Thrillers

Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city . . .Valerio Massimo Manfredi's...

Adultery, murder and dangerous love collide in Jessie Keane's gritty debut thriller set in the London's East End. Perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Lynda La Plante. For longer than she cares to remember Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow...

Reminiscent of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, this debut novel, The Elephant Tree challenges the reader's sense of morality with shocking plot twists and vivid characters. Mark Fallon is an overworked detective investigating a spate of attacks at a...

Linkoeping's top detective, Malin Fors, is about to take on a case that's a little too close for comfort. Her daughter has just discovered a dead body. It is that of a 79-year-old resident at the nursing home where she works. He's been hung by his own...

Afghanistan, 2012. Mackay Connolly has been medically discharged from the British army following an IED explosion killing three members of his team. He barely survives. To keep Mackay alive, a cutting-edge synthetic bone structure called Phragazom is...

Don't miss this gripping thriller from the author of The Weekend Alone - with a twist that will take your breath away! 'An excellent thriller and a writer to look out for' Lesley Sanderson, author of I Know You Lied 'It's been such...

Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever. Roger...

A roleplaying game of fast-moving beat 'em up action - take to the streets, take on the gangs, take back your City! As night falls over the City, a storm is brewing in the streets below. The gangs have taken over. They rule with an iron fist, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593336700Author Iris YamashitaFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101983386Author Jeremy MasseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 309g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036425Author Craig JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 127mm...

How far would you go to protect your family?A read-in-one-sitting psychological suspense novel for fans of The Teacher and Behind Closed Doors'I didn't see it coming. No black cats crossed my path. No clear-eyed crows cawed alarm from the trees. There...

'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen KingIt's only a trip to the movies but it turns into Marty's worst nightmare when she sees the guy sitting behind her. Willy. The man who raped her ten years ago. Now he's out of jail - and looking...

The search for a serial killer leads a woman into the twisted tangle of her own family tree in a chilling novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Missing Sister and Lies We Bury. Adopted when she was only days old, Ivy Hon knows little...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571311405Author Larry WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Milkweed EditionsPublisher Milkweed Editions

---------------------- 'So electrifyingly suspenseful and so brilliantly vivid, that I had to put it down to catch my breath at times - and I mean this as a compliment! There are so many beautiful details woven into this completely original concept...

______________How do you live with yourself as an adult when you were convicted of murder as a child?And when you can't remember the crime...HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GUILTY?Charlotte wants a fresh start. She wants to forget her past, forget her crime -...

The second terrifying instalment in the Night Warriors series from master of horror Graham Masterton. DON'T There is something stalking the dream world. While people are sleeping, and at their most vulnerable, it infiltrates their minds and drives...

The Amazon Charts bestselling series. What really happened in the forest? Hidden crimes and secrets of the past converge in a riveting thriller by Anne Frasier, the New York Times bestselling author of Find Me. No strangers to evil, criminal...

This is a dazzling, white-knuckle debut thriller starring an ex-convict who combines the government conspiracy angle of 24's Jack Bauer with the action of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, plus a dash of supernatural suspense.About the AuthorPatrick Lee lives in...

A captivating spy thriller taking the reader from 60s sex scandals to the Vietnam War, by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre' Irish...

"An absolutely prime slice of Scandicrime . . . the writer channels her professional expertise into a noteworthy domestic thriller" Barry Forshaw, FT"Having hit a bull's-eye with . . . The Therapist . . . Helene Flood repeats the trick with another...

Three best friends. One tragic accident.A heartbreaking novel about friendship, love and sacrifice from R&J bestseller, Amanda Brooke Lucy has been desperate for a new heart for as long as she can remember. But getting the call to say a donor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478948407Author Sidney SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

INSPIRATION FOR THE THRILLING AMAZON PRIME SERIES JACK RYAN . . . In Red Rabbit Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero's first years fighting terrorism.Jack Ryan. The early CIA days . . . When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as...

The near future is a world in which scientists and their AI got it wrong. Rising temperatures have caused fires that burned landmasses, and the ash from these fires block out the sun. The resulting cold is extreme, like a nuclear winter, and was a...

Helsinki, June 1953, at the heart of the Cold War. Hella, now a reluctant private investigator, has been asked by her former boss at the Helsinki murder squad to do a background check on a member of the Finnish secret services. Not the type of job Hella...

No.1 New York Timesbestselling author Brad Thor returns with his hottest and most action-packed thriller yet! And don't miss FREE FALL: A Prelude to Hidden Order, available for free download now!The most secretive organization in America operates without...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368075466Author Lily AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

1 July 1969. The Investiture of the new Prince of Wales. When Arianwen Hughes is arrested driving with a home-made bomb near Caernarfon Castle, her case seems hopeless. Her brother Caradog, her husband Trevor, and their friend Dafydd are implicated in...

When the Rogue Male misses his chance to assassinate Hitler in peacetime, he goes undercover in Nazi Germany looking for a second opportunity.Here, he declares his own personal war and recklessly fights his way across occupied Europe, with the Gestapo...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN JR SERIES, INSPIRATION FOR THE AMAZON PRIME HITOld enemies are spoiling for a fight with America - just as new enemies grow in strength...Jack Ryan Jr operates at the sharp end of global politics -...

New York Times Best Thriller of 2023New York Times Editors' Pick 2023For seventeen years, small-town public defender Andy Hughes has been underpaid to look after the poor, the addicted, and the unfortunate souls who constantly cycle through the courts,...

* THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER FOR FANS OF THE BRIDGE * Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel Winner of the Danish Debutant Award Winner of the Harald Mogensen Prize for the best Danish crime novel A car is found on a...

A brilliant serial killer thriller from a hugely talented British author to rival the best from Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson. When four Derby College students are reported missing, few in Derby CID, least of all DI Damen Brook, pay...

From the author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, comes an electrifying new novel. Nina Wilde is on the hunt for the Tomb of Hercules. Studies of an ancient text have convinced archaeologist Nina Wilde that a tomb containing the remains of legendary warrior...

Colonel Sun was the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming. Penned by one of Britain's finest writers, Kingsley Amis, this new edition celebrates the novel's 55th anniversary. Released on October 5th, James Bond Day, this...

'Hypnotic, delivering acute social commentary on everything from class and race to familial bonds and community . . . I devoured Saint X in a day.' Oyinkan Braithwaite (author of My Sister, the Serial Killer), New York Times Claire is only seven years...

'Cristina Alger's debut novel offers a fresh and modern glimpse into New York's high society. I was hooked from page one' Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears PradaFrom the author of The Banker's Wife and Girls Like Us comes an explosive drama...

Previously published at The OctopusWe believed he had died from an overdose. There was no reason to suspect otherwise . . .When Elspeth is invited to her ex-husband Richard's fiftieth birthday party, she's expecting a star-studded event for the famous...