Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Let's Play AutopsyKalispell cop, Detective Myers, was on the job the night two twelve year old children lost their lives in a tragic accident. The six surviving kids swore to each other that they would never tell the true story of what happened, and...

When the timid yet curious Elsie Maitland stumbles upon a small, seaside town, she takes a room in the lone hotel on top of the cliffs--but something's amiss. A curious group of guests has been assembled by an unknown host, but what's even more...

Tin Soldiers is the fourth in the Meredith & Hodge Series DCI John Meredith's team are horrified when the daughter of one of their own is abducted. Ellen Rawlings' disappearance is only the start of a series of attacks on young girls. But what...

An elusive killer. A relentless detective. A tempting young woman. The first in the McNamara series introduces the Scottish chief inspector in his rush to apprehend a serial killer who blends well with the people on Nightingale Street and makes the police run in...

Can a murder mystery be wacky? It can when anti-hero detective Shelf Barker--mild-mannered UK driving instructor by day--happens upon a car full of mayhem. Following the trail of murderous disasters around England, across the pond to Brooklyn, NY, and back again, Barker finally solves...

Melpomene and Alex Crabbe investigate what appear to be dubious practices at a new university. They soon discover that the key officials of Harpenden University are involved in criminal behaviour, ranging from demanding inducements from prospective students, to embezzlement and even murder. With the...

Dana Tucker Pennington returned to her childhood home in Georgia following the death of her husband. But she didn't expect to find Bret Kenyon living next door and now single. The man who broke her teenaged heart by marrying her best friend. Happiness seems...

A Scottish crime thriller laced with intrigue, deception, blackmail, betrayal, and bloody murder.Angel, the star pole dancer at Teasers nightclub is savagely murdered in her bed.Tony Palmer is the main figure in Dundee's underworld and has many business interests both legal and illegal. His...

When messages of death are sent and two bodies are found on two different Norfolk beaches Inspector Campbell and his team find themselves unravelling a complex case.Author: Pamela St AbbsISBN-10: 0957403070ISBN-13: 9780957403079Publisher: Palmer BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2018Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50d

The sequel to 'The Iron Mausoleum'. A ship of the White Star Line, believed to be the 'Titanic', has been sunk in mid-Atlantic for a variety of reasons, chief amongst which is the concealment of forged artwork en route to a lucrative art exhibition...

The discovery of a damaged vase takes Hennessey and Yellich back to a twenty-year-old murder case, with consequences for the present. A chance sighting of a vase for sale in an antique shop leads Detective Chief Inspector Hennessey and his team to take a...

Cleverly plotted, with wry wit, a likable copper hero, and an ingenious plot, this one will keep even seasoned mystery fans off-balance Booklist A deadly fire at a nudist club plunges DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole into an explosive mix of deception,...

This brand-new novel featuring Margery Allingham's Mr Campion recaptures the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction. The Danish Ambassador has requested Albert Campion's help on 'a delicate family matter'. He's very concerned about his eighteen-year-old daughter, who has formed an attachment to a most...

A body found stabbed repeatedly outside the local lido leads DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap into an intriguing new case. With the local lido under threat of closure by ruthless businesswoman Alison Sutherland, the Save the Salthaven Lido campaigners are fighting a...

1943 San Francisco CAThe city is still edgy. Rumors of a Japanese invasion continue to circulate. America's offensive strategy begins to win battles, raising morale. A lonely sailor on liberty walks down Sutter Street looking for booze and women. What Navy Submariner Nick Devin...

The Merchant of Death is a gripping story of the world's greatest detective that has never been told-until now. Starting with the disappearance of an American diplomat in Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes becomes deeply involved in a series of mysterious murders that present him...

Our exciting adventure began innocently enough. Harry Hansen was perusing the London Times, when he discovered a lengthy obituary of a remarkable person, The Earl of North London. While searching for more information on The Earl, it became evident to Harry that a series...

The Dead Alive (also published as John Jago's Ghost) is based on the real-life 1819 Boorn Brothers case, where two men were wrongfully convicted of murder in Vermont. The story revolves around the disappearance of John Jago and the subsequent wrongful accusation of the...

The perils of cheating life and deathAfter her condominium is destroyed, Faye has a choice to make: save her lover or hide what they've done. Her decision hangs in the balance until Gerry's shocking rescue. Then comes their real scramble.While authorities pursue the cause...

A man dies suddenly during a crowded performance at a New York theater, and the only clue left behind is a top hat containing a mysterious mark. From this single, baffling detail unfolds The Roman Hat Mystery, the novel that launched the legendary Ellery...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of some of the very best, most mysterious, and most satisfying Sherlock Holmes stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, and a silk ribbon bookmark. Discover Sherlock Holmes's most memorable and intriguing cases, including adventures with mysterious masked...

Dr. Priestley's Quest by John Rhode is a masterful Golden Age detective novel that showcases the intellectual brilliance and methodical reasoning that define classic British mystery fiction at its finest.When a baffling crime presents contradictions no ordinary investigation can resolve, Dr. Lancelot Priestley-eminent mathematician...

A deadly puzzle unfolds in the grand tradition of Golden Age detective fiction in Peril at Cranbury Hall by John Rhode-an ingenious, atmospheric mystery featuring the brilliant Dr. Lancelot Priestley.When a sudden death shocks the quiet English countryside, whispers of accident and misfortune hide...

