Thrillers

Chilling and disturbing, meet the demons in Master of Horror James Herbert's Creed.Sometimes horror is in the mind. And sometimes it's real. Telling the difference isn't always easy. It wasn't for freelance photographer Joe Creed. He'd just photographed...

The gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May.Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the police service he's been promoted to head an...

'THE LAST DETECTIVE is literally a thrill-a-minute read. Crais is on top form, which, believe me, is about as good as it gets. Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'The narrative is taut, the menace palpable, the suspense unbearable' DAILY TELEGRAPHElvis...

The third book in the Amaka Thrillers series. Funke's assignation with her pastor lover is cut short when he is assassinated in their hotel room, as she hides naked and terrified inside a sofa. Desperate for help, she calls on Amaka, who has moved to...

'I am sleep deprived having stayed awake desperate to find out what happened!' 'Gripping, electrifying, heartbreaking' - Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID / SHE SAID, on TATTLETALEThe new psychological thriller from Sarah J Naughton, for fans of Clare...

Two soldiers: Britain's most celebrated military hero and a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the...

'Fans of Philippa Gregory will be entranced. Kate Quinn's unforgettable third novel is a mesmerising story of passion, ambition and betrayal.' ELLEUnder its beloved Emperor Trajan, the Roman Eagle spreads its wings, advancing ever further into the...

Elvis Cole is caught up in a high-profile murder case - and between the cops and the lawyers, it's going to be a rough ride...On his own turf in L.A., PI Elvis Cole is embroiled in a controversial, high-profile murder case.A wealthy restaurateur is...

'A poisoned bonbon, a bitter fairy tale' IndependentKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional...

This may not be a prison, and it may not purgatory, but it's sure as hell not a paradise either...Imagine a place populated by criminals - people plucked from their lives, with their memories altered, who've been granted new identities and a second...

As featured on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 2 Book Club.'Girl in Snow is a perfectly-paced and tautly-plotted thriller.' Paul Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train.Who are you when no one is watching?When beloved high school student Lucinda Hayes is found...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986723Author James A. MichenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Dial Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

A Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has...

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. 'The slow, murderous disintegration of a marriage is all too believable... As the novel advances into treacherous territory, Harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous' Observer Fans of...

Small-town guy meets big-time evil... A spine-tingling Odd Thomas novella. THERE'S ROOM AT THE INN, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT... Odd Thomas and Annamaria need a break from the road. Nestled on a lonely stretch along the Pacific...

It's time to go back to the beginning.A psychopath with a sinister obsession. A troubled teenager training as his apprentice. The search for Clara Foyle - and the detective desperate to find her. From Fiona Cummins, The Collector is the gripping,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542021456Author Mary BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 367Imprint MontlakePublisher Amazon Publishing

Risk analyst James Axton lives in Athens and works across Greece and the Middle East, part of a community of American ex-pats that includes his estranged wife and child. Their peripatetic existence is interrupted when a horrific, unexplained murder on...

It was the happiest day of her life. Little did she know it was also the last. When a woman's body is found in the grounds of a ruined priory, Detective Imogen Evans realises she is dealing with a serial killer-a killer whose victims appear to die in...

The extraordinary new thriller from the Queen of Suspense and global bestseller, Mary Higgins Clark. Eighteen-year-old Kerry Dowling is found fully dressed at the bottom of the family pool. She threw a party the night before, while her parents were away;...

If you love the Strikeback series, pre-order the thrilling new book, Red Strike, now. Coming February 2019.Charles Street was once a highly-respected agent working for MI6, until a terrible mistake cost him his job. Now he's a desperate man, living on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917056007Author Stephen PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Chalk Stream BooksPublisher Riverside Publishing Solutions LtdWeight(grams)...

Was it really an iceberg that sunk the Titanic? Or is that just what they want you to think? On Sunday 15 April 1912, the 'unsinkable' RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage to New York. But the truth is quickly suppressed.On board she carries three men...

A stunning and epic finale to the series, pitting Fandorin against both Ninjas and terrorists on the Trans-Siberian Express!The first of the interlinked plotlines is set in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Fandorin is charged with protecting...

'Leather's latest full-throttle thriller could hardly be more topical . . . it hurtles off the page, grabbing the reader by the throat' Daily Mail'This cracking Spider Shepherd thriller zips along like a sniper's bullet' The SunShould we bring them...

A pregnant Sam Shephard investigates the murder of an expectant mother in Dunedin, as it becomes clear that the killer is ready to strike again ... Queen of New Zealand Crime, Vanda Symon, returns with a shocking, twisty new Sam Shephard thriller.....

Imagine a serial killer who has already struck a horrific number of times. A killer who discovers people's secrets - the deepest, darkest secrets we keep even from ourselves - and uses them to target and destroy his victims. The case begins with a shock,...

'Addictive' Guardian 'A febrile, urgent tale' Sunday Times 'A sizzling new thriller' New York Times She knows your mind, she possesses your thoughts. What will she take next? 'I think I can help you...' Beth lives by Camden Lock with her...

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer...London, 1607. As...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616963606Author Ellen DatlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Tachyon PublicationsPublisher Tachyon Publications

It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so,...

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, now a sensational two-part thriller broadcast over Christmas on BBC One. Starring David Jonsson as Fitzwilliam, alongside Morfydd Clark as Bridget; Penelope Wilton as Miss Pinkerton, Tom Riley as...

A new postapocalyptic thriller from #1 bestselling author Glenn Beck. HOW MUCH WOULD YOU RISK TO BE FREE? Emmeline and her family live in a place that just a generation ago was called America. Now, it's simply known as "the Republic." There is no...

The highly anticipated return of Dalziel and Pascoe, the hugely popular police duo and stars of the long-running BBC TV series, in a new psychological thriller. Caught in a huge Semtex explosion, it seems the only thing preventing...

'Hugely gripping' Mark Billingham, Rabbit Hole 'Heart-stopping Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room 'What a read!' Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water----------16-year-old Sadie Saunders is missing. Five friends set out into the woods to find her...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN SERIES - INSPIRATION FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER AMAZON PRIME TV SERIESA plane is intercepted flying at the Whitehouse. The Vice-President collapses and dies. And a plan is launched to kidnap the First Lady . ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996385701Author L D BeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Old Stone Mill Publishing LLCPublisher Old Stone Mill Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose. The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother. 'A whip-smart thriller about the price of fame' My Weekly 'Plunges readers into the cutthroat world of Hollywood,...

1588. In the height of her power is the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, history's most enigmatic queen. She is the virgin with many suitors; the victor of the Armada who hated war; the jewel-bedecked woman always pinching pennies. Elizabeth's flame-haired...

The first thing you should know about me is that my name is not Carter Blake. That name no more belongs to me than the hotel room I was occupying when the call came in.When Caleb Wardell, the infamous 'Chicago Sniper', escapes from death row two weeks...