFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

THE PURSUIT by Janet Evanovich is an action-packed adventure featuring FBI agent Kate O'Hare and her secret partner, fugitive Nicolas Fox. Janet Evanovich's novels are: 'Pithy, witty and fast-paced' (The Sunday Times); 'Non-stop laughs with plenty of...

February, 1929. The Regent Hotel in Birmingham is a place of deception and glamour. Behind its six-storeyed facade, guests sip absinthe cocktails on velvet banquettes, while the staff navigate the hotel's labyrinthine 'below stairs' to ensure the...

This unsettling novel inspired Pedro Almodovar's acclaimed film "The Skin I Live In."* * *Mygale [MIG-uh-lee] n.: a genus of large tropical spiders. . . .A highly successful plastic surgeon pursues and captures the man who raped his daughter. He is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912599592Author Adam CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Black Cannon PublishingPublisher Black Cannon PublishingWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm)...

A suspenseful psychological crime novel from one of Germany's No.1 bestselling authors.In the northern seaside town of Scarborough, a student is found cruelly murdered. For months, the investigators are in the dark, until they are faced with a copy-cat...

The new Sherlock Holmes novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe - eldest daughter...

A sweeping novel of art theft, anti-Semitism, contemporary Cuba, and crime from a renowned Cuban author. In 1939, the Saint Louis sails from Hamburg into Havana's port with hundreds of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from the Nazi regime. From the docks,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984804372Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

'A fantastic whodunnit' HEAT MAGAZINE 'Sensational' CRIME MONTHLY'This is not the usual story of vulnerable women in jeopardy ... but one in which the victims fight back.' SUNDAY TIMES____________________Some women just can't take a joke.At...

A dead woman's cherished trinkets become pieces to a terrifying puzzle. Mickie Lambert creates "digital scrapbooks" for clients, ensuring that precious souvenirs aren't forgotten or lost. When her latest client, Nadia Denham, a curio shop owner, dies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617753121Author Tony BellottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 222g

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'A breathtakingly ambitious mystery ... as beautiful as it is triumphant.' Daily Mail An astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in New Zealand's gold rush. 'What brings a fellow down here, you know, to...

INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . . **'Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict' Sunday Times**Someone wants Jack Ryan Dead - and fast...Covert operative Jack Ryan Jr is enjoying some...

*** FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN AND JANICE HALLETT, WE INVITE YOU TO MEET A NEW LITERARY SLEUTH - JANE AUSTEN . . . ***'Richly imagined and wonderfully plotted - a great read' S.J. BENNETT'Sharp and energetic whilst simultaneously warm and heartfelt. This...