Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A murdered police officer, a revenge kidnapping, and drug dealing gangs. A Detective Superintendent of the Nottinghamshire Police Force is found brutally murdered in the idyllic Clumber Park. The victim used to run the same Unit that DI Rob Loxley is now a part...

Violent abductions, crippling obsessions, and a killer with a taste for the macabre. A vulnerable young man is attacked and thrown in the back of a van. It's the latest in a string of attacks on those at the edges of society. But this...

A sadistic killer, vigilante justice, and a disturbing calling card... When a young woman is found tortured and murdered, Detective Rob Loxley attends the scene and finds an unusual calling card beside the innocent victim.A Poppet.This small handmade doll is out of place in...

A twisted game, impossible choices, and a deadly gang war... A man is given a choice. Kill his wife or kill his daughter, and any refusal dooms them both.It's a deadly game with an impossible choice that leaves behind a shattered family. Reeling from...

Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless, gives no...

Author: David RosenfeltISBN-10: 1250427711ISBN-13: 9781250427717Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2027Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d

Author: Alan N. WebberISBN-13: 9798182756501Publisher: Alan N WebberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2026Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

Author: Ag BarnettISBN-13: 9798172779237Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2026Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d

Author: Tessa HarrisISBN-10: 1918343799ISBN-13: 9781918343793Publisher: DP BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2026Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.67d

Author: William P. DefeoISBN-10: 1804249416ISBN-13: 9781804249413Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2026Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

Author: Donna Andrews,Barb GoffmanISBN-10: 1667670425ISBN-13: 9781667670423Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2026Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

A brilliant forensic entomologist returns to her small North Carolina hometown after her aunt's suspicious death-and discovers a family she never knew existed, a string of brutal murders, and secrets someone will kill to protect.Tegan McFarland, who specializes in insect evidence, is pulled in...

Ray Holder handed back the badge years ago. He was never going to hand back the instincts.A housing activist named Fiona Miles is killed on Icknield Port Road, and Birmingham does what Birmingham does with an inconvenient death - files it, mourns it briefly,...

Two graduate students fall in love; one goes missing....After an American graduate student asks for help finding his girlfriend, who disappeared in Budapest, retired NYPD detective Peter Andrassy reluctantly takes up the case. But as he dives deeper, he realizes the missing woman is...

Why is Dr. Watson in an invalid chair at a Turkish Bath and who is pushing that chair? Why do Holmes and Watson revisit the boarding house in A Study in Scarlet? What is in the carpetbag brought to Sherlock Holmes by the dustman...

Lord Peter Wimsey must clear his brother of murder before a sensational trial destroys the family name. When Captain Denis Cathcart is found shot outside the Wimsey family's Yorkshire hunting lodge, suspicion immediately falls upon Gerald, Duke of Denver. The duke was discovered kneeling...

When celebrated artist Sandy Campbell is found dead beside a stream in the Scottish village of Kirkcudbright, suspicion immediately falls upon the small circle of painters with whom he spent his time. Campbell was quarrelsome, arrogant, and thoroughly capable of making enemies-and on the...

A chilling Australian police procedural packed with live-streamed murder, psychological terror, drug crime, calculated vengeance, and a killer turning grief into a weapon in rural New South Wales. He doesn't just kill his victims. He makes their loved ones watch. A video call connects....

A dark Australian police procedural packed with revenge, hidden grudges, undetectable murder, and a killer concealed within the community in rural New South Wales. The first murder is obvious. The rest were designed to look like nothing at all. Barry Stanton is found naked...

Golden Monarch Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket A mysterious jewel brings intrigue, suspicion, and hidden motives into a quiet household. When it disappears, suspicion falls in unexpected directions. Clues emerge through shifting perspectives, each revealing part of a larger puzzle. As the...

A luxurious train, a priceless ruby, and a murder that draws Hercule Poirot into a web of secrets, jealousy, and deception.When the glamorous Ruth Kettering boards the celebrated Blue Train bound for the French Riviera, she carries with her a magnificent ruby and the...

With Buckingham Palace a smouldering ruin, Dr Mabuse and most of his Nazi cohort dead, and Mycroft in the hands of the O.S.S., Sherlock Holmes discovers the fight for Freedom still has a long way to go, and that Dr Watson, Mrs Hudson, the...

Game Warden Mike Bowditch investigates a series of brutal killings during a life-changing year in Storm Tide, the harrowing new thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron. When the magnificent home of entrepreneur Brian Malloy mysteriously goes up in flames, Maine game warden Mike...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063573067ISBN-13: 9780063573062Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2027Pages: 256Format: PaperbackAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 9Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 8860 / Crooked House

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers is the brilliant first mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, one of the most beloved detectives of the Golden Age of crime fiction. Witty, elegant, and sharply observed, this classic novel introduces a sleuth whose aristocratic charm hides a...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Starvel Hollow Tragedy pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Delve into classic detective fiction with "The Starvel Hollow Tragedy," an Inspector French Case by Freeman Wills Crofts....

