Hard-Boiled

A hypnotising summer novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home_________________________________ A group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an Englishwoman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316403740Author Jim ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

'Brilliantly original, with characters that jump off the page. Highly recommended and a huge 5 stars from me.' Angela MarsonsIt was the wedding of the year. Millie Beaumont marrying billionaire playboy Oscar Hayat, the eyes of the world watching.But the...

'Make sure you have nothing else to do when starting this book. You will NOT be able to put it down!!' Reader ReviewThe parents are dead. The girls are hiding. The killer is still inside the house.Gabriel Kensington and his wife Lydia have been brutally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542887557Author Steven HagueFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941531822Author Nic PizzolattoFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Dzanc BooksPublisher Dzanc Books

THE FIRST IN THE MILLION-SELLING DCI EWERT GRENS SERIES, WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY 2005 FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR, AND AS HARD-HITTING A CRIME NOVEL AS YOU WILL EVER READ.'A must read' ObserverBernt Lund harbours a sickness. He is a...

'With its trademark mix of brutality and poetry, Swan Peak is a brilliant piece of work from an American master.' ObserverAfter the devastating events recounted in THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, Dave Robicheaux and his ex-partner in Homicide, Clete Purcel, head...

Would you kill, to save a life? DCC Bob Skinner faces a life-changing dilemma...'If we are right about this, the stakes are higher than anything I've ever faced.' Gangsters have infiltrated Edinburgh. MI5 are on their case and, unknown to Deputy Chief...

A fascinating window in on life in a British maximum security prison, Billy Rags-by the author of Get Carter - is crime fiction at its best: lean, mean, and full of startling psychological depth. It's the 1960s and Billy Cracken is a hard man to keep...

No writer chronicles the battles of misfits, underdogs and renegades like Elmore Leonard ...VALDEZ IS COMING is a stunning stale of morality and justice in which a simple, honest man is transformed into a killer - and begins a long journey of revenge...

At the time of his death, Erle Stanley Gardner was the best-selling American author of the 20th century, and world famous as the creator of crusading attorney Perry Mason. Gardner also created the hardboiled detective team of Cool and Lam, stars of 29...

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Beneath the sands of the Egyptian desert lies treasure beyond imagining. And when a professor of archaeology finds clues to the location of a Pharaoh's lost tomb in ancient hieroglyphs, he hatches a plan to find the burial site - and plunder it. But can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613162026Author Dorothy B. HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penzler PublishersPublisher Penzler PublishersWeight(grams) 284gDimensions(mm)...

THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF THREE SECONDS AND CELL 8 INTRODUCE DCI EWERT GRENS TO THE CRUEL REALITY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.'This is crime writing at its most ambitious and morally complex' Financial TimesLydia Grajauskas will never forget...

When a body is found after a flood, the secrets of a tempestuous life surface with it. Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has kept the existence of his hated brother Michael hidden for years. As he relives their past conflict, other demons threaten his...

A case involving a dead woman with a deformed foot and a mysterious past requires all Superintendent Wycliffe's investigative skills.The peace of the village of Kergwyns in Cornwall has been shattered by a bizarre murder. A beautiful young woman has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226770390Author Richard StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press

The young girl you have found isn't the first experiment I've carried out. She won't be the last. A tense, unpredictable crime debut that will not only have you gripped, but will chill you to the bone. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride and...

Stratos Gazis hates being called a contract killer. What he is, is a conscientious fixer. He fixes problems that are only mentioned in whispers. That very few can fix. Things that people are willing to pay handsomely to get done, without wanting to know...

Charlie Garner has a bad feeling. His ex-wife, Meg, has been missing for over a week and one quick peek into her home shows all her possessions packed up in boxes. Neighbours claim she's running from bill collectors, but Charlie suspects something more...

A complex tale of deception and revenge leads Skinner and his people to a bloody encounter and a dramatic confrontation...The horrific suicide of a successful Lithuanian entrepreneur rouses suspicion amongst the newly appointed Chief Constable Bob...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847518446Author Ken McCoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 138mm * 14mm

A superb Dave Robicheaux mystery from the multi award-winning crime writer.Dave Robicheaux left his drinking days behind him many years ago, but he still feels guilt over a tragic event he wasn't sober enough to prevent. Dallas Klein, a gambling addict...

On the beautiful, tranquil Scilly Isles, a brutal murder is uncovered...There was no doubt at all that the girl was dead. The front of her skull and her facial bones had been splintered like the cracked shell of an egg. What made it even more shocking...

Southern Brooklyn, July 1996. Fire hydrants are open and spraying water on the sizzling blacktop. Punk kids have to make their own fun. Bobby Santovasco and his pal Zeke like to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway. They think it's dumb and...

Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesFor wise-cracking Private Eye Philip Marlowe, murder is all in a day's work...There are no streets meaner than those of L.A.'s underworld - but luckily one detective has more than his fair share of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802129338Author Chris OffuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

On a secret island in the Caribbean, bioengineers have devised a vacation resort like no other, promising the ultimate escape. But when Dr. Roger Clark investigates, he discovers the dark secret of Eden Island and of Advance Biosystems, the shadowy...

Gore Vidal was one of America's greatest and most controversial writers. The author of twenty-three novels, five plays, three memoirs, numerous screenplays and short stories, and well over two hundred essays, he received the National Book Award in 1993...

He gazes at the bodies. Young men, probably in their early thirties. The wooden flooring around them has been stained dark red. He wonders what kind of monster could have done this.And why.As a murder detective in the Met Police, D.I. Matthew Denning is...

'The crime book of the year is unquestionably James Lee Burke's HEARTWOOD . . .there is no better crime writing coming out of America' EVENING STANDARDDeaf Smith, Texas, a small town with small town problems until the local boy made good Earl Deitrich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278999Author Ross MacdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Potter StylePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 203gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

'Well into MARTINA COLE territory' Independent'A cracking good read' JESSIE KEANEON THE STREETS OF LONDON, DANGER LURKS EVERYWHERE . . . Liv Anderson can take care of herself and she knows how to make money in a man's world. The daughter of a convicted...

Parker, the ruthless anti-hero of Richard Stark's eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hard-boiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose style - and adored by fans...

Newly married to his childhood sweetheart and happily settled in Glasgow, private enquiry agent Oz Blackstone is looking for a touch of the unexpected in his life. And when he's introduced to the seven-foot, granite-muscled figure of Everett Davis,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307740731Author Ross MacdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and...