Hard-Boiled

A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms'A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance' TIME OUT'This book sees the poetry of the pool game ... Fast Eddie's ascent up the...

From the author of ITV's THE TOWER'Rips along like a rattlesnake. Absorbing. Relevant. Tense.' Imran MahmoodThere's more than one way to go missing...When Ryan Kennedy is imprisoned after killing a police officer, he knows what he has to do. Keep his...

Winner of the first Anthony Award for Best Novel, B is for Burglar is the second in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Female, age thirty-two, self-employed and wiser than she used to be. For Kinsey Millhone, private investigator, only one...

Creator of the famous Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler elevated the American hard-boiled detective genre to an art form. His last four novels, published here in one volume, offer ample opportunity to savour the unique and compelling fictional world that...

'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael ConnellyROBICHEAUX IS A HAUNTED MAN.Detective Dave Robicheaux's beloved wife, Molly, was cruelly taken from him...

The Cornish Detective seriesA puzzling murder mystery. A tough new case for Detective Wycliffe to investigate.'You can always count on Wycliffe' FINANCIAL TIMES'GRIPPING' THE TIMES A bizarre murder shakes a quiet Cornish village. Arriving at the church...

'If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life' Heat MagazineIn this brand new thriller in the Sunday Times bestselling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas races to untangle a twisted family history...

A brutal hit-and-run killing opens the path to another 25-year-old crime. A brilliant novel in the acclaimed Faraday series, from the author of NO LOVELIER DEATH.Past midnight, a horribly mutilated body is discovered on a road in Portsmouth, evidently...

Stegs Jenner has always lived on the edge.No ordinary cop, he's never happier than when he's working undercover, consorting with criminals and fighting to bring them to justice. But suspicion falls on him when he strikes out on his own and the operation...

It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young black women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South.In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD detective, stricken by grief. He is mourning the death of his wife and...

A captivating, adrenalin-fuelled thriller that will keep you hooked from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!" - Harlan Coben"Simon...

'One of the best books ever, in one of the best series ever! It is THAT good!' NetGalley Reviewer 'A master of horror and suspense' NetGalley Reviewer 'Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine' Elly Griffiths ...

The 9th Dave Robicheaux novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling, award-winning author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.The call from ex-Klansman Aaron Crown couldn't have been more unexpected. Sentenced to forty years for the decades-old shooting of a civil...

U is for Undertow is the twenty-first in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . . When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts...

Skinner is on the trail of organised crime and a cold-blooded killer in this gripping third novel in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. First the joyous birth of Skinner's son...then the grim reality of murder in one of Edinburgh's prosperous...

A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac,...

Murder was always an insult. But the murder, bloody and brutal, of an entire family in their own home, was a different form of evil.Nixie Swisher crept down the stairs for a drink - and saved her own life. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the...

In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a man's, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But found within feet of that body...

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO TEXAS RANGERRory Yates of the Texas Rangers doesn't seek out hero status, but it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery.Rory escapes his new-found fame when he's sent to the...

In the city that's become a symbol for the death of the American dream, a nightmare killer is unravelling reality. The new thriller from Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls. Detective Gabi Versado has hunted down many monsters during...

Jan Fabel returns to the Hamburg murder squad to track down a horrifying killer... From the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell comes this darkly compelling and horribly prescient thriller full of spine-tingling moments and...

From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page... 'Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page...

A gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Pace, pace pace is what Kernick does best" - DAILY MIRROR"Delights, excites and stimulates, and the only...

The brand-new gripping thriller in Will Shindler's acclaimed DI Alex Finn series - available to pre-order now!Years ago someone got away with murder... But time's up. 2009 During a summer heatwave, teenagers are going missing. Junior officer Alex Finn...

A devilishly disturbing new case for Lieutenant Eve Dallas from the Sunday Times bestseller J.D. Robb. The perfect entry point into the compelling In Death police procedural series. New York at night. A young woman - dazed, naked and bloody - stumbles...

Twenty years ago, Anthony Galton vanished, along with his streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of the Galton fortune. Now his dying mother wants him found, and Lew Archer is on the case: is Anthony hiding somewhere, happy and eager not to be...

There is nothing unusual about billionaire Roarke supervising work on his new property - but when he takes a ceremonial swing at the first wall to be knocked down, he uncovers the body of a girl. And then another - in fact, twelve dead girls concealed...

WHEN THE FAIR COMES TO TOWN, A KILLER'S GAME BEGINS...'One hell of a ride' - THE TIMES'Revelatory' - VAL MCDERMID'A must-read' - JANICE HALLETT'A genuine triumph' - IAN MOORE'What more could a reader ask for?' - JOHN CONNOLLY'A thrilling helter-skelter'...

New York homicide cop Eve Dallas is plunged into a terrifying nightmare, where her past and the present are about to collide.Eve Dallas was just a rookie cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a murderer and paedophile, who was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935654766Author Asumiko NakamuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.Weight(grams) 473g

A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEAJoe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up...When friend of the family and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613163566Author Erle Stanley GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)...

'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday TimesDetectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off - but it shouldn't be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the drug dealer,...

Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs and legends to solve a gruesome murder in this fourth installment in the fantastic Scottish crime series.A four-day tournament involving the world's leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new...

Fifteen years ago, he confessed to the murder of his wife and children.As a teenager, Hayley DaSilva walked into a nightmare; discovering the bodies of her mother, twin brother, and friend all brutally slaughtered in her home... and her nine-year-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773361000Author Dale MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Valley Publishing Ltd.Publisher Valley Publishing Ltd.Weight(grams) 513g

Paradise, Massachusetts, is gearing up for the busy summer season when a spate of car thefts places its quiet, tourist-friendly reputation in jeopardy. Jesse Stone fears an automobile theft gang has set up shop in town, and the silver-tongued,...

1934 Chicago dazzles with fast action and calculating, cold-blooded meanness as private detective Nate Heller combs Chicago's North Side looking for John Dillinger. But things take a turn for the strange when self-aggrandizing G-Man Melvin Purvis shoots...

T is for Trespass is the twentieth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was like being in the presence of a snake, first hissing its presence and then coiled in readiness. I didn't dare turn my back or take my eyes off of her. I stood...

THE EDGAR AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! Victor Gischler's legendary first novel, originally published as GUN MONKEYS, tells the story of Charlie Swift, loyal Mob enforcer to a Central Florida crime boss, who goes...