Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Published in the UK as The Telling ErrorLisa Gardner calls it "mesmerizing." Liane Moriarty says it's "unpredictable, unputdownable, and unlike anything you've read before." See for yourself what these #1 New York Times-bestselling authors are talking about.She's a wife.She's a mother.She isn't who you...

Festive lights and holiday displays are popping up all over the Scottish Highlands city of Inverness. Over on Church Street, Rev. Daniel Darrow is busy trying to rein in the kirk's longstanding nativity display feud with the Old High Church up the road. All...

Howard Giordano's charismatic protagonist, Luke Rizzo, is back in The Dark Side of the City. In this story, Rizzo takes on the Mafia. Again collaborating with his favorite FBI agent, Rizzo brings down a flourishing money-laundering operation, all the while dodging the mob's many...

Captain Heinz Noonan, "Master of the Impossible Crime," is called upon to solve the most puzzling of riddles. If it's odd, you call Noonan. Why, for instance, would someone steal 200 garden gnomes and then leave them in a pattern across a city? Better...

In The Matter of the Dematerializing Armored Car, Chief of Detectives Heinz Noonan is asked to solve the disappearance of an empty armored car and its two drivers from a tunnel with guards on both ends. Why would anyone want to steal an empty...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine is back with a new issue and a new editor. Here are tales in mystery and detection in the classic manner, with a fine selection of new stories, features, and a classic Holmes reprint. Here are: BEAUTY AND THE BEYOTCH,...

Everyone agrees that Bob Dexter, the prominent Evangelical clergyman, has a great deal of personal charisma. Those who know him realise that he also has an unshakable faith in his own righteousness, and a real talent for rubbing people up the wrong way. It...

It was a surprise that Dory would ever need a wedding dress, but VE day wasn't just the end of the war, it was also the start of a new chapter-a chapter that Captain Ridley proposed they start together. A proper wedding dress, at...

Fifteen years ago on Easter Sunday, I learned from a stranger's voice at a hospital emergency room on the west coast where my daughter was attending college, she was dead-on-arrival from GHB poisoning. The men, a local hip-hop rapper, and his band, who brought...

In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, "the le Carr of the future" (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global finance, spycraft, and politics that power our modern world. "This is a darker, scarier Herron. The...

A breezy, charming, and perfectly escapist mystery set in the heart of sun- and wine-soaked Aix-en-Provence--where murder investigations are always put on hold for lunch and the only thing more sweeping than the story is the Mediterranean coastline. Proven軋l Mystery Series #9Watch the series!...

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world-famous detective. Volume II contains the fourth of the Sherlock Holmes novels, The Valley of Fear, in which Holmes memorably faces...

The New York Times Best Seller"[Hope Never Dies is] an escapist fantasy that will likely appeal to liberals pining for the previous administration, longing for the Obama-Biden team to emerge from political retirement as action heroes."--Alexandra Alter, New York Times Vice President Joe Biden...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a perfect crime.Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the...

ONE OF CRIMEREADS' TEN NOVELS YOU SHOULD READ IN DECEMBER ONE OF OPEN, THE MAGAZINE'S BEST OF 2021 BOOKS: CRIME FICTION Harith Athreya is back, this time to face a centuries old-curse in the second novel in the internationally acclaimed series! An archeological team...

Featuring Contributions by: Tracy J. Revels, John Davis, John Lawrence, Stephen Herczeg, Tim Gambrell, Craig Stephen Copland, Jeremy Branton Holstein, Thomas A. Turley, Arthur Hall, David Marcum, S.C. Toft, Leslie Charteris and Denis Green, Roger Riccard, Will Murray, John Lawrence, and Marcia Wilson, and...

THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in 1916 and was first published in 1920.*****It is Christie's first published novel, and introduces Hercule Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp and Captain Hastings. The story is told in first...

When a hurricane-chasing plane is downed on a Caribbean island, TV meteorologist Perry Stuart barely escapes with his life. But he can't escape what he saw on the island--and if the people who've tracked him back to England have their way, Stuart will have...

When an envoy from the New World comes to Venice, the elite courtesan Belladonna fears the secret of her origins may be revealed. The Spanish are after him, for he carries the map to a great treasure. When the envoy disappears, his enemies shift...

Lieutenant Peyton "Mack" McWhirter, a highly respected fire officer is suspended after a fatal fire kills one of his rookies. The uninvestigated fire and his quick suspension cause concern for the fire department. Taking the advice of his rodeo bullfighter friend, Gautier "Goat" Thibodaux,...

FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY John Le Carr "This novel comprises some of the best work of an extremely gifted and perhaps under-regarded British crime novelist . . . What gave John Bingham his magic was something we look for in every writer, too often...

At the height if his popularity, S.S. Vane Dine pens a locked-room mystery with a lethal dose of sex and sin where infamous actress, "The Canary," is murdered in her cage after a passionate night with her lover.Margaret Odell, the famous Broadway beauty and...

"I speak of magic, Mr. Holmes."Poor Mr. Percy Simmons, leader of London's Theosophical Order of Odic Forces, stands upon the hearth rug of 221B Baker Street, slowly mangling his hat brim in ill-concealed distress and fully aware that his is not a case which...

