Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series. Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has...

When sisters Rachel and Jennifer Murdock receive a letter from Miriam Hamilton, the daughter of the man who, decades earlier, swindled their father, inviting them to her luxurious home and offering financial amends, the sisters accept and head off with their beloved cat, Samantha,...

1935: A surgeon, the appropriately named Dr. Cutter, is preparing to fly cross-country in a two-propeller plane to perform a life-and-death surgery on his brother, the Secretary of State. Just before boarding, he receives an anonymous note that says, You will die April 13th...

From the moment nurse Sarah Keate arrives at the gloomy mansion of Adolph Federie, she senses trouble afoot, from the mysterious occupants of the house to the penetrating stare of a black cat named Genevieve. But Mr. Federie has just suffered a stroke and...

1935: A surgeon, the appropriately named Dr. Cutter, is preparing to fly cross-country in a two-propeller plane to perform a life-and-death surgery on his brother, the Secretary of State. Just before boarding, he receives an anonymous note that says, You will die April 13th...

Calling all mystery puzzle fans! This is the book that launched the "solve-it-yourself" detective book craze of the 1920s and '30s, spawning numerous imitators and a four book series of its own. These short crime problems incorporate all of the clues needed to find...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories including; A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle The...

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . . Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett...

Unravel a dark family secret in Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "The Dead Secret." Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Cornwall, this classic of gothic fiction weaves a tale of suspense and hidden truths. As secrets long buried begin to surface, the psychological tension mounts,...

The mystery begins with the theft of thirty-six vials of a substance essential to the process of reanimation. Now, twenty years later, Little John Rawlings sets out to catch the thief who has resurfaced after being pronounced dead. Rawlings must find the mysterious stranger...

Author: Roger RiccardISBN-10: 1901091961ISBN-13: 9781901091960Publisher: Irregular Special PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2025Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

Author: Jm ReinboldISBN-10: 1804246298ISBN-13: 9781804246290Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2025Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d

Author: Frances LloydISBN-10: 1805731521ISBN-13: 9781805731528Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/04/2025Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d

Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling suspense series.Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with...

Coach Gibbs was a legend in the youth baseball world, loved and loathed in equal measure. When he's found brutally murdered, the shockwaves ripple through the community, and the suspect list grows longer by the day. Detective Chet Boswell, still recovering from his last...

A Cornish bibliophile invites young American scholar Charles Bascomb to his house on the Lizard in Cornwall to investigate a mysterious medival manuscript that he has recently come to possess. Charles, accompanied by his mentor, a well-known Oxford professor, is eager to study the...

One woman found dead. Another kidnapped. Two cases. Two books. One overworked Scottish detective.When the body of an attractive young woman is found in woodland on Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill, DI Jack Knox quickly establishes that she had worked as a prostitute.For this reason,...

Alfred Bannerlee, antiquarian, searching for an ancient ruin in the Welsh hills, stumbles upon a manor house hosting a pre-nuptial 'Bidding Feast' for an American bride and an Irish groom. Finding the host an old acquaintance, Bannerlee is welcomed as a guest, though the...

Murder is done on the quiet campus of a large Southern university-not that many will truly miss the disreputable Pat Thayer. Around three persons-two students, one the most popular girl in the college, and a professor-is woven a web of circumstantial evidence and incriminating...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a visit from an elderly lady demanding help for a seemingly small problem. Holmes is intrigued by her case because he senses some greater evil lies beneath. Together the two travel to the small hamlet of Firwick where...

*Newly Edited Version (Sept 2014)* Two women are dead, forty years apart and in identical circumstances. Can Imogen and Hugh Croft discover the link? Following the sudden death of her mother, Imogen Croft returns to her childhood home on the Scottish Island of Garansay....

As manager of New York City's finest luxury hotel The Beaumont, Pierre Chambrun is well acquainted with unreasonable requests from its patrons. When one of the rich rooftop suite owners demands the impossible for his annual birthday bash, Chambrun is unflustered; of course he...

"The Shunned House" by Howard Phillips Lovecraft is a chilling exploration of a house steeped in a dark and unsettling history. A master of horror fiction and the supernatural, Lovecraft crafts a tale of occult mystery centered on a dwelling radiating an aura of...

From Robert Barnard, the internationally acclaimed Diamond Dagger-winning crime writer . . . With A Fall from Grace, Robert Barnard triumphs once again with a witty tale of family discord and murder. Detective Inspector Charlie Peace and his wife, Felicity, are shocked when Felicity's...

A fading Hollywood star is back in the spotlight - but for deadly reasons! Hollywood descends on Cambridge when the historic Round Church becomes a Scandinavian film set for A Viking Bride, starring famous - albeit fading - actress Agnes Dermont. But Agnes' big...

The famous Castlecourt Diamonds have gone missing and the story surrounding their disappearance is strange indeed. To help sort out the mystery, you will hear eyewitness statements given by the various participants in this curious case. The tale is told in six "statements." The...

