Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A stolen valuable is just the beginning of a trail of strange events Junio has to uncover in this skilfully plotted historical mystery set in 2nd century Britain."A mastery of period detail matches the engrossing plot . . . Brilliant " Publishers Weekly Starred...

When Mrs. Hudson asks Holmes and Watson to find a missing girl, neither men expected what they would find.Along with Lestrade, they are plunged into a case of abduction and murder. As they race from Marylebone, to Finchley, to Wapping, and back again, time...

In a tranquil town tucked away in America's forgotten corners, unsettling mysteries loom large. Disappearances that have left a community haunted and searching for answers. Enter Curtis Styles: a fearless investigative journalist with an unyielding determination. As he dives deep into a web of...

A small island with BIG lies...Welcome to Rockfish Island.A well-kept secret from the average tourist, Rockfish Island is the chosen destination for an all-inclusive corporate getaway with a fun-filled weekend of glamping and horseback riding planned, each guest expecting a good time despite mounting...

In the early- and mid-1880s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the forerunner of the modern IRA, waged a bombing campaign that terrorized the citizens of London for more than four years. Explosives were detonated in such places as the Tower of London, the House of...

Doctor John Watson tantalisingly informed us, in The Problem of Thor Bridge, that a box full of unpublished adventures of Sherlock Holmes had been left in the vaults of Cox & Co. of Charing Cross. However, what Watson neglected to tell us was that...

In the early- and mid-1880s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the forerunner of the modern IRA, waged a bombing campaign that terrorized the citizens of London for more than four years. Explosives were detonated in such places as the Tower of London, the House of...

As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim creates wonderful mysteries peopled with marvelous characters as quirky as they are endearing. The Seattle Times says Daheim is "one of the brightest stars in our city's literary constellation"--and the popularity...

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1996 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Group USA.Author: Peter RobinsonISBN-10: 006243120XISBN-13: 9780062431202Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2016Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d

A murder on the stage of a packed theatre, a company of actors ripped apart by rivalries, and a secret that has simmered for decades.England, 1927. When an actor is killed during the performance of a new mystery play, his colleagues refuse to believe...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most written about men who ever lived but despite this some parts of his life get little attention. One such period is between 1891 and 1894 when he lived in South Norwood in present day south...

A stunning collection of seven brand-new novellas featuring the redoubtable Sherlock Holmes and his chronicler Dr John Watson. Eliminate the impossible... Sherlock Holmes lives on in this extraordinary collection of brand-new novellas. Marvel as the master detective scours London's sewers to expose the killer...

The mysterious missing of a teenager. A series of murders unconnected with one another. Will detective Scala solve the mystery before other innocents will meet their fate at the hands of the killer?Rome, Italy. When the missing of a teenage girl shakes the centenary...

In Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes is not alone in solving mysteries that baffle the official police. Housekeeper, schoolmistress, detective: Mrs Meinir Davies tracks down missing mothers, stolen treasures, and secrets and scandals touching some of England's most venerable institutions, from the Church to the...

From Cara Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family, comes the fifth novel in her DI Fawley detective series, one of Britain's most enduringly popular and mega-selling crime series.When DI Adam Fawley is assigned a sexual assault case filed...

Of all the conundrums that have puzzled Sherlockian scholars, few have been thornier than the "vexed question" of Dr. Watson's wives. In these ten stories, readers will meet the all-but-unknown women who preceded and succeeded Mary Morstan, as well as learning more about poor...

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the award-winning author.Archie Goodwin's very good friend Lily Rowan spends much of her time--and considerable financial resources--helping women in need, from underpaid...

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case--a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound.Riverside Close is a...

Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in this next installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series.An astonishing tip from a grateful ex-convict seems implausible--but Inspector Ian Rutledge is intrigued and brings it to his...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'.THE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLEThe suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl...

A death at the county poorhouse is unremarkable in 1900. Unless the corpse presents as a drowning victim and there is no water on the property. Widowed undertaker Carrie Lisbon has traveled to Duncan, the county seat, to attend the Annual Sheriff's Benefit Ball....

Paterson, New Jersey's favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation--the dog rescue organization named after his beloved golden...

" Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."--The New York Times Book Review Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's...

In Scotland, where thrift and a "nice set of dentures" are generally admired, dental surgeon Dr. Frederick Gilchrist's cheap rates and penchant for pulling teeth have gained him a clientele.However, wiser Highlanders (like Hamish Macbeth) opt to steer clear of this reputed womanizer's all-too-busy...

Quick-witted detective Stone is capable of making decisions from a pair of muddy shoes and other seemingly unimportant clues. It's almost like a performing magician pulling a rabbit from a hat. He once remarked that "One never knows what difference anything will make until...

Quick-witted detective Stone is capable of making decisions from a pair of muddy shoes and other seemingly unimportant clues. It's almost like a performing magician pulling a rabbit from a hat. He once remarked that "One never knows what difference anything will make until...

Librarian Charlie Harris and his ever-intuitive feline friend Diesel must catch a killer in a deadly game of cat and mouse where no one is who they seem to be... At last, Charlie and Helen Louise's wedding is only a month away. They're busy...

