Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories, including the adventures of The Silver Blaze, The Musgrave Ritual, and The Final Problem. This collection not only introduces the term "smoking gun", it also introduces Holmes' greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Holmes will...

Autumn has arrived, with crisp, cold mornings, dew on the grass and hedgerows full of blackberries... When budding garden sleuth Poppy is invited to a party in a beautiful orangery, the last thing she expects is to witness a lethal wasp attack! As authorities...

Poppy is settling into life in an English village and gaining some green fingers at last as she restores the beautiful cottage garden nursery she's inherited. When she meets a wealthy dog lover at the village f黎e and is hired to create a "canine...

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 Man in the Brown Suit' is Agatha Christie at her best, a young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station, and finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa. Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when...

Embark on an epic adventure featuring the world's foremost consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, as told by Dr. John H. Watson in the finest tradition of the Canonical stories. Comprising three parts, 'The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse, ' 'The Problem of Threadneedle Street, '...

"It's a bomb " some fat idiot yelled, as I was heading for the exit. "They've found a bomb " New York 1932. A letter bomb campaign throws the city into a panic and Hilary Manningham-Butler is anxious to get away. The RMS Galitia...

Gabriel Carew is a young boy living with his parents in poverty, when one day his father receives a latter that changes their lives. Their distant relative has died and left his fortune to Gabriel's father. When he grew up, Gabriel decided to use...

The Sign Of The Four By Arthur Conan DoyleThe Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional...

Seven tales that have appeared in various anthologies, including the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories from master pastiche author Arthur Hall. A client who is uncertain of his brother's demise; a priest with a curious accent; a headless body recovered from the...

In the 17th century Hugo Baskerville is killed by a vicious hellhound. Generations later, Sir Henry Baskerville is found dead at the family estate, and the hound of legend is to blame. Can Holmes and Watson save the next Baskerville heir from an ancient...

Book one in the Mad Max series. Two men had the job of tracing seventeen-year-old Jenny Hyde's killer. One was Chief Inspector Henry Hall, an elitist cop of the old school, who was driving in one direction only - to the top. It was...

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton. 1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of...

With the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe away in London, Hamish Macbeth, the constable of the small Scottish town of Lochdubh, pines for company during the long Scottish winter. He gets his wish--and more--when a troupe of flashy, urbane filmmakers clamors into the nearby town of...

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time...When a woman's body is found in the sea at Blakeney Point with a single blow to the head, DI Tom Janssen and his team must work out who wanted her dead and...

"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...

"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 brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry Arthur Conan...

For the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services, stopping extortionists is not only grand, but excitingly lucrative. When a pleasant afternoon's bicycling through Golden Gate Park with a friend ends with the revelation of threatening letters, followed by a gunshot in a...

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...

Enter Charlie Chan The House Without A Key is the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries. Atmospheric and entertaining, Biggers shows you a side of Hawaii that few will ever see. John Quincy Winterslip travels from Boston to convince his aunt Minerva to end...

There is always room in the world for more gripping tales about the exploits of the inimitable Sherlock Holmes and the redoubtable Dr Watson. Here is a collection of five previously unknown cases from the astonishing career of the consulting detective and his ever-loyal...

A Double Barrelled Detective StoryMark Twain1902 A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.SummaryThe story contains two arcs of revenges. In the primary arc, a rich young woman...

It's New Year's Day and Jude Dillane, owner of The Corner Lounge, is cleaning up after last night's celebration when she discovers the body of a man with a knife through his heart in the dumpster out back. She recognizes the victim immediately-it's Michael...

So far eluding arrest, the Reverend Francis Oughterard is nevertheless in the grip of his blackmailing pal, the shady Nicholas Ingaza who has instructed him to steal a valuable figurine of a prancing pig from prissy collector Claude Blenkinsopp - a task which, despite...

Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley are young, in love...and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available, and the couple is desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd....

In this entertaining debut novel Lynn Downey takes us back to San Francisco in 1952. Restless war widow Phoebe McFarland decides it's time to make some changes in her life. She quits her job, bids her surprised friends farewell, and heads south to spend...

Family secrets. Disappearing informants. Can this PI prove her worth... or will she get caught in the crossfire?Jorja Knight is desperate for a fresh start. Reinventing herself after a brutal workplace shooting, she's determined to make her life as a private investigator count. But...

Forrage's, the world-famous emporium, and normally a place of wonder and intrigue, has had a shadow cast over it.A. W. Forrage is being sabotaged by an unknown source. Cryptic threats are being sent, and his customers are in danger.Desperate to save the store from...

