Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

In the stunning conclusion to the Maestro Trilogy, the greatest mystery isn't who the adversary is-it's what they want.A single, perfect digital rose. No origin. No source. No logical explanation.When the impossible image appears on Sherlock Holmes's screen, he knows immediately: the game has...

A number of anonymous letters, all typed, are sent to various residents in a Sussex village. Each contains allegations of misbehaviour. Some are described by the writer as "sins against the laws of God", and others as "sins against the laws of the land".Each...

Old money. Buried secrets. A deadly legacy.In Blood in the Valley, the past refuses to stay buried. When a powerful socialite collapses at a gala clutching damning evidence, Detective Harry Starke finds himself thrust into a high-stakes investigation that unravels a deadly conspiracy stretching...

John Willingham comes home from the war and marries his high school sweetheart, Holly. The love of his life. However, his mother Clara is jealous of Holly and forces her out of his life. To get away from Clara's fiery attitude, John gets cozy...

When two unemployed young people in post World War I England decide to seek their fortunes by becoming "Young Adventurers" little did they know that their first commission would lead them into a web of intrigue and deceit. They find themselves searching for secret...

In this volume, The Sign of Four, the second story featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, is retold in just twenty-six words, wherein the first word begins with A, the last with Z, and the story proceeds as the alphabet progresses. The text is...

Here are a few essays about puzzlers in and about Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories: The Devil's Foot and the author's cautious inserts of the Christian sacraments he learnt as a boy; A liturgical opposite - the Hebrew rabbi in Scandal in Bohemia;...

The indomitable Baker Street duo travel to the still wild areas of South Texas to investigate the puzzling disappearance of an heir to the great estate in the part of the South West known as The Wild Horse Desert. The pair travel by steamship...

Ok, so you have won a few Sherlock Holmes quiz prizes, but what if your life depended on your knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes stories? That's the shocking fate facing a woman who is tied to a chair - if she can't answer, she...

The 'thoughts' in this book are the fruit of nearly ten years spent studying the canon and the life of Sir Arthur (Ignatius) Conan Doyle, writing two pastiches (The Sign of Fear and A Study in Crimson), a Biography of Doctor Watson and A...

After having been in education for forty-four years as a teacher, coach, counselor and administrator, Joseph Lewis has retired. He is the author of seven novels, using his psychology and counseling background in crafting psychological thrillers and mysteries. He has taken creative writing and...

An island republic goes to insane lengths to canonize its most famous resident.Author: Christianna BrandISBN-10: 1665182377ISBN-13: 9781665182379Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2013Format: MP3 CD

Murder in Dartmouth Park London, 1892. A man is murdered in Dartmouth Park. His body is found in Highgate Cemetery, posed as a gate guard. A note is pinned to the coat of the body, instructing the police to contact Detective Edward Willoughby at...

Storylandia, The Wapshott Journal of Fiction, Issue 10. The novella "Death Among the Marshes," a murder mystery set in the Twenties by Kathryn L. Ramage. Visit www.storylandia.wapshottpress.com for more information.Author: Ginger Mayerson,Kathryn L. RamageISBN-10: 0984832580ISBN-13: 9780984832583Publisher: Wapshott Press theLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/2013Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize:...

A secret history. A mysterious heritage. In the search for his past, one man will discover a love that spans the ages. Georgie knows the Bradleys love him like blood. Even after forty years working their farm, he still feels rootless without a family...

Carroll Enderby is trying to make some extra money as she wants more than her job at the laboratory can provide, and she is prepared to act outside the law if that is necessary. But when a woman's body is found by a fisherman...

Catherine Fenman is on her way home from her mother's house when she discovers a body in the forest. She loses her trust in the people around her as she tries to protect her family from the danger created by the circling blame. Inspector...

While walking on the river bank one night the recluse, Maggie Norrice, sees a car go through the railings and off the bridge into the River Sparrow. The incident wakens deeply hidden memories and her demons come back to haunt her.When the car is...

Introducing Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon in a new mystery series, set in the Downton Abbey period. November, 1928. Family and friends have gathered at the Shropshire country home of Penrose Llewellyn to celebrate the retired wealthy businessman's 60th birthday. But the morning after what...

Tony Abbott received a call this morning from an old flame he hasn't seen since high school. "I found something," Kristie says frantically over the line. "I think she was murdered." Tony returns home to Payton County, hoping the familiar sights and sounds will...

Park Ranger Doug Williams wonders if everything really does happen for a reason, especially when he finds himself and his dog-team searching for killers in the worst winter storm in recent Alaskan history.Author: Elaine WaldronISBN-10: 0692500405ISBN-13: 9780692500408Publisher: Symes-Mobberley HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2015Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize:...

A Fine Climate for Murder, the third in the series of Bea Goode "cozies", finds Bea chairing a committee on her agency's recommended reaction to global warming. Things get really hot when a botanist is murdered, a bureaucrat is punched in the schnozz, and...

Eventually, every story comes to an end. Thomas Austin has three weeks until his daughter is born. Three weeks to finish the nursery, keep the peace at home, and finally put the badge away for good. Then a priest is found murdered inside a...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the unstoppable Hercule Poirot finds himself in the Middle East with only one day to solve a murder.Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sits the corpse of Mrs....

"It's tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world's had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special."--Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling authorIn this official and fully restored edition, Hercule Poirot solves his...

Murder stalks a writers' group in this postcard-pretty little English village. The Midsomer Worthy's Writers' Circle has never had much luck in attracting guest speakers: They invite famous authors but usually have to content themselves with a local fellow who publishes the occasional article...

