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Winter, snow, murder-and a centuries-dead suspect. In the chilly depths of a Yorkshire winter, a well-liked rector is found bludgeoned to death in her own church. With no sign of a murder weapon, local superstition quickly pins the blame on the ghost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838880507Author Betty RowlandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 14mm

On a perfect Spring morning at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II will enjoy a cup of tea, carry out all her royal duties . . . and solve a murder.The perfect book for fans of The Crown and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.'Like an episode of...

Summer in the beautiful Perigord region of southern France, the Dordogne Mysteries are the perfect combination of mystery and escapism.In the little down of St Denis, Bruno is busy organising the annual summer concert. He's hired a local Perigord folk...

PRE-ORDER BONE OF CONTENTION, THE BRAND NEW DOG PARK DETECTIVES NOVEL, COMING SPRING 2025. Murder is never just a walk in the park . . . When friends Louise and Irina find a dead body in the local park whilst walking their dogs, they are soon drawn into...

Ever so wholesome. Ever so deadly... When art restorer Astrid Swift moved from London to the Dorset village of Hanbury, she thought she was heading for a quiet life. Far from it. A local man has just been murdered in the English Trust stately home...

'An absolute treat of a read with all the ingredients of a vintage murder mystery: a country house, mysterious dead bodies and three actresses all keen to catch the killer. Perfect weekend reading!' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal'Celebrates and...

A body in the theatre. A cast full of suspects. Can Maisie Cooper crack this case?Maisie Cooper is looking for peace and quiet. But the arrival of a troupe of actors for a new production at the local theatre turn her best laid plans upside down.Among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838880651Author Helena DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

Former investment banker Johan Golding - Joe to his friends - is the newest member of the Hartley and Edwards Investigations team. And he's thrilled to be shadowing Kitt Hartley, librarian-turned-top sleuth, and her right-hand woman Grace Edwards; even...

Former investment banker Johan Golding - Joe to his friends - is the newest member of the Hartley and Edwards Investigations team. And he's thrilled to be shadowing Kitt Hartley, librarian-turned-top sleuth, and her right-hand woman Grace Edwards; even...

A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story The Witness for the Prosecution... Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation... A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from 'the other side'; a...

The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalised paintings,...

'BRILLIANT AT CAPTURING THE MURDEROUS CHARMS OF RURAL FRANCE ' MirrorMillions of fans worldwide have discovered the world of Bruno, Chief of Police, and the lovely Perigord town that he looks after. Yet even in the depths of rural France, murder is never...

The thrilling new novel from the acclaimed author of Murder on Mustique, based on the childhood described in her international bestseller Lady in Waiting.January 1950. Lady Anne Coke, daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester, is in Scunthorpe on a business...

One suspicious death. Two amateur sleuths. And an utterly impossible crime... The NUMBER ONE ebook bestseller! 'Amuses and intrigues in equal measure... a splendid start to what promises to be a...

January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the...

The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales. The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories...

'Written with an incredible eye for detail of the historical setting, this wonderful romantic tale will earn your respect and keep you entertained' Adele Parks 'If you loved Her Heart for a Compass, you will love [this book]' Sunday Times...

The perfect holiday... For a passionate crime It was not unusual to find the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun...she had been strangled...

Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingly, as well as his three dogs, and will be Thea Slocombe's latest house-sitting assignment. Thea expects the location will be one of her quietest, until the serene atmosphere is shattered by a fatal hit-and-run. ...

'Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay' Miriam Margolyes'Witty, warm and so enjoyable' Jo BrandThe next irresistible cosy crime novel from celebrity TV chef Rosemary Shrager! Preparing a midwinter's feast for all hundred residents of...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930. After accepting an invitation to...

Tracy Whitwell's second novel Gin Palace picks up with the unwilling crime-solver, Tanz, from the hilarious The Accidental Medium, as she grows accustomed to her rather unusual gift . . .Tanz can talk to ghosts, although she'd prefer it if she couldn't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553763065Author Rex StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035002405Author Julia ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint MacmillanPublisher Pan MacmillanWeight(grams) 130g

Sugar and cream?Or a lethal dose of poison? The inventor of a powerful new explosive,Sir Claud Amory, is somewhat disconcerted when the chemical formula goes missing - the situation worsened by the knowledge that the thief is one...

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...

Christmas is coming to the picturesque Cotswold countryside, and the days are merry and bright at the Slocombe house. Thea's daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter Stephanie's delight, and the family are looking forward to the...

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet againA Prey to Murder is the fourth mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.The huge...

The fifth 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...

Now a major Channel 5 series'The Queen of Crime.' New York TimesWhen the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of coast in East Anglia, his wealthy father demands that Scotland Yard should re-examine the verdict of accidental death...

THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3 'Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' ERIN KELLY 'An absolute master of pace, plotting and character' ELLY GRIFFITHSINTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . . As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the tiny...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915530349Author Joan CockinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Galileo PublishersPublisher Galileo Publishers

Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father's failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also the approach of Mother's Day, a busy and painful day for her. ...

The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot - legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile and A Haunting in Venice - puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery. CAN...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988795518Author Jamie VougeotFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Mesa Verde PublishingPublisher Mesa Verde PublishingWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)...

An absolutely page-turning cosy mystery, where death comes to a small village. Perfect for fans of Faith Martin.Where there's a body in Malvern End, there are secrets to be uncovered...Jude Gray has worked hard to bring a steady equilibrium to life on...

An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an...