Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow!The Comfort of Ghosts completes Jacqueline Winspear's ground-breaking and internationally bestselling series.Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future.London, 1945:...

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . . Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett...

A dark cloud has descended upon the elegant mansion of Jazz Age New York's illustrious Greene family as, one by one, the heirs to the fortune die off under mysterious circumstances. It begins when an intruder shoots two daughters, leaving one dead. Soon after,...

Author: David RosenfeltISBN-10: 1250354153ISBN-13: 9781250354150Publisher: MacMillan AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2024Format: CDWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 1.00h x 1.00w x 1.00d

The Big Four, written by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie, is a captivating detective novel that plunges the legendary Hercule Poirot into a world of international intrigue. Originally published in 1927, this timeless classic continues to enthrall readers with its suspenseful plot,...

Author: Shelley ShearerISBN-10: 195832101XISBN-13: 9781958321010Publisher: Tannhauser PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2024Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d

As the story opens, the sound of a girls voice in a single cry of horror rings through the halls of a dismal old mansion on the Baltimore Pike. The rescuers who break in the door find Malachi Trent's niece staring spellbound at his...

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes? I am or was, Lady Juliet Armstrong, Baroness Crestwell. Having been murdered, I am deceased and require your assistance."Thus began the strangest partnership in the long career of Sherlock Holmes. In Book One of this series we met the brash and...

Filled with deceptions both real and imagined, Death Sits Down to Dinner is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in London. Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an invitation to a dinner party hosted by her close friend Hermione Kingsley, the patroness of England's largest...

A fast paced thriller with an ending you'll never see coming, Cold Dark Fear is the prequel novella to The Kensington Killers series and can be read as a stand-alone in under four hours. Grab this book before you go to bed -- Prepare...

The man was not meant to die; the daggers were only theatrical props, plastic and harmless. A summer's night, a production of Julius Caesar among the ruins of an Anglo-Saxon fort. Detective Inspector Tremayne is there with his sergeant, Clare Yarwood. The assassination scene,...

Spenser investigates a case that hits far too close to home for his comfort in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series. Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snow storm when he gets word that Rita Fiore's been shot. Rita's always...

Since Sherlock Holmes first learned of the sinister house of ruthless criminals, his focus has been two-fold; stop the organization from accomplishing any more ruinous felonious acts and, more importantly, uncover the criminal genius behind the whole enterprise. In a compressed timeframe, and relying...

2024 Reprint of the 1927 Edition. In this mystery, created from a reworked collection of short stories, Poirot enters the world of international espionage. The original stories were published in 1924 and it was in 1926 that Agatha Christie, in need of a new...

Celebrating 100 Years of Detectives Stories This is the very first collection of amazing short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings. First, there was the film star and the diamond mystery... then came the 'suicide' that was a murder... What links these fascinating...

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie's first novel, this new edition includes a previously deleted chapter and a previously unpublished essay, 'Drugs and Detective Stories', where Christie talks about Poirot's first case and how it inspired her writing. It is widely...

In The Sign of Four, the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, famously says: "... when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ...". Eliminate the Impossible collects six canonical tales in which Holmes and Watson encounter mummies, angels, phantoms,...

Fourteen years after the murder of his detective sergeant father, Brian Blake graduates from university and follows in his father's footsteps.No3 District Police Training Centre, Pannal Ash, Harrogate. He knew the work would be hard. What he didn't anticipate was the aggression and violence...

Time and luck seem to be running out for The Purple Heart Detective Agency. Violence has a toll. Running afoul of the law has its limits. But for Clayton Grace, there is a woman involved-- the one who got away. His first love, Linda,...

Fans of iconic LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch will feel right at home with homicide Detective Howard "Howie" Drew. Don't miss Omerta, the first book in a brand new police procedural series set in the City of Angels.For a homicide detective, a day on...

The grand dame of the cozy English murder mystery, Agatha Christie introduced Tommy and Tuppence, her duo of likeable upper-class detectives, in this 1922 novel, her second book. International intrigue, secret treaties, disguises, and blackmail follow this roguishly charming 1920s couple in their globetrotting...

When the body of Mrs. Tangye was found sitting beside her tea-table with her service revolver, a souvenir of her days as an officer in the Waacs during the war, lying on the floor next to her and a bullet wound to the heart...

Cluny is an ancient town in France better known for its past then its present, in other words, the perfect place for tourists and travelers. When a local wine grower who provides accommodations for the better sort of English tourist in his villa decides...

Author: Colin DexterISBN-10: 0553291203ISBN-13: 9780553291209Publisher: CrimelineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/16/1993Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 6.86h x 4.18w x 0.59d

Embark on thrilling investigations with The Complete Novel of Sherlock Holmes. This comprehensive collection features all four novels, showcasing the brilliant deductions and captivating adventures of the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. John Watson. The definitive collection of detective masterpieces!...

Author: Jean-Luc BannalecISBN-10: 1250893089ISBN-13: 9781250893086Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2025Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Murders plague a university library--and only an intrepid book cataloger can solve them. For the staff of the library at the center of The Widening Stain, it's easy enough to dismiss the death of a woman who fell from a rolling ladder as nothing...

