Collections & Anthologies

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past...

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 9781909823747Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909823747Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CHRIS OFFUTT.'Excellent Kentucky noir - Offutt's third Mick Hardin novel is the best yet.' - KirkusAn explosive return to the mayhem of the Kentucky hills, Code of the Hills is a harrowing novel of family - of what we're willing...

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...

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. SURFEIT OF LAMPREYSThe Lampreys were a peculiar family. They...

With countless clubs, films, and books celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary Sherlock Holmes, the popularity of literary history's favorite sleuth has never dimmed. Can you solve the case of the "Red-Headed League"? How about the "Empty House"?...

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 *...

The third novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series - authentic and terrifying crime fiction with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. 'There's nothing to...

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...

Enthralling children's fiction for everyone who loves Robin Steven's Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries and Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree. Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before...

It's the height of summer. As the heat shimmers on the streets and ice cream melts onto sticky fingers, tempers begin to rise and old grudges surface. From Cornish beaches to the French Riviera, it's not just a holiday that's on people's minds ... it's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933354385Author Achy ObejasFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 357g

A Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times'Excellent... Compelling' GuardianFor the...

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the second volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. DEATH IN ECSTASYWho slipped cyanide into the ceremonial wine of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062120342Author Elmore LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504054829Author Ruth RendellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504091794Author Margery AllinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. Short stories are an important part of this tradition, and writers from Agatha Christie to Margery Allingham became famous for the intricate cases which their...

Christmas is a time of goodwill to all men ... or is it? As the nights draw in, throw another log on the fire and settle back into your armchair to enjoy this collection of ten classic Christmas mysteries, in which crime's best known sleuths, from...

As an operative for Pinkerton's Detective Agency Dashiell Hammett knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. These three celebrated novels are therefore the products of a hard real life,...

The famous detective returns in a thrilling anthology of 12 Sherlock short stories spanning Holmes's entire career, penned by Peter Swanson, Cara Black, James Lovegrove and more. A brand-new collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories which...

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...

Around the world in 22 murders... LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER AWARD '22 hugely engaging and eloquent crime stories from around the world ... the plots sizzle and evoke a variety of emotions. The...

Holidays offer us the luxury of getting away from it all. So, in a different way, do detective stories. This collection of vintage mysteries combines both those pleasures. From a golf course at the English seaside to a pension in Paris, and from a Swiss...

Locked-room mysteries and other impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so...

WINNER OF THE CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER In Bloody Scotland a selection of Scotland's best crime writers use the sinister side of the country's built heritage in stories that are by turns gripping, chilling and redemptive. Stellar contributors Val...

Classic Locked-Room Mysteries is a fascinating collection of ingenious mysteries which all pose the question 'howdunnit?'Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon...

For the very first time, famous associates of the Great Detective - clients, colleagues, and of course, villains - tell their own stories in this collection of brand-new adventures. Follow Inspector Lestrade as he and Sherlock Holmes pursue a killer to...

"Curiously enough," said Dr. Manners, "I know a story in which the detection of a murder turned on the behaviour of a bird: in this instance a jackdaw." Since the dawn of the crime fiction genre, animals of all kinds have played a memorable part in...

Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this collection reveal the dark side to theatre and performing arts: a world of backstage dealings, where unscrupulous actors risk...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936363803Author Anthony BerkeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Crippen & Landru PublishersPublisher Crippen & Landru PublishersWeight(grams) 308g

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 Daily Mail Book of the Year and a The Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times'Excellent... Compelling' GuardianFor the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617755293Author Pavel MandysFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Paired once again with top journalist Jameson Rook, NYPD Homicie Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified body stuffed inside a suitcase. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to the unsolved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613165423Author Otto PenzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496737236Author Carlene O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained on finding the key to the mystery. Crimes, whatever their form, are often best solved through deliberations of logic - preferably amid...