Fiction

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn a prison in Occupied France during the Second World War, the order is given that every tenth inmate is to be executed. Louis Chavel, a rich lawyer, draws the short straw and barters everything he owns to exchange...

'Heartstopping... doesn't let up... you will urge them on, fists clenched' The TimesAn extraordinary story of the lengths a mother will go to to save her son, AMERICAN DIRT has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It's time to read what you've been...

Ernest Ralph Gorse's heartlessness and lack of scruple are matched only by the inventiveness and panache with which he swindles his victims. With great deftness and precision Hamilton exposes how his dupes' own naivete, snobbery or greed make them...

Poverty-stricken and cut off from society, former law student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov leads a desolate life in a dreary little room in St Petersburg. Having abandoned all hopes of sustaining himself through work, he now obsesses over the idea of...

The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES on Drama and UKTV Play 'I love the audacity of the Marlow gang, those ladies sure know how to live' Reader review ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781537789118Author Edia ConnoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645401752Author A K RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Author Kim FaulksPublisher Author Kim FaulksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

'Want to read a great whodunnit? Anthony Horowitz has one for you: MAGPIE MURDERS. It's as good as an Agatha Christie. Better, in some ways. Cleverer.' Stephen King'The finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be...

My little boy's room was empty, his bed neatly made. Alarm bells should have rung immediately. Then the knock on the door came. All I remember is a thick fog wrapping itself tightly around me. This couldn't be happening to us . . . Three years ago, nurse...

'Witty and insightful. A powerful exploration of marriage, motherhood, and self' BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY''It was such a pleasure to bury myself in this book, a literary novel of family life which moved and surprised me. You read on...

Inner city murder crosses two continents.Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman from Istanbul are sent to a policing conference in Detroit, but little can prepare them for the corruption that lies at its heart. When Ezekial Goins, an elderly man of...

'Despite the inordinate limits placed on women, See allows their strengths to dominate their stories' Washington Post'Poignant . . . quietly affecting' Time'Emotional and illuminating' BookPageIn 15th century China two women are born under the same sign,...

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of a bearded corpse would give a fillip to my jaded mind.' Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062688927Author Amber TamblynFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

**Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023** **Shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize** **Chosen as a book of the year 2023 by The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and New Statesman** 'An epic the north has long deserved' FINANCIAL TIMES ...

Robyn Carr returns to the beloved town of Virgin River with a brand new story about fresh starts, new friends and the magic of Christmas. Warm-hearted characters, a stunning setting - what more could you want for a...

The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty,...

*The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021**A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick*'A delicate, haunting story' The Washington Post'This is a novel for fans of Never Let Me Go . . . tender, touching and true.' The Times'The Sun...

***GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLERS OF 2023*** THE TIMES - THRILLER OF THE MONTH****** MAIL ON SUNDAY - BEST NEW FICTION*** FINANCIAL TIMES - BEST NEW CRIME BOOKS***'A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating' STEPHEN KING'Gripping'...

'Enormously entertaining and lovable'Nick Hornby, New York Times'An expansive, offbeat, gorgeous exploration of resilience, forgiveness and multi-generational parenthood'Pandora Sykes** Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley is to adapt for A24 - a TV...

The fourth book in Marsali Taylor's thrilling Shetland Sailing Mysteries series. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Val McDermid, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross and Ann Cleeves!'This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the...

THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'Eerily macabre... Wonderful' Guardian'A nerve-fraying thriller' New York Times'Every bit as horribly fascinating as In Cold Blood' Daily MailLibby Day was seven when her family was murdered: she survived by hiding in a closet...

A Guardian literary highlight A Huffington Post 'One to Watch' 'Astounding' LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl'The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book that must be...

**Soon to be a major TV series directed by Brian Kirk****The 50th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by Lee Child**'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago' THE TIMES'Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular...

'While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for its oysters, has Pearl' Daily Mail Disappearance at Oare is the fifth book in Julie Wassmer's popular crime series - now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Novel Suspects and A USA Today bestseller and Wall Street Journal bestseller.Book InformationISBN 9798212882439Author Marshall KarpFormat PaperbackPage Count...

When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect, his shock and incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work and having to reveal his appearance to family and colleagues. Although over the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913785416Author Phong NguyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Moon City PressPublisher Moon City PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

The most chilling read of the Christmas season. As the snow begins to fall, the body count begins to climb... DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of...

From the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once comes the #1 Sunday Times bestseller about the ties we have to our past-and the lies that bind us together...It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But...

'Horrific and hilarious ... a dystopic vision of an England that would have given Orwell the heebie-jeebies' Independent 'A brilliant work of satire' The Quietus A SCARFOLK SANCTIONED BOOK ...

The twelfth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'D. L. Sayers is one of the best...

In Making Faces, make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of make-up application and technique but also how to use those fundamentals (sometimes in unconventional ways) to create a wide range of different looks. It...

Manchester, 1944Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy strikes, her world is turned upside down.Persephone is struggling with matters of the heart. Can she muster up the courage to tell Matt how she truly...

An all-new collection of winter-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the festive period. There's a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter... It's the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATIONPRIZE WINNER OF FRANCE'S FIRST NOVEL AWARD'Riveting' OBSERVER'Totally addictive' ALICE SLATER'I couldn't put it down' JOHN BOYNEFrom the outside, she has an enviable...

Anonymous is back with the intoxicating, darkly dangerous, and wildly addictive sequel to his New York Times bestselling debut novel Diary of an Oxygen Thief.Picking up the story where it left off, the controversial protagonist of cult classic Diary of...

'DAZZLING.' Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees 'LYRICAL AND DEEPLY EMPATHETIC.' Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Four lives, entwined forever by decisions made in a time of conflict. But what...

From the vineyards of New Zealand to the majestic landscape of Ireland, The Missing Sister is the penultimate instalment in the multimillion-selling epic Seven Sisters from Lucinda Riley. A breathtaking story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology...

THE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENTHE THIRD NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BURNING MEN AND THE KILLING CHOICE, FEATURING DI ALEX FIN AND DCI MATTIE PAULSENSadie Nicholls...