Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

The magnificent Transcontinental Express, showcasing the cutting edge of mid-1930s luxury train travel, is making its first trip from New York to San Francisco. For its record-breaking maiden voyage--coast to coast in three days with no passenger stops--the express carries only invited guests, among...

In the heart of London, two prominent businessmen mysteriously vanish without a trace. Cousins James and Charles Morden run a shipping company in Liverpool that is, in the wake of the Great War, struggling. It appears there have been financial irregularities, and then James...

Near St. Brynneys in the Welsh border country, isolated by heavy snow and flooding from the thaw, a calamity has occurred. Old Dr. Robinson, a known 'menace on the roads', has met his end in a collision with a jeep on a hazardous junction....

A vicious, unprovoked attack is just the start...'A multi-faceted page turner. The perfect way to meet Jack Dylan' Alison Bruce, author of I Did It For UsWhen Detective Jack Dylan heads home after a residential course, he has no idea that an extraordinary succession...

New York taxidermy collector Garth Carson is pulled into another unusual escapade in this follow-up to "Pipsqueak." Garth acquires the most sinister stuffed critter in the world: a certain white crow in a bell jar that other people are dying to get their hands...

""The House of the Arrow"" is a captivating mystery novel penned by A.E.W. Mason, celebrated for its intriguing plot and meticulous attention to detail. Set in the idyllic French countryside, the story revolves around the enigmatic murder of a Parisian financier, leading to a...

This is the first book in the Compton and Murray Mysteries series. The two detectives meet.Playing the wrong music can be murder. Recovering from events that have shaken his confidence as an officer and a father, Detective Inspector Jacob Murray has come to Canterbury...

The founder of Byrner, a global social media platform, Gerald Byrne is universally admired as a visionary, a philanthropist, and a devoted husband and father. And every person who gets in the way of his good work seems to die. When a former student...

"A vile crime is being planned," he said."And heaven knows, it may even have been executed."When an old schoolfriend whisks private detective Asbj rn Krag away by train to an isolated snow-covered manor house, his curiosity is aroused.John Aakerholm, a wealthy landowner with peculiar...

A contemporary Sherlock Holmes, the eccentric Bernie Quist is a consultant detective in the city of York. Christmas is days away and once again the reclusive sleuth will be quietly celebrating alone. His assistant Watson, a teenager from the Grimpen housing estate, has other...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and writer known around the world for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes, which all but created the literary field of crime fiction and made the name Sherlock Holmes synonymous with detectives. Aside from the...

The game was up. Jimmie Rezaire knew it, but he was sure that his carefully laid plans would enable him to escape. They were complete to the last detail; nevertheless every second was valuable. His pals must shift for themselves; even Viv, much as...

Author: Bruce AlexanderISBN-10: 042516036XISBN-13: 9780425160367Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1997Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 6.76h x 4.20w x 0.89d

The body of Herbert Endicott is discovered by his wife at 8:37 PM, dead in his walk-in closet. The circumstances seem suspicious but there is no evidence of foul play, so Lieutenant Valcour, New York's most astute investigator, orders an autopsy on site. The...

A Simple Twist of Fate follows detective Terry Eckhart as he investigates a suspicious house fire that killed two in the Sunset district of San Francisco. Was it just an accident or suicide? Or something more, and if so, who was the target? The...

Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters seemingly from a former lover. Just one day after revealing this information to her co- worker Nancy, Sarah is shot and found in her bedroom by one of her past flames, Donald. Desperate to clear any evidence...

Read along with the new TV drama, streaming now on FOX TV and Hulu!For fans of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries."Wright is a master of the psychological thriller."--BooklistIt's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's murderously hot. For Karl Alberg, that becomes more than...

Shy, self-questioning Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), faces a crisis of conscience when he is asked to ignore the murder of an unimportant colleague in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author...

A town judge shot dead in a house full of suspects. Can a curious young female nurse turned amateur sleuth uncover the truth before someone else dies? It's a mystery that will keep you guessing.Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts, 1931. Aggie Burnside is ready for her...

A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she's one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a...

Harm no one, but let no one harm you.Author Lynn Stevens bewitches readers with this gripping new paranormal mystery. It should have been a normal day for FBI Special Agent Clara Xavier: transport a supernatural criminal to federal prison. And it would have been...

'A revealing, gritty and authentic crime story by a cop and a robber.' The Great Train Robbery was immediately the subject of world attention in late 1963. Being the biggest and most audacious robbery ever committed, it quickly led to popular myths that have...

Read along with the new TV drama, streaming now on FOX TV and Hulu!For fans of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries."Wright is a master of the psychological thriller."--BooklistRuthless businessman Gordon Murphy has something of a Midas touch... in everything but love.Now he's set...