The story is divided into two parts. In Part I, schoolboy Mitya is in desperate need of money to repay a debt, but his father angrily denies him assistance. Dejected, under the instigation of a friend Makhin, Mitya simply changes a 2.50 rouble bond...

In 1936 an elderly Doctor Watson sits at his desk with a dictation machine, over a two week period, recounting the significant moments in his life. The expected publication of his autobiography never materialised. But in 2017 the wax cylinders containing Watson's words appeared...

In 1893, Dr. Watson and Conan Doyle published what they believed was the last Sherlock Holmes story, 'The Final Problem'. The world was stunned, and The Strand Magazine rushed to fill the vacuum. Readers were soon introduced to a new detective, Martin Hewitt, as...

The Circular Staircase By Mary Roberts RinehartAuthor: Mary Roberts RinehartISBN-10: 1719215618ISBN-13: 9781719215619Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/18/2018Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

Page-turning detective fiction from the author of I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES / THE IRISHMAN who was himself a homicide investigator and prosecutor. Wisecracking cop Lou Razzi's zeal, dedication and talent for extracting information from suspects make him destined to rise quickly through the...

Sherlock Holmes has left London on what was to become his Great Hiatus from 221b Baker Street. On the first leg of his journey, Holmes becomes embroiled in murder and assassination before even reaching the Port of New York. The mystery revolves around the...

When the dust settles in this Texas town, who will be left standing? It's been six weeks since Jack McBride's life went to hell: the resolution of his first case as chief sparked a countywide drug war, his brother Eddie rode into town with...

A murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne. October 1936. Joe Weaver, press magnate and close friend of the Royal family, calls for Lord Edward Corinth's help in recovering some missing letters, stolen from Wallis Simpson - the King's intimate friend. But...

In 1922 A.A. Milne published The Red House Mystery, his only mystery novel. Set in contemporary time when written, Milne's novel is a delightful "whodunnit" story of two friends who find themselves in the middle of a puzzle and the only ones who know...

Wildflower Mystery Series - Book 1 Wildflower Island is an idyllic place, where crime just doesn't happen.When 4 teenage girls discover a body, badly beaten, a nice day at the beach goes horribly wrong. As they embark on a quest to solve the murder,...

In an elaborate house known as the Cloisters, Maud Wainwright rules supreme. The queen of society in the small town of Beverly, she has a table long enough to seat one hundred, and she keeps an iron grip on the guest list. Her right-hand...

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn must unravel a mystery involving a mummy, a giant ruby and a murder, in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile. Cyrus Barker, along with...

Major robberies with violence have been puzzling the police, until they receive information that implicates Harry Denver. So Harry, having retired to an idyllic lifestyle in rural Kent, has no option but to fight back and investigate for himself.Author: Melvyn Barnes, Francis DurbridgeISBN-10: 1915887097ISBN-13:...

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted, except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth.Yet Hamish's affairs of the heart will have to wait. Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has...

Rich. Successful. Dead . . . The mysterious death of Marion Cane leads criminologist Will Traynor into a deeply challenging and disturbing new case. Marion Cane swapped a successful city career in New York and London for a quiet retirement in a wealthy village...

In the latest installment of the acclaimed Tuscan Mystery series, the sole witness at a crime scene speaks only English, and ex-NYPD detective turned amateur chef Nico Doyle is summoned by the local carabinieri to help. Though it took some time to settle into...

Twenty years and a lifetime ago, Windeport Police Chief Sean Colbeth had his teenage heart badly broken when the girl he thought he loved dumped him for another guy in the most dramatic manner possible. Young love burns hot and fast, to be sure,...

Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension - an undeniably engrossing guessing game." -- Vogue"[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." -- PeopleFrom...

Three murders were too many for Ed Hunter. Not even a dazzling redhead from the carnival's girl show could keep Ed altogether happy--not with a murderer running loose. Then Ed found it was up to him and his Uncle Am to find the killer...

Follow the money in this gripping literary puzzle--the fourth and final installment of Sarah Caudwell's brilliant Hilary Tamar mystery series."Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers."--A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Julia Larwood's...

A lawyer's lucrative case has deadly consequences in the third installment of the Hilary Tamar mysteries that began with Thus Was Adonis Murdered "Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers."--A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in...

'HE LEFT A WREATH OF CONDOLENCE AT OUR FRONT DOOR, THEN VANISHED.'The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency should be enjoying the early summer with their loved ones, but find themselves facing a truly baffling case: a mysterious figure has been spotted in Anwen-by-Wye,...

Can David Ludwig Emerge from His Fugue? Was He Set Up ... or Did He Murder His Family? The Wet Mountain Valley Sheriff's Office has its hands full when they must not only deal with solving a homicide, but, with limited resources, must call...

To the ancient Romans, the healing waters of Bath belonged to the goddess Minerva. Today they belong to the gods of commerce, as tourists teem, shops prosper, and the incense of gourmet food rises to the English skies. Among the throng is Sara Selkirk,...

The delightful seventh installment of the bestselling and beloved Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking! When Lori Shepherd returns from her trip to America, she is shocked to hear...

Loose lips may sink ships, but bodies and secrets will always float to the surface.Audrey O'Connell has returned from Portland to her hometown of Chattertowne, Washington, a place where gossip is currency but knowing when to stay tight-lipped is priceless. Procuring a part-time job...

Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica. Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with...