Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Cameron Winter is falling in love. After finally working up the courage to contact the attractive therapist Gwendolyn Lord, he finds himself immersed in a passion that feels heaven-sent. When Gwendolyn tells him about a true-life "locked room mystery," Winter feels compelled to investigate....

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE AWARD-NOMINATED CRIME THRILLER BACK FROM THE DEAD, THE FIRST BOOK IN A NEW SERIES OF GRITTY SCOTTISH MURDER MYSTERIES How far would you go to protect yourself if the truth is too hard to swallow?Strathburgh DI Brian Brandon's first...

Born during intermission in a seedy New Orleans playhouse, Drury Lane has spent the better part of his life in the theater. A majestic old-fashioned thespian, he made his name in London, where his record-breaking run as Hamlet defined the role for a generation....

Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns to the ground, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate.Soon, George discovers that this is not the first property that has been targeted. When a man is found dead in the hold...

Author: Kyle David VanduzerISBN-13: 9798998652103Publisher: Kyle Vanduzer BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2025Pages: 146Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063376954ISBN-13: 9780063376953Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2026Pages: 320Format: Paperback

When Stefan and Cecilia Rhodes stepped aboard the luxurious yacht Omert? for an exclusive dinner cruise, they expected an evening of elegance and fine dining. But as the night unfolded, they realized there was more here than met the eye. Shortly after Stefan returned...

Jim Thompson received a phone call from a dead man-a man he watched die one drunken, adulterous night while out of town on business. Jim's wife, Deirdre, doesn't know his secret. Neither does Detective Frank Gibbons, who is hot on the case of the...

Why should Dorothy Parker's friends be the only ones making "enviable names" in "science, art, and parlor games"? Dorothy can play with the best of them--as she sets out to prove at a New Year's Eve party at the Algonquin Hotel. Since the swanky...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063442019ISBN-13: 9780063442016Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2025Pages: 288Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You. Trouble has a way of finding those those who spend most of their time trying to avoid it. Or so it appears to Superintendent Taleb, whose...

An original spin on the crime novel in which the race to gain the rights to an author's backlist proves to be more head-scratching - and deadly! - than the plots in his books. The Librarian It's been two decades since mystery writer Duncan...

Author: James RonaldISBN-10: 1899000984ISBN-13: 9781899000982Publisher: Moonstone PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2025Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.82d

From the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Murder in the Family and the popular DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand-new gripping thriller in which a true-crime TV show turns up the heat on a controversial case from Fawley's past...When...

Whether presented with a severed foot, a robbery at the British Museum, a catatonic man in a locked room or burnt human remains in a wickerman, Sherlock Holmes relies on his intelligence and deductive brilliance to discover clues and unearth the solution to many...

"There is a spirit that moves amongst us. They call him the Messenger of Death. And tonight...tonight...he called my name."The Loxworths are a family of clairvoyant mediums. Sitters at their seances are dying. Their deaths predicted by a mysterious entity known as The Messenger...

A series of murders leads Detective Inspector Sean Connor and his team into a labyrinthine investigation. The victims are dispatched using a poison previously associated with the notorious Borgia family.As the murders multiply at an alarming rate, Connor finds clues hard to come by,...

On the eve of Sherlock Holmes's retirement Watson pays a final visit to 221b Baker Street. Their quiet conversation is interrupted as other guests drift in and out of the 221b sitting-room... Also included here is the account of a visit made by Holmes...

A missing amulet and an old enemy... After a dramatic battle with Professor James Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes is reported dead. The news has crushed his friend and chronicler Dr John Watson, who has taken to drink, nearly destroying his practice and...

This is one of Sgt. Beef's most interesting and perplexing cases. It involves a murder, but one in which no body can be found. Young Rogers announces to Beef and others assembled in a local pub that he has committed a murder--then takes his...

Once again Lionel Townsend, Beef's Dr. Watson, faithfully records the redoubtable Sergeant's escapades. Beef has left the Braxham police and gone into business for himself. Beef gets a client: Stewart Ferrars, who has been arrested for the Sydenham Murder. Beef is hired by Stewart's...

"Blue Deer Thaw is a delight." --The Seattle Times "The fourth book in the Blue Deer series is another gem." --The Washington Post Alcohol and art, love and death. When a woman freezes to death in a snowdrift, Jules follows the mystery back to...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063376962ISBN-13: 9780063376960Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2026Pages: 288Format: Paperback

The new novel from the author of Art in the Blood. December 1889. Fresh from debunking a "ghostly" hound in Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, only to find himself the target of a deadly vendetta.A beautiful client arrives with a tale of...

