Amateur Sleuth

When obscure crime writer Ethelred Tressider vanishes from his home, his indefatigable agent, Elsie Thirkettle, is soon on his trail. Finding him proves surprisingly easy. Bringing him home is another matter. Having followed Ethelred to a hotel in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496740557Author Maddie DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

London, 1785. When the body of a former West Indies planter is found outside St Paul's Cathedral, suspicion abounds. But talk is not only of the man's death. His past brings a tide of fear directly to Harriet Westerman's door where William Geddings,...

'Prepare for your heart rate to rise reading this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller!' The Sun'If you're looking for a page-turner, this is it!' Hello!'The perfect choice for fans of C.L. Taylor and Louise Candlish' Woman's Weekly'A superbly pacy...

A terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone. Intent on uncovering the secrets of his childhood hero, the mysterious Conrad...

Buried in a woodland grave are a mother and her child. One is alive. One is dead. It is one of the most harrowing cases to hit D.C. Charlie Stafford's department in years. Then more pairs of mothers and children go missing - and it's Charlie's job to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838057916Author Ivan PopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Hookline BooksPublisher Bookline and Thinker Ltd

'Murder most enjoyable' Colin DexterEx-Princess Etheline, daughter of the exiled king of Mitteleuropia, has been kidnapped during a visit to Tawcester Towers, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Tawcester, and ducal family honour demands that she should be...

Already a leading jockey in his home country, Jake Felton comes to England to further his career and avoid confrontation with New York's racing mafia. But his plans to combine the life of an English squire with that of a top-flight jockey look like...

'For me the true heart of the book was Min, and his search for a sense of belonging that neither America nor Korea is quite able offer him. His story is truly unforgettable' Abi Dare, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding...

It's a Thursday evening in 1936. Clive Staples Lewis (known to all his friends as "Jack") is hosting a gathering of that well-known literary group, The Inklings. Among the regulars are his brother Warnie, J. R. R. Tolkien, Neville Coghill, Hugo Dyson and...

Never underestimate a librarian. Intelligent cosy crime with razor-sharp wit and an unlikely hero, for fans of P.G. Wodehouse and Muriel Spark "So funny." Lynne Truss Shona McMonagle is back, once again personally selected by Marcia Blaine, founder...

Dido Kent's sister-in-law Margaret is attempting to marry her off to the ghastly clergyman Doctor Prowdlee, with his abominable side-whiskers. Dido, however, is determined to refuse him. As punishment she is sent on a journey as companion to her rich,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727850126Author Sarah RayneFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 225mm * 140mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496734631Author Amanda FlowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425283530Author Rhys BowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643852393Author Sheila ConnollyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players...'When an undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrate sees prostitute Lizzie Hardwicke trade Ma Farley's Bawdy House in Soho for life as a theatre seamstress on Drury Lane, it...

An ancient tomb...a very modern murder When the tomb of St Tancred is opened, no one expects to find the body of the organist, lying in a pool of blood, his handsome features covered by a gas mask.Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce is intrigued. Why would...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425252123Author Emily BrightwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The twelfth hair-raising Dirk Pitt thriller sees the adventurer hunt for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold, before the richest prize known to man is lost forever. ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE A call for help from a stricken archaeological...

They say you can't choose your family . . . But what if they're wrong?Chloe lives a quiet life. Working as a newspaper archivist in the day and taking care of her nan in the evening, she's happy simply to read about the lives of others as she files the...

A small-town lawyer has been searching for his daughter for eighteen years. Now a local girl has gone missing, and he's determined to find them both-no matter the cost.Buddy Smith built his law practice around tracking down missing children. After all,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451489647Author Childs LauraFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

A seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity leads a PI and his ex-con assistant on a murderous trail, in a sophisticated, riveting, cunningly plotted historical thriller set in interwar and prohibition-era Norway. 'An expertly...

A witty new thriller from a "great storyteller" (Michael Connelly), California Bear follows four unlikely vigilantes whose decision to take justice into their own hands pits them against the villain behind California's coldest case."Fresh, exciting, and...

An elderly spinster has been poisoned in her country home... Everyone blamed Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451415462Author Laurie CassFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint 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 9781847519412Author Glenn CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *...

A wedding day turns into a far darker affair in the idyllic Lake District. On a glorious July morning in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld, Simmy Brown and Christopher Henderson celebrate their wedding day. While the event passes off...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496725301Author Jill ShalvisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

If Liane Moriarty had written Friend Request . . .'It's Jenna,' Ark says. 'She's - 'His voice tears off.'She's dead.'One ordinary afternoon, Fairlie Winter receives a devastating phone call - her best friend is dead.Jenna Rudolph was a devoted mother and...

To save your lifeYou must kill the one you loveCan you do it?Sarah is madly in love with boyfriend Theo, and can't wait to go on their first weekend away.But by the end of the first night, Theo is dead. And Sarah has killed him. But she swears she had no...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! An escape to Tuscany An unexpected invitation ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780291017Author Simon BrettFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Severn House Publishers LtdPublisher Severn House Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643859224Author Eva GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crooked Lane BooksPublisher Crooked Lane Books

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...

For fifteen years, ever since the taciturn civil servant Stephen Summerchild fell to his death from a window, there have been rumours. So Brian Jessel, a young member of the Cabinet Office, is diverted from his routine work and asked to prepare an...

'An ingenious book' SARAH WATERS'Permanent classics in the detective field . . . no superlatives are adequate' THE NEW YORK TIMESMarion Shape and her mother are quiet and ordinary villagers, enjoying a peaceful life in their country home, the Franchise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981313Author Nancy AthertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 185gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm...