Thrillers

WINNER OF THE 2021 McILVANNEY AWARDIAN RANKIN'S CHOICE FOR BOTH BEST MYSTERY BOOK OF 2021 (PBS), AND BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (NEW STATESMAN)'Russell writes a pacy, ever-twisting mystery that will keep you turning the pages.' - Ian Rankin'When it comes to...

Payne and Jones return in this electrifying thriller from internationally bestselling author Chris Kuzneski.A lab destroyed.An explosion in Stockholm claims the lives of an elite collection of scientists. Evidence suggests the blast was designed to...

Detective Inspector Wordsworth has been called in for an interview with the Internal Investigation Unit. They are making enquiries into his handling of Operation Clayton, an extensive operation originally sparked into life by the disappearance of...

Chaucer's pilgrims, quarrelling amongst themselves, are now in open countryside enjoying the fresh spring weather as they progress slowly towards Canterbury. A motley collection of travellers, they each have their dark secrets, hidden passions and...

SHE'S LOCKED THE DOOR BUT THE KILLER'S INSIDEI believe, from what I can hear, that either my daughter or my wife has just been attacked. I don't know the outcome. The house is silent.Fourteen years ago two teenage lovers were brutally murdered in a patch...

GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR.Winner of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing PrizeShortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger AwardShortlisted for the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime NovelShortlisted for the ACWA Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut...

The fifteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesThe 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For...

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN INTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA'Highsmith is a giant of the genre. The original, the best, the gloriously twisted Queen of Suspense' MARK BILLINGHAM'She kind of takes you by the hand...

'I implore you to read (or listen to) it' - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel'One of the best books I've ever read' - Ruth Jones, author of Love UntoldAn all-consuming story of loneliness, obsession and how far we go for the ones we love, If I Can't...

'Caz Finlay has delivered a belter'Gemma Rogers 'Caz Finlay has delivered a belter ... The Carter Family will never be the same after this epic roller coaster ride. With the family dynamics torn apart, I was on the edge of my seat until the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954123335Author Gary McAvoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Literati EditionsPublisher Literati EditionsWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

A gothic, bone-chilling Irish ghost story first published in 1941 and now brought back into print. The title benefits from an introduction by well-known academic Professor Luke Gibbons and Martin Scorsese and various critics, including William K. Everson...

All kinds of secrets get lost at sea...Ella loves the nomadic lifestyle of working on a luxury superyacht. She can leave her past behind and over the years she's found a new family to return to every summer - the crew of the Ananke.Now she's returning to...

'Jane Casey's police procedurals go from strength to strength!' Sunday Times'If you have not read Jane Casey, start immediately' Marian Keyes'The most dangerously addictive series in crime fiction. . .' Erin Kelly___________________Arson, accident or...

'Breathlessly gripping' - International bestselling author Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List Seven guests. Seven secrets. One killer. Do you dare to SLEEP? All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying...

Feel chills down your spine with the thrilling third novel in Nicci French's bestselling killer series . . . Ruth Lennox is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. But who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why? 'Undeniably at the...

Isabel's life seemed perfect. Successful business, beautiful house, adoring husband. And then she was dead. For four years Jessica has never doubted that her sister Isabel's death was an accident. But when Jessica's young daughter seems to know...

He killed himself, Lieutenant. He was hanging there, just hanging there from the ceiling light in the living room. And his face . . . Oh God.'Death follows New York City cop Eve Dallas everywhere - even on her honeymoon with Irish lover Roarke. When one...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN'Dark, complex and thrilling' B.A. Paris _________________ THREE LITTLE GIRLS.ONE GOOD.ONE BAD. ONE DEAD. _________________ Kitty lives in a care home. She can't speak properly,...

Somebody is intent on murdering Hollywood's A-list. A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards, the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid detail. It is signed Mary Smith. More...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394498218Author Anne RiceFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm *...

Dark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J. D. Robb short stories.Ritual in DeathWhen a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost...

The twentieth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesA woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada...

**THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK!****The sixth in the Millennium series - more than 100 million copies sold worldwide**"Expertly told, the plot crackles with life" DAILY MAIL"Salander is centre stage . . . A pacy read" SUNDAY EXPRESS"Exciting...

Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesCombe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful retreat for the rich and the powerful. But the peace of the island is violated when one of its distinguished visitors is murdered.Adam...

'A sparkling debut . . . a very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit' Guardian'Brutal, glamorous and genuinely unpredictable, it will blow your mind until the very last page' StylistIntoxicating, compulsive and blackly funny, Other...

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck.Don't miss Adele's gripping new novel, the Sunday Times bestseller One Last Secret, out now!'TIGHTLY PLOTTED, BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED AND TOTALLY GRIPPING' LISA JEWELL'GRIPPING, TWISTY AND...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668018071Author Stephen KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 188mm * 104mm *...

Best be nimble, best be quick, I'm right here and you're my pick: DID YOU MISS ME is a page-turning thriller from bestselling author Karen Rose, and part of the Baltimore series. The last thing Ford Elkhart remembers is walking his girlfriend back to...

When Joe Christie's fishing boat is swept onto Tentsmuir beach during a fierce storm, a man's mutilated body is found in the hold. DCI Andy Gilchrist of St Andrews CID is called in to investigate. But his murder investigation deepens when he learns that...

KAREN PIRIE RETURNS. A MASTERFUL THRILLER BY THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER VAL MCDERMID THE HEART-POUNDING NEW NOVEL IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES STARRING LAUREN LYLE__________'Another jewel in Val McDermid's crown' MICK HERRON 'A...

'Dark, gripping . . . a cracking piece of revenge drama' HARRIET TYCE 'An utterly addictive, deliciously dark look at the underside of glamorous university life . . . An absolute five star read' GYTHA LODGE 'I was completely hooked. Reminiscent of Big...

Save your son . . .or save yourself?----------'Everything I love in a book' Lisa Jewell 'Leaves you asking - what would I do? Jane Corry's best yet' BA Paris Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their...

SOMEONE KILLED YOUR DAUGHTER.SOMEONE YOU KNOW...*** SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, from the bestselling author of FOUND***'The unravelling of a family are brilliantly portrayed in this painfully realistic novel' SUNDAY TIMES'Brilliant, compelling,...

When ninety-year-old Irene Valborg is found brutally murdered in an affluent suburb of Copenhagen, her diamond necklace missing, it looks like a burglary gone wrong. When two more victims are attacked, the police lament a rise in violence against the...

There is a fine line between privateer and pirate, between friend and foe. With a beleaguered Britain already facing war on two fronts - against Napoleon's armies in Europe but also against the young and vigorous United States - the objective...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943272419Author Tom DeLongeFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint To the starsPublisher To the stars

WHO CAN YOU TRUST, WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST FAMILY? 'Well into MARTINA COLE territory' Independent'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANESheltered and naive Carmen Darby has lived under the thumb of her father Rex, a brutal criminal businessman, her whole life...

Alexanor is a man who has seen too much blood. He has left the sword behind him to become a healer in the greatest sanctuary in Greece, turning his back on war.But war has followed him to his refuge at Epidauros, and now a battle to end the freedom of...