International Crime & Mystery

Winner of the Crime Fiction Lover Best Indie Crime Novel of 2022'Ingenious, light-hearted and old-fashioned in the best possible way. A great read.' - Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time'A seriously fun read.' - Dervla McTiernan, author of The Murder...

#1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorStephanie Plum returns to hunt down a master cyber-criminal operating out of Trenton in the 28th book in the wildly popular series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. When Stephanie Plum is woken...

'This is Baldacci at his formidable best, teasing the reader with hints and suggestions while pushing the story forward at breakneck pace. Do not miss it.' Sunday TimesKiller twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci. Simply Lies is an intense...

'Is this his best yet?...Full of sinister menace and propulsive pace with twisty plotting' Lee ChildWHAT REALLY LIES WITHIN?High on a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion. Uninhabited except for Blake, a young woman of mysterious background,...

The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer, Andrea Camilleri.It's been raining for days in Vigata, and the persistent downpours have led to violent floods overwhelming the Inspector's beloved hometown,...

'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax' Daily Mail 'Gwynne Jones's talent for evoking place...

Icelandic detective Elma faces mortal danger as she investigates the death of a young man in a mysterious Akranes house fire, and a Dutch au pair's perfect placement turns deadly ... The breathtaking third instalment in the award-winning Forbidden...

'A summer must-read' Red 'Exotic and mysterious - I was gripped by this complex tale' Dinah Jefferies, author of number one bestselling The Tea Planter's Wife 'This story of twists and turns transcends era and genre. Absolutely brilliant' Kerry Fisher,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616955878Author Mick HerronFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Soho Press IncPublisher Soho Press IncWeight(grams) 264g

'I adore everything about it . . . the perfect blend of mystery and romcom' ALI HAZELWOODFinlay and Vero need a girls' weekend away...Some peace and quiet to negotiate with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero's childhood crush Javi, and find a stolen car...

'As dazzling as anything brought off by Ellery Queen or Agatha Christie' New York Times'Incomparable excitement' New York TimesDorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married ...

One girl missing. Another found dead. Only one detective can solve this case.'One of the greats of modern crime fiction' Sunday TimesWhen a young woman known for drug smuggling goes missing, her elderly grandparents have no choice but to call the retired...

THE SINISTER & CHILLING THR SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF RICHARD & JUDY THRILLER NO ONE HOMEI buried you. I mourned you.But now you're back . . .A woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper that...

A twisty and ingenious classic Japanese murder mystery from the author of The Decagon House Murders Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous...

A luxury cruise liner, abandoned with no crew, steaming into the mid-Atlantic.And you are the only passenger left on board.'Astonishing' IAN RANKIN'The premise is excellent... [a] mile-a-minute, bite-your-nails-to-the-quick ride of a novel, but I will...

`About this coast... In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking spy novel, The...

The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit circle of researchers at New York's famed Met Cloisters museum.'Beguiling and...

The past is a foreign country . . .Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people as a police officer. That is until Chris, her colleague - and fiance - is found dead, brutally murdered in an old...

*The thrilling new novel from Lucy Clarke, THE HIKE, is available to buy now* 'A terrific summer read' Richard & Judy Two sisters, one life-changing journey... There are...

It is just the beginning of a convulsed week, where danger lurks behind army headquarters, down sordid streets, and in the frightening Presidium of the Criminal Police. Bora is unexpectedly ordered by SS General Arthur Nebe, head of Kripo, to investigate...

Eva is walking by the river with her seven-year-old daughter when they catch sight of a man's body in the water. Eva tells her daughter to wait while she calls the police, but when she reaches the phone box she doesn't call them. Instead she phones her...

The second book in Alexander McCall Smith's new DETECTIVE VARG series . . .'Reading the novel feels like a form of meditation . . . There is much to enjoy' ScotsmanSpring is coming slowly to Sweden - though not quite as slowly as Detective Ulf Varg's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999765583Author Michael RidpathFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Yarmer HeadPublisher Yarmer HeadWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 21mm

Agatha Christie meets The Mitford Murders in this deliciously dark golden age mystery of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England.**DON'T MISS THE LASTEST JOSEPHINE FOX MYSTERY, A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. OUT NOW!**April 1941, Romsey, England...

The epic sequel to Victim Without a Face. ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY. A car speeds through the streets of Helsingborg. When it reaches the harbour, the driver keeps going, straight into the cold, dark sea. A BODY IN THE WATER. But it is not a...

SUZUKI IS JUST AN ORDINARY MATHS TEACHER...UNTIL HIS WIFE IS MURDERED.Seeking justice, he leaves his old life behind to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of the most unusual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119524Author M.L. LongworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 221g

'WILL MAKE READERS LONG FOR LAZY DAYS IN RURAL FRANCE' Irish IndependentA missing art student. An international investigation. A secret that will shatter Bruno's charming village of St Denis.A rich American art student is found dead at the bottom of a...

The new novel from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning, queen of Icelandic crime. All he wants is for them to say sorry. The police find out about the crime the way everyone does: on Snapchat. The video shows the terrified victim begging for...

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend: in the sixteenth century eight samurai, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a...

From the bestselling author of Death and Croissants and Death and Fromage comes a murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Julia Chapman, or MC Beaton Richard Ainsworth's French B&B has been taken over by a production company shooting a...

The smell grew riper, thicker. She began to breathe through her teeth. She'd smelled violent death too many times to mistake it.'When New York homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas makes the gruesome discovery of a mutilated and dismembered body, the hunt is on...

**THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK!****The sixth in the Millennium series - more than 100 million copies sold worldwide**"Expertly told, the plot crackles with life" DAILY MAIL"Salander is centre stage . . . A pacy read" SUNDAY EXPRESS"Exciting...

The gripping psychological thriller debut of No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. 'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, The Ice Princess is a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid *One of TIME's...

A BBC Two Between the Covers Pick'A tragicomic masterpiece' Daily TelegraphAll that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.Viktor is an aspiring writer in Ukraine with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company.Although Viktor would...

Commissario Soneri returns home for a hard-earned autumn holiday, hoping to spend a few days mushroom picking on the slopes of Montelupo. This isolated village relies on the salame factory founded in the post-war years by Palmiro Rodolfi, and now run by...

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Selected as a Best Crime Novel of the Month by The Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Irish Times. Chosen as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month 'Lightseekers is the type of detective crime thriller that...

The road to fame is paved with danger... as Cole and Pike are about to find out.Peter Alan Nelsen is a super-successful movie director who is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants now is to find the wife and infant child he dumped on the road...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781448307937Author Simon BrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm *...