Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

"The Great Taboo" by Grant Allen, a quintessential Victorian mystery novel, critiques colonialism through intricate British fiction. Allen masterfully employs social satire to unravel the layers of cultural taboo surrounding indigenous culture. Set against the backdrop of colonial society, the narrative embarks on an...

A nice little country murder. When Ronald Craig succumbed after a short illness it came as a surprise, but when a specialist called down to consult declares the death as due to chronic arsenic poisoning it proves even more of a puzzle. There are...

When Hollywood star Dorothy Dacres plummets six floors from her hotel terrace on the night of her greatest triumph, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But her death is so very convenient to her many enemies that press-man Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who was there...

A French philanderer gets his comeuppance in Edinburgh, but which, if any, of his spurned lovers sealed his fate?A college lecturer is killed and dumped in the Union Canal.When DI Jack Knox investigates his past, he discovers a long list of old flames. Quite...

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...

Dr. John H. Watson could not anticipate that a favour for the noted American mystery writer and forensic dentist, Rodrigues Ottolengui, would result in the discovery of a heinous murder. But that is what happens when in helping the American, Watson finds himself at...

The mind-bending sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You. 'The world's greatest storyteller' Guardian'Our finest practitioner of the double-cross plotting' Mick Herron'Splendidly serpentine and immaculately plotted, this is British thriller writing at its very...

Six months after the events in Death in the Ozarks, Sally Witherspoon is trying to put that terrible time behind her. She books a river cruise down the Mississippi to get away and relax. Unfortunately, relaxation is not to be, as she's called on...

Death stalks a production of Amadeus in this second outing for Inspector Barnaby and Midsomer Murders. Too many notes, Mr. Mozart! Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no exception. Passionate love scenes, fits of ego,...

The carefully dissected body of a middle aged Bayfield logger is found in a local meat locker. For Sheriff Lewis Radisson and his Ojibwe friend, Sam Grant, the easy thing is to believe it's the work of a notorious serial killer. Or is it...

THE MAN WHO WAS TWISTED BUT HIP: It is 1897 and France is torn apart by The Dreyfus Affair. Westminster needs help from Sherlock Holmes to make sure that the evil tide of anti-Semitism that has engulfed France will not spread.A young officer in...

Introducing: The Penny Detective John Tallon Jones As private detectives go, Morris Shannon is not up there with the likes of Poirot or Sherlock Holmes. He is considering giving up detecting and buying a high-class fish and chip van business when Karl Ashford walks...

The quaint, cozy village of Saxon Wall is hiding a dark, sinister reality. When fiction author Hannibal Jones retires to Saxon Wall in hopes of reinvigorating his writing career, he instead finds himself in the midst of an increasingly puzzling and dangerous situation. Eccentric...

Could there be a Jack-the-Ripper copycat in the sleepy village of Brentford? Two women have been found brutally murdered, each under the light of a full moon. When a third mutilated body is identified, brothers Simon and Keith Innes discover that their brother Jack...

Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series. Death of a Liar: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library...

Author: Rick CarlileISBN-10: 1949117391ISBN-13: 9781949117394Publisher: Carlile MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2025Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.35d

Author: Faith MartinISBN-10: 1805731130ISBN-13: 9781805731139Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/2025Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d

Author: Gavin CollinsonISBN-10: 1629554472ISBN-13: 9781629554471Publisher: Sterling and StoneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 410Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.84d

"I'll slit his throat - without the slightest compunction or hesitation."Martin Scudamore was in the cinema when he overheard this threat, as part of a conversation about four rings, and what would happen if "Mr Lovelace" got in their way. Determined to do the...

"I never knew, till then, the possibilities inherent in spaghetti when controlled by an ingenious spirit." Anthony BathursttWith austerity holding the country in a vice-like grip, chemist Donald Finney is happy with any offer of work. Even though the proposal from the mysterious Mr...

"Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble."Macbeth, William ShakespeareSir Hugo Blanchflower's died peacefully in his bed in his castle in Quinster, but his last words to his wife filled her with terror. The next nine years, however, passed without incident until...

"Good things of the day begin to droop and drowse, while night's black agents to their preys do rouse"Macbeth, William ShakespeareBarbara Marsden cut a memorable figure in her bright yellow dress at the New Year Social and Dance in Wavering, but nobody saw what...

'Tis all a chequerboard of nights and days, where Destiny with men for pieces plays; Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, and one by one back in the closet lays.Omar KhayyamAnthony Bathurst was enjoying a quiet lunch when he is approached for...

Norman Schatell was the leading Sherlock Holmes artist of the 1970s. 'The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of over 300 humorous cartoons and illustrations based on the characters that appear in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's' famous stories. Many of the cartoons...

