Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

On the eve of World War II, the Saint is in Vienna, where his attentions are divided between a sensuous countess and some legendary diamonds--both of which he is trying to keep out of Nazi hands.Author: Leslie CharterisISBN-10: 1477843043ISBN-13: 9781477843048Publisher: Thomas & MercerLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETT The first instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely grippingvillage detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans ofAgatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders. READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY...

A missing sister. Her lying twin. Their estranged father. Her brother doesn't know where to turn or whom to trust. Attorney JD Thompson leaves his practice in a small town to trace his sister across Texas. He can't believe she would run away. She...

The third book in the Chief Novak series concludes the series and brings the themes explored in the first two novels in the series to a close. Boyleston Police Chief Karol Novak and his team investigate the murder of a real estate agent and...

In 1903, Sarah Schafer arrived in Bedford, Indiana, eager to begin a fresh chapter in her life with a new position as a Latin teacher at Bedford High School. Her excitement is soon replaced with fear when it becomes apparent someone wants Sarah out...

Sleigh bells ringing send a deadly warning. Christmas shopping becomes a matter of life and death. Can Macleod's team find the festive killer before the streets empty of Yuletide revellers?The Christmas season becomes a season of dread and panic as a killer stalks the...

In the early summer of 1913 I received a letter from my old friend, Sherlock Holmes. While he concentrated upon his bees and worked on his memoirs in Sussex most of the year, he had taken my advice and rented a place in Scilly....

No matter how deep you dig, you can't bury the past.Detective Jack Martin looks forward to a carefree summer in the Colorado Rockies. But fate has other plans. After a call from an old friend, Jack is on the road to Texas, headed for...

The Mayor's sonIt's summer time, 1957. Early on a Sunday morning, a young woman is found dead in the street. She's been murdered and thrown away like a sack of garbage. Hours later, a second woman is pulled out of the Crawfish River, another...

One million dollars is at stake. Let the murders begin... When a competition is announced, a crazed carnival atmosphere seizes St. Jude Without. The residents dust off their rusty social skills in an attempt to encourage tourism to this hither-to forgotten cove. Carmel can...

"I am so excited for you to be at the very beginning of this trend-setting, beautifully written, vivid series."--from the introduction by LOUISE PENNY The first installment in one of crime fiction's most enjoyable, iconic series--now featuring a rare peek into Diamond's origins and...

No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories brings together the essential works from Arthur Conan Doyle in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition--a keepsake to be read and treasured. There is one literary detective who stands...

Part of a mystery series featuring renowned detective Fleming Stone. He is called on to decide whether it was suicide or murder in the case of a future college president. Stone has remarkable ingenuity for unraveling cases. Can he do it again? A young...

Part of a mystery series featuring renowned detective Fleming Stone. He is called on to decide whether it was suicide or murder in the case of a future college president. Stone has remarkable ingenuity for unraveling cases. Can he do it again? A young...

In this official and fully restored edition, Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, featuring a "missing chapter" and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery. Now with a beautiful new series look.Who poisoned the wealthy...

Years of writing thoughtful, heartfelt literary fiction have brought Joe McElwee nothing but poverty and obscurity. Now his blockbuster formulaic thriller, full of mindless action and tired but proven tropes, has him on the verge of wealth and fame.Not everyone is happy though. Joe's...

Paterson, New Jersey's favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter has run the Tara Foundation--the dog rescue organization named after his beloved golden...

Are the ghosts of St. Jude real, an illusion, or avenging souls from the past?Why are the ghosts drawn to crazy Lizzie? Are the origins of Lizzie's madness the key? The ageless Cherokee sleuth, White Feather, is back with his bungling old geezer friends...

The old vicar spoke to him strangely. "We've not forgotten you as you've forgotten us," he said. "And the place, though empty now for years, has not forgotten you either, I'll be bound." Rogers brushed it off. Just silliness -- that was all it...

Finding Adrianna is a thrilling, edge of your seat story of a kidnapping. The courage shown by the victim will inspire the reader. Along with the victim, others involved use all their resources, including courage, bravery and passion to overcome the odds, not only...

A wealthy English investor and his American wife are murdered within days of returning to England after years abroad. A valuable diamond ring is also missing. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are asked to aid in the investigation by the young Inspector Hopkins. It...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with its January/February 2014 issue, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction Included this time are the usual columns by Lenny Picker and Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories: A Scandal in BO Media, by Hal Charles...

In the respectable seaside town of Flaxborough, the equally respectable councillor Harold Carobleat is laid to rest. Cause of death: pneumonia.But he is scarcely cold in his coffin before Detective Inspector Purbright, affable and annoyingly polite, must turn out again to examine the death...

Tuesday nights have suddenly turned quite ridiculously noisy in the country town of Chalmsbury, where the good folk are outraged at having their rest disturbed.It begins with a drinking fountain being blown to smithereens - next the statue of a local worthy loses his...

A vanished couple. A disoriented treasure hunter. A body with suspicious injuries.Harry Grimm is starting to feel like a local - almost. But when his quiet happiness is interrupted by a confused eighty-year-old detectorist claiming to have seen Medieval knights fighting in a nearby...

