Thrillers

You've got to fight for everything when you start with nothing. Susan Knight has a good life. So she turns a blind eye to the gambling winnings her husband Donny puts through the books at her salon. After all, he...

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to...

NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA on Channel 5, starring Jason Watkins, Aneurin Barnard, Poppy Gilbert and Cathy Belton.She says he's perfect. I know he's lying . . .He caught me watching, and our eyes met. That was when it hit me. There was something not quite right...

* Pre-order LOYALTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2023. *Keep everything in the family. Even betrayal... BETRAYAL by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is a gripping...

Hell's Corner is the blockbusting finale to David Baldacci's phenomenal Camel Club series.On the night of the State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. A bomb has been...

JUST PRAY YOU'RE NOT NEXT . . .The page-turning new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante.___________________A coffin is dug up by builders in the grounds of an historic convent - inside is the body of a young...

'An eerily prescient foreshadowing of current affairs' Guardian'Not only Lewis's most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in the United States' New YorkerA vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for ...

Some things are easier to forget than others...Detective Inspector Ray Lennox has fled to Miami to escape the aftermath of a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a harrowing child-sex murder case back in Edinburgh. But...

'Compelling . . . almost Dickensian' The Times'The best thriller writer in the world' Daily Telegraph*****Jonas Merrick. At MI5 they call him 'the eternal flame', because he never goes out. Never goes undercover, or on surveillance, or kicking down doors...

The first girl came back.The next might not be so lucky...--------'A real gripper of a read' Peter James 'Masterful, engrossing, twisty' Rosamund Lupton'One of our most exciting crime writers' John Marrs A girl is taken from the streets of Oxford. But...

'Literally blown away! Just when you think nothing can surprise you, I'm still in shock from the twist!' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars ___ School should have been the safest place... For Lizzie...

Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western world. A Howard Marks character, but far more dangerous, his wealth, accrued through drug-trafficking, runs into millions. For the past ten years there has been no sighting of him. Has he...

In this sinister tale from 4 million copy bestselling author Mark Edwards, a deadly secret turns a couple's new romance into a nightmare. And they're not the only ones who know the truth... "The perfect thriller to pack in your suitcase...A high...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316389686Author Mur LaffertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint OrbitPublisher OrbitWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 28mm

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The gripping new thriller from the No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Stay Close and The Stranger . . .* The December 2022 Richard & Judy Book Club pick *'The absolute master' Richard Osman'A helter-skelter of a read!' Lisa Jewell'One of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784618681Author Lois ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaWeight(grams) 148g

*If you love The Butlers, meet QUEENIE! Kimberley Chambers' new No.1 bestseller and prequel to The Butler series is out now!* With family like this, who needs enemies. . . There are some families that...

'Crime writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN'Donna Leon has been giving unto us for all of the thirty years since Death at La Fenice introduced us to Brunetti' Val McDermidThe gifted Venetian detective returns in his 31st case - this time, investigating...

'A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power' DERREN BROWN Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism, attending seances in the hope they might reach their departed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593852057Author Rob HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 151mm...

Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2020In a famous Scottish town, someone is bent on murder - but why?On the night of a wedding celebration, one guest meets a grisly end when he's killed in a hit-and-run. A card bearing...

Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, has written a thriller jam-packed withaction, tension and twists and turns. A heart-stopping read from page one, this is perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James.'Another...

The past will always catch up with you...THE RUNAWAY by No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole is an unputdownable thriller of corruption and violence and was adapted for television with an all-star cast including Alan Cumming, Jack O'Connell...

**Shortlisted for 'best novel' in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards!**A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman...

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy' Jo Spain'A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters'...

There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House - now a major ITV series - comes a nail-biting story about a mother's obsession...

Napoleon has escaped from Elba - the Hundred Days have begun. The war is over, the armies dispersed, and the former Emperor of the French has been consigned to a Mediterranean island, yet now he is marching again on Paris with an ever-growing...

From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes The Secret of Cold Hill. The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play.Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of...

The short story OBITS won the 2016 Edgar for best short story.The No.1 bestselling author delivers an 'outstanding' (USA Today) collection of thrilling stories, introducing each one with a fascinating piece on when, where or how he came to write it.There...

A glamorous ship. A missing woman. A holiday to DIE for... The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller! 'A brilliant new storyteller has arrived' ERIN KELLY ...

'Vanessa Savage hooks her readers and keeps them dangling till the very last page' Daily MailA family with a secret.A past about to catch up with them. At thirty, Hanna has finally decided she's better off without her family. They hold her responsible...

'A drought-busting, brain-vexing double act' - GuardianAlicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby.Told...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the beloved, million-copy selling Stark series, comes Dirtiest Secret, the provocative first book in the Stark S.I.N. series. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas...

'No one does it better than Grisham' - TelegraphDonovan Gray is ruthless and fearless. Just the kind of lawyer you need, deep in small-town Appalachia.Samantha Kofer is a world away from her former life at New York's biggest law firm. If she is going to...

Here is a sparkling collection of mystery gems, polished puzzlers from the pen of Agatha Christie starring the vain, eccentric and utterly brilliant Hercule Poirot. Hercule Poirot grapples with a chain of mysteries that challenge his ingenuity and...

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city...

'The perfect book for Erika Foster fans. It has all the same vibes - but MORE. I actually think this is Robert Bryndza's best book yet''A gripping read that I could not put down''What an absolutely stunning start to what promises to be a brilliant new...