Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A repeated tragedy on a long-established run. A suspect list of volunteers and joggers. Can DI Grump find the connection to the past among the egos and rifts of the present?The recently re-established Aviemore 5 suffers a major setback when, on its second holding,...

The five stories presented here in English for the first time, are drawn from the original series in Italian by the author "All'ombra di Sherlock Holmes".Dr Watson reveals five intriguing cases from his unpublished notes. In this collection, Sherlock Holmes faces a series of...

The five stories presented here in English for the first time, are drawn from the original series in Italian by the author "All'ombra di Sherlock Holmes".Dr Watson reveals five intriguing cases from his unpublished notes. In this collection, Sherlock Holmes faces a series of...

In this gripping #1 New York Times bestseller from Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark, a Manhattan ER doctor is brazenly murdered in front of his young son in a city playground. Five years later, his killer is still at large. When Laurie Moran's...

From the "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark, a gripping and twisting mystery featuring a television news reporter who finds herself drawn into a terrifying web of treachery, where nothing is as it seems and the truth may be too devastating to pursue. The...

Author: Ellen CrosbyISBN-10: 1448317797ISBN-13: 9781448317790Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/05/2027Pages: 240Format: Hardcover

Author: G. M. MallietISBN-10: 1448321670ISBN-13: 9781448321674Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2026Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10d

A deliberately alternative-canon Sherlock Holmes novel.After Dr. John Watson's death, his final manuscript shocks the world with an unthinkable accusation: Sherlock Holmes was Jack the Ripper.The evidence is intimate, horrifying, and apparently conclusive. But Professor James Moriarty refuses to let the verdict stand. Writing...

1925. Las Cruces, New Mexico. The investigation into the murders of three tribal councillors has stagnated amid accusations of racial prejudice. When newspaper publisher Bessie de la Paz requests advice to jumpstart the investigation, former Baker Street Irregular Ben Irwin arrives to assist in...

Young women working in London cinema box offices are being drawn into a strange criminal scheme-and those who discover too much are dying.A frightened cashier tells Inspector French that she and several other women have been paid to exchange ordinary coins for nearly identical...

Palm Beach media personality BJ Baker's favorite possession just got stolen from his palatial home.Baker's been told that Miami Jones is the only one who can get it back.Jones would rather be enjoying a beverage at his favorite Florida bar, but there's something about...

A relationship ended. A deadly obsession began.When Daniel Price is found murdered inside his St. Louis condominium, Detective Sergeant Mick Callahan and his partner, Darius Coleman, confront a crime scene filled with unsettling contradictions. There is no forced entry. Nothing valuable appears to be...

Bermuda is known for its turquoise waters and pink-sand beaches, but a bruised violet sky is about to bring a different kind of tide.As a hurricane claws its way up the Atlantic, the residents of this isolated archipelago are bolting their shutters and bracing...

A rediscovered Golden Age crime classic praised by Agatha Christie as "one of the best detective stories ever written." "Every detective writer of today owes something, consciously or unconsciously, to its liberating and inspiring influence." --Dorothy L. Sayers Wall Street tycoon Sigsbee Manderson has...

The boys are back!When Ted and Xander coax a reluctant Archie to the local farmers market, not one of them expects the outing to end in an apparent murder.With Ted's job on the line and the clock ticking, can the trio determine who killed...

Paris, 1851. A mute stranger with a ruined face and a torn-out tongue steps off the boat from South America. The savages could not kill him. His own pupil will.The false marquis de Chamery is winning. Concepcion de Sallandrera is nearly his, her fortune...

The bleakest winter on record and a gruesome discovery bring DCI David Morton to the Hackney Marshes in search of a clue, any clue, as to the identity of a dead child found near the Old River Lea. Meanwhile, closer to home, Morton's long...

Some fortunes are inherited.Others have to be earned.When attorney Emma Lawson attends what should have been a routine will reading, she expects to confirm that her elderly client has inherited nothing and catch the afternoon train home.Instead, she finds herself named as a contestant...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Murder by the Clock pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. "Murder by the clock" by Rufus King stands as a classic entry in the realm of detective fiction....

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Witching Hill pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Venture into the tranquil yet unsettling world of suburban London in E. W. Hornung's "Witching Hill," a classic mystery where...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Carnacki, the Ghost Finder pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Delve into the chilling world of "Carnacki, The Ghost Finder," a collection of supernatural horror tales by William...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Old Man in the Corner pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Step into the world of classic crime with "The Old Man in the Corner" by Baroness...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of At the Villa Rose pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Delve into the intricate world of "At the Villa Rose," a classic of detective fiction by A. E....

The dawn has come, but the shadow is eternal.A year has passed since the Celestial Alignment nearly destroyed London. The Palladium Order lies shattered, its leaders dead or imprisoned, its ancient artifacts secured by the Guardians of the Balance. Sherlock Vance and Dr. Elias...

No one stumbled into this.No one acted on impulse.This was planned-and it was criminal.When three-year-old Robbie disappears on a blisteringly hot afternoon, panic grips everyone who loves him. A crowded beach. A moment's distraction. A child gone.But Detective Inspector Ziggy Thornes quickly realises this...

The Mayville Shop-Rite is closing in nine days.The shelves are being auctioned off. The employees are counting down their final paychecks. The town is preparing to lose one more piece of itself.Then longtime produce manager Hal Brenner is found crushed beneath a collapsed pallet...

