Thrillers

Phoebe MacNamara first comes face to face with Duncan Swift high up on a roof, as she tries to stop one of his ex-employees from jumping to his death. As Savannah's chief hostage negotiator, Phoebe is calm, courageous, and ready to risk her life to save...

"A remarkably assured debut" Sunday Times"This is as much a novel as a reckoning." New York TimesThe characters are alluring and ... engaging. So too are the emotional struggles the crew endure as they try to balance duty to family with their love for...

'This book is not only gripping, but it ends with a gasp-out-loud twist' Closer 'Tense, convincing ... kept me guessing' Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies A teenage girl is missing. Is...

THEY TOLD THE POLICE IT WAS THE PERFECT SUMMER. THEY WERE LYING.August, 1997. Matilda is killed in a tragic accident on the Dorset rocks, leaving her best friend Sophie alone, wracked with guilt.Decades later, Sophie is back for the first time since that...

Secrets, miracles, prophecies, and the threat of Armageddon intertwine in this riveting sequel to the international bestseller The Sacred Bones . . . When American geneticist Charlotte Hennesey examined what she believed were the bones of Jesus, the...

One secret could destroy a family. One lie could save them. The brilliant prequel to The Boy Who Saw, a gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Simon Toyne, featuring the enigmatic...

The original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart leads her readers on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence in this tale perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym. 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times'One of the great...

Madame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a seance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges...

Runner is an outstanding high-concept thriller that grips and entertains like your favourite Hollywood action movie - fans of Lee Child, Simon Toyne and Dan Brown, will love this rollercoaster of a thriller. 'Patrick Lee is a huge talent and Runner is...

'A name to watch in the world of twisty, gripping thrillers . . . It rings as true as tomorrow's headlines' Daily MailThe addictive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of FRIEND REQUEST.***** Sasha North has gone missing. Everyone says...

Three brothers. Power beyond reckoning. And a terrible betrayal.Adrian De Vere is the most powerful and charismatic politician on the planet. To many he heralds a future filled with peace and prosperity.Jason De Vere controls a third of the world's media...

'We have your son.'On an ordinary day, CIA analyst Jill Bailey has her life turned upside down by the voice at the end of the phone. In a split second she must decide whether to save her child, or protect her country.Years later, Jill has a new home, a...

From the creator of the award-winning ITV series Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren, comes the fascinating back story of the iconic DCI Jane Tennison. In 1973 Jane Tennison, aged 22, leaves the Metropolitan Police Training Academy to be placed on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685450434Author Rina KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Blackthorn BooksPublisher Blackthorn BooksWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

David Baldacci's First Family is the fourth gripping New York Times bestseller in the King and Maxwell series.The President's niece is missing. Former secret service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return to the White House.Camp David, USA.A...

Stolen. Missing. Dead...Forensic psychologist Paul Maguire is up against the clock to stop a merciless killer in THE DEAD GROUND, the second novel in the highly acclaimed Paula Maguire series and the gripping follow up to The Lost. Claire McGowan's...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe page-turning Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.May 1914. Two diplomats hurry home by sea and rail, each carrying a document of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!Darrow returns as Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the...

A town under fire. A detective with something to prove. A killer hiding in plain sight. The small town of Rislake in the picturesque Blue Mountains is about to be engulfed by a major bushfire. The order has been given for the residents to clear out. But...

MADRID, 1982. Comandante Leopoldo Guzman has decided it is time to disappear. Franco is dead and there's no place in the new order for the former head of the tyrant's secret police. But first, Guzman needs money. Luckily, blackmail has always come...

A sweeping new epic fantasy series from worldwide bestselling author Raymond E Feist, marking the 20th year since the first publication of his first novel, Magician. Featuring one of the most fascinating characters and scenarios ever created in the...

She ran from the truth. She will do whatever it takes to hide it.Jessica returns home one day to find her husband, Patrick, dead. It's unclear what caused his death and though the shock is huge, she cannot pretend it's entirely unexpected. The police...

'A marvellous novel. I absolutely adored it ... So subtle, funny, tender and so miraculously observed ... Utterly brilliant' Jilly Cooper'Amazing . . . chillingly brilliant' RED'A superbly disquieting psychological thriller ... Mordantly funny, yet ...

** Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month **The exhilarating new Inspector...

The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First and It's Behind You is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller. When teen reality star Anton Frazer unveils his latest stunt - ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492647584Author Marie BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

"This is the original Game of Thrones." George R.R. Martin. 'No woman shall succeed in Salique land' Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d'Artois. Her plan is simple - to clear the path to the throne for her...

Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Fragile, returns with Black Thorn, a slow-burn psychological mystery set against the abandonment of an exclusive housing development and devastation of the families that lived there ...

Rosie Gilmour is hot on the trail of a ring of baby-sellers and people-traffickers. The problem is, her main suspect is a dead man. Or is he?A money-laundering accountant disappears in Romania. The hitman hired to disappear him is found dead in a Glasgow...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM INYou will inherit everything. The house. The money.There's just one condition.You have to catch a killer first . . ._________When Sarah's Aunt Evelyn passes away, she discovers a hidden fortune...

One split second is all it can take . . .Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself at the scene of a conspiracy to bring the world to the brink of war in the South China sea in the latest breathtaking Tom Clancy thriller.Jack Ryan, Jr. is in a world of trouble. A...

***A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*** "An intriguing, memorable book." The Times "Like a Kafka story and a Wes Anderson movie combined." Literary Hub "Terrifying, comic and heart-breaking."-Sigrid Nunez "This beautifully written and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616953706Author Fuminori NakamuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press IncWeight(grams) 424g

MARR IS BACK... AND BETTER THAN EVER The Prime Minister's days are numbered. The Master, a shadowy figure from his party's past, plans to replace him with someone he can manipulate to his own ends. But who will he choose? Two...

'Creepy and unsettling - a tense, toxic read that will wrong-foot you at every turn' CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTHTwo people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close...

__________________________'Fantastically good - dark yet compellingly upbeat, and insanely suspenseful ... even the twists have twists.' LEE CHILD'Dark, compulsive, full of OMG moments. If you think you know where it's going... YOU DON'T. This is one you...

Hero of the 100 Years War, Martin Kemp, is back... and this time he's playing with fireThe Count of Targeres has seized control of Cazoulat. Determined to stamp his authority on the district, he is playing divide and rule, convincing the townsfolk that...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in British Columbia. Bob Boyd is a geologist, as resilient as the British Columbia timber country where he works for the powerful Matterson Corporation. But his real name and his past are...

'A modern master at work' THE TIMES 'Heart-poundingly suspenseful' WASHINGTON POST 'Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape' LEE CHILDBerlin, 1963. The height of the Cold War and an early morning spy swap. On one side of the trade: Martin...

'Taut, compelling and deliciously dark' - B. A. Paris, author of The PrisonerAn unputdownable domestic suspense, The Favour is the bold, compulsive debut from Nora Murphy.Leah Dawson and McKenna Hawkins had a lot in common, but they had never met.They...