Mystery & Detective

It's July 1917, and as the sun sets over No-man's-land so Joseph Reavley's heart sinks with it. As chaplain he must keep up the men's morale, but as rumours of mutiny grow stronger he is losing any chance of getting through to them. After the death of an...

It is normal to see bodies on the set of an adult film. But when they're dead bodies and the cast and crew discover they're trapped in a house with a serial killer Quarry hass got his work cut out for him. NOW A CINEMAX TELEVISION SERIES! The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448311200Author G.M. MallietFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802125071Author Ken BruenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

'Another gripping page-turner, add Nightshade to your reading list now.' Edinburgh Evening News'Vivid, pungent and perilous' CHRIS BROOKMYRE on Beloved Poison'Evocative...brilliant plotting' REBECCA GRIFFITHS on Beloved Poison'A dark gripping atmospheric...

'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sort because WE are the bad sort . . .' 'Beguiling' StylistThe year is 1831. Down murky alleyways, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and London's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the...

Meet the Accident Man, Samuel CarverCarver is a good guy who makes bad things happen to bad people. Drug-baron's helicopter develops mechanical failure mid-flight: Samuel Carver. Terrorist blown-up in his own bomb factory: Samuel Carver. Ex-SAS, now...

SHORTLISTED FOR 2003 THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Award 2003 'Dangor's writing, and the world he creates with it, exude a vibrant physicality... Dangor's vivid prose, narrative fluency and facility for literary experiment...

***AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER***From the bestselling, multiple prize-shortlisted novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes an explosive story about a twisted voyeur and a terrible crime... ______________________________PLAYAndrew, the manager of Shanamore...

From star of Great British Bake Off, heart-wrenching romantic fiction about a scandalous love affair between a professional cook and a high-ranking politician. If exposed it could wreck both their careers.Kate is thirty-six and mother to five-year-old...

Sherlock Holmes is back on the case in this collection of sparkling short stories, in which we learn about Holmes' early days as a sleuth, encounter a seemingly murderous widow, and meet the great detective's brother, Mycroft, for the first time. And, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448308330Author Rosemary RoweFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847513052Author Veronica HeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *...

It's a Thursday evening in 1936. Clive Staples Lewis (known to all his friends as "Jack") is hosting a gathering of that well-known literary group, The Inklings. Among the regulars are his brother Warnie, J. R. R. Tolkien, Neville Coghill, Hugo Dyson and...

The stifling, atmospheric, gothic crime novel with a unique protagonist and killer twist, perfect for fans of The Woman in Black, The Silent Companions, and Little Strangers ****************1904. Thomas Bexley, one of the first forensic photographers,...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440000303Author Vicki DelanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing.'Michael Ridpath is trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best.' Peter James, author of the...

'The ultimate house party mystery . . . old secrets and new dangers collide in this deliciously thrilling tale' Lisa Gardner, No.1 New York Times bestselling author'Anyone yearning for a page-turning gothic story with a big house - and a shocking family...

A girl has gone missing. You've never met her, but you're to blame. From the #1 bestselling author of My Sister's Secret... Food writer Estelle Forster has the perfect life. And with her first book on the...

'I really loved this . . . the beginning of an excellent series' 5 stars, Netgalley readerA killer stalks the streets of London . . . When a priest is found crucified in a derelict North London chapel, it makes a dramatic change for DI Charlie George and...

In the next Lady Emily Mystery The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici...

1217: Lincoln is not a safe place to be. A French army has captured the city, and the terrified citizens huddle in the rubble of their homes as the castle, the last remaining loyal stronghold in the region, is besieged. Edwin Weaver finds himself riding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616959722Author Timothy HallinanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press Inc

Set in the lush countryside of Normandy, France, the fifth Lady Emily mystery is filled with intrigue, romance, mysterious deaths, and madness . . .Returning from their honeymoon and near brush with death in Constantinople, Lady Emily and her husband...

'Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful. This Wild, Wild Country enchants as mysteries deepen and secrets echo over the harsh realities of the American Dream' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the EndThree women. An isolated town. A...

A man's body, virtually decapitated, is found by the Bosphorus. His identity card names him as Rifat Berisha, an Albanian. The family is impenetrable but when Inspector Cetin Ikmen, whose mother was Albanian, consults his cousin, Samsun, he's left in...

International bestselling author Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more in this crime connoisseur's collection. Under the...

The second novel in the Oslo Crime Files, a tense and dark quartet of thrillers for fans of Camilla Lackberg and Jo Nesbo.Psychologist Mailin Bjerke is due to appear on the notorious TV show Taboo, tackling its most sensational subject yet. But she...

Compulsively readable and masterfully plotted, Long Gone does not disappoint. The nightmare was only just beginning... After months of unemployment, Alice Humphrey lands her dream job - managing a Manhattan art gallery in the trendy...

What do you see in your dying moments...? A young woman is on the run, her boyfriend found brutally slain in their bed. A simple crime of passion. Or is it? Find out in the new heart-stopping thriller from the acclaimed author of...

The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favourite Sherlock Holmes...

Like any small community, Linchester has its intrigues: love affairs, money problems, unhappy marriages. But the gossip is elevated to new heights when young Patrick Selby dies on the very night of his beautiful wife's birthday party.The whole...

The latest mystery in the Edgar Award-winning series from David Handler. Ghostwriting sleuth Stewart Hoag investigates a trail of murder amidst Hollywood's rich and famous. Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag hasn't written any fiction since his debut novel rocked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451183835Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

A vintage roller-coaster ride from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [Time]Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the mean streets of Detroit, but that was before he went on a little retreat to Rwanda to evade a tax-fraud indictment. Now...

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2018 Two time winner of Norway's Best Crime Novel A FROZEN BODY A MURDERED BIKER A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST A FROZEN BODY... A MURDERED BIKER... A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PAST In the depths of the...

'An OUTSTANDING 5 star read.' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars How well do you know your husband? When a young woman's body is found floating in the lake behind Charlotte's home, it feels like a cruel twist of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593598733Author Sarah CaudwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943. A young Jewish prisoner...Auschwitz, 1943. It's snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the...