A SHADOW WAR WAGED ACROSS AMERICA'S WILD FRONTIER-AND ONE MAN STANDS IN ITS CROSSHAIRS.Deputy Sheriff Luke Ryder is once again fighting for his life...only this time, the open skies and vast landscapes of the American West become a backdrop for international conspiracy and ruthless...

When there's no one to hear you scream...After a summer spent off the grid in the Colorado Rockies, Detective Jack Martin returns to Telluride and finds the sheriff looking for him. Local school boys have found a body in an abandoned mine with a...

Just days before Halloween, Lori Childers is abducted. Join her on her horrifying journey through Hell! A serial killer has the women and the city of Chicago in fear. Retired U. S. Navy Seal turn Detective, Misty Kilgore and his partner Charley Pettigrew are...

In the late 1970s, a couple once involved in the radical group the Weather Underground pulled off a daring armored car heist in upstate New York. During the robbery, two guards and a local policeman were killed. The couple escaped with millions and vanished...

A mysterious advert in a newspaper promising to restore hope to the hopeless brings together four strangers. None realising they will end up investigating a twisted and troubling crime that threatens their very futures. Mitch, a former Crime Scene Investigator, Olivia, a brilliant PhD...

Orlando Pearson takes up his pen once more to give us six more accounts of how Sherlock Holmes altered the course of history.- Alma takes Holmes and Watson to Vienna where they meet a famous musician and his famous wife;- The Tsar, the Pince-Nez,...

This wide-ranging collection of stories takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from their cozy rooms in London, to exploring England's bucolic Lake District, to clambering up an extinct volcano in Scotland. There is murder on the Thames, a spectacularly unpleasant Lord finds himself on...

Mystery in History A naive teenager. A sister with secrets. A corrupt patrician. Argolicus unravels the threads. When Argolicus leaves Rome to retire to his estate in southern Italy, his powerful friend Boethius asks a small favor, deliver a book to a young man...

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Regarded as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature". The narrative concerns the final thoughts of a Southern...

Detective Joe Burgess Races Against Time in Those Who Choose Evil, a Joe Burgess Murder Mystery Thriller from Kate Flora-Portland, Maine-Detective Joe Burgess ends many nights with a quiet ritual-a visit to the park where the ocean breeze blends with memories of past cases....

In this brilliant follow up to The Twelve Days of Murder, a group of Christmas shoppers discover the doors have been locked and that they've been trapped by someone who knows their darkest secrets. It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, a bespoke gift shop...

Lyn McConchie transports us to Victorian London, where Sherlock Holmes and John Watson must solve two cases involving Poisonous People. Maid and occasional cook Mary Fellowes has been accused of attempting to poison her employers and the evidence against her is damning-or is it?...

Guernsey police detectives Ed Moretti and Liz Falla are called in to investigate the shooting death of arms dealer Bernard Masterson on the Just Desserts, his luxury yacht. With the knowledge that there's nowhere to hide in a world as small as his island,...

When Inspector Pinkey investigates the murder of Sir Daniel Denton in his country home, he's confronted with three prime suspects: the man's widow, his brother, and a recently-fired servant. But everywhere the policeman looks, he finds conflicting evidence--and the individuals involved all hate each...

Jen thought she had left the worst behind-years of quiet misery followed by a fragile sense of safety. As she tries to rebuild her life and hold on to hope, a shocking death miles away sets off a chain of events no one could...

Step back in time to the 1930s with Brian Flynn's classic cozy mystery, "The Billiard Room Mystery." Set against the backdrop of an English country house, this detective fiction explores the intricacies of social life and customs in early 20th century England. Flynn expertly...

For years drug baron Ralph Ember has run his crooked enterprises peacefully enough alongside those of his rival, Mansel Shale. Their empires have been tolerated by Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles as a way of keeping violence off the streets. But are things changing?...

In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder--and the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case."Poirot has solved some puzzling mysteries in his time but...

When there's no one to hear you scream...After a summer spent off the grid in the Colorado Rockies, Detective Jack Martin returns to Telluride and finds the sheriff looking for him. Local school boys have found a body in an abandoned mine with a...

A historic castle in the Tuscan countryside, picturesque vineyards, lines of cypress trees, and an eccentric Englishman falling from the belltower.Italy, 1929. No sooner have master sleuth Lord Edgington and his grandson-apprentice begun their grand tour of Europe than a wealthy landowner turns up...

Home sweet home, or so ex-con Casey Cavendish thinks. After years of family turmoil, violence and romantic betrayals, she finds a safe place all her own in an antique railroad station in a leafy Boston suburb. Her new job maintaining the mansion and party...

The Spence Women is the contemporary story of three women - Pearl, Audrey, and Maegan Spence.Pearl at 82 is the matriarch who holds the family together. Before the story begins, she has migrated with her husband from Ozark country to a small desert town...

Blood is thicker than water... and runs just as freely...When the body of a man is discovered face down one morning in the swimming pool of his upmarket family home, the team wonder if it is the result of a tragic accident or serious...