For the Detective Game SuperfanWhen six individuals with rather colorful lives spend a weekend at a gothic mansion together... someone's bound to wind up dead.Amelia Rillo. Forty-three year old high school history teacher using her savings to take a long deserved trip after being...

Through Dancing Poppies: Miss Gascoigne mysteries book 3: an intriguing cosy mystery set in the swinging 1960sPoppy Bell is a teenage singing sensation about to 'hit the big time' and newly engaged to a man old enough to be her father. Everyone says she's...

Volume 10 - The Edwardian doctor detective solves on two more puzzling casesThe author of this special Leonaur collection of the detective story novels, featuring Dr. John Thorndyke was, in fact, a physician himself, Dr. Richard Austin Freeman, (1862-1943). This eleven volume set of...

Sherlock Holmes is back in an unpublished case that will change everything you thought you knew about him.When a professor of cryptology is found murdered outside the British Museum, his dying message sends Holmes and Watson on a breathless chase across four continents. The...

Sherlock Holmes meets Arsène Lupin in a battle of wits, sacrifice, and the deadliest chess game ever played.When Baron Octave de Crévacoeur is found murdered in his Paris mansion, Inspector Ganimard is trapped in a maze of cryptic notes that lead nowhere - every...

"The Murder at the Vicarage" marks the iconic debut of Miss Jane Marple, one of literature's most beloved and sharp-witted amateur sleuths. Set in the quiet, seemingly idyllic village of St. Mary Mead, the peace is shattered when the unpopular Colonel Protheroe is found...

There are some griefs so complete they begin to invent their own evidence.When twenty-eight-year-old architect Violet Holloway wakes from a coma after a devastating car accident, she remembers three dead children no one else believes ever existed. Not her polished attorney husband, Silas Holloway....

A prairie town. An ambitious police officer. A case that could destroy everything.In a small town in Saskatchewan, a string of armed robberies could finally earn Officer Jeffrey Hanson the promotion he wants. Determined to prove himself, he throws himself into the investigation, certain...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Whose Body? pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. A baffling mystery grips England's aristocracy in Dorothy L. Sayers's enthralling novel, "Whose Body?: A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel." When...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Man in the Brown Suit pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. A chance encounter at a London tube station plunges a young woman into a thrilling adventure...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of Clouds of Witness pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Step back in time with Dorothy L. Sayers' classic "Clouds of Witness," a captivating English detective fiction featuring the...

A Detective Vincent Wheeler Thriller, Book 1 In the basement of a crumbling hotel in Warm Springs, Virginia, a construction crew uncovers human bones sealed behind a brick wall. They've been there for over a hundred and sixty years.State detective Vincent Wheeler arrives to...

In a village where everyone takes their tea seriously, someone just made it deadly. Former London food journalist Clementine "Clem" Ashbycame to the picturesque Cotswold village ofThornwick-on-Wye to sell her great-aunt's tea roomand leave her disastrous city life behind. Two years later, she's still...

We always want to know who's doing what, what is happening behind closed doors, who's actually aligned with whom.So we send out our spies, our talented chameleons, to gather information for us.But things rarely go as planned.What you'll find here are fascinating, thrilling, and...

"Two Flights Up" is a compelling blend of mystery and romance written by the celebrated author Mary Roberts Rinehart. Set against the backdrop of a respectable but struggling household, the story follows Holly Chase, a young woman navigating the complexities of social standing and...

The Seventh Shot by Harry Coverdale belongs to a tradition of early twentieth-century crime fiction in which tension is built not only through action, but through the careful unfolding of events and the steady revelation of hidden truths. The title itself immediately suggests a...

She was killed on her wedding day...but he couldn't let her go.Tall, handsome Dr. Spencer Py was a well-respected environmental scientist...then his new bride Melanie was killed in the limo crash which left him in a wheelchair. Racked with despair over his failure to...

"The Big Four" is a gripping mystery and espionage thriller that pits the world-renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot against a formidable international crime syndicate. Unlike many of Poirot's more confined cases, this narrative expands into a global conspiracy as the detective and his loyal...

Experience the foundational cases of one of the Golden Age of detective fiction's most iconic figures in "The Roman Hat Mystery" and "The French Powder Mystery". These two novels introduced the world to Ellery Queen, the brilliant amateur sleuth who combines sharp deductive reasoning...

Someone Is Watching....Someone is watching Lauren Hughes. At first, it's just unsettling. Then it's terrifying.Disturbing gifts. Escalating threats. A presence that never seems far away.Lauren has always been fearless-until now.Lawyer and private investigator Quille C. Davis knows the danger to her best friend is...

A prodigal son's search for his missing father reunites him with the love of his life--and draws him into the haunting mystery of unexplained murders in a remote Montana town, masterfully crafted by award-winning author Wesley King. It's been seven long years since Everett...

"The Strange Disappearance of Mary Young" is a gripping mystery that marks the debut of detective Tommy Rankin, one of the most meticulous investigators in early twentieth-century crime fiction. Set against the vibrant backdrop of a bustling amusement park, the narrative begins with an...

"Death in the Dusk" is a haunting mystery that masterfully blends the elements of a classic detective story with the brooding atmosphere of the Gothic tradition. Set within the isolated and rugged landscapes of Wales, the narrative unfolds at the ancient mansion of Llwll,...

"The Markenmore Mystery" is a compelling example of classic British detective fiction from the Golden Age of crime writing. When Guy Markenmore returns to his ancestral home, Markenmore Court, after a seven-year absence, his arrival is met with tension and unresolved family conflict. However,...