Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

"Steeped in ancient mysteries, and pitting a team of heroes against a wily villain who seems to have no match, Whispers Among the Ruins will keep you guessing at every turn. If you love the Southwest landscape, its myths and magic, and the people...

The second in "The Ancient Ones" series, "Caves of the Watchers" brings the reader into yet another underground realm-this one near Wickenburg, Arizona. Lorelei Lanier and the Arizona-Irish Paranormal Research Society discover more questions than answers when they come across four caves, a maze...

Lorelei Lanier is adjusting to the powerful connections she has to spirits. Unfortunately, her medium abilities are only the beginning. While working a dark arts case with the FBI and the Arizona-Irish Paranormal Research Society, she discovers she is the reincarnation of Annie O'Shea,...

It is very difficult to classify THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should...

"If you like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum I think you will really like Amber Fox - I know I do." Martha's BookshelfFeisty insurance investigator Amber Fox is finally marrying her boss, Brad Beckett, in seven days. All she has to do before the wedding...

Welcome to Keyhole Bay, Florida, an idyllic small tourist town in the Florida Panhandle, where vacation just might be murder!Murder Stacks the Shelves brings together the first four books in the Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery series in two omnibus volumes. This omnibus edition includes:...

"The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 and in the United...

The man calling himself Henry Rowles had lived in the lonely hut by the sea wall for twenty years when he decided to make a will leaving everything to old George Pollicott, the night-watchman who had so curiously befriended and cared for him. But...

'Art is never sordid, ' said Daniel. 'And murder is one of the arts.'Volume I contains the first-ever collection of stories featuring Police Surgeon turned amateur sleuth Daniel Britling, originally published 1930-32: The Green Ghost Murder Introducing Daniel Britling and his twin sister Eunice....

A murderous puzzle.A compromised crime scene.One DCI whose determination to nail the killer could cost him his life ...Detective Harry Grimm can't catch a break. When his much-needed vacation is interrupted by a call reporting a decomposed corpse, he races home to examine the...

On a foggy day in the Big Bow District of London, Mrs. Drabdump becomes fearful for her lodger. She knocks several times at his door but no answer. She runs to Inspector Grodman and together they break down his door to find the pooor...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Terrifying . . . a spellbinding biomedical thriller."--San Francisco Examiner "A classic that will grip you until the end."--Houston Chronicle A phone call in the dead of night brings Joe Lassiter shattering news: His sister and young nephew have...

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...

Sealed away from public view more than a century at the instruction of their author, Dr John Watson, these three cases of Sherlock Holmes are available here for the first time. Like the earlier volume in this series, each reveals the role Holmes and...

A crime thriller starring the sleuthing lawyer portrayed in the HBO limited series--from the Edgar Award-winning "kingpin among the mystery writers" (The New York Times). Stewart Bedford is willing to cooperate with a blackmailer to protect his beloved wife. But when he wakes up...

In this gripping interactive game book mystery, you are not just the reader - you're the detective. A murder has taken place, and it's up to you to lead the investigation. Your choices will determine the path of the case and whether you can...

Featuring Contributions by: Stephen Herczeg, Margaret Walsh, Paul D. Gilbert, Will Murray, David MacGregor, Barry Clay, Mike Chinn, Tim Newton Anderson, Ember Pepper (2 stories), Martin Daley, Arthur Hall, Naching T. Kassa, David Marcum, Adrian Middleton, and a poem by Kevin Patrick McCann.53 New...

Featuring Contributions by: Roger Riccard, Tracy Revels (2 stories), Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Brenda Seabrooke (2 stories), Gordon Linzner, Mike Adamson, Hugh Ashton, David Marcum, Jane Rubino, Brett Fawcett, Susan Knight, Alan Dimes, Arthur Hall, Paula Hammond, Tim Newton Anderson, Robert Stapleton, and a poem by...

Featuring Contributions by: Arthur Hall (2 stories), Alan Dimes (2 stories), Tracy Revels, DJ Tyrer, David Marcum, Dan Rowley (2 stories) and Don Baxter, Deanna Baran, Thomas A. Burns, Jr., Brenda Seabrooke, I.A. Watson, Tim Newton Anderson, Chris Chan, Barry Clay (2 stories), Susan...

In the aftermath of the Cobb family's financial downfall, penned by the talented Fred MacIsaac, young Steve Cobb seeks solace as a hermit on Cape Cod, his family estate now under the control of the cunning William Warburton. Possessing the last valuable remnant-a block...

Sometimes change can forge a path to a new beginning... Other times, it leaves a trail for your past to follow. Lawrence Rockefeller, known as "Rock" to most, is doing his best to embrace the recent changes in his life: marriage, a newborn daughter,...

Murder, mystery and mayhem. A stolen briefcase and jewellery. A kidnapping. Two people in danger in the heart of London. And the key to it all is -- a key.Author: David BarryISBN-10: 8584046321ISBN-13: 9798584046323Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2020Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w...

Julia Blake runs her own cleaning business. She has the unfortunate knack of getting herself involved in murder investigations.When one of Julia's elderly clients, Douglas Pedley, is found dead at the bottom of his stairs, it is soon obvious that he was murdered.Julia first...

To celebrate the release of her novel Barefoot on Baker Street, Charlotte Anne Walters undertook the task of reading and reviewing one of the original Sherlock Holmes short stories every day until she had completed all 56. The reviews were posted daily on her...

