Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Translating an ancient document in an Oxford convent should be a harmless venture, but Felicity just can't seem to avoid danger. It's hardly Felicity's fault, though, that severed body parts start showing up in ancient holy reliquaries. Or that Felicity and one of the...

It's December 1942 and Betty Ahern is enjoying her fledgling career as a private detective, investigating everything from missing jewelry to wandering boyfriends. But when Bell Airplane co-worker Emilia Brewka, whose grandmother recently died, wants Betty to prove the death was murder and not...

Does blood run thicker than ink? When one of London's best-known literary agents is found dead in strange circumstances, seemingly having fallen from his office window, DCI Slider is under pressure to confirm a case of accidental death. But when the evidence points to...

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear, and thirty-seven short stories from the Adventures, Memoirs and Return of Sherlock Holmes. Included are illustrations by Sidney...

A daughter is kidnapped and FBI Agent Jack Paris rescues her. Five years later, it happens again. There will be unexpected dire consequences as to who did it. Author: George FongISBN-10: 1603817859ISBN-13: 9781603817851Publisher: Coffeetown PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2021Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

Something Borrowed, Someone Dead continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series--now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. Gloria French was a jolly widow with dyed blonde hair, a raucous laugh and rosy cheeks. When she...

Discover private eye Beatrice Stubbs in this riveting island case of the popular British crime series.Crystalline Mediterranean waters lap the rocky northern coast of Mallorca, blessing the town of Dei with blood-orange sunsets, balmy night skies and the legacy of a poet.This former artists'...

Imagine the scene, 221b baker street, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are in their rooms, Holmes is smoking his pipe staring at the ceiling, "Watson he cries, What do you know about Vanderbilt? Make a long arm and look in that wonderful book...

★★★★★ "These books certainly have the potential to become a PBS series with the likable Inspector Graham and his fellow officers."An undercover detective. A tragic mistake. The past returns to haunt the inspector...Plagued by devastating memories, Detective Inspector David Graham moved to the island...

While hunting in the Forest of Arden, Henry Beaumont discovers the crushed body of a former member of his household. Flying into a rage, he soon arrests Boio, a local blacksmith, who was seen in the area, though the man disputes this.Ralph Delchard and...

When housemaid Jane Bee accompanies the Royals on their annual Christmas jaunt to Sandringham, she believes she's in for a bit of a snooze. Aside from her regular duties, there's nothing much to do in the wilds of Norfolk, until the body of a...

Ethelred Tressider and his agent Elsie Thirkettle have been invited to lecture on a creative writing course at Fell Hall, a remote location in the heart of ragged countryside that even sheep are keen to shun. While Ethelred's success as a writer is distinctly...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition--original tales with a theatrical bent Included are: The Rock Star, by Frances Aylor Perfectly Awry, by Anne Louise Bannon The Ghost in Balcony B, by Michele Bazan...

Showbiz comes to Oxford in the form of Britain's hottest new talent show and tearoom owner Gemma Rose gets a peek behind-the-scenes when she's asked to cater for the event. But with the Old Biddies entering the contest as England's first "granny band", and...

When Oxfordshire tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, enters her little tabby, Muesli, in the cat show at the local village fair, the last thing she expects is to stumble across a murder.And when her meddling mother and the nosy Old Biddies decide to start their...

Beat the Devil Two boys are caught in the midst of a raging nighttime storm on a Sanibel Island beach. Then lightning strikes and for those boys nothing will ever be the same.One of the youths is Tree Callister who grows up to be...

It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, crime writer and ex-wartime pilot, is enjoying the local fete on a beautiful summer's day in Sussex. It's idyllic - the sort of idyll he dreamed of during the war. However, that idyll comes to an abrupt end when...

Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction." --Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of the Dublin Murder Squad novelsAn all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of Mystery, just in time...

A dreich day for a crossing and a small ferry packed to the gills. A fracas when offloading leads to blood and tears. And one man sits dead at the wheel of the last remaining car. Macleod and McGrath return to Cromarty when a...

This edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains twelve short stories that introduce the reader to the iconic detective and his sidekick, Dr. Watson.Sherlock Holmes is a mysterious person. Extremely observant, highly intelligent, and yet emotionally unstable, Holmes' reputation as a detective is...

In the small run-down European town of Krav, the cult of soccer dominates. And losing a game could cost you your soul.Referee Tyler Kensen is a scapegoat. Framed in a scandal, Tyler is hired in Krav to lay low. But Krav is more than...

Every story needs a beginning. The story of Louisiana State Patrol Detective Cadillac Holland began with what should have been a simple fugitive case.It's hard to find a man who doesn't want to be found, and harder still when you have trouble telling the...

A British Regency murder mystery/romance set in 1815, written "with the assistance of Jane Austen's letters." Balls, visits, courtships, gossip (and murder, of course ). Especially for readers who love Jane Austen, Sharon Lathan, Georgette Heyer and Barbara Pym.Author: Hazel HoltISBN-10: 1603810404ISBN-13: 9781603810401Publisher: Coffeetown...

