Amateur Sleuth

Thea Osborne's latest house-sitting assignment is a little different to the rest. Along with her spaniel, Hepzie, Thea finds herself in the village of Chedworth. She is tasked with creating an inventory of Rita Wilshire's possessions, requested by her...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 'Enthralling, exciting, extraordinary and utterly convincing. Everything a great book should be' Sarah Hilary 'Wonderfully atmospheric,...

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park's equipment supply company. Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second...

A PAGE-TURNING COSY MYSTERY SET ON THE PICTURESQUE YORKSHIRE MOORS. FOR FANS OF FAITH MARTIN, BETTY ROWLANDS AND LJ ROSS.Kitt Hartley wakes to the news that a murder has been committed in Irendale, a village high on the wild Yorkshire moors where her...

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to build a house, but even more curious is the house itself-a maze of sloping floors and strange staircases, full of bloodcurdling masks and uncanny dolls...

* THE TIMES BOOK CLUB STAR PICK * * A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH * * A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK * 'Chilling and compelling' - THE SUN 'Turns a traditional crime plot to very modern effect' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Brilliant - creepily...

DON'T COUNT ON SEEING TOMORROW 'If you like your crime medicine strong, this will keep you gripped.' Mail on Sunday Dr Toby Harper's quiet night is disrupted when a severely ill man stumbles into ER. She suspects a viral brain infection. But shortly...

* 'Ever since reading R in the Month as a teenager, I've been a Nancy Spain fan. I love her juxtaposition of seedy, atmospheric settings with humour and showbiz glamour. There's still no one quite like her' ELLY GRIFFITHSThe oyster party had the kiss of...

'A gripping page-turner' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and compelling' Sabine Durrant 'Satisfyingly creepy' Sunday MirrorThe loss of her mother has left Kali McKenzie with too many unanswered questions. But while clearing out Elena's art studio, she...

'Creepy and packed with suspense and menace, it draws the reader into a community that has more than its fair share of skeletons to hide.' Daily MailThe phenomenal new thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author.__________Blackwood Bay. An...

After the death of her husband, Rose Trevelyan lives peacefully in Cornwall, working as an artist and photographer. But when she hears terrified screams as she paints the rugged Cornish countryside, and a local woman is reported missing, Rose finds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496718938Author Joanne FlukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

From the number one bestseller of The Detective's Daughter. For forty years, someone has got away with murder... Forty years ago, seventeen-year-old Cassie Baker took a shortcut home from a small Cotswolds village, and was never seen again. ...

A huge funeral for Windermere's popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place and florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown and her new assistant, Bonnie Lawson are busy compiling wreaths in preparation. There's word of a series of sinister dognappings...

A dark murder. A secret brought to light...June, 1797. From his headquarters at the Villa Mombello near Milan, the French revolutionary army's young general, one Napoleon Bonaparte, dictates peace terms to Europe's monarchies with breath-taking ease and...

She ran from the truth. She will do whatever it takes to hide it.Jessica returns home one day to find her husband, Patrick, dead. It's unclear what caused his death and though the shock is huge, she cannot pretend it's entirely unexpected. The police...

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKA KINDLE TOP 5 BESTSELLER'Fast, funny and furious, this book has bags of humour, bags of heart and a proper murder mystery at its core' Janice HallettClaire and Sophie aren't your typical murder investigators . . .When...

Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Fragile, returns with Black Thorn, a slow-burn psychological mystery set against the abandonment of an exclusive housing development and devastation of the families that lived there ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780298252Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

'A class above' IAN RANKIN. Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever. The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because...

'A class above' IAN RANKIN. Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever. The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because...

WHEN THE VOICES CALL, DON'T ANSWER... In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote town of Ballantyne, where all is not as it seems. Richard quickly earns a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648348924Author Dionne ListerFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Dionne ListerPublisher Dionne ListerWeight(grams) 152g

First things first, stay calm.Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. All he has left are journal entries recalling Clio, a perfect love now gone. As he begins to piece his memories back together, Eric finds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780295329Author Simon BrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 140mm *...

It was only a horse race, but it could make Kelly Connor's reputation. Unfortunately there was more riding on Pendero's back at Ascot than a young jockey's career. There was the biggest gamble in the unsavoury life of trainer Harry Short. There was the...

'Amazing!... I was absolutely blown away. Twists and turns and so much suspense.' Reader ReviewNo one can love a son like his mother...Patricia Mullner is trapped in a nightmare no parent should ever experience. Three years ago, 17-year-old son...

The debut cosy culinary crime thriller from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4's Mrs Sidhu Investigates and writer for Goodness, Gracious, Me and five series of the Emmy Award winning Kumars at No. 42 Mrs. Sidhu - unofficial Aunty to everyone,...

A woman lies dead in a bombed-out house. A tragic casualty of the Blitz? Or something more sinister? Sixty years later, the detective's daughter unearths the truth... From the number 1 bestselling author of The Detective's Daughter. LONDON, 1940 ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496705662Author Sadie HartwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780297248Author Candace RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 135mm *...

Ghostalker Ropa Moyo and her rag-tag team of magicians are back in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book in the spellbinding Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu.'Alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will...

** A WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD ** 'One of the Scottish crime books of the year. I loved it' CHRIS BROOKMYRE 'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and utterly compelling' MARION TODD ...

'Original and pacy' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Fresh, wonderful and unexpected' LISA JEWELL'My debut of the year. Kate Helm is an exceptional story teller' C. L. TAYLOR*****IN HER EYES, NO ONE IS INNOCENTGeorgia Sage has a gift: she can see evil in people. As a...

A gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB"A classic murder mystery . . . one Holmes himself would have loved to solve" Independent"Fans of dark Swedish crime will love this moody thriller" The Sun"A nerve-racking...

'Cora is a character you won't forget.' Steve Cavanagh, author of The AccompliceEwan Stokes disappeared after a football match in Ipswich 15 years ago. No one knows where he went - or why - but every year on the anniversary of his disappearance, random...

Thea Slocombe is struggling to entertain her stepchildren through the long summer holiday while her husband Drew works, so she keenly accepts a new job house-sitting in Barnsley, near Bibury. However, her commission proves to be far from relaxing when...

'So chillingly addictive you'll forget to breathe' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END THEY BELIEVE HIS LIES. SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH. You can't lie to Izzy Lambert. Her highly developed empathic abilities allow her to read people's...

No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. SEE NO EVILIt's January in the...

When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family's estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the killer from making a speedy getaway...Back in her natural habitat, Dr Nell Ward heads to a...