The Theological Odyssey of the Great DetectiveThe world of Holmes is a world of contradictions. Mysteries no author has solved... until now.What happened on that fateful day at Reichenbach Falls when Detective Sherlock Holmes met his archnemesis, Professor James Moriarty? Why did Holmes go...

The protagonist of this gripping novel is Jack Thurston, a former detective who has fallen on hard times and turned to drink. When a young woman is murdered, Thurston is enlisted to help solve the case, leading him on a perilous journey through London's...

The ultimate detective collection featuring the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his trusty companion, Dr. Watson. Follow along as they solve some of the most iconic and challenging mysteries of the Victorian era.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...

When Santa Fe historian Kate Isaacs disappears while staying and doing research at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, Isaacs' wife hires private investigator Fernando Lopez to find the missing woman. At the Luhan House, now a bed and breakfast inn, Lopez...

In a small Maine town, secrets are hidden beneath the surface along the shore...Summer. 1978.Private investigator Jake Horn is looking forward to a weekend with his daughter, away from the busy streets of Boston. But an early morning jog leads them to a shocking...

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' classic crime novels Aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey was the master creation of Dorothy L Sayers, widely acknowledged as one of the four original 'Queens of...

Under pressure from the reading public Arthur Conan Doyle brought his famous detective back from the dead in The Return of Sherlock Holmes. We learn that Holmes actually faked his own death in order to avoid being killed by one of his many enemies....

Author: J. J. ConningtonISBN-10: 1616463082ISBN-13: 9781616463083Publisher: Coachwhip PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2015Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

Author: Tj MedeirosISBN-13: 9798330419340Publisher: Tj MedeirosLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2024Pages: 346Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Author: Valerie BrandyISBN-10: 1964161215ISBN-13: 9781964161211Publisher: Emerald Lion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2024Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65dLarge Print

Author: Arthur Conan DoyleISBN-10: 1621644421ISBN-13: 9781621644422Publisher: Ignatius PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 405Format: Paperback

Author: Elle GrayISBN-13: 9798338066867Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2024Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Author: Anthony HorowitzISBN-10: 0063444623ISBN-13: 9780063444621Publisher: Harper Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 544Format: PaperbackLarge Print

It is1960 and15-year-old Frankie Moretti is living with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. Her American mother has died, and her Italian father is at sea ten months of the year. Learning that Frankie has run away from two boarding schools, her father reluctantly...

One body in the river. A flood of suspects on shore.Artist and part-time private investigator Fen Maguire's peaceful location scouting takes a dark turn when kayakers pull a corpse from the Colorado River. The grisly discovery sets off a chain of events that plunge...

When retired State Crime Bureau investigator Russ King receives an early call from his old friend Stony, now a county sheriff's investigator, he expects a routine morning. But the discovery of an unidentified woman's body at Hansen's Gravel Pit quickly turns his day-and life-upside...

New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil.Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble...

Some lies will never stay hidden.When the body of a teenage boy is found in the River Witham, it falls to DI Freya Bloom and her team to raise the truth from the depths.The boy, nicknamed Simple Simon, was a troubled soul. But when...

Fourteen stories, all in classic style, introduce Holmes to new clients with strange and quirky problems. Clues to a fortune are hidden in a ludicrous painting, a modern mummy walks, and a novel tourist attraction holds the key to why an unattractive lady is...

Perfect for fans of C. J. Box and William Kent Krueger, a sleepy town is rocked to its core when a dead body is found in this debut novel. In the quiet seaside town of Blaine, Washington, the most serious police work involves dealing...

Author: Camilla TrinchieriISBN-10: 1641296739ISBN-13: 9781641296731Publisher: Soho CrimeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

Agatha Christie's favorite mystery writer!Author: Elizabeth DalyISBN-10: 1631943251ISBN-13: 9781631943256Publisher: Classic MayhemLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 216Format: Paperback

Suffolk, 1934: when the Very Reverend Eckhart Vale, the 'Red Dean' of Midchester Cathedral, falls to his death during Evensong, the police are only too quick to dismiss the whole affair as a tragic accident, and the only guilty party some rotten wooden railings....

From the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Murder in the Family and the DI Adam Fawley series comes a brand new gripping crime thriller about a figure from his past...When Nick Vincent, producer of true-crime show Infamous, hears about an...

Considered to be one of the first detective novels ever published, this book tells the story of a murder investigation in 19th century Melbourne, Australia. With its twists and turns, colorful cast of characters, and evocative portrayal of Victorian society, it remains a page-turner...

Cat lovers, rejoice! The second installment in Mandy Morton's cat-driven series has arrived with Cat Among the Pumpkins, where crime-solving is in the capable paws of felines. And these cats haven't been declawed. As All Hallows' Eve approaches, Hettie Bagshot of The No. 2...

Author: Bruce AlexanderISBN-10: 0425171205ISBN-13: 9780425171202Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1999Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 6.79h x 4.23w x 1.20dReview Citation(s): Ingram Paperback Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 28