Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A strange house of metal stands at the center of a city rumor- watched by neighbors, whispered about in columns, and suddenly tied to a violent death. A reporter with a knack for puzzles follows the trail from a routine inquiry to a tight...

Homicide Investigator Pete Culnane returns from paternity leave to his work with the St. Paul Police Department. He is still grappling with a question: how can he successfully combine parenting with the long hours often required of detectives. Before sunrise on his fourth day...

Liliana Hart, the literary powerhouse behind over seventy novels and a staggering ten million copies sold worldwide, unleashes Dirty Looks, the heart-wrenching fifteenth installment of the J.J. Graves Mystery series. A titan of suspense whose works dominate New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's...

A fatal road crash - a domestic incident turned deadly - if it isn't one thing, it's another for Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman in this intricately plotted, warm-hearted Posadas County Mystery, set in small-town New Mexico "If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you...

Tough deputy Bruno Johnson can handle violent criminals, but his biggest challenge-his teenage daughter, who's fallen hard for a street thug.Former LA County Deputy Bruno Johnson is now a bailiff in the courts having stepped down from his role on the Violent Crimes Team...

Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewBruno Johnson, shaken to his core, but still a formidable force-unrelenting when it comes to saving a childEx-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie hide in plain sight from the law in an upscale L.A. hotel as Bruno heals from...

Ex-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson stumbles into a criminal organization that exploits women and children-he must fight his way out and homeBruno Johnson is hiding out from the U.S. law in Costa Rica with his pregnant wife, Marie, and the ten kids they rescued from...

Bruno Johnson, shaken to his core, but still a formidable force-an unrelenting focus on doing the right thing-unwilling to let anyone or anything stand in his way.Pushed to his emotional limit, Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Bruno Johnson struggles to hold his family together...

Bruno Johnson, a young and inexperienced LA County Deputy Sheriff, is trying to balance his life as the single father of a four-year-old daughter and his responsibilities as a cop in the Violent Crimes Unit. When he and his impetuous partner Ned Kiefer are...

The Early Years: Book OneBruno Johnson, a newly minted L.A. County Sheriff Violent Crimes detective, gets the worst assignment possible-infiltrate a sheriff's narcotics team that may be involved in murder for hire. Gain their trust and be brought into the scheme. If he succeeds,...

Ex-cop, Ex-con, Committed Vigilante . . . With a Soft Spot for KidsBruno Johnson, a tough street cop, member of the elite violent crimes task force, feared by the bad guys, admired by the good, finds his life derailed when a personal tragedy forces...

A hat left behind. A man dead in his seat. And a theater full of secrets. In the heart of Manhattan, at the prestigious Roman Theater, a packed house is stunned when a well-dressed man is found murdered during a performance-his only trace a...

High Octane-Urgent-AuthenticBruno Johnson, ex-detective with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and an ex-convict, is hiding out from the FBI in Costa Rica, tending bar to support eight children he illegally rescued from abusive homes.Partway through a normal day, Barbara Wicks, a former colleague and...

Former cop and ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie, living in their safe haven in Costa Rica with the children they illegally rescued from certain death, find a message from their outlaw motorcycle gang enemies-written on the back of one of their beloved...

THE CASES! THE CRIMES! THE CURTAIN CALL!!"It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he assumed. The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute...

Take a respected female copAdd two drops of violent deathSome ladies of the nightAnd a bucket full of bloodPlace all in a small French spa townStir with money and greedUntil all becomes clearThe result will be satisfyingIn the third novel in Elly Grant's Death...

Take a respected female copAdd two drops of violent deathSome ladies of the nightAnd a bucket full of bloodPlace all in a small French spa townStir with money and greedUntil all becomes clearThe result will be satisfyingIn the third novel in Elly Grant's Death...

Welcome to 7Bridge, Cheshire's most exclusive gated community. Behind the barriers, sports stars and their wives are treated like royalty and insulated from reality, but something in the garden is rotten. One of the residents is badly beaten and drowned. The local police quickly...

Two murdered young women, drug runners from Mexico, an ambitious business man, a coast guard Sand Pounder, and stolen treasure from World War II converge in an investigation that pits Detective Rachael Vasquez, Hap Lynch, and his trusty dog Luke against a murderer with...

The final volume of the special Leonaur six volume Chesterton mystery collection Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. He put his mind and pen to a broad spectrum of subjects including theology, poetry, biography, journalism...

Angels Unaware is the thrilling, hilarious fifteenth and final entry in best-selling British author Mike Ripley's acclaimed series of comic crime novels featuring his most celebrated creation, streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel.Now reluctantly working for Rudgard & Blugden Confidential Investigations, a previously all-female private...

The greatest mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes comes to light-he was actually a woman! The master-or rather, mistress-of disguise finally puts pen to paper to reveal this decades-long deception and, in so doing, discovers another fact she kept secret even from herself. The complex mind...

Tropical Scandal: A Pancho McMartin Legal Thriller is a wild ride from start to finish; once you pick it up, you don't want to put it back down.Tropical Scandal is the fifth installment in David Myles Robinson's series of Pancho McMartin legal thrillers. Based...

Delve into the chilling world of H. P. Lovecraft with "The Call of Cthulhu," a cornerstone of cosmic horror. This collection of short stories explores the terrifying unknown, delving into supernatural realms and confronting readers with ancient evils beyond human comprehension. Lovecraft's masterful prose...

