Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Hercule Poirot, the dapper Belgian detective with a penchant for order and a mind like a finely tuned chronometer, faces his most formidable foe yet in Agatha Christie's The Big Four. Not a cunning murderer, but a cabal of powerful individuals known as "The...

From Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else...

Murder With a Laugh Track In In$urance Blues: Aunt Delia's Demise, nondescript claims adjuster John Smith takes on a greedy developer, a scam nonprofit, and an entire dysfunctional family. While stuck in a malfunctioning car wash in his beloved yolk-yellow Saturn, John has an...

A small-town shopkeeper is found bleeding and unconscious. A former police officer goes missing. Francis Hood, a sheriff in Central Missouri, steps into a quagmire of small-town secrets when he begins to look into these seemingly unrelated cases. He seeks assistance from Sandra Brondel,...

Author: Mary Elizabeth BraddonISBN-10: 166768311XISBN-13: 9781667683119Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2024Pages: 342Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

Vested interest: "a special concern or stake in maintaining or influencing a condition, arrangement, or action especially for selfish ends." -Merriam Webster Dictionary.In Vested Interest: A David Elliott Mystery, an attractive, intelligent young member of David Elliott's congregation disappears; fear and ugly rumors spread...

Holland Taylor returns in Girl in a Dumpster, the sixth book in David Housewright's Edgar Award-winning hardboiled detective series.Party girl Henrietta Weller wakes up one morning in a dumpster behind a bar in Minneapolis' notorious north side with no memory of how she got...

Author: J. Jefferson FarjeonISBN-10: 1616466103ISBN-13: 9781616466107Publisher: Coachwhip PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Officer Peregrine 'Pithecanthropus' Smith may lack handsome features and ambition, but his intelligence and good-humor give him an edge while investigating puzzling cases. A dead man on the moors is killed with an unusual weapon, but while he had many enemies, none of them...

The story is laid in Ringshall, a small English village, rich in tradition, superstition, and folklore. Squire Godfrey Harrington, land-rich and coffers-poor, has married a wealthy widow who intends to compel the village's advancement towards progress and culture whether they like it or not....

Christmas has served as a fertile background for mystery fiction for a very long time, perhaps because it has the appearance of a time of peace and love while being so deeply at odds with violence, crime, and even murder. Many of the stories...

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen Sherlock Holmes stories including: The Adventure of the Empty House The Adventure of the Norwood Builder The Adventure of the Dancing Men The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of the Priory School...

Obsession can be deadly.When a fellow student in her glass-blowing class drops dead, Dr. Kate Chambers wants to help the police catch the killer. The victim, Eugene Rose, seemed like a nice kid with a bright future in art collecting. Eugene attended the university...

It's normal in this sleepy town nestled up close to the Mississippi River in the Delta; the land that is the birthplace of the blues. They serve iced tea and beer in mason jars. The Friday lunch special at the Plantation Inn is sometimes...

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to findthe body of a young woman in their library.She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But whois she? How did she get there? And what is...

Was Maddy Benson asking for trouble? Everyone knows everyone in a small town like Jarrett Creek. So Chief of Police Samuel Craddock is perplexed when he receives a call from a woman asking the police to rescue her sister. Who is Maddy Benson? Maddy...

Author: Tessa WegertISBN-10: 1448315069ISBN-13: 9781448315062Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2025Pages: 256Format: Hardcover

Henry Johnstone has retired from the police, but when he suddenly disappears his old colleague and friend, Inspector Mickey Hitchens, investigates. December, 1930. Henry Johnstone has retired from his role as detective chief inspector at London's Scotland Yard and is staying at the home...

When Fredericka Wing arrives in South Sutton, Massachusetts, a tiny New England town, it seems an ideal place for a working summer vacation. She plans on managing Miss Hartwell's bookstore while working on her own writing. She never dreamed she would find a body...

MURDER IN MAIDSTONE is Book 6 in best-selling author Marilyn Clay's popular Juliette Abbott Regency Mystery Series.Upon arriving at Maidstone Manor to begin her next assignment, Miss Abbott and her maid Tilda are stunned to find that a gentleman on the estate has only...

A baffling mystery grips England's aristocracy in Dorothy L. Sayers's enthralling novel, "Whose Body?: A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel." When a corpse is discovered in an unusual location, the eccentric and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey finds himself embroiled in a complex investigation that challenges...

In Agatha Christie's classic detective novel, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," the tranquility of a small village is shattered by a shocking crime. Renowned detective Hercule Poirot, drawn into the investigation, must unravel a web of secrets and deceptions to uncover the truth behind...

Step into the world of Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's debut novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles." A classic of the detective genre, this timeless tale of murder and intrigue introduces readers to the brilliant Belgian detective as he unravels a perplexing crime. Set...

Step into the world of Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's debut novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles." A classic of the detective genre, this timeless tale of murder and intrigue introduces readers to the brilliant Belgian detective as he unravels a perplexing crime. Set...

