Thrillers

Diplomat Jess Turner is in London and working on the China desk in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It's her job to ensure the State visit of the Chinese Premier runs smoothly. But tensions are running high. As work progresses, Jess uncovers a...

LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month The Times Crime Book of the Month Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week 'Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She's top drawer' Ian...

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR REVENGE? A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. ...

'Gripping psychological suspense' Fiona Barton, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Child 'Keeps you guessing till the very end' Cara Hunter, author of All The Rage You never...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016'Unsettling, deeply moving and very, very readable. I loved it' NATHAN FILER, The Shock of the Fall'A striking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448312740Author Justin ScottFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 150mm *...

Fifteen years ago Ellen Smith vanished from the woods near her small Welsh village. Never to be seen again. Eight people were in the woods that night: eight splintered lives, eight people hiding a terrible secret. But who can...

'A wonderfully twisty maze' JAMES OSWALD A missing boy. A brutal killer. D.I. Charlotte Savage is ready . . . DI Charlotte Savage has been warned to lay low. After a string of high profile cases, her infamous reputation precedes her...

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls has been found dead, brutally and strangely murdered, in her South East London flat. Her little boy is missing.DI Alex...

'DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK' - STEPHEN KING 'Creepy, individual and gripping' - IAN RANKIN 'A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with twists' - ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Brilliant and moving' - SARAH PINBOROUGH You can't escape the desert. You can't escape...

The first in the Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun. Life is savage aboard a Viking raider. When young Orm Rurikson is plucked from the snows of Norway to join his...

Spring, 1523. Henry VIII readies England for war with France. The King's chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars. The eyes of the country turn towards London. But all is not well in Wolsey's household. A visiting...

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...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316267724Author Joe IdeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Mulholland BooksPublisher Mulholland BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 162mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954702328Author Lewis NkosiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdPublisher Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 304g

A chilling supernatural tale, The Survivor is an unforgettable horror by master of the genre James Herbert, the author of The Rats and The Fog.One of the worst crashes in airline history. 300 dead. One survivor. Keller walked out of the flaming wreckage,...

Be careful what you wish for. Jane believes in keeping her promises, but a deathbed vow sets her on a twisting path of deceit and joy that takes her from the dark secrets of Holmwood House in York to the sign of the golden lily in London's Mincing Lane. ...

'A novel like razor-wire...part chase thriller, part psychological suspense' AJ Finn, author of #1 bestseller The Woman in the WindowTWO STRANGERS. DANGEROUS SECRETS. THEIR ONLY CHANCE IS EACH OTHER. Cait's job is to transport women to safety. Out of...

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him . . . You remember Malcolm McRae, don't you?'Melinda Van Allen is beautiful, headstrong and sexy. Unfortunately for Vic Van Allen, she is his wife. Their love has soured, and Melinda takes pleasure in...

The village of Hemmersmoor is a place untouched by time and shrouded in superstition. There is the grand manor house whose occupants despise the villagers, the small pub whose regulars talk of revenants, the old mill no one dares to mention. This is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955924092Author Scott BladeFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Black Lion MediaPublisher Black Lion MediaWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Could a superstar singer also be a cold-hearted killer?It's a trial that has electrified the world. Not only because the defendant is Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs have captured hearts across the globe. And not only because the victim is Will...

Three women. One killer. No turning back.A chilling thriller set in isolated Welsh countryside, perfect for fans of In the Woods by Tana French and The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup.The Halfway Inn is closed to customers, side-lined by a bypass and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781996942Author Florence GillanFormat PaperbackImprint Poolbeg Press LtdPublisher Poolbeg Press Ltd

From Trisha Sakhlecha, Can You See Me Now? is a gripping psychological suspense thriller about a young Indian woman, now a government minister, whose past secrets are about to reverberate into the present and shatter her life. Perfect for fans of Lisa...

'Mystery, history, spellbinding intrigue and nerve-shredding suspense' - Scott Mariani, Sunday Times bestselling author'One of the best thrillers of the year' - Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling authorThe Vatican Never ForgetsNicholas Lee's job...

Why readers love Tell The Truth: 'A gripping read' 'Couldn't put it down' 'A real page turner' 'A must read' * * * * * Rachel's childhood is a mess of fragmented memories, and her adult life is no less chaotic. Her mother and daughter are her only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668030813Author Anders De La MotteFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 160mm *...

''Geordie' Cartwright has disappeared, along with Bobby Mahoney's money. I have to find him and fast, or it's going to be my face staring into the business end of a nail gun' David Blake is no gangster, or so he likes to think. He's a white-collar...

A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. 'A superbly witty political satire' THE TIMES Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. Leaving his lucrative career as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Bay Area Reviewers Association Best Fiction and Commonwealth Writers Prize.Book InformationISBN 9780452286474Author Karen Joy FowlerFormat PaperbackPage Count...

'Grabs the reader from the very first page - and never lets go' DAILY MAIL'Taut and properly disturbing. . . Impressive' The CriticEVERYONE HAS A PAST. . . YOURS IS COMING TO KILL YOUAlex and Morven have a pretty perfect marriage. Still madly in love...

Music of the Night is a new anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers' Association (CWA) members and edited by Martin Edwards, with music as the connecting theme. The aim, as always, is to produce a book which is representative...

'Stephen Aryan puts the epic into Epic Fantasy' Den PatrickWatchmen and spies, assassins and criminals will clash on the streets of a war-torn city in this magic-fuelled adventure from the author of David Gemmell award-shortlisted Battlemage. Pick up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250758798Author Gregg HurwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Minotaur BooksPublisher Minotaur BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

'Page-turning and gritty' DAILY MAIL. It is 1943 and for agents of the Special Operations Executive, a mission to Nazi-occupied Paris is a death sentence. So why has unlikely spy Harry Mitchell volunteered to return to the city he fled two years ago? ...

London, 1785. When the body of a former West Indies planter is found outside St Paul's Cathedral, suspicion abounds. But talk is not only of the man's death. His past brings a tide of fear directly to Harriet Westerman's door where William Geddings,...

When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom - covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her - she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most...

A brilliant, twisty psychological thriller. Perfect for fans of Friend Request, He Said/She Said and A Simple Favour. 'Unsettling, layered, bold, unpredictable, dark. EXCELLENT' Will Dean, author of Dark Pines. 'Grips like a vice... REMARKABLE'...