Dr. Priestley Investigates by John Rhode is a classic Golden Age detective novel that delivers everything readers love about traditional British mystery fiction: a baffling crime, meticulous clues, and a brilliantly logical detective who plays fair with the reader.At the center of this classic...

As the song says, you can't always get what you want. Maybe that's why, instead of fulfilling her youthful dream of being a rock star, Layla Fortune is living in a trailer park while playing third-rate gigs. Given everything else she's been through, she's...

Hugo has led an exciting life as an FBI profiler and the United States embassy's head of security, but now he's ready to embrace a quieter existence as a bookseller in the Marais district of Paris. His former employer, however, has other plans for...

Months after a devastating discovery about the murder of her family, Leonora Spencer is still struggling to cope. She has kept her distance from Scotland Yard--and from Detective Inspector Jasper Reid--just as she has vowed to do. But when a bomb kills a young...

Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie became an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends. But this time, he finds himself in dire need of working on his own behalf. His dear friend and first...

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DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SERIES. MEET BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED VILLAGE POLICEMAN.Perfect for fans of James Herriot, T.E. Kinsey, Gerald Durrell, J.R. Ellis or anyone who loves a great read."It's original, it's funny . . . one of life's little pleasures." Yorkshire PostMarket day in Ashfordly...

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SERIES. MEET BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED VILLAGE POLICEMAN.Perfect for fans of James Herriot, T.E. Kinsey, Gerald Durrell, J.R. Ellis or anyone who loves a great read."It's original, it's funny . . . one of life's little pleasures." Yorkshire PostPromotion and city life...

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DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SERIES. MEET BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED VILLAGE POLICEMAN.Perfect for fans of James Herriot, T.E. Kinsey, Gerald Durrell, J.R. Ellis or anyone who loves a great read."It's original, it's funny . . . one of life's little pleasures." Yorkshire PostThe trouble starts at...

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SERIES. MEET BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED VILLAGE POLICEMAN.Perfect for fans of James Herriot, T.E. Kinsey, Gerald Durrell, J.R. Ellis or anyone who loves a great read."It's original, it's funny . . . one of life's little pleasures." Yorkshire PostSergeant Blaketon is a...

Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the new book in Kate Ellis's gripping crime series set in Yorkshire. The quaint Yorkshire village of Eaglethorpe was a sanctuary for famous actress Lexi Verity, away from prying eyes and camera flashes. But a life led in...

When high-powered executive Roxanne Howard dies in a pool of blood outside the Moonshine Inn, Richmond, Virginia's premier redneck bar, the victim's sister enlists Hazel Rose to ferret out the killer. At first Hazel balks at the very idea-she's a romance writer, not a...

September 1963. Thirty year old pastor David Elliott just wants to find his notes for this week's sermon on his cluttered desk. Instead finds himself involved in an execution-style slaying. Eight years ago the murder victim falsely accused David's close friend of sexual abusing...

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...

Victor Silvius has spent nine years as an inmate at The Grange, a private sanatorium, for the crime of attacking judge Sir Giles Drury. Now, the judge's wife, Lady Elspeth Drury, believes that Silvius is the one responsible for a series of threatening letters...

Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag always swore that he would never return to Oakmont, Connecticut, the small mill town where his family lived for generations. He certainly has no desire to interrupt his high life as the newest great American novelist to revisit the town that...

James Aloysius Piper, mostly known as Peter, is relentless when pursuing a story for his newspaper, the Herald. So when a woman's body is found burned beyond recognition in the marsh near El Cerrito, he is even more eager than the local authorities to...

A dark cloud has descended upon the elegant mansion of Jazz Age New York's illustrious Greene family as, one by one, the heirs to the fortune die off under mysterious circumstances. It begins when an intruder shoots two daughters, leaving one dead. Soon after,...

In the dog days of August, it is no surprise to see New Yorkers perspire. But this summer, a killer called the Cat gives the city a new reason to sweat. He selects his victims seemingly at random and strangles them, then escapes without...

Victor Silvius has spent nine years as an inmate at The Grange, a private sanatorium, for the crime of attacking judge Sir Giles Drury. Now, the judge's wife, Lady Elspeth Drury, believes that Silvius is the one responsible for a series of threatening letters...

Cub reporter Mary Llewellyn is on a soothing sea cruise to help her recover after a minor operation. Her fellow passengers are pleasant enough, gathering to play a friendly game of bridge to pass the time. But the game turns considerably less so when...

For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain--and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police...

A successful writer and a B-movie director seem like the perfect match in the Hollywood Hills and, with him working to produce her novel for an upcoming film, the pair's recent marriage isn't the only way that they're connected. When the husband is found...

A successful writer and a B-movie director seem like the perfect match in the Hollywood Hills and, with him working to produce her novel for an upcoming film, the pair's recent marriage isn't the only way that they're connected. When the husband is found...

"Can you solve the Ferris wheel murder case?"When a sensational killing rocks 1938 London, local newspaper ads offer a hefty sum to the person who can say whodunnit. A man has been shot dead at the top of a Ferris wheel, and his wife...