Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Nova Scotia - Canada - October 2012'a cold place to die'One morning, David Kettle finds a woman unconscious in the snow in his garden. As she is rushed to the hospital in a coma, he struggles to figure out why she was there and...

Three college students enjoy a fun resort vacation in Mexico...until one of them disappears.As a frantic search for missing student Avery Jennings begins, everyone is hiding something-Avery's family and friends, the resort's staff, and its wealthy guests. It's up to FBI Special Agent Victoria...

With one woman murdered and a man on the run, can Littlejohn dredge through years of family secrets and wartime betrayal before anyone else gets hurt?When Madame Garnier arrives at the casino on the Isle of Man, everyone is interested. She knows all the...

A college is in crisis and four days of golden autumn will end with the shock of crimson.In the early morning of October 25, 1988, a student jogging the placid campus of Vermeulen College, the prominent Catholic institution in Hampton, Indiana, discovers the body...

In Wendy Sand Eckel's much-anticipated third book in the Rosalie Hart Mystery Series, Rosalie's hard-earned organic farm certification is threatened by a toxic neighbor who is about to crop dust his winter wheat. When their impulsive farm hand decides to confront him, she finds his...

Rich. Successful. Dead . . . The mysterious death of Marion Cane leads criminologist Will Traynor into a deeply challenging and disturbing new case. Marion Cane swapped a successful city career in New York and London for a quiet retirement in a wealthy village...

The clock is ticking for DCI Slider when a woman goes missing. Can he find her - and does she even want to be found? "[Slider is] one of Britain's most engaging coppers" Booklist Felicity Holland is missing. She left her handsome West London...

To the distaste of the Compton Dando villagers, the big house has been taken over by a group of New Age eccentrics. And when the first death is reported, no one is surprised ... or disappointed. The coroner rules it an accident.But only weeks...

To the distaste of the Compton Dando villagers, the big house has been taken over by a group of New Age eccentrics. And when the first death is reported, no one is surprised ... or disappointed. The coroner rules it an accident.But only weeks...

A truth a little girl can't bear to remember.Emerging in dreams.Dream FiveMy mother starts turning. And now I don't want to see her, because she is already dead. I shout, 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry.' But my mother turns and the hat flies off and...

The end is near and Special Agent Diane Greer is so close to solving this case. It had been going on way too long. All the evidence was at her fingertips and she didn't know all she had to do was reach out and...

Critic comment 2019: I was reading a few older books from my mother's collections. This was among them.I do critiques of many books for groups, and make recommendations as to what I feel is worthy of buying. I must admit that more than half...

A twisted MO torn straight from the history books.Arnold Landon steps out with his lady friend, hunting for relics on the deserted dig site where he works. Before long, they stumble on something under a bridge. The mangled remains of Arnold's fellow historian.His chest...

Fifty short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes' older sister, Scarlett. Scarlett Holmes is two years or so older than her sibling Sherlock. They fell out in childhood and abraded one another in later life. John Watson met her and found her captivating but prickly. Scarlett...

Edgy, twisted and disturbing, the first Crime Writers' Association Daggers Award retrospective anthology featuring 19 visceral and thrilling stories. Featuring bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey and more. NINETEEN CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF...

A HARD-DRINKING, TWO-FISTED PROTAGONIST IN THE MIDST OF A PARADE OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS-GRITTY REALISM AT ITS FINEST.After years of tracking down pedophile priests, Vatican investigator-and former cop-Father Michael Barrett snaps and beats one to near-death. Spared a trial by church intervention, he is transferred...

"Warm up the apple crisp and cozy up to a detective mystery that has been 75 years in the making." -BestThrillers.comIn the simpler times of 1971, Inspector Philip Steele, recently transferred to Fredericton, takes a well-deserved holiday visiting his beloved, elderly godmother in her...

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they must solve the stabbing death of a young woman before panic spreads across London.On a rainy November evening, a young woman...

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world's great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes's retirement cottage. The local...

This Book "In the Onyx Lobby" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole...

All these people who thought themselves securely in possession are now going to be dependent on the caprice of this young man.'During a blinding rainstorm, Jake Seaborne takes a wrong turn and arrives at Ullstone Hall, where is he is initially mistaken for 'Hugo',...

"Combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED review For readers of The Thursday Murder Club comes a lighthearted mystery with an incredible sense of place It's springtime in rural...

A remote island in the Scottish Hebrides...the death of a Hollywood legend...secrets waiting to destroy.Meet PC Colin Buxton - disillusioned with his career - who, during the worst storm in a century, is forced to investigate a gruesome murder alone. But how can he...

One by one the "Group of Nine" are being picked off. Two were killed last spring when the plot to kill the Mayor was uncovered. Another was just murdered. The killer's note threatened the rest of the Group along with fledging detective, Tom O'Banion....