How did Sherlock Holmes get himself into such a situation?His life is threatened. His only escape is to pretend to be catatonic.And in that state, to solve a heinous crime.It began when a barrister came to Holmes and told him that his wife may...

Wheels Within Wheels: A Charlie Chan Mystery finds Chan thousands of miles from Honolulu after a titan of industry pulls strings to engage the services of the detective to do a vital job: prevent a murder. The mysterious business magnate's wishes reveal themselves as...

The Belmington brothers of Middleburg, Virginia, have inherited wealth, horses, and a powerful bank. But privilege can't shield them from greed, betrayal, and murder.When a foxhunt ends in a suspicious death, Detective John Taylor is pulled into a web of family secrets, corruption, and...

Every diamond has a story... this one rewrites history.When a legendary Art Deco bracelet disappears from the Wrigley Mansion, diamond detective Taylor "Hunter" is pulled into a case that turns deadly fast. The theft is only the beginning. A body surfaces. A trail of...

"The Documents in the Case" is a masterful work of detective fiction from the Golden Age of British mystery writing. Uniquely structured as an epistolary novel, the story unfolds through a collection of letters, witness statements, and medical reports that challenge the reader to...

"Strong Poison" is a quintessential masterpiece of Golden Age detective fiction, marking a pivotal moment in the celebrated Lord Peter Wimsey series. When Harriet Vane, a talented mystery novelist, stands trial for the cold-blooded murder of her former lover, the evidence against her seems...

When the sudden death of a prominent tech CEO sends shockwaves through the city, seasoned detective Dion Knight is partnered with his new detective, Theodore Stevens. What begins as a high-profile investigation quickly unravels into something far more sinister-an elaborate web of sabotage, secrets,...

"Death at Swaythling Court" is a cornerstone of Golden Age detective fiction, marking the notable mystery debut of J. J. Connington. Set in the quiet English countryside, the story unfolds at the secluded estate of Swaythling Court, where the unpleasant and manipulative Mr. Hubbard...

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote fifty-six short works about Sherlock Holmes. With this book of eight tales Orlando Pearson joins him on this number.In Volume X of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes, the Great Baker Street Detective busts two city scandals, engages with three great composers...

Catherine West flees a broken engagement in Boston for the sanctuary of Paris, answering a vague yet earnest summons from her cousin's widow, the enigmatic Mme. Bender. Her transatlantic escape is interrupted by an officious matchmaker, who thrusts her into the company of Geoffrey...

A distinctive collection of Harley Quin mysteries in which Agatha Christie explores the strange boundary between detection and the unseen. First published in 1930, The Mysterious Mr. Quin gathers a series of interlinked stories featuring Mr. Satterthwaite, a perceptive observer of human nature, and...

When off-duty Deputy Carla Reyes stops on a darkened Jacksonville street and her dog refuses to move, she finds a bloodstain in the grass and a silence that doesn't add up. Forty-eight hours later, Ralph Bittman - accountant, husband, small business owner - is...

"Doctor, I no longer desire to interfere with your creative endeavours. Publish or not as you see fit."Presented within this volume are a further six, previously unpublished, accounts by John H. Watson, M.D. These adventures bring Holmes and Watson into the worlds of high-society...

"Doctor, I no longer desire to interfere with your creative endeavours. Publish or not as you see fit."Presented within this volume are a further six, previously unpublished, accounts by John H. Watson, M.D. These adventures bring Holmes and Watson into the worlds of high-society...

International bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec's Commissaire Georges Dupin returns in The Winemaker's End, where Dupin's honeymoon turns into an off the books murder investigation. Commissaire Georges Dupin and his wife, Claire, are on their honeymoon in the Loire. From winery to winery, from one...

"The Hardway Diamonds Mystery" is a gripping tale of larceny and homicide that exemplifies the intricate plotting of the Golden Age of detective fiction. When a daring robbery occurs at the Hardway estate, resulting in the theft of a fortune in diamonds, the investigation...

Who would murder the Finance Director of a failing hospital, especially by beheading him? Detective Sergeant Julie Bishop and Detective Inspector Alexandra Todd investigate, but political forces are at work and they have personal problems to contend with as well...Author: Keith McCarthyISBN-13: 9798679865952Publisher: Independently...

Internationally bestselling author Lyndsay Faye became enamored with tales of Sherlock Holmes and his esteemed biographer Dr. John Watson as a child, and later, began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction--from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, which pitted...

M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever and armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love. Again. This...

A New York Times Best Mystery of 2021 Three desperate men converge in the midst of an annual carnival in New Mexico Sailor used to be Senator Willis Douglass' protege. When he met the lawmaker, he was just a poor kid, living on the...

Detective Alan Sharp finds himself deep into a murder investigation while visiting his daughter in the Pacific Northwest. Two teens have been shot in an otherwise quiet community outside Seattle and the clues are nonexistent... which indicates a professional hit.Evidence of drugs and weapons...

The arrival of a celebrity athlete on a remote peninsula in New York's Thousand Islands unearths dark and deadly buried secrets in this heart-pounding blend of suspense and mystery, the first in the new North Country series--Agatha Christie meets Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley...

Author: Benedict BrownISBN-10: 8419162523ISBN-13: 9788419162526Publisher: Heathdene BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2026Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

Author: G. R. JordanISBN-10: 1918401276ISBN-13: 9781918401271Publisher: Carpetless PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2026Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d