Author: John CreaseyISBN-10: 1504098668ISBN-13: 9781504098663Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & ThriLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 234Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.00d

Author: John CreaseyISBN-10: 150409865XISBN-13: 9781504098656Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & ThriLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 204Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.00d

Author: John CreaseyISBN-10: 1504098641ISBN-13: 9781504098649Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & ThriLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 258Format: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.00d

Author: John CreaseyISBN-10: 1504098633ISBN-13: 9781504098632Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & ThriLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 224Format: Paperback

Delve into the intricate world of "The Layton Court Mystery" by Anthony Berkeley, a classic of detective fiction. When a crime shatters the peace of the English countryside, the police investigation begins. But amateur sleuth Roger Sheringham, with his keen intellect and unconventional methods,...

From a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detective fiction by one of its most accomplished champions.When a signalman discovers a mutilated body inside a railway tunnel...

The sequel to "The Amateur Cracksman" finds A.J. Raffles up to his old tricks.Author: E. W. HornungISBN-10: 0809530791ISBN-13: 9780809530793Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d

Murder at Tulip Time Murder is rare in the small, lakeside tourist town of Holland, Michigan. But when the black sheep of a prominent family is found strangled and buried in the city's largest tulip garden, it is big news for local crime reporter...

Featuring Contributions by: Tracy J. Revels, Steve Lockley, Marcia Wilson, Arthur Hall, David MacGregor, Paula Hammond, William Todd, Susan Knight, Naching T. Kassa, David Marcum, Dan Rowley and Don Baxter, Paul Nash, Robert Stapleton, DJ Tyrer, Mike Fox and Arianna Fox, Mike Adamson, Paul...

Featuring Contributions by: Mike Adamson, P.C. Shumway, Arthur Hall, Marcia Wilson, David Marcum, Brett Fawcett, Ian Ableson, Paula Hammond, John Linwood Grant, John Lawrence, Tim Newton Anderson, Tracy J. Revels, Richard Gillman, Alan Dimes, I.A. Watson, Sean M. Wright and DeForeest B. Wright III,...

Featuring Contributions by: Deanna Baran, David Marcum, Tom Turley, Brenda Seabrooke, Tracy J. Revels, Stuart Douglas, Roger Riccard, Marcia Wilson, Mark Mower, DJ Tyrer, Jane Rubino, Hugh Ashton, Gordon Linzner, Will Murray, Stephen Herczeg, Shane Simmons, Paul Metcalfe, and a poem by Kevin Thornton.81...

David Askey, a respected criminal defense attorney on the verge of retirement, thought he'd seen the darkest sides of humanity-until Sandrah Parr's case. Accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Sandrah seems guilty from every angle. But something about her story lingers...

David Askey, a respected criminal defense attorney on the verge of retirement, thought he'd seen the darkest sides of humanity-until Sandrah Parr's case. Accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Sandrah seems guilty from every angle. But something about her story lingers...

The city is on edge. A petrified populous cowers in fear of not one but possibly two serial killers. Detective Alan Richardson hunts for the elusive killers before the next rainstorm-the killers preferred time to enact their unique blend of evil. Mason Mind is...

Ranger Dan Courtwright has planned the perfect short backpacking trip for his niece to celebrate her recent success in high school. But when her mother insists upon coming along, the trip takes on a different tone. All that would be fine until they run...

Grim Vengeance, first published in 1929 (and published in the U.K. as Nemesis at Raynham Parva), is the fifth book in author J. J. Connington's series featuring chief-constable Sir Clinton Driffield. From the dust-jacket of the first edition: "Two murders at night, both the...

A Doctor illustrates the most horrifying mysterious story of his life. His journey to India in search of adventure and encounter with demon.He ends up in a breath taking suspense.A perfect blend of horror and mystery! Author: Gaurav ChoudhuryISBN-13: 9798224950591Publisher: Gaurav ChoudhuryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2024Pages:...

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...

In 1950s United Kingdom, West Garside is a small, rather uneventful town. That is, until a bungled bank robbery leaves two people dead.Former Battle Of Britain pilot and now detective, DI Christopher Yarrow is called in to lead the manhunt. Soon, a burnt out...

Armstrong Fragment was found in the field which is called Lower Haycock, lying one mile to the westward of the village of Withyham, upon the Kent and Sussex border. It was on the 15th September last that an agricultural labourer, James Flynn, in the...

Colorado Gold MYSTERY AWARD-WINNING author, Daphne Suspense Finalist. Sequel to Bestseller, His Hand In the Storm.SOME STORMS RAGE INSIDE AND OUTChief Inspector Gray James is standing in the spot where he killed his only son when he hears the news - THE STITCHER is...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A blood-curdling howl echoes across the desolate moors, a warning of the spectral beast that has haunted the Baskerville family for generations. When the wealthy Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead under eerie circumstances, Sherlock Holmes and Dr....

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!Then he was goneZachary Goldman just wants to put everything that happened to him that night at the hands of a monster behind him forever. But when Heather, his estranged sister, asks for his help in bringing her...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!Too many missing menZachary Goldman, PI is deeply flawed, unable to overcome much of his traumatic past, yet he is always ready to defend the underdog and right injustices.When Pat asked him to look into the disappearance of...

The greatest mysteries of all time, those of the arcane and occult sort, have met their match in the greatest detective ever known! Sherlock Holmes! A rash of gruesome cannibal murders surrounding the construction of the London Underground draw Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...