Mystery & Detective

This gripping and pacy historical mystery is perfect for fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom. With its wry humour, expert characterisation, vivid descriptions and incredible sense of adventure, you'll be hooked from page one....

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360538Author Andy GriffeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439157824Author William Kent KruegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

A killer is branding his victims with numbers. How many will he kill before he's stopped? YOU BELONG TO ME is a fantastic thriller from bestselling author Karen Rose, and the first novel in her Baltimore series. When forensic pathologist Lucy Trask...

A captivating, adrenalin-fuelled thriller that will keep you hooked from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!" - Harlan Coben"Simon...

The morning of Agatha's marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him. James breaks off...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027309627Author Agatha ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint E-ArtnowPublisher E-ArtnowWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727889881Author Sarah RayneFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912599783Author Adam CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Black Cannon PublishingPublisher Black Cannon Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496720368Author Victoria LaurieFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

An art expert joins a detective to investigate a horrific murder on a Swedish island, leading them to a mystery rooted in Viking rites and Scandinavia's deepest, darkest winter. The Queen of French Noir returns with a chilling, utterly captivating gothic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733561686Author Dorothy L SayersFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Warbler ClassicsPublisher Warbler ClassicsWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

MEET DETECTIVE GEREON RATH IN THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE HIT TV SERIES BABYLON BERLIN 'A first-rate historical thriller and Gereon Rath is one of the most intriguing detectives in fiction.' - Paul Burke, NB Magazine Berlin, 1932: A drowned man is...

The third stunning thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The Times Manchester-based private eye Kate...

With a new introduction by Charlie Higson'Fantastic ... in my book Jim Thompson is still the greatest crime writer' Jo Nesbo'The best suspense writer going, bar none' NEW YORK TIMES'Jim Thompson holds a special place in my heart' Bruce SpringsteenNick...

York, 1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at the station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil when an explosion rips through the brake van of the train,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613162118Author Mary Roberts RinehartFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 441gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914537011Author M S MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Landmark MediaPublisher Landmark MediaWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

THE RUNAWAY SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING EMILY BLUNT'Really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect' STEPHEN KINGRachel catches the same commuter train...

A crime you'll always remember. A detective you'll never forget.A young girl is found dead. A prostitute is murdered. And the strangest, youngest detective in the South Wales Major Crimes Unit is about to face the fiercest test of her short career.A...

'His artistry is supreme' John Banville 'Why all of a sudden did this shock him? He was annoyed with himself for being shocked. He felt as if he had been sucked into the bourgeois, almost edifying, atmosphere that surrounded those epeople, 'good people'...

A TOP TEN SCOTTISH BESTSELLERON DARK NIGHTS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LIGHT A FEW FIRES . . . Bodies are piling up with messages carved into their chests. Rival gangs are competing for control. New drugs have arrived in Glasgow, and they've brought a different...

In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztan Trilogy, a female detective follows a psychopathic killer into the eye of a storm. Amaia Salazar, a young detective from the north of Spain, has joined a group of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786042210Author Charlie DonleaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641293297Author Sujata MasseyFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984802330Author Ryan SofieFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

'While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for its oysters, has Pearl' Daily Mail May Day Murder is the third book in Julie Wassmer's popular crime series - now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private detective and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061938368Author Laura LippmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

The internationally bestselling historical thriller, soon to be a Netflix series starring Luke Evans, Dakota Fanning and Daniel Bruhl.Some things never change.New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a...

A GRIPPING CRIME THRILLER FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS Orla Cracken, IT whizz has disappeared. Detectives Rowan Jackman and Marie Evans soon suspect foul play. Cracken, known as Orac, is no ordinary techie; she was once a field agent traveling abroad...

Cuddies Strip follows the investigation and trial of a true crime, but it also examines the treatment of women in a male-dominated society. It is an absorbing period piece from 1930s Scotland, but with strong contemporary resonances about the nature and...

'Wow, wow, wow!!' NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars 'Gripping, original, with a great storyline.' B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Dilemma She looked like...

Abduction, intrigue and death - it's just not cricket! Phryne Fisher has plans for her Sydney sojourn - a few days at the Test match, a little sightseeing and the Artist's Ball with an up-and-coming young modernist. But these plans begin to go awry when...

As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. When young actress Gloria Scott throws herself...

'If there has been a better mystery suspense story written in this decade, I can't think of it' STEPHEN KING________________________Apologies for the general email, but I desperately need your help.My goddaughter, Coco Jackson, disappeared from her...

Amory Ames is travelling to New York, excited to be a bridesmaid at her friend Tabitha's wedding, but with Prohibition in full swing, her husband Milo is less than enthused. When a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the...

Omerta, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omerta carried the Mafia through a hundred years of change, but now at the century's end it is becoming a relic from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504054829Author Ruth RendellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

The Moonstone is one of the first true works of detective fiction, in which Wilkie Collins established the groundwork for the genre itself. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Sandra Kemp.The Moonstone, a priceless yellow...