Delve into the chilling world of "Carnacki, The Ghost Finder," a collection of supernatural horror tales by William Hope Hodgson. Meet Carnacki, an occult detective who investigates eerie and inexplicable events. These short stories blend elements of classic mystery with spine-tingling supernatural horror, offering...

Summer, 1976. A plane crashes on a farm in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Out of the flames walks young Maggie Beck, clutching a baby in her arms... Twenty-seven years later, investigative journalist Philip Dryden - visiting his wife, Laura in hospital - is witness to...

Paris, 1895. When a cancan dancer at the Moulin Rouge falls to her death from the top of one of Montmartre's highest staircases, the police dismiss it as an accident. But, Madeleine was one of Toulouse-Lautrec's favorite models, and the artist is certain she...

A Regency-era opera house sees more than its share of drama when its imposing patron is murdered.Louisa-Margaretta Haddington, back from Russia, is eager to find a theatre for her future husband's operatic debut. But a visitor from her past, Mr Fortescue, threatens both her...

A deadly assignment. A secret underworld with lethal intentions.Detectives Daniels and Remalla find themselves caught in a web of darkness and deceit as they infiltrate an evil society threatening to implicate them in a series of grisly murders. But as they navigate a sinister...

Author: A. M. HollowayISBN-10: 1956648127ISBN-13: 9781956648126Publisher: A.M. HollowayLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2024Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d

"I can look into your soul. D'you know what I see...? ... I see your soul." -- John Masefield, "The Tragedy of Nan." Kidnapping. Intrigue. A man with extraordinary abilities... A classic mystery from one of the foremost English novelists of the early 20th...

Author: Rod CollinsISBN-13: 9798990136441Publisher: Bright Works PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2025Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d

Murder cloaked in rhyme and terror grips New York in The Bishop Murder Case, the fourth thrilling entry in S. S. Van Dine's legendary Philo Vance Mystery series. A fiendish killer is on the loose-one who leaves behind cryptic nursery rhymes at the scenes...

Following a successful afternoon at Beverley races, Jack and Cam, a pair of Malton-based apprentice jockeys, head out for a night in Scarborough, returning to their digs confused and unable to recall their evening. So, nothing strange there! But within days, one has uncharacteristically...

A Regency-era opera house sees more than its share of drama when its imposing patron is murdered.Louisa-Margaretta Haddington, back from Russia, is eager to find a theatre for her future husband's operatic debut. But a visitor from her past, Mr Fortescue, threatens both her...

A young man investigating his father's crimes is determined to uncover the truth in a gripping novel of suspense about family secrets, betrayal, and the weight of the past.What do I remember about the murder on the lake?Charlie Kilgore was too young to remember...

Silberpfeil wird als das schnellste Pferd Englands angesehen. Kurz vor seinem nächsten Rennen wird John Straker, der Trainer des Tieres, ermordet aufgefunden. Sein wei es Pferd ist verschwunden. Bei ihren Ermittlungen treffen Holmes und Watson auf Strakers Widersacher Silas Brown, der sich mit einem...

London, 1878. One April morning, a small boat bearing a young woman's corpse floats down the murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose Albert, daughter of a prominent judge, the Scotland Yard director gives the case to Michael Corravan,...

September 1878. One night, as the pleasure boat The Princess Alice makes her daily trip up the Thames, she collides with the Bywell Castle, a huge iron-hulled collier. The Princess Alice shears apart, throwing all 600 passengers into the river; only 130 survive. It...

Victorian England's best-selling woman novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon still captivates readers with this chilling story of murder, betrayal, and friendship. Hailed as the first detective novel, The Trail of the Serpent is enjoying a much deserved revival. The Trail of the Serpent is both...

A friendly game of poker leads three detectives and a lawyer to tell some tall tales about a case. Murder, mayhem, and a missing toaster are all on the menu. Are they playing liar's poker, or merely bluffing? Three novellas come to light, that...

Has arch-villain Imperius Drake returned from the dead? Not likely but that's what someone wants Octavius to believe, leaving tantalizing clues to that effect. Is history being replayed? Why? And what bizarre plot is UUI's Chief Technical Officer cooking up over at the Deep...

Many think that Formula One is the apogee of motor racing, although a lot of NASCAR fans and drivers might disagree. The selection of the Cedar Grove Raceway as host track for this year's event was a feather in the cap of car racing...

For two detectives who hardly have two nickels to rub together, a call from one of the world's richest men is not an everyday event. An insignificant piece of art by a recently deceased artist seemingly vanished from a billionaire's personal collection, and he...

Nate Riegert had a lot going for him: good looks, a promising arm, unreal stats on the football field, and a potential shot at playing quarterback in the NFL. And then someone crushed his skull with an iron plate in the weight room at...

Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the pioneers, the legends and the giants of the literary world. Apart from being the...

Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies, among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous-nor wished to be. There was nothing...

A CLASSIC WHODUNIT!!! IF YOU ARE A FAN OF TRADITIONAL DETECTIVE NOVELS, THEN THIS IS A MUST FOR YOU!!! When Zuri Dinshaw's body was found floating in a swimming pool of a secluded farmhouse, the police team reported it as an accident but Inspector...

Carly Ruth Laden marries Dorian Shiffer, the man of her dreams. A man any woman would say yes to. A man, Carly believed was her Knight in Shining Armor. A man she trusted. After discovering Dorian's secret, Carly vanishes without a trace. No one...

What if you saw something? Something heinous. Something the police have no clue about, but should? Kyra knows she's seen the killer. Actually seen him walking around the Slip Mire before and after his kills. She needs to get her information to the cops....