Thrillers

Superintendent Markby faces one of his most complex cases yet...With her step-mother murdered just two years after the death of her mother, twelve-year-old Tammy Franklin is also at risk of becoming fatherless, because he is suspect number one. Beneath...

'Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time' Ben Aaronovitch on the Laundry Files'Tremendously good, geeky fun' Telegraph on the Laundry FilesNEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY . . .Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret...

Part locked-room suspense, part adventure story, Dead Rich is unforgettable. 'Totally gripping' Jane Casey'A fresh, high-octane . . . thriller' Vaseem Khan--------------------------------------------------------------------------PARADISE CAN BE...

'Lost City Radio' is a poignant and deeply moving novel from a promising new author, which looks intensely at war's damaging effect on society and the individual. Ever since the civil war that took her husband ended, Norma has been the voice...

'Keeps you guessing right to the end' Sue Fortin 'A gripping exploration of twisted family secrets' Cass Green Then When flames rip through their family home, only teenager Stephanie and her...

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Montalbano quickly slammed the trunk shut and sat down on top of it. When the beam from Livia's torch shone on his face, he automatically smiled. 'What's in the trunk?' Livia asked. 'Nothing. It's empty...

A Barack Obama Summer Read'Carries distinct shades of Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt... Supremely gripping'Vogue, Best Books of the YearAlone on the beach one morning, Jeff notices a swimmer drowning in the rough surf. He rescues and resuscitates the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913793845Author AJ AberfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Hobeck Books LimitedPublisher Hobeck Books LimitedDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 29mm

The Front is the second book in the Winston Garano series, from bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035836055Author Alex J. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

From multi-million-selling writer Jeff Abbott comes an intense and gripping new psychological thriller about a daughter's desperate search for her mother - when she discovers two other women with the same name are also missing.My mum would never leave me...

A page-turning novel of desire and broken dreams from the internationally bestselling author of The Other Side of Midnight and If Tomorrow Comes. Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected desires... Dr.Paige Taylor: She...

SOMETIMES THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN SOLVE YOUR MURDER IS YOU.'Startling and original, My Murder is a gripping speculative twist on the crime novel.' - Paula Hawkins'Completely absorbing. A smart, speculative twist on domestic suspense.' - Ashley...

A classic mystery starring the glamorous Mitford sisters and inspired real events, The Mitford Vanishing is the perfect story for fans of Agatha Christie.1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political...

Multi-generational crime mystery taking place in the north of Iceland, as brutal retribution is exacted for childhood abuseBook InformationISBN 9781916379770Author Oskar GudmundssonFormat PaperbackImprint Corylus BooksPublisher Corylus Books

In 1966 in Pulaski, Tennessee, Bocephus Haynes watched in horror as his father was brutally murdered by ten local members of the Ku Klux Klan. As an African American lawyer practicing in the birthplace of the Klan years later, Bo has spent his life...

Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel. You know your fear is irrational, you've checked the statistics. Flying is safer than driving - nineteen times safer. Irrational, perhaps. But you're not wrong. ...

PEOPLE ARE BORN. MONSTERS ARE MADE. Epic, thrilling and beautifully written, AFTER DARK is a twisting masterpiece of crime fiction that fans of Ian Rankin, Tim Weaver, Belinda Bauer and Tana French will love. A girl held captive her entire life After a...

'Told at a ferocious pace in staccato prose, this thriller truly gets the blood racing' Daily Mail on City of WindowsA series of deadly explosions rock the city of New York and with too many victims and no known motive, the FBI turns once again to Dr...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996715928Author MS Lisa ReganFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Prodorutti BooksPublisher Prodorutti BooksWeight(grams) 417g

'ONE OF THE BEST THRILLER WRITERS WORKING TODAY' LEE CHILDTHEY'RE DYING TO MEET HIM . . ._______The discovery of a body in Boston harbor has crime scene investigator Darby McCormick looking into an almost identical case: both were female students,...

***The first in a new series from America's Greatest Living Thriller Writer.***Military cop Scott Brodie is the guy you send in when the other guys can't solve a case. Now he's on the hunt for a dangerous ex-Delta Force deserter named Kyle Mercer, and...

In this gripping thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room and Say Her Name, one woman's mysterious death has led to a lifetime of pain. Can her daughter find out why? "A compelling psychological mystery that will keep you guessing."...

There it is: FEAR. It's crawling all over her face and in her eyes, like a swarm of insects, and it's all because of HIM. A serial killer has been terrorising Lancaster for decades, longer than should ever have been possible. The police are...

`Spectacularly worth reading' The Times Longlisted for the Orange Prize A fast-paced literary thriller in which ex-belly dancer Evangeline's fight to protect three-year-old Lily draws her into the seedy underworld of her past - the first book in Louisa...

The stunning new novel from the rising star of the crime writing genre, Vanishing Point sees DI Jack Brady investigating the horrific deaths of young women in Whitley Bay - and uncovering a sadistic and powerful trafficking ring that has its roots in the...

Anna packs her bags one day without telling anyone where and why she is going - just that she'll be back soon. Her thoughts as she boards a plane, are that this journey will give her time to think about her life - as a woman hitting forty, a journalist...

Meet James Bond, the world's most famous spy, in these landmark 70th anniversary reissues of Ian Fleming's classic series. When SPECTRE hijacks two A-bombs, a frantic global search for the weapons ensues, and M's hunch that the plane containing the bombs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451210555Author Harlan CobenFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 107mm * 25mm

An original, gripping and fast-paced thriller for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door, The Girl Before and Behind Closed DoorsJoining The Pact promises a lifelong happy marriage.Until you break the rules . . . Because The Pact is for life. And its...

When a woman returns to the scene of the horrific mass murder that shattered her life, the nightmare begins again in a chilling novel of psychological suspense. Five years ago, Tessa Chamberlain was the lone survivor of a beach house massacre that left...

From a prison cell, in which he has been held on suspicion of breaking the Official Secrets Act, Charles Thoroughgood awaits not only his bail, but also the reappearance of the woman whom all the major roads in his life have led back to. After his years...

Bestselling author Sebastian Fitzek sends you on an ingeniously disturbing journey with his brand new psychological thriller. A missing child. A desperate father. A terrible secret. Guido T has already confessed to two horrific child murders and...

'Breathes new life into the literary thriller... Mouth to Mouth is to be devoured in one greedy gulp' Financial Times'An enthralling literary puzzle... We have no idea where it is heading, right up to the shocking final sentence' New York Times A...

A tale of murder, passion and intrigue set in the majestic city of Constantinople.From global superstar Matthew Reilly comes this gripping historical thriller . . . * * * * *A PRINCESS IN DANGEREngland, 1546. A young Princess Elizabeth is in a dangerous...

'The Untouchable is an engrossing, exquisitely written and almost bewilderingly smart book . . . It's the fullest book I've read in a very long time, utterly accomplished, thoroughly readable, written by a novelist of vast talent' Richard Ford Victor...

My name is Simon. I'm 10 years old. I'm a serial killer.Robert Stern, a successful defence lawyer, doesn't know what lies in store for him when he agrees to meet a new client in a derelict estate on the outskirts of Berlin. To his astonishment, the...

Sorry no description is available for this book at this time.

Can Skinner penetrate multiple layers of intrigue to unearth a killer? An exhilarating installment in this hugely popular Scottish crime series.Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has witnessed the aftermath of murder countless times. Yet nothing could...

The stakes have never been higher...Detective Caelan Small is leading a quiet life, lying low and off the force - until her old boss calls. A woman is in trouble, threatened with kidnap or worse.Back in the Met, she goes undercover with a vicious drug...