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A scandal in America. A murder in Cairo. Sir Augustus Wall, antiquities dealer and amateur sleuth, is hired to track down a blackmailer who threatens the reputation of an American millionaire. When blackmail turns to murder, he must travel up the Nile by steamboat...

A scandal in America. A murder in Cairo. Sir Augustus Wall, antiquities dealer and amateur sleuth, is hired to track down a blackmailer who threatens the reputation of an American millionaire. When blackmail turns to murder, he must travel up the Nile by steamboat...

Author: Roland PertweeISBN-13: 9798886012057Publisher: Stark House PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2026Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

Author: Betsy ColeISBN-13: 9798233639944Publisher: Betsy ColeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2026Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

Author: Anthony HorowitzISBN-10: 0063567369ISBN-13: 9780063567368Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2026Pages: 608Format: PaperbackLarge Print

A landmark of Golden Age detective fiction, Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers introduces one of the most unforgettable pairings in mystery literature: Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. When Harriet, a brilliant mystery writer, is arrested for poisoning her former lover, the evidence...

When officers discover the severed head of a woman in a dumpster in the quaint town of Oxford, North Carolina, the case falls to Oxford Police Department detectives Bob Kelly and Antoine "Tony" Duval. The mismatched pair must work together to solve this gruesome...

Three centuries ago, a Spanish fleet vanished chasing a pirate who stole more than gold.Now, the secret they died for is about to surface.When Florida salvage diver Jake Morgan unearths a clue tied to a lost Muisca legend, he and historian Isabelle Alvarez are...

When a box of bootleg liquor washes up on the shores of Cape Cod, it brings a whole lot of trouble along with it in this classic case for Asey Mayo, the Cape's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The picturesque Cape Cod village of East...

A Shakespearean actor-turned-sleuth wonders if a suicide's been staged--and suspects the members of an eccentric New York family . . . A ramshackle trawler, the Lavinia D rumbles into New York harbor with empty nets. When its crew spies something floating in the water,...

In a stranded and fading English village, death is the only thing keeping people alive. A strange ritual foretells a string of murders in this locked-room, closed-village mystery from the author of The Author is Dead. Tradition is important in the village of Hempel's...

Renowned for her addictive storytelling and masterful blend of suspense, romance, and small-town charm, Liliana Hart delivers another knockout with Dirty Dozen, the riveting twelfth chapter in the acclaimed J.J. Graves Mystery series. Hart's ability to weave complex mysteries with heart and grit shines...

In Playing Dirty, New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart crafts a riveting, high-stakes mystery that thrusts J.J. Graves into a deadly conspiracy threatening her marriage and her town. This pulse-pounding addition to the J.J. Graves series is a masterclass in suspense, blending raw...

From New York Times Bestselling Author Liliana Hart comes the ninth electrifying chapter in Liliana Hart's J.J. Graves Mystery series. Tailored for readers who crave intricate murder mysteries, small-town secrets, and heart-wrenching personal stakes, this novel delivers a relentless blend of suspense, betrayal, and...

When a Lewes resident is found murdered on his sailing yacht in Brighton Marina, the case lands on the desk of 28-year old Detective Inspector Ianthe Seymour of Sussex Police and her team. There are no witnesses, CCTV in the immediate vicinity of the...

She broke into his office. Now she needs him to save her life.Private Investigator Jim Knighthorse has seen it all. But even he's a little surprised to find Camry-a strung-out young woman with track marks and a mouth full of attitude-sleeping on his office...

Face Down O'er the Border is the tenth and final novel in the Face Down mystery series featuring Susanna, Lady Appleton, Elizabethan gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth. The border of the title is the one between England and Scotland. In 1577, Susanna receives word that...

A tough detective. A family on the rocks. The greatest danger may come from inside his own house... Detective Sergeant Duncan Riley has always worked hard to maintain order on the streets of Manchester. But when a series of incidents at home cause him...

When people start dying in unusual ways on Wildflower Island, the residents are in a panic. Is there a serial killer on the island? Are these just unfortunate accidents? As the answers begin to surface, secrets, deep and twisted, are discovered. Secrets that no...

Who knew starting a bakery could prove deadly? Former RAF pilot Rose McLaren's sight may be failing but her gut instincts tracking down a murderer are dogged and determined. Reformed addict Rose McLaren seeks a quiet life in Edinburgh as a bakery shop owner....

From author Lou Collins, comes a new adult dystopian mystery for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and Never Let Me Go. In a world where knowledge is currency, some debts are paid in blood. Welcome to Scolaris, where knowledge is power, creativity is...

A dramatic story, fuelled by years of unresolved bitter hatred and revenge - with a shocking twist that that will elude you until the very last page. Police Sergeant Gibson investigates what appears to be an elderly man's death by natural causes. Using instinct,...

A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman, and a police force with a keen nose for the wrong clue, are the ingredients from which Major Griffiths has...

The Sign of the Four hides a secret pact among four convicts and two corrupt prison guards. According to Mary Morstan, her father requested her to meet him at the Langham Hotel in London upon his safe return from India. When Mary arrived at...

In "K.", Mary Roberts Rinehart masterfully weaves a complex narrative set against the backdrop of suspense and mystery, characteristic of early 20th-century crime thrillers. The novel unfolds through layered perspectives, revealing the intertwining lives of its characters amid an atmosphere thick with tension. Rinehart...

