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'King of One More Chapter' JOANNA CANNON 'Master of the unputdownable thriller' MICHAEL WOOD 'A stunning read that grips you by the throat' JANICE HALLETT NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Elliott has never thought of himself as a hero. Until one dark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425236031Author Miranda JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758287106Author Nancy CocoFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

From the bestselling author of Deliver Me comes a gripping new thriller with a twist you'll never see coming! Thirty-two-year-old Jessica is newly divorced and has returned home to live with her parents whilst she puts the pieces of her life back...

'Intricately plotted, beautifully written...with great pace, truly sympathetic characters, and a great twist at the end' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger award ...

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Outrageously entertaining' The TimesREVENGE IS WORTH WAITING FOR... Jamal loves to run. But one morning - as he is training on a path winding up a steep cliff - he stumbles across a woman in distress.It's a matter of...

Of all the weird characters Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has met in Bath, this one is the most extreme: a twenty-first-century private eye called Johnny Getz, whose office is over Shear Amazing, a hairdressing salon. Johnny has been hired by...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'One of the best Dick Francis books ever! You just cannot put down' 5***** Reader Review'Outstanding. The writing is excellent and the plots are engaging from...

'Inspector Morse would appear to have a rival' - Scotland on Sunday 'A perfect accompaniment to a sunny afternoon, a hammock and a glass of Pimms' - Guardian 'An undiluted pleasure' - Scotsman _______________ Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of...

A twisty collection of short stories from the master of classic crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, one of which stars his most popular creation, Peter Diamond. More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451235640Author Martha GrimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

A dark, taut psychological thriller by queen of crime, Margery Allingham, featuring an introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of detective fiction, Sara Paretsky.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

From the author of the thrilling Sunday Times bestseller Dear Amy______________What if your parents had been lying to you since the day you were born? Sophia's parents lived quiet, ordinary lives. At least she thought so, until she came home to discover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425269343Author Emily BrightwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Pigtails, poisons and murder-most-foul A travelling puppet show arrives in the sleepy village of Bishop's Lacey - and a shocking murder takes place. For eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the crime will test her precocious powers of deduction to the limit...

Charlatans is an explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook.Noah Rothauser is the new super chief resident at the state-of-the-art Boston Memorial Hospital. Taking on such a prestigious job is...

A suspenseful, surprising thriller for readers of THE COUPLE AT NO 9 and OUR HOUSE, about a woman who needs to solve the mystery of her husband's death... before it's too late'Twisty, dark and hugely gripping' - Sunday Times bestselling author Karen...

Tina Rossi, the world's leading coloratura soprano, has travelled to Edinburgh, ostensibly to sing in the Festival, in reality to meet her lover, top scientist Kenneth Holmes. But instead of finding Kenneth at their rendezvous, she discovers an unknown...

An addictive psychological thriller from a kindle bestseller. For fans of Karin Slaughter and Erin Kelly.SOME SECRETS ARE BEST LEFT BURIED...Cat panics when she sees a photofit of a murder suspect flash up on the news. It looks exactly like her, and to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398824195Author G. K. ChestertonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Number One New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich returns with the launch of a blockbuster new series that blends wild adventure, hugely appealing characters, and pitch-perfect humour, proving once again why she's 'the most popular mystery...

Was their killer still at large? Could their killer be here at Buckshaw...?Two deaths, ten years apart, give Flavia de Luce the distraction she needs at a time when her family are more remote and dysfunctional than usual. Especially when a bizarre series...

An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by crime fiction of the Golden Age, Death and the Conjuror is the critically acclaimed debut novel by Tom Mead. Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Mysteries of the Year. 1936, London. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451489708Author Laura ChildsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, Koko has developed a strange new hobby: he drops himself from balconies, occasionally landing in the oddest of places. When a young man comes to visit his wealthy relatives, Koko...

Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow...Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984804419Author Kate CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

The perfect murder mystery for fans of THE WINDSOR KNOT, KNIVES OUT and THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB.King Eric is dead. And when the motive is succession, murder is a family affair. . . * * * * * During a violent snowstorm, the Royal Family gather at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Minnesota Book Award (Fiction) 2015 and Thriller Awards (First Novel) 2015. Short-listed for Anthony Awards (First Novel) 2015 and Edgar Allan Poe Awards...

The third 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780758287120Author Nancy CocoFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 146gDimensions(mm)...

From the author of the No.1 bestseller and international phenomenon GONE GIRL. Now a major HBO/SKY ATLANTIC TV series starring Amy Adams, with the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallee.When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri,...

'Perfectly plotted, sharply sophisticated and the most original thriller I've read this year. I couldn't put it down!' Jane IsaacIs murder in her DNA?My mother lied to me. My family is not my own. If it wasn't for the genealogy test, I would never have...

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BOOK OF THE YEAR'The most wonderful book. Unusual, beautiful, feminist, gripping, deserves to win prizes. I loved it so much.' Marian Keyes'A brave and timely novel which will fuel the debate on women's rights to walk safely through...

A vicious rivalry threatens to cause chaos for Lord Westfield's Men when the onstage duels between Owen Elias and Sebastian Carrick become ever more realistic. However, it is an axe that splits open Sebastian's head one night in a Clerkenwell alley. ...

Welcome to Bishop's Lacey. A murder every country mileFor eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, a visit to a Gypsy fortune-teller is just a bit of fun - until the old woman claims to see a vision of Flavia's mother, who died when Flavia was a baby. When the...

1925. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes arrive home to find a stone. The stone is inscribed with the same name that they last saw in the Tokyo garden of the future emperor of Japan. It is the first indication that the investigation they did for him a year...

A disgraced LA music star faces execution for a crime he didn't commit in the long-lost crime novel of Robert Silverberg, SFF Writers of America Grand Master, available for the first time in over 60 years. HAD L.A.'S HOTTEST BANDLEADER BECOME AN...

Isaiah Quintabe - IQ for short - has never been more successful, or felt more alone. A series of high-profile wins in his hometown of East Long Beach have made him so notorious that he can hardly go to the corner store without being recognized. Dodson,...

Sea Fever is the sixth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.A rare and unrecorded sea bird captures all the birders attention whilst right under their noses the most...