Spanning the careers of two of crime fiction's most esteemed police detectives, these four short mysteries are revelatory episodes in the complex relationship between Dalziel and Pascoe.In the opening tale, the chilling start of the Dalziel and Pascoe partnership--never before revealed--is cemented by a...

If you love wild animals, lush African settings and quirky characters, then join the hunt for an elusive predator Kenya, 2016. At a summit on poaching, the keynote address is homicide. Community vet and skilled sleuth 'Mama Rose' Hardie is passionate about saving elephants....

It wasn't that John couldn't tell the story. It wasn't that we didn't know the truth. It was that nobody would believe us. But we cannot keep Sherlock alive with silence.The reader smiles when Moriarty appears on the page. So does Moriarty. And Sherlock...

Book twenty in the Mad Max series. Peter Maxwell is looking forward to a nice quiet summer, with perhaps a little light gardening if necessary - as long as the plants don't grow over the door and trap them all inside, it won't be...

This is the first Dr. Thorndyke novel, from 1907, one of the earliest forensics-based mysteries. A valuable shipment of diamonds goes missing from a safe, and a nice young man is put in the dock for it. As evidence mounts, a renowned forensics expert...

This is the first Dr. Thorndyke novel, from 1907, one of the earliest forensics-based mysteries. A valuable shipment of diamonds goes missing from a safe, and a nice young man is put in the dock for it. As evidence mounts, a renowned forensics expert...

Caitlyn Le Fey is enjoying her first autumn in England, nut-picking in the forest, creating delicious treats in her grandmother's enchanted chocolate shop, and dreaming of cosy evenings with the handsome Lord James Fitzroy. But the peace is shattered when a mysterious woman claiming...

Caitlyn is settling into life as a novice witch in an English village chocolate shop - although she's finding the hardest magic to master is making caramel sauce without burning it! When two men are murdered, and a mythical black hound is seen haunting...

Caitlyn is looking forward to Midsummer's Eve in the tiny English village of Tillyhenge. Celebrating the summer solstice can be fun - especially when your grandmother is a witch with an enchanted chocolate shop But when a teenage girl is murdered and a priceless...

Since arriving in the tiny English village of Tillyhenge, Caitlyn is discovering that there are lots of perks to being a witch (although sadly, magic still can't make your thighs thinner or stop you acting like an idiot every time you meet handsome Lord...

"If Sherlock Holmes had been born a China Man, this would have been him."There are times when justice cannot be found.Mercy is not given.Kindness is lost.Then a Detective Judge must rise. A man who can solve a crime and dispense justice to the criminal....

A night of chaos leads to more murdersPhysician and winemaker Maddie Wilcox has always despaired of how violent Los Angeles is. But one night, in October 1871, the pueblo explodes in a riot and eighteen Chinese men are lynched. Shaken to her core and...

A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west.Author: Mark TwainISBN-10: 8676206147ISBN-13: 9798676206147Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2020Pages: 54Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.11d

In a world of lies, one truth remains. Dead men tell no tales...When the body of an unidentified man is found at the foot of Sheringham cliffs with injuries inconsistent with a fall, DI Tom Janssen must piece together his final days to determine...

When an Urban Legend becomes realityKenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn't really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to...

When Professor Meg Adams's literature assignment results in the murder of her favorite student, Meg decides to help solve the mystery. Heather had been researching John Greenleaf Whittier, poet of a ballad about the historical figure, Barbara Fritchie. The poem honors Fritchie for shaming...

London, 1889. In a city still reeling from the depredations of Jack the Ripper another killer arises. Stalking the West End and Marylebone and striking at a seemingly unconnected group of victims, the murderer leaves fear and confusion in his wake. Mr. Sherlock Holmes,...

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...

The seemingly never-ending Cabinda War (1975--) has left multitudes dead in its wake and thousands of children homeless and orphaned. Jackaleena N'denga, a young Angolan girl, has become the sole survivor of one specifically brutal village massacre carried out by a band of guerrilla...

Bar None, set in the heart of New York City, is an edge-of-your-seat mystery that features Jude Dillane, owner of The Corner Lounge on 10th Street and Avenue B. When Jude finds her friend and landlord Thomas "Sully" Sullivan's work pal, Ed Molina, dead...

A brutal murder pits an innocent man against a killer in a manipulative game of cat and mouse that ends in a shocking twist.Freedom tastes sweet to Chase Evans, especially after serving a five-year jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Aided by...

A series of murders that mimic a popular video game pits an ambitious journalist against a devious killer in this gripping mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When budding journalist Laura Rockford stumbles across a bizarre murder scene in...