Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Just in time for the feature film release of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows the next Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr., this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is now available for only $14.99 From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around the radio...

These delightful stories of the famous hawkeyed detective are told by his friend and foil, Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle draws us into nineteenth-century London--hansom cabs, train rides, and foggy nights--where Holmes astutely solves the most complex and perplexing cases of the day....

In this new installment in the engaging mystery series Booklist called "pitch-perfect" and "enthralling"--currently in development as a BBC television series--the incomparable playwright, novelist, raconteur, and now ex-convict Oscar Wilde faces his most fiendishly puzzling case yet.Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his...

Included in this volume: "WATSON " by Captain A. E. Dingle THE ADVENTURE OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE, by G. F. Forrest THE STOLEN CIGAR-CASE, by Bret Harte THE ADVENTURES OF SHAMROCK JOLNES, by O. Henry MR. RAFFLES HOLMES, by John Kendrick BangsAuthor: Captain DingleISBN-10:...

Jimmy Lavender, a Chicago-based detective modelled loosely on Sherlock Holmes, stars in four adventures from the early 20th century: "The Fugitive Statue," "The Taggert Case," "The Dorrington Diamonds," and "The Mid-Watch Tragedy."Author: Vincent StarrettISBN-10: 1434441709ISBN-13: 9781434441706Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/19/2013Pages: 136Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h...

The eighth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction, including "Sun Ching Foo's Last Trick," by Adam Beau McFarlane; "Do You Love Me?" by Marc Bilgrey; "The Somerset Wonder," by Ron Goulart; "The Hounds of Basketballville," by...

The seventh issue of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" is another fine selection of tales about Sherlock Holmes, or in the Sherlockian spirit. Fiction: The Dead House, by Bruce Kilstein A Letter from Legrand, by David Ellis An Old-Fashioned Villain, by Nick Andreychuk The Premature...

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill,"...

The fifth issue of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine -- a special Holmes Fiction Issue -- features an amazing new Holmes short novel by Carla Coupe, "The Adventure of the Haunted Bagpipes," plus great Holmes stories and features by Bruce I. Kilstein, Mark Wardecker, Gary...

The third volume of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" features "A Volume in Vermillion," by Kim Newman, plus fiction by Bruce I. Kilstein ("Watson's Wound"), Darrell Schweitzer ("The Death of Falstaff"), Stan Trybulski ("Tough Guys Don't Pay"), Hal Charles ("Vacation from Crime"), Jean Paiva ("Workout"),...

The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill. India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Sahyadri mountains, where the princely state of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal...

The offices of foreign literature publisher and renowned stamp collector Donald Kirk are often host to strange activities, but the most recent occurance---the murder of an unknown caller, found dead in an empty waiting room--is unlike any that has come before. Nobody, it seems,...

The new Chief Inspector Gamache novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. When a peculiar letter arrives inviting Armand Gamache to an abandoned farmhouse, the former head of the S ret du Qu bec discovers that a complete stranger has named him...

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes untangle the slippery threads of insanity and deadly secrets as they investigate a disappearance in this chilling novel from New York Times bestselling Laurie R. King. " The Mary Russell series is] the most sustained feat of imagination in...

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Spenser NovelIconic Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate an unsolved crime of legendary proportions. The heist is still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George returns with another character-driven crime drama featuring beloved characters Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard and his pugnacious and deeply loyal Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers find themselves up against...

Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the grifter's latest double...

Dr. Watson tells us in "The Final Problem" how Sherlock Holmes died -- and in "The Empty House" how Holmes turned out to be alive after all. But Watson skipped over the immediate aftermath of Holmes' return, and Watson's reaction to the cruel trick...

Father Steve Murphy, a Roman Catholic priest, pastor of a parish in an affluent suburb of Washington, DC, revered by his parishioners, believes he is about to be elevated to Monsignor. But, out of the blue, he is transferred without explanation to a temporary...

Sunshine Noir In these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe tell of dark doings in sunny places. Join them in the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, Seville at midnight, and on the morning beachfront of Ghana where a man...

"Beware the sign of the vampire blood," said the fortune teller. "It brings madness and turmoil." Lily Gayle knows what that means, but, for the life of her, can't figure out how the fortune teller does. A quick road trip with Dixie. An unplanned...

When Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura's phone rings with the news that his mother's death ten years ago wasn't an accident, his world begins to unravel. New evidence links her to a young woman, whose body was found dolled up like a movie star and...

John Tall Wolf's nemesis and sometimes boss, Marlene Flower Moon, has been nominated to become the next Secretary of the Interior. John has only himself to blame for that. He put in a good word for Marlene with his new acquaintance, the president. His...

Mardie Wickett never gave much thought to the possibility of an afterlife. Plodding through her earthly life was enough of a chore, working just enough to pay for good times with bad people while her brilliant estranged sister, Mili, solved murders for Scotland Yard....

When a body is discovered in a cooking class, an octogenarian sleuth and her senior sidekick investigate.Author: Elizabeth Spann CraigISBN-10: 0997168560ISBN-13: 9780997168563Publisher: Elizabeth Spann CraigLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2017Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.51d

Opening night at the local theater proves more exciting than an octogenarian sleuth and her sidekick had expected.Author: Elizabeth Spann CraigISBN-10: 0996259945ISBN-13: 9780996259941Publisher: Elizabeth Spann CraigLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.55d

Freelance writer Emily Garland is cash-strapped, newly single, and tired of reporting on the same old condo stats. When she's offered a lucrative assignment in the village of Lount's Landing, she decides to take a chance. All she has to do is relocate and...