Barefoot on Baker Street is set in late Victorian London where a life of crime is the only way to escape poverty and servitude for one bright young workhouse orphan. The narrative follows Red on her incredible life-journey as it twists and turns through...

Sometimes the past does not lie quietly in its grave.When private detectives Seth Augustine and Bethany Hale take a vacation to the picture-postcard village of Finn Hill in the Adirondacks in mid-December, they figure it'll be an opportunity for some down time--skiing, snowshoeing, and...

The Lodger was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, and a remarkable film it is. But the story Hitchcock tells -- of young love and mistaken identity (and is that a mistake, or malicious accusation by a rival. . . ?) -- is...

In the second Sherlock Holmes novel, Mary Morstan arrives at Baker Street with a perplexing case for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Treasure has been stolen and lives have been lost in a mystery stretching from London back to the Indian Mutiny of 1857....

In this mystery from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, a landlady discovers a corpse beneath her crowded London boardinghouse A sturdy young woman with a knack for home repair and a practical sense of Marxism, Lydia is renovating her London townhouse while her...

Lyn McConchie again carries the reader back to the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, this time with two Beastly Mysteries. When Lord Temberton opens an Anglo-Saxon barrow and finds a securely locked Elizabethan chest seven mummified penguins placed around it in...

Gyron de London, most powerful--and most hated--industrialist of the year 2190, is warned by a mysterious letter that his doom is due on the 30th March, three weeks hence. Further anonymous letters repeat the message. The frightened tycoon takes every precaution, even to sealing...

"Dick opened the door again swiftly, Vera clinging to him--and they were so astounded at what they saw that he forgot for the moment to slam the door shut again. For the phantom was there--clearly visible in the sunlight, which now blazed across the...

In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip one book over to read the second), here's the twenty-first Wildside Double: THE G-BOMB: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, by John Russell Fearn. Despite being the cleverest man on Earth, Jonas Glebe becomes the unwitting tool...

When Reg Raleigh is discharged from his senior banking position in London due to the Depression, he finds his life empty. On impulse, Reg buys a used bicycle and pedals his way into life as a small-town detective. During his bizarre adventures, he gets...

Don't miss the final book in the bestselling Eric Ward series. It's a cracker!A dangerous killer with a penchant for the Zodiac symbols is abducting, torturing, and murdering women. Eric Ward and Sharon Owen are in court defending the man accused of these crimes,...

When an army-vet-turned-safecracker is forcibly recruited to be part of a dangerous heist, she'll need all her skills to get out alive in this fast-paced thriller perfect for fans of Jeffery Deaver and P. J. Tracy. Nearly a decade after getting chased out of...

"I am Neb-Heka-Ra... I declaim now that my curse shall fall upon he who disturbs my rest. I call upon the Gods to witness and avenge such impiety..."A trio of bizarre deaths, starting with that of a renowned surgeon, sends Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John...

Secrets, mystery and wedding bells at Dovecote Hatch! 1933, Dovecote Hatch, England. Florence Norris knows she has found a good man in George 'Birdie' Bird, the landlord of the local pub, The Dog & Whistle. They are set to marry in the parish church...

Sherlock Holmes, his trusted friend, Dr. John Watson, and his older brother, Mycroft, successfully unraveled a devious assassination plot against one of Queen Victoria's family. Aided by a colorful assortment of associates, a clever trap was set to attempt to stop the gang of...

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given...

Sebastian St. Cyr must confront a savage killer and save his closest friend from the hangman's noose in this heart-pounding new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of When Blood Lies. June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as...

The mayor of a seaside town is murdered, and a London police detective must sort through motives both political and personal . . . Thanks to its mayor, Sir Gideon Ware, the quiet harbor town of Westcombe has turned into a crowded and rather...

""The Big Four"" is an enthralling detective novel by Agatha Christie, published in 1927. The story follows the renowned Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, as he confronts a formidable criminal organization known as the Big Four. Faced with a series of perplexing and seemingly unconnected...

Two dead bodies. Many rumors. One confounding case for C.T. Ferguson. When a prominent Baltimore County councilman is found dead next to the body of a woman who is not his wife, questions abound. The politician's family hires private investigator C.T. Ferguson to figure...

Would you risk your life to find a killer?"Death at Wildbough is part police mystery, part steamy romance, and will be the book readers will not be able to put down this summer. After the death of a famous violinist, Chief of Police Richard...

Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir BluesDetective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is back in this crackling novel of suspense, a moody and sophisticated mystery full of serpentine curves from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson.One of the world's...

A classic winter's crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre.Victor Harleston awoke with uncharacteristic optimism. Today he would be rich at last. Half an hour later, he gulped down his breakfast coffee and pitched to the floor, gasping...

"Murder and mischief in eighteenth-century Bristol. . . . A treat for fans of Ambrose Parry." -Mick Herron, Gold Dagger Award-winning author of Slow Horses Coronation hears of the murders before she even reaches the slave port of Bristol-six boys found with their throats...

Rome, 58 AD.    The dinner party didn't turn out the way Aemilius Valerius expected. He didn't expect a place at the main table. He didn't expect to drink that much. He didn't expect to hook up with one of the scarier dancers. And...

Darkness clung to the early Baker Street morning as Dr Watson opened the front door. The night watchman held out a small slither of paper. Written faintly upon this were just two short words: "Help me."Sherlock Holmes must use all of his remarkable powers...