England, early May, 1926After the funerals of the late Duke of Sutherland and his daughter-in-law, Charlotte, (and of course Grimsby, the blackmailing valet), the younger members of the family-Philippa Darling, her cousins Christopher and Francis, and Crispin, Viscount St George-are invited to a weekend...

Follow Victor Abraham and Kate Corrigan. As they face the unrelenting power of individuals and groups. And the unknown dangers in the remote monasteries, caves, and rivers of Kashmir. The question is: can they summon their strength, tenacity, and courage? To overcome the dark...

Young women have gone missing and unmissed, until the wrong one disappears. The tranquility of tiny Anderson Montana is once again shattered when pampered Stacey Nichols disappears after a quarrel with her boyfriend.Clues are few and flimsy, but newly hired deputy, Birdie Bradshaw, has...

Boston PI Sunny Randall is back to investigate the disappearance of a hard-partying energy drink mogul, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's bestselling series. After a near-death experience, Sunny Randall is ready to lighten her load as a PI, that is until...

In her sixth engrossing outing, Jane Austen employs her delicious wit and family ties to the Royal Navy in a case of murder on the high seas. Somewhere in the picturesque British port of Southampton, among a crew of colorful, eccentric, and fiercely individual...

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh in the latest mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major...

When William Lorrimer is found dead from a gunshot wound to the head, the inquest has no difficulty in returning a verdict of suicide. Lorrimer had lost the love of his life to another man, and he had written a letter to his former...

England, late April, 1926 When Henry Astley, Duke of Sutherland, turns up dead in bed at the end of an afternoon spent calling his family on the carpet, everyone assumes that the excitement finished the old boy off. He was quite old and also...

Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series. 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' THE TIMES November. With the tourist season over in South Devon, Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson is looking forward to...

England, early May, 1926After the funerals of the late Duke of Sutherland and his daughter-in-law, Charlotte, (and of course Grimsby, the blackmailing valet), the younger members of the family-Philippa Darling, her cousins Christopher and Francis, and Crispin, Viscount St George-are invited to a weekend...

LARGE PRINTA cold-blooded killer lurks in the luxurious winter wonderland of St. Moritz . . . Switzerland, 1924. Lady sleuth Olive Belgrave is set to enjoy a holiday of ice-skating and snowshoeing in the glamorous alpine setting of St. Moritz, but her plans are...

Author: Lyndsay Faye, Lindsay FayeISBN-10: 166514677XISBN-13: 9781665146777Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/07/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 5.83h x 5.59w x 1.10d

As November elections near, the incumbent DA is getting pressure from his opponent, Preston Shanks, regarding unsolved murders in this SE Oregon county. Police have no clues but suspect drugs are involved. Shanks is working to restart his political career and hopes to run...

To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.Anne Day is the new housekeeper at Frayle, the home of...

Cold cases cast long shadows'Young girls are going missing in their search for fame and fortune. Ted Darling and his team are on the case.But when little Storm Moonchild disappeared without trace years earlier, the system seemed to forget about her.A chance encounter in...

A serial sex attacker is spreading fear in Stockport and DI Ted Darling and his team are on the case. The man randomly targets young women and abducts them from busy supermarket car parks. He's armed with a knife and is clearly highly trained...

The uniqueness of this book is the essays and activities that include both serious and farcical writings about Arthu Conan Doyle's, Sherlock Holmes. A travelogue that compares Reichenbach Falls and Trummelbach Falls for Professor Moriarty's demise; and notes from a visit to Trinity College...

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled anancient Greek hero. Yet--reasoned the detective--like Hercules he had been responsible for riddingsociety of some of its most unpleasant monsters.So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirotmakes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases:...

The King Arthur Case is the seventh installment of Jean-Luc Bannalec's bestselling mystery series. The forest of Broceliande, with its picturesque lakes and castles, is the last remnant of the fairy kingdom, if Breton lore is to be believed. Innumerable legends spanning thousands of...

A murder mystery in which a lawyer traveling on a train finds himself a prime suspect in a case involving a dead woman and missing jewelry. As he tries to clear his name, he uncovers a tangled web of lies and deceit. Fans of...

Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical series full of vivid New England atmosphere and the deeply drawn characters that are Sarah Stewart Taylor's trademark. In the hot summer of 1965, Bostonian Franklin...

This collection of short stories features the detective character Uncle Abner, a self-taught man of keen intellect and unshakable faith in God. Set in rural West Virginia, these tales offer a unique blend of mystery, morality, and regional flavor.This work has been selected by...

Spirited female sleuth Elizabeth Fairchild is drawn into Chicago's growing jazz scene - and murder - in this compelling 1920s mystery. July, 1926. When Elizabeth Fairchild's beau, Fred Wilkins, suggests going to Chicago's Sunset Club to see Louis Armstrong, the world's best trumpeter, in...

When a guest goes missing at an isolated Gothic mansion, bang in the middle of a glamorous birthday party, the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB abandon their champagne flutes and start searching.What begins as a fun game of hide-and-seek quickly turns into a horror story...

It's New Year's Day. But there's no rest for Detective Markham and the gang.Not when they've found a body down at Beauclair Drive allotments!Headteacher Catherine Leckie loved nothing more than pottering in her shed. This time, someone was there waiting - and left her...