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Invisible Weapons by John Rhode 9780008268817
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre. The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece’s cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems... -
‘We Know You’re Busy Writing…’: The Collected Short Stories of Edmund Crispin by Edmund Crispin 9780008530662
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.09The complete collection of published short stories of Edmund Crispin, together in one volume for the first time. 'Detective stories are anti-social. It's quite impossible to... -
Six Against the Yard by The Detection Club 9780008283186
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.95A unique anthology for crime aficionados – six ‘perfect murder’ stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish,... -
Paul Temple and the Tyler Mystery (A Paul Temple Mystery) by Francis Durbridge 9780008252908
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22When two young women are found murdered within a week of each other, Scotland Yard enlist the help of sleuthing crime writer Paul Temple to unravel the mystery. Working in tandem with his astute and... -
The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club 9780007569700
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.68A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative... -
Bodies from the Library 6: Lost Tales of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection by Tony Medawar 9780008522803
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the latest volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of... -
The Ponson Case (Detective Club Crime Classics) by Freeman Wills Crofts
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. When the body of Sir William Ponson is found in... -
Bodies from the Library 6: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Masters of the Golden Age of Detection by Tony Medawar 9780008522773
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.11Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf. The sixth volume of... -
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club by John Curran
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £30.70Winner of the 2019 H.R.F. Keating Award for best biography or critical book related to crime fiction! A lavish full-colour celebration of the 2000 books by more than 250 authors published... -
Two Bottles of Relish: The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories Lord Dunsany 9780008159382
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the... -
Another Woman’s Shoes: Based on Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case by Francis Durbridge 9780008276379
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.97This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case also includes a bonus short story, 'Paul Temple and the Nightingale'. It was an open-and-shut case: Lucy Staines was... -
The Tightrope Men by Desmond Bagley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Norway and Finland. When Giles Denison of Hampstead wakes up in an Oslo hotel room and finds the face looking back at him in the... -
Dead to the World: Based on Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery by Francis Durbridge 9780008276355
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.74This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery also includes a Paul Temple short story, 'The Ventriloquist's Doll'. Photographer and amateur detective Philip... -
Killer, Come Back To Me by Ray Bradbury
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centenary, this collection commemorates his finest crime stories - tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time... -
Ben on the Job by J. Jefferson Farjeon
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out. Ben knew that whenever his thumbs were itching, something 'orrible'... -
Little God Ben by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780008155971
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the... -
Ben Sees It Through by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780008155940
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure. Returning home to his Cockney roots after a trip... -
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Ben Sees It Through by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780008155940 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.19With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure. Returning home to his Cockney roots after a trip... -
Number Nineteen: Ben's Last Case by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780008156060
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.67Ben the tramp's uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon. On a grey afternoon he was destined never to... -
No. 17 by J. Jefferson Farjeon 9780008155889
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at-heels rascal who can't help running into trouble. Ben is back home from the Merchant Navy, penniless as usual and... -
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery (Inspector French Mystery) by Freeman Wills Crofts
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fourth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. THE BODY THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE ... -
The Cask (Detective Club Crime Classics) by Freeman Wills Crofts
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28From the Collins Crime Club archive, the seminal first novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' and recognised as one of the 'big four' Golden Age crime... -
The Pit-Prop Syndicate (Detective Club Crime Classics) by Freeman Wills Crofts 9780008333966
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.42From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third standalone novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'. Seymour Merriman's holiday in France comes to an... -
The Sinking Admiral by The Detection Club 9780008100452
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.68The Floating Admiral was the first of the Detection Club's collaborative novels, in which twelve of its members wrote a single novel. Eighty-five years later, fourteen members of the club have once... -
The Golden Keel by Desmond Bagley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95The first action thriller by the classic adventure writer, set in Italy. When the Allies invaded southern Italy in 1943, Mussolini's personal treasure was moved north to safety under... -
High Citadel by Desmond Bagley 9780008211141
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the South American Andes. When Tim O'Hara's plane is hijacked and forced to crash land in the middle of the Andes, his troubles are... -
Windfall by Desmond Bagley
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.99Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in Kenya. When a legacy of GBP40 million is left to a small college in Kenya, investigations... -
The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley 9780008211172
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in South America. Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is blasted apart when his brother is murdered. The killer was after a family... -
The Freedom Trap by Desmond Bagley 9780008211233
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Malta. The Scarperers, a brilliantly organised gang which gets long-term inmates out of prison, spring a notorious Russian double... -
Wyatt's Hurricane by Desmond Bagley 9780008211158
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the islands of the Caribbean. Ferocious Hurricane Mabel is predicted to pass harmlessly amongst the islands of the Caribbean. But... -
Buried for Pleasure (A Gervase Fen Mystery) by Edmund Crispin
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. In the sleepy... -
Running Blind by Desmond Bagley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Iceland. The assignment begins with a simple errand - a parcel to deliver. But to Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in... -
The Spoilers by Desmond Bagley 9780008211196
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Middle East. When film tycoon Robert Hellier loses his daughter to heroin, he declares war on the drug pedlars, the faceless... -
Landslide by Desmond Bagley 9780008211165
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in British Columbia. Bob Boyd is a geologist, as resilient as the British Columbia timber country where he works for the powerful... -
Bahama Crisis by Desmond Bagley 9780008211332
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the islands of the Caribbean. Tom Mangan was a sharply successful entrepreneur who lured the super-rich to his luxury hotels in the... -
Night of Error by Desmond Bagley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Pacific. When Mark Trevelyan dies on a journey to a remote Pacific atoll, the verdict that it was natural causes doesn't convince... -
Swan Song (A Gervase Fen Mystery) by Edmund Crispin
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best. When an opera... -
Design For Murder: Based on ‘Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair’ by Francis Durbridge 9780008242077
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Never before published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1951, this long-lost novelisation reworks the nail-biting radio serial 'Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair' with new... -
Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63In Raymond Chandler's favourite novel, Mr Bowling buys the newspapers only to find out what the latest is on the murders he's just committed... Mr Bowling is getting away with murder. On... -
The Deductions of Colonel Gore (Detective Club Crime Classics) by Lynn Brock
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63This brand new edition of the first novel to feature the officer and gentleman detective Colonel Wickham Gore includes the first ever reprint of the only Colonel Gore novella, Too Much Imagination. ...