Mystery & Detective

A superb novel of possessive love. Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914537004Author M S MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Landmark MediaPublisher Landmark MediaWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME'S BOSCH AND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET.OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE.Detective Renee Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835255278Author Angela MarsonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm

'Bad Apple is a must-read for lovers of thrillers!' Reader Review, 'I tore through this edge-of-your-seat, up-all-night thriller...Timely and gripping, don't miss this one.' - bestselling author Katy Brent ...

**HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2021 CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD** She's a murderer. Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees - why else would his dead body be found in her shed? So now Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial. Coming back to the remote coastal...

The gripping new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller and Queen of the Underworld, Jessie Keane. 'Perfect for fans of Martina Cole' My WeeklyOnce, he loved her.Now he's going to put her away for murder.Christie Doyle is living the dream:...

Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Val de Follet. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that's the way he likes it. Until scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver when its famous restaurant is downgraded from...

'My favourite current series' Val McDermidEverything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to...

Rock climbers can't afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon's former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of something odd...

Hidden Depths is the third book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series - which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn as Vera.A killer who is making an art out of murder . . .A hot summer on the Northumberland coast and Julie Armstrong...

A gripping new crime thriller with a ticking clock! A notorious family... The country-house lifestyle of the Carter family may seem picture-perfect, but they aren't what they appear to be. ...

'Completely unpredictable and OMG THAT ENDING!!!!' She thought she'd left her past behind. She was wrong... Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the...

Commissario Guido Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyaltiesWhen two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But...

One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace and desireA young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her...

He lies about everything. Except for murder.'High-wire suspense that keeps you riveted' LISA GARDNERColton Driscoll is a compulsive liar. But there's one thing his psychologist Sam Reeves fears he is telling the truth about: murder. Concerned his patient...

Date with Justice, the ninth novel in Julia's Chapman's witty and engaging Dales Detective series, sees Delilah's brother under suspicion of murder. Can Delilah and Samson prove he's innocent? The Dales Detective Agency is on the brink of closure.Samson...

Now a major ITV series, The Long Call, adapted for television by screenwriter Kelly Jones and starring Ben Aldridge.'Matthew Venn is a keeper . . . stunning' - David Baldacci The number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew...

A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES. In 1137 the head of Shrewsbury Abbey decided to acquire the remains of St Winifred. Brother Cadfael is part of the expedition sent to her final resting place in Wales and they find the villagers passionately divided by the...

Agatha Christie's ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective,...

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre...

On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame...

'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction. Imagine you're holding a book in your hands...

From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'THE TIMES* * * * *'He's gone...'When his daughter...

On a cold winter's afternoon, Alberta Mansbridge waits at a table set with teacups for eight, musing over her guests. The ex-jailbird Barry, the nephew and his ghastly new flibbertijibbet of a wife, the Italian playboy, the old friend with whom she had...

'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' ANN CLEEVES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800809567Author J M DalglieshFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Hamilton PressPublisher Hamilton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492673439Author Francis DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914537127Author M S MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Landmark MediaPublisher Landmark MediaWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

A favorite mystery series of Hillary Clinton (as mentioned in What Happened, The New York Times Book Review, and New York Magazine)A New York Times Notable Book of the YearAgatha Award Winner for Best First NovelMacavity Award Winner for Best First...

'Want to read a great whodunnit? Anthony Horowitz has one for you: MAGPIE MURDERS. It's as good as an Agatha Christie. Better, in some ways. Cleverer.' Stephen King'The finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be...

A remote Highland castle. A dark and stormy night. A murder most haunting. It's Halloween, and when an elderly billionaire is discovered dead in the locked study of his stately Highland home, DCI Jack Logan and his team must race the worsening weather...

An undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country from the world's most dangerous double-agent.The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field...

'I was completely spellbound' - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things'Setterfield is a master storyteller' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe Some say the river drowned her... Some say it brought her back to life On a dark midwinter's night in...

Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Dagger, 2019A Walter Scott Prize Academy Recommended Read 2019'Rich, intelligent and dark in equal measure, leaving you wrung out with terror. Historical fiction at its most sumptuous.'...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK'Terrific . . . Intelligent and gripping' The Times'Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary' Heat'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times'The plot is scalpel sharp... utterly...

'Atmospheric and page-turning, The Escape is this winter's The Hunting Party' - Veronica HenryFrom bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Escape is an electrifying thriller of influencers, secrets and lies set in a grand mansion in rural France. Perfect for...

A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal... A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play. When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and...

THE MODERN CLASSIC: OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLDA Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy book club pick'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King'This book will change your life. An instant classic' Daily Telegraph'A book lover's dream' The...

A perfect marriage unravels on their honeymoon in this shocking thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once. Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On...