The first book in a new series featuring Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, written by a USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author.The world was not prepared for this story, a conspiracy hatched in the highest levels of the British government. A rogue Minister of...

Young women have gone missing and unmissed, until the wrong one disappears. The tranquility of tiny Anderson Montana is once again shattered when pampered Stacey Nichols disappears after a quarrel with her boyfriend.Clues are few and flimsy, but newly hired deputy, Birdie Bradshaw, has...

When Mrs. Hudson asks Holmes and Watson to find a missing girl, neither men expected what they would find.Along with Lestrade, they are plunged into a case of abduction and murder. As they race from Marylebone, to Finchley, to Wapping, and back again, time...

Pennsylvania State Trooper Jim Duncan responds to a call regarding a missing autistic young man. When the boy is quickly found, Jim thinks the case is closed...until the young man insists the police need to help a "sleeping blue lady" and leads them to...

THE DARTMOOR HORRORSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to the moors in this shocking supernatural sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles.All is finally safe and secure at Baskerville Hall. The legendary Hound from Hell has been shot and killed by Sherlock Holmes; the...

Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading..."An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a...

Julia's Heart is a pebble, shaped by the sea. Her toddler son found it on an Oregon beach and her husband had it engraved with their initials and hung on a chain. It is the one piece of jewelry she never took off, the...

Author: Mary Roberts RinehartISBN-10: 1644393212ISBN-13: 9781644393215Publisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2019Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Five sensational Sherlock Holmes stories by Orlando Pearson followed by three meditations hinting at the most radical theory yet about the Great Baker Street Detective. A Type of Infamy - Holmes investigates a mysterious disappearance in 1938; The Fourth Student - shocking events in...

In 2009, a few inspired individuals took notice of the plight of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's former home 'Undershaw' in Hindhead, Surrey and determined that it was up to them to do something about it. Banding together, they found a way to create a...

Der Spielwarenfabrikant David Walker nimmt in seinem eleganten Wagen eine h?sche junge Anhalterin namens Judy Clayton mit. Als das Benzin ausgeht, macht sich Walker zu Fuss auf den Weg zu einer Tankstelle. Als er zur?kkommt, ist die junge Frau spurlos verschwunden. Einige Tage sp舩er...

"Fantastic...my favorite series ever!" --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next DoorFrom Cara Hunter, the New York Times bestselling author of Murder in the Family, comes the fourth novel in her DI Fawley detective series, one of Britain's most enduringly...

When a prominent Northern California winery family comes to San Miguel to check out additional properties, a disturbing conflict is already running deep beneath the surface. As they rent an upscale mansion for a month's stay, the head of the family is murdered on...

Crime-fiction librarian - and reluctant amateur sleuth - Ray Ambler gets mixed up in murder once again when he's called to appraise a mystery-novel collection at an exclusive New York college. An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection...

Charlie Horse has very set ideas of just how his pub should be run. No food (apart from crisps and nuts) and very definite ideas about what kind of customers are welcome in his hostelry. Unbeknown to Charlie however, there is something very odd...

When Mike Malone is called upon to investigate the murder of a cow which has been hanged from a tree, he hopes that this is just a prank that has gone seriously wrong. However, when the mutilated body of a young girl is found,...

David Elliott from What the Barber Knew returns in a new, action-packed thriller.1953. David Elliott is a college sophomore American Literature major who also plays baseball and has a propensity to jump into things without looking. When his revered professor Steven Jeffrey ostensibly commits...

Detective-Sergeant Martin christened him 'Whiskers', but nobody could be certain who he really was. That was not the only question that confronted Inspector Charlton of the C.I.D. How, for instance, did young Courtenay Harbord die? And why? Who was Number 106 and in what...

Five years after Jenny Winston vanishes the night of the infamous Roswell UFO crash, Holmes and Watson must solve the mystery of the young woman's disappearance. Immediately they find themselves in a web of Cold War intrigue, stolen secrets, double agents, and double crosses...

On Valentine's Day, 1945, the gruesome murder of a crippled hedgecutter, Charles Walton, shocked the townspeople of Stratford-upon-Avon. With its simmering links to Satanic ritual, the murder remains a mystery, one of Scotland Yard's rare cold cases, a crime as relevant today as it...

Barrow's Point is a reflection of our times. On one hand, there has been great progress with gay marriage being legalized, but sadly there are also hate crimes and people being targeted, let go from jobs, or killed because of their sexual orientation. While...

It is December 1888. The body of Queen Victoria's physician is discovered in a railway carriage on Paddington Station. Sherlock summons his brother Mycroft to the scene. Sherlock is convinced the crime bears no resemblance to the Ripper murders but when a letter arrives...

**Winner of the 2020 Audie Award for Best Male Narrator** "[Narrator Robert Bathurst] engages us completely...If you haven't listened to this series, start at once. You'll love your stay in Three Pines." -- AudioFile Magazine on A Great Reckoning Kingdom of the Blind, the...