Whose side is he on?Brody Taylor loves hacking humans. After all, people are the weakest link in all computer systems. If he's hired to break into your network, he will find and exploit the weak point. You.The problem with always manipulating people is that...

"The Claremont", an outdated, run-down apartment building, is thrown into turmoil when its latest and most celebrated resident, Crispin Fairchild, conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, is found murdered.His eccentric neighbours and members of the orchestra appear saddened by his death but are they?...

Wealthy Beverly Hills socialites, Brian and Sylvia Sinclair, are celebrating their 25th Anniversary on a cruise from London to New York on the luxurious QEII. Joining the couple's a joyous excursion is their rebellious daughter and her controlling husband, their scheming son and his...

A mysterious music puzzle. A murdered co-ed. Sinister secrets.Three years ago, Scott Drayco left the FBI after an incident involving his partner, Mark "Sarg" Sargosian. Now a freelance crime consultant, Drayco often helps law enforcement on cases, but he never imagined his estranged former...

A mysterious attack on a young, disabled girl leads to a sea of lies, secrets, and murder.Crime consultant Scott Drayco is in the middle of a thorny case in Washington, D.C., involving murder victims who were all wheelchair users. Then out of the blue,...

At Greener Pastures Retirement Home, leisure time can prove perilous. When psychic (and hubcap retailer) Wanda Alewine pays a late-night visit to Myrtle Clover, she urges the octogenarian sleuth to head straight to Greener Pastures Retirement Home. But Wanda doesn't want Myrtle to consider...

You're invited to a deadly drop-in: Cosette Whitlow is a society matron...if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn't nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked...

Dulcie's old boyfriend, the adventurous, fun-loving, and decidedly good-looking Brendan MacArthur, reappears with a unique gift: a very old bottle of wine, one of several that he found in a shipwreck while scuba diving in Maine's cold Atlantic waters. With museum attendance low during...

When will Frank catch a break? When will Sam put his life back together? When will someone put an end to Benny's harassment? Franklin Roberts is a good man who does not deserve the outrageous misfortune that has left him homeless and destitute. It's...

"Could not put it down " - Amazon reviewer The last woman to walk in her shoes has been missing for years... Emily Geiser walks into a trap. The new world she sees is sugarcoated. A group of merciless killers hiding behind smiles welcome...

Before "Bones", before "CSI", before "Quincy, M.E." there was Dr. John Thorndyke. In The Eye of Osiris, John Bellingham, noted Egyptologist vanished not once but twice in the same day. Two years later Dr, John Thorndyke must unravel the tangled claims on his estate...

Once you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. Cryogenic freezer units with body parts of some of Hollywood's finest entertainers, the infamous Jet Pack Eight, are being shipped to federal buildings throughout the United States. A group, called the...

Dundee, Scotland; December 1919Big Aggie's girls are much in demand in her notorious house of pleasure. When one of her most popular girls is savagely killed it sparks off a mystery with wide-reaching effects.Why was Lily killed? Was it a crime of passion or...

In recent years interest in Sherlock Holmes has burgeoned due to new cinema films and television series. Unfortunately, these have distorted the beloved originals by either making them action-heroes, transplanting them to modern times, or both. Poor old Holmes has been mangled and distorted...

The third edition of this well-received collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Sherlock Magazine called the original edition "One of the best collections of Holmes pastiches for some time" and the Newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London said "Mr Stockwell clearly knows...

Best-selling novelist Michael Phillips sets up a wonderful cast of characters in this witty mystery set in a fictionalized adaptation of Cullen House in northern Scotland. An eclectic group of aspiring authors--winners of a prestigious writing contest--is invited to a "writer's retreat" at the...

From 19th century classics to as recent as 1985, this complete source book of British Mystery covers more than 1440 titles by 121 authors. Each is fully annotated without giving the ending away.Author: Susan Prince OleskiwISBN-10: 0892969687ISBN-13: 9780892969685Publisher: Mysterious PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1989Pages: 588Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Author: Paula GoslingISBN-10: 0892964588ISBN-13: 9780892964581Publisher: Mysterious PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1991Pages: 297Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 5.58h x 8.57w x 0.77dReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 01/01/1992 pg. 144Library Journal 07/01/1991Publishers Weekly 07/12/1991

Holmes and Watson find themselves caught up in a complex chess board of a problem, involving a clandestine love affair and the disappearance of a priceless sapphire. Professor James Moriarty is back to tease and torment, leading the duo on a chase through the...

The criminal cases of Inspector Elk-six novels in three volumes There was a time, nostalgically familiar from the black and white British movies made from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s, when the detectives of the C. I. D, the men from Scotland Yard...

Author: Edgar WallaceISBN-10: 0857065645ISBN-13: 9780857065643Publisher: Leonaur LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2011Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.03d

The Leonaur's collected edition of Sapper's original Bulldog Drummond stories draws to a close-the final two novels and a bonus short story These are the original adventures of Sapper's Bulldog Drummond collected together in a special Leonaur five volume collection-each special book containing two...

The Man Who Knew Too Much: From behind the overhanging rock came a noise and rush like that of a railway train; and a great motorcar appeared. For the fraction of a flash it seemed to leave the ledge of rock like a flying...