When death comes home, is nowhere safe? The quest for love and home becomes deadly when Detectives Erik Jansson and Deb Metzger must find a man with no address in their search for the killer of an adulterous real estate agent. Author: Priscilla PatonISBN-10:...

All aboard the good ship SS Columbus for an African adventure to die for . . ."Fascinating . . . Bert and Mamie Mason are the most entertaining detective couple since Nick and Nora Charles" Publishers Weekly February 1939. Mamie Mason isn't enthusiastic when...

Everyone is dying to attend the Christmas gala-the event of the season-until one of the hosts turns up that way. Dead, that is.When a doctor is urgently summoned, Matthew rushes to help. But he's too late.Was the man murdered?Suspecting foul play, Matthew calls the...

Everyone is dying to attend the Christmas gala-the event of the season-until one of the hosts turns up that way. Dead, that is.When a doctor is urgently summoned, Matthew rushes to help. But he's too late.Was the man murdered?Suspecting foul play, Matthew calls the...

A Murder. A Homecoming. A Day of Reckoning.A man's body washes up on a beach on the North Yorkshire coast with a single gunshot wound to the chest. The only clue to the victim's identity is a ring engraved with two names.DCI Tom Raven...

"I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money." Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in The Sign of Four. Early 1902 - On the eve of Newgate Prison's demolition, Watson spies...

"I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money." Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in The Sign of Four. Early 1902 - On the eve of Newgate Prison's demolition, Watson spies...

When Detective Chief Inspector Richard Langley and Detective Inspector Eilidh Simmons are tasked with investigating a stolen Botticelli painting from the home of a former slave trader-at Penrhyn Castle in Wales-three brutally murdered bodies are discovered in Hampstead Heath, London.One victim appears to have...

How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in front of witnesses, they were placed in a locked cabinet. Under guard, the cabinet with the diamonds was loaded into an armored car and...

"In the city, sitting in a squad car made you an easy target, but in the country you were a shield." -The Kill FloorFrank "Flash" Gordon knows it's a detective's duty to speak for the victim, even when the world would rather they turn...

Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in Dead Man's Wake, a thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron.On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness...

Lights, camera, action in bestselling author David Rosenfelt's Flop Dead Gorgeous, as Andy Carpenter goes bicoastal to prove an old friend's innocence. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter remembers every dog that's come through the Tara Foundation's doors, but the most well-known alum of the dog...

In Holy Chow, the next mystery from bestselling author David Rosenfelt, the beloved characters--both human and canine--of this fan favorite series are back on the case with the author's trademark wit and humor. Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter's calling has always been running the Tara...

The fate of Prince Harry and the British throne lies in the hands of Joanna and the Watsons in the latest Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery from USA Today bestselling author Leonard Goldberg. During the height of the Great War, playboy Prince Harry, the...

Aristocratic sleuth Charles Lenox makes a triumphant return to London from his travels to America to investigate a mystery hidden in the architecture of the city itself, in The Hidden City by critically acclaimed author Charles Finch.Author: Charles FinchISBN-10: 1250767164ISBN-13: 9781250767165Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

The eerie, windswept Hatchet Island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in this thriller from bestselling author Paul Doiron. A call for help from a former colleague leads Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch and...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAgatha Award Winner for Best Contemporary Novel Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series. It's spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not...

Cyrus Hampton, the Director of a small, Federal Government Agency that reports to the President of the United States, dies suddenly one day after work. His death occurs while he was investigating criminal activity at the Select Committee for General Services. The President appoints...

Boston PI Spenser takes on a new case in this installment in Robert B. Parker's iconic New York Times bestselling series. Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young...

Faith Usher had a decidedly morbid personality. She talked about taking her life, and kept cyanide in her purse. So when she collapses and dies from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone calls it suicide--including the...

Author: Peter SwansonISBN-10: 0062980084ISBN-13: 9780062980083Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2023Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d

"A well-tangled web of intrigue and murder."--Entertainment Weekly"Kellerman invariably rides high in the bestseller lists...Blindman's Bluff shows why."--St. Louis Post-DispatchOne of the popular couples in contemporary crime fiction, LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus are back in Blindman's Bluff--and placed...

A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.Money - or lack of it - can be, to certain members of society, a powerful motive for murder. Two sisters and a brother...

A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.Julia Elton, mistress of Chalfont, is the dutiful wife of a man she does not love. Frank Cox is the man she falls in...

A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.Moneylender Albert Reeve has added blackmail to his activities. When his cottage burns down and he perishes within the flames, his death comes as...

A classic crime novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.James Tarrant wants to make a lot of money. But as an assistant chemist in a sleepy village backwater his career seems to have...