Collections & Anthologies

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America, and America has never looked the same to us since' Paul Auster, author of The New York TrilogyRaymond Chandler was America's preeminent...

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple,...

An eagerly awaited collection of brand new, specially commissioned short stories from the master of historical crime fiction Edward Marston, featuring his quick-witted Railway Detective, Inspector Robert Colbeck. In this thrilling selection of...

A fantastic mystery short story collection, the perfect Christmas gift for crime fiction lovers A beloved detective dies in a fire Sherlock Holmes takes a trip to Italy A...

"The Master? Dr. Greeby? You don't say so! Murdered? Dear me! Poor Greeby! This will upset my whole day's work." An Oxford Master is slain on campus during Pentecost. A headmaster faces off in a deadly battle of wits with a disgruntled parent...

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. A MAN LAY DEADSir Hubert Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties...

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the tenth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. BLACK AS HE'S PAINTEDCalled in to help with security arrangements for a...

THE HOLY THIEF: At the height of the hot summer of 1144, the abbey at Ramsey is in danger. When heavy rain brings the threat of floods to Shrewsbury and the holy relics must be removed to a place of safety, the subsiding waters reveal a robbery has been...

Bringing together six short stories - two of which are previously unpublished - One Last Dram Before Midnight is the perfect Christmas gift for fans of Denzil Meyrick. These tales take us from Jim Daley's early days pounding the beat in Glasgow as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739406660Author Conrad JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Red Dragon Publishing LtdPublisher Red Dragon Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Three severed hands. No clues. A race against time.Three embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house. Is it a gangland ritual? The work of a cult? Or just a prank played by Medical Students? And what happened to the bodies?Meanwhile the...

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, a true icon of literature was born. Since then, their humble address at 221B Baker Street has become almost as famous as the great detective...

Lord Peter Wimsey, wealthy, charming and charismatic, is one of the most famous amateur detectives of the golden age of crime. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates is introduced and edited by crime writer David...

A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St...

*The thrilling new novel from Lucy Clarke, THE HIKE, is available to buy now* The deeper the water, the darker the secrets... There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What...

Selected by #1 bestselling author Lee Child: the twenty finest short stories of 2021. There is no finer form for a crime than the short story. WIthin a few pages, a clue can be discovered, divulged and its significance determined; all else is mere...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479423873Author Arthur MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

THE HERETIC'S APPRENTICE: In the summer of 1143 two visitors arrive at the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul- one dead and two very much alive. But when a violent death ensues, Brother Cafael is called once more to turn detective and solve the murder-...

On the run with a baby...and killers on their trail! Perfect for fans of: 💖 Second chance 👔 Workplace romance 💓 Forced proximity -- ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999760083Author Amelia LittlewoodFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint NDS MediaPublisher NDS MediaWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm

This Christmas, there will be nowhere left to run... Includes 2 titles! Perfect for fans of: 🔥Enemies to lovers 💓Forced proximity ...

There is no detective like DI Rebus - brilliant, irascible and endlessly frustrating both to his friends and his long-suffering bosses. For over two decades he has walked through the dark places of Edinburgh . . .Now Rebus's life is revealed through this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479423231Author Christopher RedmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Agatha Christie's classic short story collection, including one of her most enduring and shocking thrillers, The Witness for the Prosecution. 1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the...

From bestselling Ian Rankin, winner of the 1997 CWA Macallan Gold Dagger for fiction for Black & Blue, come the early Inspector Rebus novels, gathered in one volume for the first time.KNOTS & CROSSES: Two girls have been abducted and brutally murdered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894063609Author J R CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, Inc.Publisher EDGE Science Fiction and...

Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume's twenty-five stories by as many authors display a wide range of style and subject matter-offering a revealing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645178149Author Editors of Canterbury ClassicsFormat HardbackPage Count 784Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution...

Not everything that goes bump in the night brings gifts ... As the nights draw in, the veil between worlds thins, and all sorts of ghosts and ghouls come tumbling in. In the shadows, under the bed, in wind-whipped snowy landscapes and in rooms lit by...

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, including Cosy Crime, Murder Mayhem and Lost Worlds, this exciting title in the series is packed with amateur detectives solving mysterious murders, suspicious...

A child's body in an unmarked grave. A killer waiting to strike again.A young boy's body is found in a meadow beside the River Mersey. No DNA. No witnesses. No clues. It brings back painful memories of the Moors Murderers. After two weeks, the police...

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the seventh volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. OFF WITH HIS HEADWhen the pesky Anna Bunz arrives at Mardian to...

The complete stories from the last 3 Rumpole volumes ("Angel Of Death", A La Carte" and Age Of Miracles") which were published respectively in 1995, 1990 and 1988. "I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole" - Clive James.About the...

Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the sky, presents lie under the tree ... and murder is afoot. In this collection of ten classic murder mysteries by the best crime writers from the 1920s to today, death and mayhem take many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593468463Author Shane HawkFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Discover Dorothy L. Sayers' inimitable Golden Age detective in this newly published collection of the complete Lord Peter Wimsey stories. Presented in chronological order, these short stories see Lord Peter Wimsey bringing his trademark wit and unique...

Agatha Christie's first Tommy & Tuppence book is a thrill-packed novel of international intrigue, murder and suspense. Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme - Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804243299Author John LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983661078Author Massey SujataFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Ikat PressPublisher Ikat PressWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

The Christmas season is one of comfort and joy, sparkling lights and steam rising from cups of mulled wine at frosty carol services. A season of goodwill, as families and friends come together to forget their differences and celebrate. Unless, of...