Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

"If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him."In The Big Four, Hercule Poirot investigates a string of murders that appear to be disconnected on the surface, but...

The atmosphere didn't crackle with suspense. Nobody felt a shiver of apprehension. Rather, Flo Fenton laughed at the ludicrous sight of a 265-pound woman, in diamonds and a cotton sunsuit, standing precariously on a ladder and reaching for a ripe tomato. . . ....

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. It is the third novel...

THE FIFTH GRAVEKarl Craven is a P.I. who hits town on a simple but well-paying job. He's been hired to get a young woman out of a local religious cult. He's also looking for his partner. Then he finds out that his partner's been...

Meet Lady Lupin Lorimer Hastings the young, lovely, scatterbrained and kind-hearted newlywed wife to Andrew, the vicar of St Marks parish in Glanville, Sussex. When it comes to matters clerical, she is rather at sea. Nevertheless, she is determined to make her husband proud...

After the death of his wife, homicide lieutenant Rollie Finch retired from the New York City Police Department to raise his three daughters in Queens, New York. Now as a private investigator, Rollie's cases are mostly for defense lawyers. He earns a steady living...

When a body dressed only in a pair of pince-nez glasses is found in the bathtub at 59 Queen Caroline Mansions in Battersea, the only thing that becomes obvious is that it is not the body of the financier, Sir Reuben Levy. But whose...

A blood-curdling mystery yarn, teeming with action and human interest, packed with thrills, and lifting the element of suspense to the nth degree.When a beautiful young woman was found brutally murdered in the advertising department of a great luxury store, a ghoulish Roman holiday...

When an old Jesuit Mission House in Carthage, Ohio, is nominated for National Landmark status, the committee sends a private investigator to get to the bottom of the hostile letters they've received. Arriving in Carthage is Marian Warner, a New York PI whose life...

December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's Covent Garden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle of the capital's biggest fruit and vegetable market, the war...

A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches--in this action-packed suspense novel by bestselling author Anne Perry. "Unbearably suspenseful . . . pushes the envelope and succeeds on nearly every level."--Bookreporter It is the...

Baltimore City is a powder keg. Its last few years have seen protests, riots, and too many murders. Its citizens don't trust the police, the police don't trust the State's Attorney's Office, and the State's Attorney wants to put as many cops in jail...

A cold February morning in Scotland begins with the discovery of a body, as Hector Mathewson is found dead within the cask room of his own distillery.While directing the hunt for the murderer, DCI Alex Warren needs to balance his own turbulent personal life....

In depression era Philadelphia, Jewish upholsterer Jake Glazer prays for God's forgiveness while dodging man's retribution. Irish detective, John Maloney pursues him while struggling with his own conflict: he's in love with a Spanish divorcee. Marriage to her seems impossible until a ghost prods...

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case?Dover and the Claret Tappers is a surprising departure for the series featuring Scotland Yard's least competent detective,...

From the curious clauses in a miser's will, to a sinister tradition in an old Tudor manor-house, these twelve cases, from the early years of Holmes's career in the 1880s, present a singular collection of mysteries for the world's first consulting detective to resolve.What...

When Leonard Smith, a publisher of erotic books, is found brutally murdered in his London flat, Inspector Lestrade asks Sherlock Holmes to assist him. Holmes soon suspects there is a criminal conspiracy behind the murder, a suspicion which is confirmed when Sir Henry Baskerville's...

When wealthy Colonel Delamere dies after a botched burglary, it's up to Eric Ward to manage his estate--and catch the killers. But the Colonel's will contains perplexing instructions for the disposal of an ancient Egyptian statuette, first discovered by Howard Carter in the Valley...

February, 1932: the highly unpopular Joan Hexham, 'the spider at the centre of a web of village gossip', is killed on stage during an amateur performance of Hamlet. An accident, surely. Nobody would be brazen enough to commit murder in full view of fifty...

A missing sister. Her lying twin. Their estranged father. Her brother doesn't know where to turn or whom to trust. Attorney JD Thompson leaves his practice in a small town to trace his sister across Texas. He can't believe she would run away. She...

Not-quite-newlywed Angela Marchmont is having a belated honeymoon on the idyllic Greek island of Rhodes, but has barely even unpacked her bathing-suit before an unwelcome encounter with the dead body of a young archaeologist draws her into a tangled web of murder and blackmail.Everyone...

Queen Victoria lays dying and some predict she will not live out the week. It is a turning point for the Empire as the man who is about to take the reins of power is known to be an unbridled libertine void of anything...

THIRTY YEARS AGO, THE REMAINS OF A YOUNG CHILD WERE FOUND IN A CAVE. HIS NECK WAS BROKEN. The child was never claimed.There were no witnesses.There were no leads.The case went cold. Gil Novak decides to retire and concentrate on improving his health. His...

UNCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND A COLD CASE MURDER AT NASA IN THIS THRILLING INVESTIGATION.By the year 2030, the investigation into the brutal murder of NASA Space Plane Test Manager Scarlet Hauk has grown cold. In a last-ditch effort to solve the case and give...

The Watson Chronicles. Christopher D. Abbott, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael Jan Friedman and Aaron Rosenberg team up to bring you another stunning collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures. A pea-souper descending over London brings with it many villainous activities hidden deep within those thickly yellow-hazed...

When several strange incidents occur in India that appear to be related the niece of Colonel James Good, commander of the Calcutta barracks, calls upon Dr Watson for help, since he served with Good. When the facts of the case are presented, Holmes agrees...

"Readers will hope this marks the start of a long-running series" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review Introducing Irish-born cop turned private investigator Tom Collins in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series. February, 1922. Hollywood is young but already mired in scandal. When...

Crime-fiction librarian Ray Ambler gets more than he bargained for when he acquires the archives of a controversial hardboiled crime author in this contemporary twisty mystery set in New York City. Hardboiled crime writer Will Ford might be critically acclaimed, but he's every bit...

When her stepfather dies, Miss Lois Cayley finds herself alone in the world with only twopence in her pocket. Undaunted, the intelligent, attractive, and infinitely resourceful young woman decides to set off in search of adventure. Her travels take her from London to Germany,...

For an ex-cop turned private investigator, I've carved out a pretty nice life for myself. Yeah, life is good, but that doesn't stop me from seeking closure and justice for victims of the darker side of Chattanooga. Some would call me reckless. But I'm...

The summer occupants of "Sunnyside" find the dead body of Arnold Armstrong, the son of the owner, on the circular staircase. Following the murder a bank failure is announced. Around these two events is woven a plot of absorbing interestAuthor: Mary Roberts RinehartISBN-10: 1729520170ISBN-13:...

The old salt farmers have always said that the violet scent of the Fleur de Sel at harvest time on the salt marshes of the Gu駻ande Peninsula has been known to cause hallucinations. Commissaire Dupin also starts to believe this when he's attacked out...

Spend time in the Big Apple with your soon-to-be-favorite wise-cracking amateur sleuth, Melanie Deming, as she follows clues from glamorous Park Avenue mansions filled with super-rich moms to gritty soup kitchens. Snarky writer and health fanatic Melanie is shocked to find the body of...

A body in a cave. A family full of secrets. And time running out before the killer strikes again...The case is one of the strangest Detective Lexi Bennett has ever seen. In a cave beneath a vineyard, a young woman wearing angel wings lies...