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED, THE OPIOID CRISIS HAS ARRIVED IN CRAWFORD, WYOMINGCourt Stenographer Lauren Besoner was finally recovering, both physically and emotionally, from her narrow escape from death, but when she discovers her young neighbor's lifeless body in the bone-chilling snow all the dark memories...

The murder of a Naval Aviation Cadet threatens to capsize "The Cradle of Naval Aviation."In 1956, in Pensacola, Florida, a gunnery training "accident" left a mechanically sound T-28 trainer in a farmer's field and the student pilot dead in the cockpit. While simultaneously working...

Boston PI Sunny Randall is back to investigate the disappearance of a hard-partying energy drink mogul, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's bestselling series. After a near-death experience, Sunny Randall is ready to lighten her load as a PI, that is until...

The brilliant Belgian detective rings in the New Year with a chilling murder investigation on a Greek island in this all-new holiday mystery from Sophie Hannah, author of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night.New Year's Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063376180ISBN-13: 9780063376182Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2025Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Author: David HousewrightISBN-10: 1643964089ISBN-13: 9781643964089Publisher: Down & Out BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2025Pages: 332Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d

Les South Regent Mansions bénéficient de tout le confort moderne... meurtre compris. Londres, février 1924. Détective discrète de la haute société, Olive Belgrave est ravie de son nouvel appartement à South Regent Mansions, où elle s'est liée d'amitié avec plusieurs résidents. Parmi eux, Minerva,...

Maia Whitney has held men as they died before, but never in peacetime, and never in her aunt's front hall. And this unexpected death is only the beginning. Someone is stealing magic and life from England's magicians and using them for his or her...

Book groups can be dangerous! Hazel Rose never dreamed the mystery book group she and Carlene Arness started would stage a real murder.Nevertheless, one night after a heated book group discussion, Carlene dies after drinking cyanide-laced tea. Despite a suicide note, Hazel isn't convinced...

Poison has taken root on the island - and it's not only the plant life... When Lily moved to the Isles of Scilly for a fresh start, her plans were simple: open an ice cream shop and find out who owns the building she's...

The Patterson Women is the third installment in a thrilling series featuring the dangerous and captivating women of the Patterson family--Sara, the mother of Kate, and Kate, the mother of Ann. All three share a striking trait: they're beautiful, fiery redheads with a dark,...

Author: J. M. DalglieshISBN-10: 1800801246ISBN-13: 9781800801240Publisher: Hamilton Press LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2025Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d

Sherlock Holmes, the world's "only unofficial consulting detective", was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously...

Author: Kathleen Marple KalbISBN-10: 1685129668ISBN-13: 9781685129668Publisher: Level Best - HistoriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2025Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d

Grief is a bitch When Tony Mora's partner Clyde dies saving his life during a botched DEA operation, the loss throws him in a tailspin. Not that things were going so well before that. Between the married (albeit unhappily) co-worker carrying his baby and...

Author: David HousewrightISBN-10: 1643964070ISBN-13: 9781643964072Publisher: Down & Out BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2025Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Frank KingISBN-10: 1616466111ISBN-13: 9781616466114Publisher: Coachwhip PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

As far as New Yorker Carol Spencer is concerned, the war has spoiled everything. She and Don had been engaged for years and were on the verge of marriage when he was shot down in the South Pacific, leaving Carol on the verge of...

A string of jewel heists cause chaos in the English countryside for an amateur sleuth in this classic murder mystery by the author of the Department Z series.Major Patrick Dawlish and his wife, Felicity, have traded London for a large country house in Surrey...

This exceedingly rare mystery, first published in 1956, makes its triumphant return to print for the first time since its original appearance.On a bright autumn morning, Superintendent Macdonald boards the plane bound for Vienna to visit his old friend Dr. Natzler. His detective's eye...

After a wealthy woman is strangled in a hospital full of relatives and friends, Ellery Queen searches for her deadly enemy.Author: Ellery QueenISBN-10: 1432882872ISBN-13: 9781432882877Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2020Pages: 465Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90dLarge Print

Will you sleep with the lights on after reading these spine-tingling tales?Two old friends on a camping weekend in Snowdonia are being stalked.The private nurse in a remote manor house makes a shocking discovery.The prime suspect for a series of violent crimes against women...

When state archaeologists lift the lid on a suspicious steamer trunk buried in the Madaket landfill, Detective John Jarad's world explodes. The trunk's contents reactivate intense interest in Nantucket's most notorious cold case crime, the Baby Alice Spenser kidnapping in 1921.Sarah Jarad has a...

Author: Bruce AlexanderISBN-10: 0425165663ISBN-13: 9780425165669Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1998Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 6.75h x 4.15w x 0.92d

When charismatic entrepreneur Adam Springbrook turns up dead on a crisp October afternoon, the discovery shatters Police Chief LT Nichols' offseason peace-and-quiet. He finds that Springbrook's plan to transform the fishing village of Laurel, Maine into a jet-set resort has nearly everyone in town...

Author: Davin ColtenISBN-13: 9798306661148Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d