Murders plague a university library--and only an intrepid book cataloger can solve them. For the staff of the library at the center of The Widening Stain, it's easy enough to dismiss the death of a woman who fell from a rolling ladder as nothing...

Author: Sophie HannahISBN-10: 0062991647ISBN-13: 9780062991645Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2024Pages: 384Format: Paperback

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age - thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween. It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives -...

Private detective Albert Campion hunts a serial killer in London's theatre district, in this crime novel from "the best of mystery writers" (The New Yorker).A spate of murders leaves Campion with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal...

Octogenarian former sheriff Bill Gastner and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigate a puzzling double murder in this twisty, page-turning instalment in the critically acclaimed Posadas County mystery series "If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!" Anne Hillerman, New...

When looking into the abyss, be wary of who's looking back... When the lifeless body of a psychiatrist is uncovered in the heart of Edinburgh, the responsibility of unraveling this murder falls upon DCI Harry McNeil and his dedicated team. This well-respected professional had...

Anne Beddingfeld embarks on an adventurous journey following a cryptic clue after witnessing a man's death in the London Underground. Her investigation leads her aboard the Kilmorden Castle, where she encounters a diverse cast, including the mysterious Colonel Race and Sir Eustace Pedler. As...

Detective Inspector Harry Charlton finds himself invited to a reunion at Mereworth School at which a particularly unpleasant, but very famous and accomplished old boy, Colonel Bernard Garstang -VC, DSO and MC, .. aka 'Rhino' will be present. The Colonel is attending this event...

Returning to her quaint Midwestern hometown of Harmony Falls, Minnesota-a place she couldn't wait to leave-numbers expert Kate Abbott discovers murder does pay, if you live long enough. After leaving over a decade ago, Kate returns to Harmony Falls to bury her father, who...

A desolate moor. A burned body. A deadly conspiracy.DCI Tom Raven is enjoying the long summer days when an encounter with an old army pal spouting conspiracy theories reignites long-buried memories he would rather forget.A few days later, walkers crossing the North York Moors...

From Scott Douglas Prill, the author of the historical fiction novels Into the Realm of Time and From the Realm of Time, comes a story of mystery and murder that begins in Iowa in 1940 and ends thirty years later in 1970.In November 1940,...

Clyde B. Clason, creator of Professor Theocritus Lucius Westborough, has produced several books with unusual backgrounds for the ingenious murders the mild little professor solves. In GREEN SHIVER, the last case for the charming Professor, the author weaves an intricate tapestry of suspense and...

A Dorrie Redden Mystery with twists and turns you'll never see coming! Tranquility in the yellow house on Iris Lane disintegrates in a split second of violence, bearing witness to Dorrie Redden's lifetime philosophy, "You're just fine right up until you're not." She finds...

"The Charing Cross Mystery" is a detective novel written by J. S. Fletcher. It belongs to the mystery genre, where a central puzzle or crime forms the core of the narrative. J. S. Fletcher was known for his contributions to classic detective fiction, and...

IT IS SAID THAT HELL HATH NO GREATER FURY THAN A WOMAN SCORNED.They were wrong!There is a greater fury.And its name is: Count Dracula!Dracula's greatest love is stricken down before he can profess his undying love for her.Enraged and grief stricken, caught in the...

When the body of Rose Charteris is found at the bottom of a sand pit off Medchester Common, everyone assumed it was the result of a tragic accident, but when Chief Inspector Pointer of Scotland Yard discovers certain discrepancies, it becomes clear the death...

In Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls, a day after Imogene's obnoxious step-cousins pay a visit, her mother's pearls go missing. When Sherlock Holmes is called in, Imogene, harboring a secret desire to become a detective, sees her chance to learn from...

Kentucky horse-racing journalist David Alexander wrote fifteen mystery novels (as well as short stories and other books) between 1951 and 1962. This volume collects his first two mysteries, which introduce hefty (and eccentric) millionaire Tommy Twotoes, penguin fancier and former bootlegger, and Terence R....

The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on "cozy" mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition. Here are 22 original stories (and one modern classic reprint) set at conventions, conferences, and gatherings of all kinds Included are: Conventional Wisdom, by Marcia...

R. Austin Freeman was an early 20th century British writer of detective stories. Dr. Jervis is approached by a man who tells him he has a friend who is very ill and needs his help. He cannot tell the Doctor where the man is...

When rising young artist Clive Hexley, R.A., vanishes, his friends suspect foul play. Chief-Inspector Calthorp of Scotland Yard is called upon to look into the disappearance, and his investigations lead him to question Hexley's ex-fianc馥, Elsa Farraday. Farraday writes horror-tinged mysteries under a pseudonym,...

"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Megazine" returns with issue #9, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories: BONEYARD, by Marc Bilgrey BULLY FOR YOU, by Carla Coupe...

The first in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins involves a disappearing corpse, a supernatural theory, and a genuinely shocking finale."The Detective Story Club", launched by Collins in 1929, was a clearing house for the best and most...