Private Investigators

London, 1931. Nick Bassington-Hope, veteran of the Great War and controversial artist, is suddenly found dead. His death from a fall, the night before a much-anticipated exhibition of his work, is recorded as 'accidental'. But his sister is not convinced...

Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is...

The second gripping thriller in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'No one can plot or tell a story like McDermid' Express PI Kate Brannigan is hired to investigate a...

'A great writer' James Baldwin'Part vision, part satire, part farce ... a wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft' The New York TimesA plague is spreading across 1920s America, racing from New Orleans to New York. It's...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Fantastic' Lee Child'Absolutely brilliant' Mick HerronIf the truth's in the shadows, get out of the light . . . Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he's dead and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915889409Author Neil RootFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PublishNationPublisher PN BooksWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm

From NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Lawrence Block.In Manhattan thirty-one men have been meeting annually for years. Their private club meets only to record the passage of time and give toast to the joys of life. But suddenly they are dying at an alarming...

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An addictive Matt Scudder thriller.Matt Scudder is drawn into the case of a serial killer targeting criminals who the law cannot touch. The Will of the People, egged on by a vitriolic newspaper columnist, kills a sex offender, a mobster and a racist cult...

Told through four interlinked cases, this Gothic horror mystery sees Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula join forces to banish a terrible enemy 1902. Sherlock Holmes's latest case begins with a severed finger. With no signs of decomposition and an...

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 first mystery in the bestselling Kate Shackleton crime series! A Golden Age murder mystery set in 1920s Yorkshire, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T E Kinsey and Verity Bright.Take one quiet Yorkshire Village, add a measure of mystery, a...

S is for Silence is the nineteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. Just after Independence Day in July 1953 Violet Sullivan, a local good time girl living in Serena Station Southern California, drives off in her brand new Chevy and...

'A thrilling murder mystery that kept me turning the pages. Well worth a read' T.A. Williams A boutique hotel. A feral cat. A recipe for murder!The competition is fierce....Desperate to try and rebuild the reputation of Hopgood Hall, owners Alexi Ellis...

R is for Ricochet is the eighteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the...

Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, the police turn up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst - but they've come for his to ask for his help. A man was wrenched from his car by a mob at the riots' peak and escaped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912714339Author Arthur C DoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern PublishingWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 178mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780727889171Author Simon R. GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm) 223mm * 145mm *...

'Incredible! A vividly told mystery, perfect for fans of Jane Harper' ALLIE REYNOLDS, AUTHOR OF SHIVER'A triumphant debut' ROSE CARLYLE'Intriguing and compelling. Shelley Burr is a bright new talent' CHRIS HAMMEREVERYBODY THINKS THEY KNOW MINA McCREERY...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739305024Author Chris BlackwaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Catisfield BooksPublisher Catisfield BooksWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805084785Author Andrew James GreigFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Storm PublishingPublisher Storm PublishingWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 198mm...

The final stand-alone novel in King's wonderful Hodges trilogy, also featuring Holly Gibney, is now released with a stunning new cover look.The cell rings twice, and then his old partner in his ear . . . 'I'm at the scene of what appears to be a...

Corruption, murder, beauty and innocence . . . 'Great crime fiction started with Hammett' James Ellroy'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMESNed Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking,...

GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER in Barbara Nadel's twenty-third Ikmen mystery, as Ikmen and Suleyman work to uncover a tragic tale of dark secrets and double lives...In the early hours of the morning, Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is found dead at...

'The most exciting crime writer to have emerged in Britain for years' Ian Rankin'Denise Mina is Britain's best living crime writer' Sunday ExpressFROM THE COSTA-SHORTLISTED BESTSELLING AUTHORIn Glasgow, a child goes missing, taken from the front garden...

The gripping new Ben Hope thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller. THEY THOUGHT HE WAS AN EASY TARGET. THEY THOUGHT WRONG. It's a snowy, peaceful Christmas at Le Val, the rural...

New York Times Bestselling Author Sweeping from Mexico City to the dark underbelly of LA, The Silent Widow has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A...

In The New Adventures of Old Sherlock, a brand-new series, Holmes and Watson return to the site of their most famous case - and discover someone is hounding the Baskervilles!Sherlock Holmes needs a holiday, so Dr Watson has taken him to Dartmoor, where...

A detective rings the doorbell in the middle of the night.He wants to ask Jack Baxi some questions. Jack fears the police have come to arrest him. But things quickly take a darker, more violent turn.He isn't here to solve a crime.Because soon Jack is...

'An unmissable, breakneck ride into Moscow's dark underworld' James Swallow, bestselling author of Nomad'Great action sequences . . . breathtaking twists and turns' Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of Magpie Murders'The first Private outing for...

'An unmissable, breakneck ride into Moscow's dark underworld' James Swallow, bestselling author of Nomad'Great action sequences . . . breathtaking twists and turns' Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of Magpie Murders'The first Private outing for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783755100119Author Maurice LeBlancFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint GoPublishPublisher GoPublishWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

Mick Hardin is an Army CID officer home on leave, recovering from an IED attack, when a body is found in the centre of town. It's Barney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see his death as an occupational hazard. But when Barney's...

Private investigator Billie Carlson is back in the next gripping instalment of this utterly addictive series. WILL SHE SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH?PI Billie Carlson is in Cleveland, Ohio, following a lead on the whereabouts of her son,...

It's a brutal race to the finish line . . .July 2012: The Games have arrived in London and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence.When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953268136Author H K ChristieFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Keekstar MediaPublisher Keekstar MediaWeight(grams) 308g

One woman, four men, countless temptations on the streets of New York. This lost novel from legendary "Nero Wolfe" creator Rex Stout-unpublished for more than 90 years-presents a gripping psychological puzzle and a heroine you'll never forget. WHO WAS...

A KILLER. A SAINT. A TOWN FULL OF WHISPERS When an English expat is brutally murdered, his charred corpse left on a Loire Valley hillside, the police turn to juge d'instruction Matthieu Lombard to find the killer. Instead, Lombard discovers a...

A classic of the crime genre, A Fatal Inversion plunges you into the darker side of humanity with a plot that will keep you guessing throughout!'An absolute winner . . . a gripping read from start to end' Daily Mail'Brilliant. Vine has the kind of...

Corruption, conspiracy and a cop in trouble - only Cole and Pike can help.Elvis Cole is just a detective who can't say no, especially to a girl in a terrible fix. And Jennifer Sheridan qualifies. Her fiance, Mark Thurman, is a decorated LA cop with an...