Thrillers

Marshall is an ex-undercover agent who has just survived the toughest assignment of his career. He settles into a temporary job in the Secret Service, guarding the President. Then a routine day goes wrong, and Marshall flees to Paris.Ariana knows that as...

Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns. It seems like an ordinary Wednesday, until the phone rings. A mysterious caller with a chilling threat. Journalist Alice Henderson hangs up, ready to dismiss it as a hoax against the newspaper. But...

The wife has vanished. The husband looks guilty. But nothing is as it seems.When the police arrive at James' home after he reports his wife missing, they're immediately suspicious. The kitchen looks like a clear crime scene with broken glass and blood on...

The tension-filled sequel to The Strain, from the world-famous director whose films include Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy. We survivors are bloodied, we are broken, we are defeated.But we are not turned. We are not Them.Not yet. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448305780Author Simon R. GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 365gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 145mm *...

Football manager Charlie Gordon is struggling with one defeat after another at the club he loves. Only a decent Cup run is keeping him in work, but tensions are running close to the surface ahead of the next round: Chelsea away. Footballers fall into two...

'[Under Currents] is brilliantly plotted and unrelentingly propulsive. It is a beautifully written story about the fragility of life and the power of the past and the need to fight back... a highly recommended novel for this summer.' The Washington Book...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIESDreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List'Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at...

The book behind the hit TV series and movie.The doctors and nurses who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained, dedicated, and pushed to the brink. And they were young - too young to be doing what they...

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM They thought they would be friends forever-but what comes first, friendship or love? Revised edition: This edition of The 30th Candle includes editorial revisions. Linda, Dikeledi, Nolwazi and Sade spent their...

Murder, stolen plans, a mysterious death and a menage a trois - four intriguing novellas featuring Hercule Poirot... How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a...

Close to a motorway service station, the body of a young woman is discovered. She appears to have no family, no friends, no one to identify her. DI Anna Travis is brought onto the team of investigators by DCS James Langton, who already suspects that this...

A gripping, gritty thriller that goes 'well into Martina Cole territory' by the widow of one of the East End's most notorious gangsters (Independent)Jo Strong is the youngest widow in the East End. Running her late husband's jewellery shop, mercilessly...

Until It's Over is a riveting psychological thriller from the Top Ten bestselling author, Nicci FrenchDEAD. UNLUCKY.Cycle courier Astrid Bell is bad luck - for other people. First Astrid's neighbour Peggy accidentally knocks her off her bike - and not...

Julia Vargas is a cop with a mission. When she's not chasing down bad guys, Julia dedicates her time to investigating the Hangman serial killer...the same unsolved case that her father, Jim Vargas, was working on when he supposedly shot and killed...

A sensational classic: this chilling tale of Siberian espionage is 'the best thriller I've ever read' (Philip Pullman) ranking with 'The Silence of the Lambs, Casino Royale and Smiley's People' (Spectator).'Hugely thrilling, brilliantly written, perfect ...

The stakes are higher than ever in Damage, the fourth solo novel from Top Ten bestseller Felix Francis.Jeff Hinkley, undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, is looking into the shady activities of a racehorse trainer. But as he's...

Yesterday, Scott was dead. Today, he's back. And Anna doesn't believe in ghosts. Scott was Anna's boyfriend. She loved him, but he ruined her life. When he died, she should have been free, but today Scott is on the radio, threatening to spill her secrets...

Discover a chilling twentieth century classic, delving into the dark and complex heart of childhood'Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.'But young Edmund Hooper doesn't want anyone else in Warings, the rambling Victorian...

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'A rare combination of elegance and unbelievable tension. . . Utterly brilliant.' JOANNA CANNON'A terrific read.' Daily Mail'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYIn the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live the only immediate signs of the Second World War are the blackout at night and a single random bombsite. But the two boys start to suspect all...

THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR 'Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship' David Lammy, MP and author of Tribes 'A powerful story about...

WAKE UP TO TRUE EVIL The third gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. ONE GIRL IS DEADAt a home for troubled girls, a young...

*Now available as a full-length novel! Originally published in five ebook parts*The epic story of Caratacus: a barbarian king who led the tribes of Britannia against mighty Rome . . . AD 18, Britannia.The Roman Empire rules much of the known world...

Eight years a soldier, Peter Ash came home from Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls 'white static', a buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming the Pacific coast's mountains and...

THE GRIPPING THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN SERIES - INSPIRATION FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER AMAZON PRIME TV SERIESThe deadliest threat is the one you never see coming . . ._______It was a text message that started it.President Jack Ryan's old friend (and...

The fourth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesThe fingerprints say the murderer is the man who's just been executed . . .At 11.05 one December...

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'AN ABSOLUTE, CAN'T-PUT-IT-DOWN THRILLER' Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Jan '23 Pick)'I READ IN A SINGLE SITTING, TOTALLY ENTHRALLED'Lisa Gardner, Sunday Times bestselling author of One...

THE PIMP. When Crystal's pimp, protector and former lover, Gilly, dies of a drugs overdose Crystal is bereft. She refuses the paid protection of a rival pimp, determined to go it alone. But a vicious beating from a client leaves her feeling vulnerable...

The search to expose the ancient - and deadly - secrets of Christianity continues in this stunning follow-up to THE LAST TEMPLAR...Constantinople, 1203. As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city, a small band of Templars...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838044022Author Kerry BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint Once Upon a BookPublisher Once Upon a BookWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol - one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Now rival...

One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself...

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller. Number one New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances, and terrifying promises. A decade...

A renowned supermodel's world is torn apart in an instant, sending her on an unexpected journey of discovery in Beautiful, from the billion-copy bestselling storyteller, Danielle Steel.Veronique Vincent is a star. At twenty-two, she is one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786814753Author Angela MarsonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 20mm

A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac,...

'Sublime, elegant and exciting... beautifully written and entirely gripping. I'm a big fan of Susan Allott' CHRIS WHITAKER 'The lovechild of Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests and Lisa Jewell's The Family Upstairs... confirms Susan Allott as a...

FOUR FRIENDS.A LUXURY RETREAT.IT'S GOING TO BE MURDER. 'An exhilarating, read-in-one-sitting ride' Louise Candlish 'A deadly cocktail of lies, secrets, obsession' T.M. Logan ...

'Count to three,' her mother told her, the last words she would ever speak. An Impossible Crime SceneA wealthy woman is found brutally murdered in the locked fortress of her London mansion. Surrounding her are four mysterious objects,...