A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate.The victims are all middle-aged and the...

At the edge of the Pennine Moors, Detective Sergeant Blackshaw and his rookie colleague, Detective Constable Lumb, are called to the scene of a double murder committed on a burial ground.They discover that the case is connected to an ancient Celtic cult, in the...

Nobody sheds a tear when local troublemaker Scott Stevenson is found with an ivory tusk driven through his torso.D.C.I. Alex Warren is tasked with bringing the killer to justice. The case turns out to be more complicated than expected, as they begin to investigate...

THE MYSTERY OF 222 BAKER STREET. On the day after Queen Victoria died, the body of a Scotland Yard inspector is found in a locked room in 222 Baker Street, right across the road from the home of Sherlock Holmes. There is no clue...

Like the best of Mary Roberts Rinehart's novels, A Poor Wise Man combines a number of literary elements-romance, intrigue, and mystery-which unfold against the backdrop of war and political unrest. Fans of historical romance and classic mystery will enjoy this read.Author: Mary Roberts RinehartISBN-10:...

Detective Larry Gillam has returned, but there's a problem; he has some missing time and he has no idea where he's been. Connie has been worried, but now, with another woman who has come back into Larry's life, it's not just competition for Larry's...

On their honeymoon trip through Europe, Prudence and Knighton join a small group of travelers to see the triple falls on the river Velino in Italy when tragedy strikes. Their carriage breaks down on a remote road, they are accosted by bandits, and escape...

A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse! This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet,...

A luxury residence in downtown Toronto. A group of artsy seniors. Caring staff. An idyllic scene? Or a setting for murder? In her third Manziuk and Ryan mystery, J. A. Menzies once again delights readers with complex characters, tight plotting, and a satisfying conclusion....

Sheffield, England, 1912. When a mute criminal known as 'the Street Arab' is taken into custody, police call on court missionary, Robert Elliott, to try and unravel the enigma. With the help of Mary O' Driscoll, a sharply perceptive nurse, Elliott reveals the prisoner...

Police are called to a large house after the parlour maid discovers the wealthy owner's bodyThe peace of a Yorkshire town is disturbed when one of its most prominent residents is murdered. Inspector Blades and Sergeant Peacock investigate...With the murder weapon found near the...

After a policeman is shot dead, DCI John Blizzard seizes a chance to settle old scoresWhen a high-profile detective on a reality TV cop show is killed, John Blizzard fancies old-school gangster Nathaniel Callaghan for the crime.With the aging boss's control over his northern...

He took on Sherlock Holmes and lost.Now he wants revenge.In 1888, Sherlock Holmes slayed the spectral hound haunting the Devonshire moor, thereby laying to rest the curse of the Baskervilles once and for all. The perpetrator escaped into the night and was presumed drowned,...

Originally published as The Ways of Death.Out on the jagged Northumbrian coast, violent storms uncover an ancient sea cave.The place has been sealed up for millennia. No way in or out. Now Arnold must explore its murky depths. When he does, he stumbles on...

Fully revised and updated 2nd edition of this detailed biography of Doctor Watson. In her third book author Molly Carr has, for the moment, abandoned the Watson-Fanshaw Detective Agency in favour of discovering as much as possible about Doctor Watson. Radically different in style...

SHANGHAI, 1937. Someone has killed the Yellow Swan Who murdered that beautiful, beguiling, erotic half-Japanese, half-Chinese nightclub singer with whom all of Shanghai is enthralled.Was it one of her jealous lovers? Was it the nearby, hovering Japanese military who thought she was a spy...

Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 - September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1920.Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase "The butler...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty...

On a hot, sultry weekday of summer, in the bank of the small agricultural town of Geneva, business has been bustling all afternoon. Just after the doors have been closed for the day, a knock is heard -- and inwards burst two men, who...

An intruder has broken into Pendywick Place, attempting to steal back Victoria's torn page. This spurs Basil and Victoria to strike up an alliance with Lord Fred Brody and his siblings-and it sweeps them to the bustling city of Bath in pursuit of the...

Lexie thought losing her job was tough. But finding a killer may be the death of her.After losing her high-flying job in London and moving to a small town, Lexie lacks a sense of purpose.She befriends an elderly neighbour whose son, Patrick, disappeared when...

Bored with her pop musician husband's sordid city life, anthropologist Impey Dalrymple leaves London for England's leafy Surrey Heath. For a genteel social life she joins Bisley Heath, a grand old golf club. Caught out by an unfortunate circumstance, Impey is soon plunged into...

"The Squeaker" is a piece of early crime writing by author Richard Wallace, first published in 1927. It is the thrilling story of story of a group of London jewel thieves and the company they keep. An entertaining tale of mystery and intrigue in...

In 1815, an inquiry agent, Mr. Knighton Gaunt, is asked by Lord Crowley to attend a séance with the express purpose of revealing the spiritualist as a fraud. When the séance ends abruptly, Lord Crowley is poisoned during the turmoil by an unseen killer....

Off-duty Police Constable Arthur Root is playing a round at Wolvers, his local golf club. However, he soon finds himself back on duty when a JCB driver working there digs up the body of a man. PC Root protects the excavated area as a...