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Stratos Gazis hates being called a hit man. What he is, is a conscientious fixer. He fixes problems that few can fix. Things that people are willing to pay handsomely to get done provided he concludes the targets deserve their fate. The story centers...

Clandestine chemistry and the LA underworld provide the atmosphere for this kaleidoscopic tale of lost memories and the heartbreak of finding them, from the author of 'The Contortionist's Handbook'. When Eric Ashworth wakes in jail, he has no...

Single-mother Fran returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her dying father when a devastating bush fire breaks out. A heartbreaking, nail-biting disaster-noir thriller from the bestselling author of The Cry and Worst Case Scenario. 'Urgent, angry,...

'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS - - and two robbers hired by a local crime boss manage to heist half a million dollars from an armored car. But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394757681Author Raymond ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

'Atkins's Quinn Colson series is, quite simply, the best in crime fiction today - and also so much more . . . unforgettable' Megan Abbott The Pritchards had never been worth a damn - an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616958688Author Stephen Mack JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913498795Author Rachel AmphlettFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Saxon Publishing Ltd.Publisher Saxon Publishing Ltd.Weight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

'Frankly superb. This pummelling eco-thriller camouflages the true 'understory' of societal collapse, and glows in the dark with original thinking' David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A speculative...

Don't look at Them Don't speak of Them Never enter Their world Those are the rules that Ethan Chase lives by when it comes to the dark fairies that robbed him of his sister. But they are still on his trail and Ethan can't fight fate forever. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553286441Author Robert CraisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451613223Author Adrian McKintyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

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...

'Well plotted and page turning' - Patricia Gibney'A tense, fast-paced, and deftly plotted thriller, which kept me guessing right to the end. I'm already looking forward to the next outing for Detective Sergeant Lucy Golden and her crew!'- Andrea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781799956365Author Meg GardinerFormat PaperbackImprint Blackstone PublishingPublisher Blackstone PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Angel Dare went into Witness Protection to escape her past - not as a porn star, but as a killer who took down the sex slavery ring that destroyed her life. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. When a former co-star is gunned down, it's up to Angel...

Set before the events of the Reichenbach Falls, the formidable Sherlock Holmes is back. Tested to the extreme by cyphers, cryptic clues, and Professor James Moriarty - his greatest adversary. This is the last of the four Sherlock Holmes novels.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616959005Author Cara BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press Inc

The gripping noir thriller from the bestselling author of The Last. They want the truth. They'll kill to get it. Eli and Ronnie are two lawless Brits on the road in America. Their mission is to find Trent, a guy who screwed Eli over and disappeared...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400032518Author Charles WillefordFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

From "one of the most important American writers of the 20th century" (Walter Mosley) comes a classic thriller in the trailblazing Harlem Detectives series, in which love and jealousy erupt into violence. One early morning, Reverend Short is watching...

The sixteenth Parker novel, "Butcher's Moon" is more than twice as long as most of the master heister's adventures and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect. Back in the corrupt town where he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101908051Author James EllroyFormat HardbackPage Count 1416Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1208gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139207Author Kathy AckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

A visceral thriller from the creator of the hit BBC drama Silent Witness, introducing synaesthetic detective DCI Mark Lapslie. I've looked into the eyes of women who have banged nine-inch nails into the skulls of their victims with hammers ... we...

'Stayed up late finishing this, just had to know what happened, brilliant final twist! Gripping page-turner with great characters'Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris She says she's innocent.DO YOU BELIEVE HER? ...

'Wonderful. . . properly noir' Ian Rankin 'Devastating and brilliant' Sunday Times 'Happiness for those unused to it is like food for the starving - a little too much can be fatal.' Writer Jeff Colombier is not accustomed to success. Twice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316404044Author Jim ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

To the tradition of eldritch horror pioneered and refined by writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti comes Laird Barron, an author whose literary voice invokes the grotesque, the devilish, and the perverse with intensity and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451613247Author Adrian McKintyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Scrb - Scribner MacMillanPublisher Scrb - Scribner MacMillanWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316403849Author Jim ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316509633Author Walter MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mulholland BooksPublisher Mulholland BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Hugo Award (Novel) 2008 and Locus Awards (Science Fiction) 2008 and Nebula Awards 2007 and ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2008. Runner-up for John W. Campbell...

A seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity leads a PI and his ex-con assistant on a murderous trail, in a sophisticated, riveting, cunningly plotted historical thriller set in interwar and prohibition-era Norway. 'An expertly...

Maxwell Dent studied law at McGill and served in the RCAF and Intelligence M-5 during the Korean War. For a private investigator, he's as respectable as they come. No wonder then he's summoned to Huntley Ashton's Westmount mansion. A respected captain of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982163822Author Robert CraisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Pocket BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 104mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802158185Author Donna LeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat

The truth was buried along with their bodies . . . until now. FROM THE CREATOR OF BBC DRAMA SILENT WITNESS, COMES A GRIPPING AND SINISTER THRILLER THAT WILL HAVE YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. During the murder investigation of a teenage boy, DCI Mark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992905712Author Ap WyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint 978-0-9929057-1-2Publisher 978-0-9929057-1-2Weight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

'Wow just incredible... The killer's identity just took my breath away... Breathtaking suspense and mystery that will blow you away... Outstanding. ' Surjit's Book Blog In the golden afternoon light, the young woman lies perfectly still, her...