AN ANTHOLOGY OF BRAND NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERIES If you love Arthur Conan Doyle's original, do not miss this extraordinary collection of new tales. PRAISE FOR THE LOST FILES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES "I would not be surprised if this book was released from a...

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 more than an unfortunate accident. It's more difficult, however, to explain away the...

"This is not suicide, gentlemen. This is murder Cold-blooded murder The sooner we get the police here and find Sir Eustace Vernon, the better "Christmas Eve at Vernon House is in full swing. Sir Eustace's nearest and dearest, and the great and the good...

"Mr. Laurence P. Stewart was murdered last night in his library. He was found with his skull battered in "Peter Daventry, a young lawyer, receives instructions from a rich client to purchase three valuable artefacts once belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots. It's a...

"The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily." --Donna Leon Montalbano investigates the death of wealthy accountant Barletta in a case involving a string of mistresses...

Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge finds himself caught in a twisted web of vengeance, old grievances, and secrets that lead back to World War I in the nineteenth installment of the acclaimed bestselling series.On the eve of the bloody Battle of the Somme, a group...

New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson's Chief Inspector Alan Banks must turn to a murder committed in the 1960s in order to solve a present-day homicide as he races to uncover their common link.1969 . . . In an era of free love...

Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks' life is shaken to the core when he is unexpectedly pulled into the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in this shattering suspense novel from the hand of a modern master."Full of twists and surprises....Robinson shows he has only...

In New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson's heart-racing tale of suspense the case of a missing child is inextricably linked to that of the murder of a young man, sending Chief Inspector Alan Banks down a harrowing road to uncover...

In the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that will plunge married London detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James into the unspeakable darkness that...

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing--and deadly--complications for their own lives in this powerful mystery in the bestselling series.On a beautiful morning in mid-May, the body of a young woman is found in one...

Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard must contend with two dangerous enemies in New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd's Proof of Guilt.Can Rutledge solve the apparent murder of a top wine merchant while dealing with interference from his superior, the new Acting Chief Superintendent?Readers...

"A well-tangled web of intrigue and murder."--Entertainment Weekly"Kellerman invariably rides high in the bestseller lists...Blindman's Bluff shows why."--St. Louis Post-DispatchOne of the popular couples in contemporary crime fiction, LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus are back in Blindman's Bluff--and placed...

A 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 that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was there...

The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins involves the murder of a notorious criminal in the home of a famous millionaire. But there are no clues, no evidence. The police are convinced that someone may have...

A late-night call is all it takes for rookie lawyer Corrie Locke to kiss her day job at the movie studio goodbye, and do what she does best: flex her sweet P.I. skills and go undercover to find a senior who's missing from a...

Sultan, Sultan, & Sultan, Counselors at Law was among the oldest, mustiest, and most dignified firms in New York, now represented by the last of his line, Wm Sultan, an old-young man who desires nothing more than to work on his uncle's Life &...

Summer is coming to the North Yorkshire moors. And it's time for the folk of Aidensfield to partake in an ancient tradition known as "beating the bounds". On this day, Constable Nick leads a motley procession of villagers round the parish boundaries, beating the...

A tragic death. A massive cover-up. PI Martina Monroe must face her past in order to reveal the truth.PI Martina Monroe has found her groove working cold cases alongside Detective Hirsch at the CoCo County Sheriff's Department. With a growing team of cold case...

Pine Brook Manor is THE retirement community in Guilford and Grace Reynolds decides to move there after the death of her brother-in-law...but with misgivings. She's worried about the cliques that flourish there and especially worried about encountering her former classmate, Millie Rooney, who has...

Agatha Christie's The Big Four enjoyed commercial success at the time of its publication in 1927, despite lukewarm critical reviews. Deviating from her earlier writing style, Christie presents several smaller mysteries within a larger one. Renowned private detective Hercule Poirot, pulled into a world...

The scene is The Blue Boar in the High Street, Lulverton. The occasion: the stag party planned to celebrate Sergeant Bert Martin's retirement after thirty years' service. "It was good while it lasted," said Bert, putting down his empty tankard with a reflective sigh....

Emily Cavanaugh walks into a family drama that recalls Forster's classic work while honeymooning at an English country house in the gripping fifth Crime with the Classics cozy. Retired professor Emily Cavanaugh and her husband, Luke, are taking a much-needed break from Windy Corner...

Nero Wolfe earns a big league call-up after a senator gets taken out at the ball game.Archie Goodwin and detective Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. The national...

Detective Helen Parr is recovering from being shot in Leslie Williams' basement and is anxious to get back to work. With the police department in the hands of Acting Chief Detective Dan Conway, Father Tom Greer is determined that his fiance follows her doctor's...

Death at Windward Hill: An elderly wealthy woman dies in her bed, but it is soon discovered to be murder. Her family kept up the barest of friendly overtures to stay in the will, but would any of them have killed for the fortune?...

The mystery writer, Arthur Conan Doyle, wrote Sherlockian stories for about five decades. The hero of these detective cases retained a consistent character throughout this time period given that Holmes appears to have aged analogously to Doyle. This opens the door to a "what...