Thrillers

As Peter Carlyle, a smooth-talking, super-successful lawyer, waved his family off on a sailing holiday, all they had in mind was lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm broke out, an explosion caused the boat to vanish without a trace and the...

For fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, a twisty, escapist suspense about a mysterious retreat center harboring violent secrets."Masterfully plotted and superbly twisty, The Vicious Circle is a read-in-one-sitting thriller.... This novel will send you...

The past comes back to haunt our rakish captain in this swashbuckling historical naval adventureAlan Lewrie is still captain of the HMS Proteus, one of the British Navy's newest frigates. But Lewrie's amorous escapade comes back to haunt him when an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542006927Author Melinda LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint MontlakePublisher Amazon Publishing

'You should read ELEVATOR PITCH by Linwood Barclay as soon as possible. It's one hell of a suspense novel' STEPHEN KING 'Moves as fast as a falling elevator and hits with just as much force. Linwood...

The new novel from Jonathan Kellerman, 'MASTER OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER', perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and David Baldacci.ALEX DELAWARE RETURNS . . .A brilliant criminal psychologist, Dr Alex Delaware works with the police to help solve the most...

A superb gothic novel about the real Dracula, Vlad the Impaler - one of history's greatest psychopaths or a hero of the West? Perhaps both...'A chilling masterpiece that weaves fact and fable. Bedtime reading? Only if you don't need much sleep...'...

Set in and around the dark, misty canals of Lichfield, Stephen Booth's incredible new novel is awash with mystery.When council officer Chris Buckley is approached by an odd old man demanding help in healing a decades-old family rift, he sends the...

Heart-stopping thriller from the master of suspense. Bad things are starting to happen at the Pendleton, an eerie building with a tragic past. The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill, a palace built in the late 19th century as a...

'Beautifully written ... a unique tale told in a unique voice' - S.G. Maclean Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII's court welcomes the Imperial emperor, Charles V. Anthony Blanke, the son of the king's late 'black trumpet', John Blanke, is...

Marsali Taylor returns with the eighth enthralling mystery in her thrilling Shetland Sailing Mystery series.'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling.' Ann CleevesAs summer draws to a close...

In Viral, an electrifying medical thriller from New York Times bestseller Robin Cook, a family's exposure to a rare yet deadly virus puts them at the centre of a terrifying new danger to mankind - and pulls back the curtain on a health care system...

The Number One international bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Congo and Sphere takes on global warming in this gripping and critically acclaimed thriller. In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615865751Author Andrew L MacnairFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Sunrise GloryPublisher Sunrise GloryWeight(grams) 617g

Living alone in New York, Frannie teaches creative writing to a motley bunch of students, and secretly compiles a dictionary of street slang: virginia, n., vagina; snapper, n., vagina; brasole, n., vagina. One evening at a bar, she stumbles upon a man,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916051850Author David B LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint David B. LyonsPublisher David B. LyonsWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

From 'master of clever misdirection' (Kirkus Reviews) Aimee Molloy, author of the New York Times bestseller The Perfect Mother, comes an irresistible psychological thriller featuring a newly married woman whose life is turned upside down when her...

The third crime novel from international bestseller Yrsa Sigurdardottir, ASHES TO DUST is tense, taut and terrifying - not to be missed for fans of Nordic Noir. Thora peered at the floor, but couldn't see anything that could have frightened Markus that...

The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's iconic hero, Cotton Malone. History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files,...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Fast-paced, full of twists and turns, absolutely marvellous!' 5***** Reader Review'Dick Francis never fails to keep you in suspense . . . A cracking story as...

THE EXPLOSIVE FINALE TO THE SLEEPER 13 SERIESAgainst all odds, Aydin Torkal - aka Sleeper 13 - broke free from the terrorist group that took him as a child and raised him into a life of violence and hate.In the two years since, he's been tracking and...

From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927481Author Ada WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route PublishingDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

An irresistible gift edition of the novel that inspired Hitchcock's Vertigo He isn't a cop anymore, but when an old friend asks Flavières to keep an eye on his dazzlingly beautiful wife, how can he refuse? And so he begins to scour the streets of...

During WW2 there was a rumour that German spies were landing by parachute in Britain, dressed as nuns...Conradin Muller was an unusual spy. He was recruited in Hamburg in June 1943, much against his will, and sent on his first, and only, mission in late...

'Dark, insidious, unsettling, fabulous' Sharon Bolton 'Couldn't stop reading this compelling novel of scandals and affairs at the heart of seemingly idyllic seaside community. Great characters, setting, and a deliciously dark mystery at its heart.' Essie...

'A five-star read that's intelligent, accomplished and exciting. I dare you to put it down.' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal The dark, atmospheric, feminist offspring of Squid Game, The Hunting Party and Misery A book deal to die for. Five...

ONE NIGHT. ONE CRIME. ONE FAMILY TORN APART . . .'Pulled me in from the first page' STEPHEN KING'Utterly authentic and full of twists. A remarkable debut' SUNDAY TIMES'One of the best books you'll read this year' SHARI LAPENA'Keeps you guessing until the...

'I can make good bad and bad badder, and most fun of all, really bad seem good.' Jeffery DeaverAnd that is exactly what he does in this superb collection. In 'Beautiful' former supermodel Kari's stalker has followed her through retirement to her new...

'Addictive, tense and pacy, Safe at Home kept me constantly guessing' B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The TherapistWhat if you left your child alone, and something terrible happened?Anna James is an anxious mother. So when she...

WINNER OF THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX DU ROMAN POLICIER'Beautifully written . . . An excellent thriller.' WALL STREET JOURNAL'Zen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction.' OBSERVERAN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERYPrince Ludovico Ruspanti died...

In one extraordinary moment, Darcy Wallace was transformed from being down-on-her-luck into a millionaire sharing candlelight dinners with Robert MacGregor Blade. Mac was the most seductive man she ever met - though he certainly wasn't the marrying kind...

She's borrowed your life. But what if she decides to keep it?Glamorous Margot Jones is the fashion editor at glossy women's magazine Haute, and pregnant with her first child. Margot's used to her carefully curated life being the object of other women's...

THE GRIPPING NEW SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUT OF THE DARK AND ORPHAN X'STELLAR. GETS BETTER WITH EACH INSTALLMENT'DAILY MAILHE WANTED TO END IT. BUT IT CAN NEVER BE OVER.Evan Smoak - former government assassin,...

'You couldn't make it up. Brilliant.' Jeffrey Archer 'Decades of war has given James Deegan a natural ability to create a world that is incredibly realistic and exciting. This...

A dark and compulsive medical thriller written by a doctor who has seen it all, perfect for fans of Don't Wake Up and Tess Gerritsen. 'A suspenseful and frightening thriller' Lynda La PlanteRenowned surgeon Michael Trenchard locks his office door and...

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future, from the bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. There are worse things than the death penalty... They call them...

A small-town attorney takes on prejudice and corruption in this powerful legal thriller. Small-town lawyer Bocephus Haynes comes home late one night to find District Attorney General Helen Lewis waiting for him. Her ex-husband has just been killed...

***PERFECT FOR FANS OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING AND SOON TO BE MAJOR FILM STARRING DAISY RIDLEY***You'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing?And...

Can everyone's favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He's about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit...