Mystery & Detective

A compelling story of old loves and old secrets... Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads up the philanthropic Locke...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999942694Author VL McBeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Valyn PublishingPublisher Valyn Publishing

"Sharp eyed and sharp mouthed police detective"* Henri Lefort, is determined to solve homicides and uncover any German conspiracies threatening France-in Mark Pryor's next World War II mystery, The Dark Edge of Night. Winter 1940: With soldiers...

When a body is found after a flood, the secrets of a tempestuous life surface with it. Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has kept the existence of his hated brother Michael hidden for years. As he relives their past conflict, other demons threaten his...

In Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel The Hound of...

Volume One of James Ronald Stories of Crime and Detection contains three pulp fiction novelettes and one novel, featuring Police Surgeon turned amateur sleuth Daniel Britling. The unassuming-but missing nothing-Police Surgeon is cast in the great...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twentieth heart-warming Christmas mystery.The festive season is fast approaching, and Dr Crowe and his young apprentice Scuff are busy, as always, tending London's sick and wounded. This year, however, Crowe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981092Author Paul La FargeFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

It's early May when a young family out on a forest walk stumble upon a heavily mutliated body. The female corpse is in eerily good condition, and signs of torture are all too visible.Inspector Malin Fors immediately draws parallels between this case and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250854230Author Ellie AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 170mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593337653Author Katie OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

When a teacher and pupil are found dead at an exclusive girls' school in Bath, Jack Swann, the Regency Detective, becomes involved in one of the most intriguing cases of his career. Is it a tragic accident, a suicide pact, or murder? As Swann attempts to...

________________________ 'A thriller with a difference. The plot is as taught as the prose is tight - both qualities reminiscent of Graham Greene' - Sunday Express 'Once you have opened its first page you won't be able to stop reading. A superbly...

Do you want to read crime with a dose of black humour and strong, violent-when-necessary heroines? Do you like women who don't take any sh*t? Then this book is definitely for you. Think Villanelle - but she's on your side. * Nikki Griffin, our...

An engrossing collection of gritty, raw and sometimes very funny short stories with fully realised characters and surprising twists and turns. This is Aussie noir at its best by one of Australia's great actors. In the tradition of Peter Temple, Australia...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448313563Author Fiona BuckleyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 365gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 145mm *...

From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new historical crime novella for fans of Antonia Hodgson and CJ Sansom.'To Mr Thomas Combe my sword.' These six words in Shakespeare's will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966784879Author Elisabeth Sanxay HoldingFormat PaperbackPage Count 269Imprint Stark House PressPublisher Stark House PressWeight(grams)...

Slowly she opened her eyes and he rewarded her with one of his softest smiles, brushing her wet, sticky hair off her face, using the edge of her coat sleeve to wipe away the slime around her nose and lips. 'I don't want to,' she whispered, trembling as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451219312Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Once the assistant to a great detective, Kimihiko Kimizuka took on a challenge Siestabequeathed to him after her death and arrived at a conclusion that surpassed hiswildest expectations. To bring back the great detective-the stuff of...

Putting dead bodies in the ground for a living could give anyone ideas... Blaise is out of work and down on his luck when a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde has him hooked. He'll do anything to stay by her side, even if it means working for...

A Scottish Book Trust 2020 Great Scottish Novel 'Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT.' Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why In the first of the Burrowhead Mysteries, an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736379226Author Marshall KarpFormat PaperbackPage Count 538Imprint Mesa Films, Inc.Publisher Mesa Films, Inc.Weight(grams) 780gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A breathtaking classic of psychological suspense by the inventor of the detective novel, Wilkie Collins, with an afterword by writer, editor and playwright David Stuart Davies.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

Two violent deaths shatter a small community. And to solve the case, Wycliffe must untangle a complex network of secrecy within the quiet of Paul's Court . . .The Cornish Detective series'First-class, old-time, hyper-ingenious whodunit OBSERVERPaul's...

From New York Times bestseller Tess Gerritsen and acclaimed thriller writer Gary Braver comes a sexy murder mystery about a reckless affair and dangerous secrets. Taryn Moore is young, beautiful, and brilliant...so why would she kill herself? When...

A Place to HideBy Debra Webb Keeping her son safe is all that matters... With new identities in rural Tennessee, innkeeper Grace Myers and son Liam are running from the killer they once escaped. As his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847519931Author Alys ClareFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 310gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 139mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451469205Author Kate CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Obsidian MysteriesPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 171mm *...

__________________________ONE WILD PARTY. FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER.A mansion in Beverly Hills is leased out to host an event wild enough to herald the end of days.The next day there isn't a living soul to be seen.But in the driveway sits a super-stretch...

Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Anne O'Brien and Elizabeth Chadwick, Deborah Swift brings a unique period in history to vivid, fascinating life in her acclaimed Pepys trilogy.'Laced with emotional intensity and drama, Pleasing Mr Pepys...

"The Leavenworth Case" opens with the shocking murder of Horatio Leavenworth, a wealthy New York merchant. His favourite niece, Mary, is to inherit his fortune and all of the evidence seems to implicate her or her sister. Yet the case is not as concrete...

Exam board: EdexcelLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2024About the AuthorPolish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist...

When a man is found in the middle of Alfreton Road in the early hours one Sunday morning, stark naked and bleeding heavily from a chest wound, he is the latest in a series of viscous attacks on men. Enquiries in the mean-streets of Nottingham's red-light...

Somewhere deep in the desert, the location of Rahimere's tomb has long been kept a closely guarded secret. But now, the Sebaus - a sect taking its name from demons - has plundered and pillaged the sepulchre for its most powerful treasure.The fiery...

Davie McCall is tired. Tired of violence, tired of the Life. He's always managed to stay detached from the brutal nature of his line of work, but recently he has caught himself enjoying it. In the final instalment in the Davie McCall series old...

Even though Max's calling led him to become a vicar, his past life as a spy catches up with him . . .Max receives the call for help when the body of glamorous film star Margot Browne is washed ashore at Monkslip-super-Mare. George, his former boss in the...

'Gripping, thought-provoking and expertly plotted - a cracking read' - Katerina Diamond, bestselling author of The Teacher. 7.15am: Two children are seen on top of a wall in a school. Shortly later one of them lies fatally injured at the bottom. Did...