Thrillers

Discover the explosive seventh instalment in the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore, the bestselling author of I AM NUMBER FOUR'Exhilarating . . . Each book grows more and more cataclysmic and heroic' 5***** Reader Review'This series is consistently...

The smart, sophisticated and completely gripping new thriller from the author of Richard & Judy pick THE RECOVERY OF ROSE GOLD'Expertly paced, hugely unsettling and perfectly dark' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Slick, smart and terrifying' 5***** READER REVIEW'Gripping...

A Times 'Best New Thriller' for May 2022 'Enthralling ... Sharp dialogue and flashes of dry wit' Financial Times 'Ben Creed has a genuine gift for conjuring up Stalin's Leningrad in all its beauty and misery' The Times 'A cleverly constructed thriller'...

'Staalesen is one of my very favourite Scandinavian authors and this is a series with very sharp teeth' Ian Rankin Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789176377000Author Richard ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Wisehouse ClassicsPublisher Wisehouse ClassicsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The second case for DCI Hen Mallin, introduced in The House Sitter.When widowed parcel-force worker Bob Naylor plucks up the courage to join a writers' circle, he discovers a motley collection of wannabe authors whom he would rather avoid at all costs...

In the epic clash of Greece and Persia, a hero is forged - a monumental novel from the author of the Tyrant series.Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing...

'This was a FANTASTIC book, I will not forget this one for a loooooooooong time and if ever . . . a MUST READ!' Real Reader 'I SWALLOWED THIS BOOK WHOLE. Devoured it. Could not put it down . . . fast paced, twisty and kept me guessing' Real...

'Quick's ambitious novel, set during the golden age of Hollywood, sparkles with wit and clever plotting' Publishers WeeklyEscape into a glittering bygone world, where beauty and glamour meet deception and revenge . . . Investigative apprentice Lyra...

From the highly acclaimed author of Bad Day in Blackrock - inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson...Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year...A darkly funny, gripping...

The No.1 bestselling book from Mark Edwards and Louise Voss. A terrifying enigma - with the power to destroy... Twenty years ago, Kate Maddox was a volunteer at a research centre where scientists hunted for a cure for the common...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420155952Author Lisa JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Zebra BooksPublisher Kensington Publishing

What's the worse way to die? At the end of a rope driven by your own shame and despair? Or savaged in the jaws of a black-hearted stallion who has hated you for years? If only the bankrupt gambler and the stable girl were alive to give us the answer.....

Now a BBC Radio 4 Drama Series.Tucked away from the building sites of modern Shanghai are the beautiful mansions once owned by the smartest families in 1930s China. They have since been bought by rich businessmen and high-ranking members of the Communist...

Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carmilla Club hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940941943Author Alessandra TorreFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Select Publishing LLCPublisher Select Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

The brilliant new Wilde/Chase novel from bestseller Andy McDermott - in their eleventh adventure Nina and Eddie must go on a desperate search to find the truth behind the Book of Revelation, as they try to deal with the most momentous change to their...

As gripping as Room, as powerful as Elizabeth is Missing, Beside Myself is the story of twin sisters, a childhood game with devastating consequences and the slippery nature of identity Helen and Ellie are identical twins - like two peas in a pod,...

Every August, Florence shimmers in the summer heat. But this year the heatwave is fiercer than usual, and the city's inhabitants have fled to the cool of the hills. So it is no surprise that amidst the shrubbery of a normally busy roundabout, a corpse...

'Somebody!' I half-sob and then, more quietly, 'Please.' The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I'm not going anywhere...Sean is on the run. We don't know...

Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name and that he is in danger. Over the next few days he develops a fear of sleep because when he wakes he finds blood on his hands and bizarre and terrifying objects in his pockets. Distraught...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780842371117Author Frank E. PerettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

'Well into MARTINA COLE territory' Independent'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANEON THE STREETS OF LONDON, DANGER LURKS EVERYWHERE . . . Liv Anderson can take care of herself and she knows how to make money in a man's world. The daughter of a convicted...

The 1950s - the era of the Cold War. The USSR is poised to begin the space race by launching the Sputnik satellite, Mao Zedong rules Communist China, and the greatest global fear is of the atomic bomb. Missing for nearly a decade, Fu-Manchu re-emerges...

A government conspiracy that goes to the very top...Murder by suicide? Three senior government officials - a judge, a politician, and an ex-police chief - are all dead by their own hands.Inspector Lucas Rocco finds himself once more working for the...

One morning, high in the Dolomite mountains, two hikers are some distance apart. The path in places is narrow and perilous. One man falls to his death. The other sounds the alarm. But these men are not strangers. Members of the same revolutionary group...

Can Rook keep his criminal past a secret when facing the most dangerous case of his life? Thirteen men have died in a London prison. Barrister Elliot Rook QC, who risks losing everything if his secret criminal past is revealed, must defend Charli...

On Whidbey Island, secrets never stay buried.A mysterious girl who won't speak; a coal-black seal named Nera that returns to the same place every year; a bitter feud of unknown origin - strange things are happening on Whidbey Island and Becca King is...

From the highly acclaimed author of Bad Day in Blackrock - inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson... Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year...A darkly funny,...

A bounty on his head, and nowhere to run...When a minor Paris criminal is found stabbed in the neck on a country lane in Picardie it looks like another case for Inspector Lucas Rocco. But instead he is called off to watch over a Gabonese government...

Early one icy winter morning, Detective Alex King is called to a murder scene at a local park. The river is running high, and in the water lies the body of a woman, her wrists tied, and all her fingernails missing.The victim, beautiful, young Lola Evans,...

From the author of THE MAYFLY comes a dark and compulsive thriller, perfect for fans of M. J. Arlidge and Katerina Diamond. A secret buried for two thousand years. The rise of an ancient evil.An invisible killer who will stop at nothing. When a brutal...

'Iceland's outstanding crime novelist' Daily ExpressOn a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it...The...

From Ellen Datlow-"the venerable queen of horror anthologies" per the New York Times-comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, the best horror stories available. For more than four decades,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982147488Author Vince FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 135mm * 25mm

A new psychological thriller in the Javier Falcon quartet, that includes THE HIDDEN ASSASSINS and The Blind Man of Seville. The sweltering city of Seville is still recovering from a shocking and unsolved terrorist attack but now a spectacular...

'A peerless exercise in suspense.' Financial Times 'Eerie, unnerving and buckets of fun.' Observer Thriller of the Month 'BRILLIANT central character.' Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope novels 'Once again, I LOVED it!!!' Marian Keyes,...

When recovering drug addict Lyle Pickering is found dead of an overdose, it looks like a tragic accident. But his sister Rochelle knows better, and so does Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Lyle was murdered, and the evidence points directly to his old street gang...

In the new edge-of-your seat thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Alex Kava, Ryder Creed, his K9 search-and-rescue dogs and FBI agent Maggie O'Dell find themselves at the centre of a dire and mysterious case. In Chicago, a young man jumps from...

A forensic psychologist fights a mental war against two serial killers in this disturbing thriller from Mike Omer, Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of A Killer's Mind. An online video of a girl clawing at the ceiling of her own...