Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

The body of a young woman is found brutally beaten in the woods behind the Medad Stone Tavern, and the murder weapon turns out to be the walking stick of 73-year-old Ashley Hamilton Reynolds. "Squire," as he is fondly known around his hometown, is...

The Clayborn clan has been waiting 25 years to divvy up Grandmama's fortune, locked up by her will and in a small room in the Clayborn mansion. Tomorrow The Room is to be opened, and the Clayborns can't wait to get their fingers on...

After years in a drunken stupor, Mike Connolly is finally sober. His legal practice is back to being profitable and his life has reached a comfortable rhythm. Then a late-night phone call turns his world upside down. Camille Braxton is missing and Perry, her...

A young woman found bleeding to death on a stranger's front lawn uses her last breath to whisper two words: I'm sorry.That's a first for reporter Kate Bennett. She's determined to find out why a murder victim felt compelled to apologize. And she's sure...

The Bags of Tricks Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini's detective series. A conman always has a bag of tricks, ready to fool the unsuspecting, and almost everyone is unsuspecting until they get taken....

Retired Scotland Yard detective Beatrice Stubbs traces a fugitive to Belgium and kickstarts a chain reaction of continental proportions.On the heels of a rogue Belgian banker, Beatrice Stubbs stumbles over a shady network far too complex for a private investigator. If she has any...

Mother Paul, June Wright's beloved nun-detective, returns to her sleuthing ways after she takes up a new position as warden of a student hall of residence at the University of Melbourne. No sooner has Judith Mornane arrived on campus than she startles her fellow...

Volume VII contains the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth Thorndyke novels, published in 1931, 1932, and 1933, respectively.Pontifex, Son, and Thorndyke - Jasper Gray is an enterprising fellow going about his typical day when he's drawn into a series of curious events. Meanwhile, Thorndyke is...

Three more novels in the award-winning Folly Beach Mystery series by best-selling author Bill Noel are presented in one collection. NO JOKEFour aging comedians deliver anything but laughs when they descend upon Folly Beach, a small, laid-back barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina. Chris...

"Terrible disaster at the House of Commons."Christopher Perrin, investigator, is drawing up a confidential report for a distinguished client, when he is interrupted by Miss Millicent Rushburton, daughter of leading politician Sir Ethelred Rushburton.Miss Rushburton is trying to trace her father's secretary, Cuthbert Solway,...

Herr Berndt leant forward in his chair. "Have you ever noticed how if one speaks about a thing, one usually hears about it again within a few days?"Christopher Perrin, investigator, is on the track of Duggie the Locksmith, suspected of being behind a major...

"Would it interest you to discover the identity of the man who boarded the bus at Piccadilly Circus with Lola Martinaes at about ten o'clock last Friday evening?"A woman is found sleeping on a London bus-so deeply asleep, in fact, that she cannot be...

64 new traditional Holmes adventures in three simultaneously published volumesIn 2018, MX Publishing presented Parts XI and XII of this acclaimed and ongoing series, Some Untold Cases. Now that theme is revisited with 64 new Sherlock Holmes adventures that explore those many tantalizing references...

LARGE PRINT HARDCOVER EDITIONA snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . . Olive and Jasper have never been closer-except in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no...

"DELIGHTFUL."--The Wall Street JournalIn short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse remains as patient as a cat at a mouse hole in the face of even the most resourceful evildoers. Muldoon, for instance, the one-legged bomber with one...

Agatha Christie, an English author of the 20th century, delights readers with her exciting mystery novels that are acclaimed for her skillful writing and masterful storytelling. Her sixty-six detective novels are some of the most well-known pieces of literature for both lovers of the...

Tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to a holiday filled with delicious Yuletide treats, time with friends and family, and maybe even a "white Christmas" in Oxford... But when she's snowed in at a country manor, she finds herself stumbling on a puzzling...

When Gemma's romantic holiday with her boyfriend is cancelled, the tearoom sleuth finds herself heading to Vienna instead, with her cat Muesli and the nosy Old Biddies for company. And it's not long before they stumble across a murder right in the heart of...

Champagne and ball gowns, fairy lights and music... Oxford summer balls are one of the highlights of the calendar and tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to taking a break and slipping into something gorgeous for the evening. But when the night ends...

Business is going well at Gemma Rose's quaint English teashop and she's delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral... until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now the resourceful...

The ninth volume in the Chesapeake Crimes series presents an impressive set of tales by new and well-established authors. Included this time are: INTRODUCTION, by Dana CameronTHE DAME AND THADDEUS BIRDWHISTLE, by Karen Cantwell SECRETS TO THE GRAVE, by K.M. Rockwood THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR...

There have always been whispers about the relationship of the world's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes and his esteemed chronicler Dr. Watson. But never more so when they are asked to assist the world's greatest wit. This work of speculative mystery and history blends fact...

"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré "Every writer owes something to Holmes." -T.S. Eliot With its blend of gothic and detective genres, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), sets forth the mysterious investigation taken on by...

Excitement is building as the opening of the Acutis Society's Fairy Tales and Frights haunted house approaches. The members of Saint Clare's gaming group have worked hard to transform the interior of the Myer Mansion into something both magical and scary to entertain the...

** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS The Agatha Christie Book Club **When Alicia Finlay walks out on her boring old book club and decides to start a new one-one totally devoted to her favourite genre, crime-she can not imagine the trouble she is about to unleash...After...

Mystery fans will devour this entry into the classic, wisecracking Nero Wolfe series, in which Wolfe must track down a dangerous gunman--or risk losing his right-hand man.Archie Goodwin is chipper as he strolls home from his weekly poker game, money in his pocket and...

Unappreciated and passed over for promotion, thirty-year-old Danielle's career in law enforcement is going nowhere.When a hated Englishman is found dead, her idyllic hometown turns upside down. Against a background of prejudice, jealousy, and greed, Danielle tries to piece together the clues.But can she...

When a beloved older priest is found murdered outside the Rectory, Father Tom and Helen try to find the person who wanted him dead. But they find that even saints have secrets . . .and those secrets may have gotten him killed.Author: J. R....

When Deacon Grimm was found dead in a neighbor's barn, half the population of the New England village of Highbrook was suspect. The Deacon had not been a lovable character! Archer Brett, of the State Police, was no streamlined super-sleuth; he was only human,...

If you've already finished Netflix's Lupin, never fear-the Ars鈩e Lupin books have plenty of mystery to keep you occupied while waiting for the next part of the series. The French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, Ars鈩e Lupin is both a brilliant detective and a dashing...

If you've already finished Netflix's Lupin, never fear-the Ars鈩e Lupin books have plenty of mystery to keep you occupied while waiting for the next part of the series. The French counterpart to Sherlock Holmes, Ars鈩e Lupin is both a brilliant detective and a dashing...

The seasoned, battle-hardened ex-Special Forces operative is summoned back to his family home on Achravie, west coast of Scotland. He has had no contact with his past after his father sent him away at the age of sixteen.But now, Rob is back on Achravie...

Autumn, 1888. While the citizens of fog-shrouded London are horrified by Jack the Ripper's murder spree, another, less publicized killer is at large.Each murder takes place right after the Ripper killings, on board the carriages of the London Metropolitan Railway. Inspector Albert Norris is...

1966. England wins the soccer World Cup. The same night, a barmaid's body is discovered near an abandoned lighthouse. Two more murders follow; all remain unsolved.2005. D.I. Andy Ross is called in when a disturbingly similar series of murders begins in the same location....

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship's passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross's most baffling case to date.Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in...

Zack and his two corgis take on their most difficult case yet: to learn what happened to Zack's late wife, Samantha. Was it a car accident, as everyone had originally believed? Could it be murder, as suggested by a mystery caller in the middle...

"The story was fast paced and really kept my attention ... With a very nice twist in the end, [I'm] very excited for the new installment." - S. Redwing, 5 stars A string of baffling incidents have befallen Taylor Adams, baker extraordinaire of cozy...

She's a reporter with a nose for trouble. But when the story is murder, will she end up above the fold or buried in the back?1948: Kingston, Canada-Charley Hall knows she's a better reporter than any man in the newsroom. Demoted to the women's...

THE OTHER WATSON-In 2009 Airship 27 Production launched its series of brand new Sherlock Holmes adventures titled "Sherlock Holmes - Consulting Detective." Among the contributors was a British writer named I.A. Watson. Considered a good omen by the publishers to have Watson on board,...

A skeleton and a missing woman. A doomed romance. A mystery spanning two generations.Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune, as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging Sixties take root in the city. Soon, Liverpool becomes synonymous with...

"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré "Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."- Alexander McCall Smith "The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance...

"Holmes has taken on a life of his own in the hearts and minds of a modern world" -The Times "Start a story by Conan Doyle and you cannot stop reading, whether you are ten or sixty."-Michael Dirda "The immense talent, passion and literary...

"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry "Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré "Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and...

In her acclaimed mysteries set in the age of the British Raj, Barbara Cleverly brilliantly captures a fascinating collision of cultures against a backdrop of jasmine-scented nights and neatly trimmed English gardens. In her gripping new novel, the author of The Last Kashmiri Rose...

Two holiday novels provide the perfect combination of mystery and murder mixed with a generous helping of Yuletide cheer. A CHRISTMAS GUEST When her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers truly, Grandmama Mariah Ellison travels to the chilly, windswept...

"Intricate and entertaining . . . A delicious puzzle." The Boston GlobeThe murder is in America, but the call goes out to Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury. Accompanied by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant and by Sergeant Wiggins, Jury arrives in Baltimore, Maryland, home...

"The author keeps us enthralled with the rich interior and exterior lives of her characters in this emotionally stormy family saga."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWhen Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury is drawn into a brief affair with a troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth,...

Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other --...

A compelling volume of original tales concerning Sherlock Holmes' legendary time in America With an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger, editor and compiler of all three volumes of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes, this collection of ten original stories brings light to one of the...

Isabel Dalhousie, the insatiably curious Edinburgh sleuth and philosopher, takes on a case unlike any she's had before: a six-year-old boy has been experiencing vivid recollections of a past life. His visions include a perfect description of a Scottish island and a house where...