Suspense

A chilling police surveillance thriller from 'one of the masters of the genre' Sunday TelegraphAt the funeral the bells of the church were rung open rather than half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come, along with corporate...

'I love the Children's House series and Yrsa delivers again with The Doll. Such engaging characters and a compelling, twisted and creepy mystery - I couldn't put it down!' SHARI LAPENA 'Yrsa is a wonderful storyteller. Her stories are atmospheric,...

________'A taut, psychologically gripping, gut-wrenching thriller from one of my favourite writers.' - LISA JEWELL'Astonishingly good' C L TAYLOR'We guarantee you'll be gripped' Closer________There are three things no-one can prepare you for when your...

'An electrifying read! If you like your thrillers pulsing with tension, you're going to LOVE Good Girls Die Last!' LESLEY KARA'Such a propulsive, enraging story' HARRIET TYCE'Impossible to put down, right to the gut-punch ending. Stunning, I absolutely...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Manda Scott, a captivating, stirring and breath-taking historical adventure full of honour, loyalty and bravery. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow, Robert Harris and Conn Iggulden."A tale that shines like the...

The #1 New York Times bestseller 'Glossy, gritty, breathlessly suspenseful, effortlessly authentic, and altogether wonderful ' Lee Child 'A compelling, suspenseful mystery' Mark...

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos. THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR27 MILLION BOOKS SOLDWINNER OF THE GLASS...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316576796Author T J NewmanFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and Company

Amid the heat of Brazil, explosives expert Jaq Silver has one goal - vengeance. When her enemies take what she treasures most, she will do anything to make them pay. But a series of betrayals leave Jaq unsure of those she can trust, and she realises...

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE SOMEONE ELSE?Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When things get tough in her real life, all she has to do is throw on some nicer clothes, adopt a new accent and she can escape...

Features: New cover art In-universe short story Warm Up A teaser for the forthcoming sequel Vengeance Specially designed end papers - unique to this edition Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely...

A missing doctor with a long list of aggrieved patients leads to a complicated case for DI Faraday. From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADDI Joe Faraday's Management Assistant, Vanessa Parry, is dead, killed in a head-on car smash. Her funeral is a...

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.AwardsShort-listed for Agatha Awards (Best Contemporary Novel) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781496726766Author Edwin HillFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Kensington...

With the suspense of JEFFERY DEAVER, the tension of THOMAS HARRIS and the gruesomeness of M. J. ARLIDGE, The Mayfly is a breathtaking debut that will have you leaving your lights on all night. A mutilated body discovered in the woods. A murderous plan...

'With fascinating characters and an intriguing plot, this is a real page turner' Katie FfordeSuper-sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back with her most puzzling case yet . . . a mysterious death at the local cliffs.Colin Hardcastle has arranged for two men to...

Non stop adventure and death defying chases in Will Adam's outstanding debut novel. It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, and Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be, placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each...

'Compelling' GuardianNew York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town where even the blinding sun can't mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer...Golden Cove was a peaceful town.Then one fateful summer a tragedy...

Power, corruption, and murder are coming for Buddy Lock and his family in a breathtaking thriller from author James Tucker. A Long Island fishing crew makes a horrific catch: the bodies of an Asian couple dragged up with the trawl from the Atlantic...

'A spine-tingling tale of a small town harbouring deadly secrets. With humour, stunning suspense and romance: River Road is a complete page-turner' Booklist (starred)It's been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River . . . Her last visit...

Psychologist Alex Delaware is confronted with a dark and vicious plot of violence and murder in TIME BOMB, an enthralling thriller from New York Times No. 1 bestselling Jonathan Kellerman, author of KILLER and BREAKDOWN. Fans of Harlan Coben and Michael...

It is a hot summer's day in the tourist village of Avebury. A man sits outside the Red Lion pub, waiting. He sees a woman with three young children, two of them running ahead while their sister dawdles behind. A child's voice catches on the breeze.For...

Classic Jack Higgins for a new generation When a treasure is priceless, men will die for it... When a naked girl runs out into the lights of Jack Nelson's jeep, the freelance pilot finds himself submerged in the most perilous...

'A powerful psychological murder mystery written with compassion and candour' Daily Mail'I devoured this book in one sitting; it's gripping throughout with a brilliant twist in the tip of its tail.' ERIN KELLY, bestselling author of He Said She...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501126949Author Iain ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...

'Deplorably readable' Observer Everyone knew about the kind of films they showed at the Calliope Club - once the Residents' Association and the local Women's Group had given them some free publicity. But when Peter Pascoe's dentist suggests...

"This one haunts you for reasons you can't quite put your finger on. . . . [Josh Malerman] defies categories and comparisons with other writers."-Kirkus ReviewsOnly three people know Carol Evers' secret.Her best friend, who's dead.Her husband, who hates...

TWO SUSPECTS. TWO IDENTICAL STORIES. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH? *** On a scorching day in Western Australia, a man named Gabriel stumbles into the remote police station in Wilbrook. He is badly injured, covered in dust and dried blood. He has fought his...

TWO SUSPECTS. TWO IDENTICAL STORIES. WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH? *** On a scorching day in Western Australia, a man named Gabriel stumbles into the remote police station in Wilbrook. He is badly injured, covered in dust and dried blood. He has fought his...

'Griffin's characters leap off the page, and she throws myriad twists, turns, and red herrings into her taut plot as it rockets to a heart-pounding finale. The result is a high-stakes romantic thriller that's sure to please' Publishers WeeklyWith her...

'A compelling, prescient tale of an alternate world with far too many scary similarities to our own.' Angela ClarkeLet me repeat myself, so we can be very clear. Women are not the enemy. We must protect them from themselves, just as much as we must...

'ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS OUT THERE' Elly Griffiths 'I BARELY CAME UP FOR AIR' Jo Furniss 'CONFIRMS WATKINS IN THE FRONT RANK OF BRITISH CRIME WRITERS' Daily Mail 'A RIVETING...

The sequel to Lynda La Plante's groundbreaking thriller, Widows - now a major feature film. DOLLY, LINDA, SHIRLEY AND BELLA ARE BACK. AND THIS TIME IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH. Against all the odds, Dolly Rawlins and her gangland widows managed the...

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly writes novels of brilliantly original suspense. In this electrifying tour de force, he takes us into a world of extremes: too much criminality, too much money, and too many ways to die. In L.A. Cassie...

The death of Lord Henry Fitzalan on the feast of St Matthew, 1303, is a matter widely reported but little mourned. Infamous for his lecherous tendencies, his midnight trysts with a coven of witches and his boundless self-interest, he was a man of few...

'The power that I have dreamed of all my life is mine at last!' How far is a mother prepared to go to secure her daughter's future? Madame Fontaine, widow of an eminent chemist, has both the determination and the cunning to bring young Minna's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662509766Author Mia SheridanFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint MontlakePublisher Amazon Publishing

"Was that an indrawn breath, or a hiss of static? She heard someone dialling on another line..." Barbara Waugh's daughter Angela was kidnapped aged four, and when a disfigured body turns up that appears to be the end of the matter. Dealing with grief,...

A terrifying ghost story from the Queen of Icelandic crime, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of the Thora Gudmundsdottir novels.'Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world.' - Peter JamesThe crunching noise had resumed, now...

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. The guns of Navarone, huge and catastrophically accurate, embedded atop an impregnable iron fortress in the Mediterranean...