When Edward Stevens, an editor at Herald and Son's publishing house, learns of the mysterious events that befell his neighbor's rich uncle, he shrugs off their seemingly supernatural circumstances. He's a logical man and doesn't give much credence to claims of a ghostly figure...

In Anna Katharine Green's A Strange Disappearance, the quiet routine of a wealthy manor is shattered by the mysterious vanishing of a lady's maid. Detective Ebenezer Gryce, known for his methodical approach, is called in to investigate. The disappearance is particularly perplexing, as there...

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household whenshe was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator...

A small town in chaos. A family under siege. A faith that endures."Calling all units! Calling all units! Code Orange at the Pilotview Mall. All officers report immediately."When Lieutenant Curly Rogers heard the dispatcher's words over the radio, fear gripped his heart. Flipping on...

When a woman is killed after a party on Canada Day, a seasoned detective struggles to stay focused on the investigation.The body of a local shopkeeper is found dead on the beach. There is no question it is murder, but the obvious suspect has...

Nathan, a devoted father of two, gets the shock of his life when he wakes one morning to find that both of his children are missing. When they don't return, his world is turned upside down as he is forced to defend himself from...

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 her...

This gripping mystery novel follows detective Joseph Rouletabille as he investigates a locked room murder case. Combining elements of suspense, thriller, and detective fiction, Leroux weaves a compelling and suspenseful story that keeps readers guessing until the very end.This work has been selected by...

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...

Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.Yet, it was the incident in the parlor...

Lizzie Borden and Amanda Burton join forces with Dorothy Parker to solve a grisly murder in Prohibition-era New York in this "assured and witty" mystery (Publishers Weekly). Sixteen-year-old Amanda Burton is thrilled to be spending the summer in New York City at her glamorous...

The second issue of SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY MAGAZINE includes contributions from Darrell Schweitzer ("The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires"), Marc Bilgrey ("You See, But You Forget"), David Waxman ("Tough as Diamonds"), Ron Goulart ("The Mystery of the Flying Man"), Gary Lovisi ("A Study in...

Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully...

Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting: Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully...

A killer is stalking the illustrious Fitzwarren family. And any of the clan could be next . . .Lord Hugo may be heir to the Fitzwarren millions. But everyone knows who rules the roost in his noble old family. His formidable mother, Lady Beatrice....

Yeoman Second Class Ben Yanek loves his job as a court reporter on the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. It's an easy billet and he's contemplating shipping over for six more years, until an assignment to the shore patrol in Palermo, Sicily, puts him...

'A FORTUNE TELLER SUFFERING A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS? THAT CAN'T BE GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS...'A fortune teller claims she's being targeted by someone who's out to harm her and retains the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency to gather evidence she can take to...

When the storm clears, only questions remain--was the killer ever really there, or just a shadow in the night?It's late August and the Driftless region is burning up from heat and lack of rain. Finally on a humid night, the weather boils over the...

Thirteen-year-old Volker Berchtwelt is out for revenge. Almost one year earlier, his older brother Benek was arrested for the murder of his estranged girlfriend. When Volker gave Benek an alibi, no one believed him, and Benek was convicted. Thanks to Volker's pleading, private investigators...

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...

A Christmas to Remember-In Your NightmaresThere's nothing like an old-fashioned Christmas. Young Texas attorney JD Thompson just wasn't expecting a Biblical one.No Texas hospital will admit his sister in premature labor. His friend Nick is homeless and jobless from recent injuries and old trauma....

A Christmas to Remember-In Your NightmaresThere's nothing like an old-fashioned Christmas. Young Texas attorney JD Thompson just wasn't expecting a Biblical one.No Texas hospital will admit his sister in premature labor. His friend Nick is homeless and jobless from recent injuries and old trauma....

The Killing Stones marks the eagerly awaited return of Ann Cleeves' beloved detectives from the Shetland series, and a gripping new investigation with a stunning new setting, from the New York Times bestselling author and creator of three iconic detectives beloved in TV and...

After Professor Moriarty survives Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock Holmes dies, Moriarty finds himself caught up in a locked-room mystery Holmes couldn't solve. This time, it's up to Moriarty to crack the mystery, perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes ingenious retellings like the ones by...

In a seemingly peaceful suburb, Marlene's quiet life is shattered by a shocking act of violence. A knock at the door reveals a clown bearing gifts, but the twisted smile hides a deadly intent. In an instant, Marlene's world ends, leaving her adult son...

In "a wonderful, atmospheric mystery" featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway and DCI Harry Nelson, six bodies of men killed during World War II turn up in Brighton--bringing with them a long-buried, nefarious secret (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). Just back from maternity leave, forensic archeologist Ruth...