Amateur Sleuth

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time'Dick Francis keeps you in suspense in every chapter, you are immersed in the story' 5***** Reader Review'Really gripping with lots of twists and turns. A...

The 18th-century meets the sharp blade of forensic science...The death of Lord Edward Crick has unleashed a torrent of gossip through the seedy taverns and elegant ballrooms of Oxfordshire. Few mourn the dissolute young man - except his sister, the...

Ethelred Tressider, mid-list crime writer, is surprised when fellow author Henry Holiday unexpectedly turns up on his doorstep. He's even more surprised when Henry confesses that he may have committed murder while drunk on New Year's Eve. Though he has...

A brutal cult. A gruesome rite. A primal evil...At a remote farmhouse outside Turin, a mysterious religious exorcism goes horribly wrong, setting in motion a series of catastrophic events, that threatens to bring the world to its knees...Meanwhile,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448308330Author Rosemary RoweFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm *...

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...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DEBUT DAGGER 2018 FOR UNPUBLISHED FIRST NOVEL She hasn't seen her brother in years. Now, he's dead. When Judi Westerholme finds out her estranged brother has been murdered, she assumes it's connected to his long term drug...

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'Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful. This Wild, Wild Country enchants as mysteries deepen and secrets echo over the harsh realities of the American Dream' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the EndThree women. An isolated town. A...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593101063Author Emily BrightwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The latest mystery in the Edgar Award-winning series from David Handler. Ghostwriting sleuth Stewart Hoag investigates a trail of murder amidst Hollywood's rich and famous. Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag hasn't written any fiction since his debut novel rocked...

Discover Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson through the eyes of those who knew them best. From familiar faces like Mrs Hudson to minor characters like Lomax the sub-librarian, Observations by Gaslight - told through diaries, telegrams, and even grocery...

Scott King investigates allegations of demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered by two young children. Book six in the spine-tingling, award-winning Six Stories series.'Matt's books are fantastic' Ian Rankin'An...

"With its countless revelations about the dusty realms of rare books, a likable librarian sleuth who has just the right balance of compassion and wit, and a library setting that is teeming with secrets, The Department of Rare Books and Special...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448308644Author Paul DohertyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 145mm *...

To all appearances Joanna Emerson is a fully qualified, gold-medalled graduate of the world's finest college of Nursery Nurses... Engaged as a nanny to Benedict, newly born heir to a vast cosmetic fortune, she becomes caught up in a complex kidnap...

When well-to-do Hester learns of her sister Mercy's death at a Nottinghamshire workhouse, she travels to Southwell to find out how her sister ended up at such a place.Haunted by her sister's ghost, Hester sets out to uncover the truth, when the official...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496739605Author Colleen CambridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

'Creepy, atmospheric and darkly comic' - C. J. Tudor 'Bakkeid is already big and his work is only going to get bigger and better '- Daily Record Disgraced, damaged former police officer Thorkild Aske has stopped taking his painkillers after his last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847513052Author Veronica HeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *...

'Booker's fast paced, twisting thrillers are a must-read for anyone who loves a good page turner' Simon Kernick'A must-read' Mark Billingham'Val McDermid meets Stephen King' Hadley FreemanKarl Savage is dead.He must be. His ex, Anjelica, is in prison for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496731739Author Darci HannahFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for CrimeFest - Last Laugh Award 2022 (UK).Book InformationISBN 9781780291284Author Simon BrettFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Severn HousePublisher...

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at boiling point...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496739063Author Lauren ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

A life shattered in one moment. Olivia Jones has lived a life of privilege and good fortune. But on the eve of her wedding she discovers two shocking facts. One - she was adopted. Two - her biological parents are notorious serial killers. A young woman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451472168Author Sofie KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593157770Author John GrishamFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 190mm *...

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From the moment he first gazes at Marjory across the roulette table in the Cote d'Azur Jean-Marie is entranced, and when their feverish holiday romance comes to an end he decides to take the biggest gamble of his life - to follow the beautiful...

Volume One of James Ronald Stories of Crime and Detection contains three pulp fiction novelettes and one novel, featuring Police Surgeon turned amateur sleuth Daniel Britling. The unassuming-but missing nothing-Police Surgeon is cast in the great...

'So compulsive, chillingly suspenseful' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Brilliant - so atmospheric' DEBBIE HOWELLS 'Kept me gripped until the very last page' LINDSEY KELK ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496728746Author Angela M. SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural Detective Stories by Some of the Field's Greatest and Best-Known Weird Fiction Authors Since the gaslit nights at the end of the nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593335482Author A. M. StuartFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

TRUST NO ONE. Olivia Jones is desperate for the truth. The daughter of convicted serial killers, she has begun to suspect that her parents are innocent of their crimes. But who can she trust in a world where betrayal and deception hide in every shadow...