"Mystery Mile" is a classic work of Golden Age detective fiction featuring the enigmatic and charming adventurer Albert Campion. The story follows the flight of Judge Crowdy Lobbett, an American magistrate who has fled to England after becoming the target of a ruthless and...

"The Secret of Chimneys" is a classic work of mystery and international intrigue by the legendary Agatha Christie. At the heart of the story is Chimneys, a historic English country house known for its high-stakes diplomatic gatherings. When a group of politicians and socialites...

"Poirot Investigates" is a brilliant collection of short stories featuring the world-renowned Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. In this celebrated volume by Agatha Christie, the meticulous and eccentric sleuth employs his "little grey cells" to solve a series of perplexing mysteries alongside his loyal companion,...

Fast-paced crime thriller! After almost a two-year absence, a serial killer has reappeared to terrorize some of Chicago's west side neighborhoods. Detective Juan Garcia has been transferred to the West Side to work with seasoned veteran Detective Mike Ricci in an effort to find...

?Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.? First published in the Strand magazine between October 1921 and April 1927, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is Arthur Conan Doyle's final installment of short stories revolving around the famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes....

The dead body of a man is found on the steps to some chambers of Middle Temple Lane, near London's law courts. A journalist and a young lawyer start investigating. - This classic English murder mystery was written by J.S. Fletcher, himself a lawyer...

When his popular hip-hop artist client is blackmailed, Crang stumbles on a porn operation and an unexpected case of murder.Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn't mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to represent a famous hip-hop performer...

This novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in 1889. The Cloomber Hall is untenanted for many years. After a while it is settled in by John Berthier Heatherstone, late of the Indian Army. General Heatherstone is nervous to the point of...

Join Miss Madelyn Mack, the intrepid detective and gifted problem-solver, as she tackles cases ranging from theft to murder in this collection of mystery stories. With a keen mind and a fearless spirit, Miss Mack is a worthy successor to Sherlock Holmes and a...

Author: David A. StreenISBN-13: 9798990479272Publisher: We Help Authors, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2026Pages: 218Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Bernadette Cox,Mike MartinISBN-10: 199089643XISBN-13: 9781990896439Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing MysteryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2026Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d

Author: Emily OrganISBN-10: 1066763615ISBN-13: 9781066763610Publisher: Darkfield BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2026Pages: 310Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.77d

Author: Vern SmithISBN-13: 9798990485181Publisher: Runamok BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2026Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d

Author: William P. DefeoISBN-10: 1804249408ISBN-13: 9781804249406Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2026Pages: 300Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d

As a clinical psychologist, Holly Fisher built a career listening to other people tell their stories. She helped them make sense of their choices, their fears, and the consequences of their decisions. She trusted her instincts. She trusted her judgment. She trusted her ability...

Detective Inspector Morgan was not expecting to be called out to Holmhill Farm during a morning round of golf, or the subsequent mystery that would unfold on a nearby housing development. Will DI Morgan discover the connection between the mysterious death of a Felixstowe...

Golden Monarch Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket A cryptic message sets a complex and dangerous case into motion. What appears straightforward soon reveals hidden layers of secrecy and past connections. As the investigation unfolds, truth emerges through unexpected paths and shifting perspectives....

Caverton Bowls Club members always enjoy their tours, and when they are invited to visit the seaside-based Barrington Bay Bowls Club, an exciting few days are eagerly anticipated.But beneath the friendly rivalry and holiday atmosphere, a long-held grudge is waiting to surface. When one...

When a wealthy American heiress is murdered aboard the luxurious Blue Train en route to the French Riviera, a glamorous journey becomes a deadly puzzle.The victim's priceless jewels have vanished, her marriage was unraveling, and several passengers had reasons to want her dead. Fortunately,...

When a wealthy American heiress is murdered aboard the luxurious Blue Train en route to the French Riviera, a glamorous journey becomes a deadly puzzle.The victim's priceless jewels have vanished, her marriage was unraveling, and several passengers had reasons to want her dead. Fortunately,...

As a killer stalks the East End and a deadly plot tightens its grip on London, Constance Piper must uncover the truth before the next strike brings the city to its knees ...London, July 1889. Eight months after the brutal murder of Mary Jane...

An Anglo-African bridegroom disappears on the day of his London wedding in 1906, and Carolyn Wells, an American mystery writer who is visiting the bride's mother, enlists the help of Sherlock Holmes to find the missing man. With inspiration from the classical music of...

The fire was almost down to its embers by the time I'd finished reading. The comfort of our rooms did nothing to efface the startling impression left upon me by Holmes's narrative.I passed my hand over my brow. "My head's in a whirl," I...

A public rally. A hidden sniper. The wrong person dead.Thousands gather in Idaho Falls to hear the Vice President of the United States speak. Security is tight. Every threat's been considered. Then a single gunshot changes everything.The Vice President survives, but a beloved political...