Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Depression Era Alberta is miserable and cruel, but WWI vet, Fergus Muir and his father are getting by. Plagued by guilt and memories of war, Fergus goes through life detached and cynical until he meets a young girl, Cat Perkins, who is the spitting...

The Case of the Patriarch - A Sherlock Holmes & Elizabeth Bennet Mystery Jealousy, anger, abuse, love, and desperation run rampant inside a stately home and no one is above suspicion when murder comes knocking. Elizabeth is going home to Longbourn to visit her...

Twelve people of diverse occupations and lifestyles receive an invitation to a free survivor weekend at a large remote inn. They are told to bring anything they might need to survive the weekend. The invitation promises them nice gifts, including an overnight stay in...

THE SECRET AGENT JOSEPH CONRAD 1857-1924Large PrintAuthor: Joseph ConradISBN-10: 1976077346ISBN-13: 9781976077340Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2017Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.64dLarge Print

The Sunshine Silver Mine in Wallace, Idaho was a hard rock mine that should never have burned. But it did, in 1972, and ninety-one miners died. The cause of the fire was never fully determined. Now, nearly half a century later, a political race,...

A castle in the Himalayas. Five guests. One dead body.The idyllic Peter Dann Castle is a picture of tranquility as summer blooms in the Himalayan foothills. The heritage hotel has a reputation of being blessed - whatever happens here is said to happen for...

In one of Maurice Leblanc's most ornately constructed and beguiling tales, master of disguise and gentleman-burglar Ars鈩e Lupin transforms both himself and (among those in the know) his reputation as a charming but incorrigible rake. When the heirs to a large fortune keep turning...

G. K. Chesterton's celebrity priest-detective returns in The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), the third of five collections of short stories featuring Father Brown. The book begins with reports of Father Brown's death in "The Resurrection of Father Brown" and includes the popular tales...

Taking inspiration from the infamous Panama scandals of 1892 and 1893-the biggest corruption bust of the nineteenth century-and Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Purloined Letter," Leblanc hurls Ars鈩e Lupin headlong into a high stakes quest for the truth that threatens his honor and...

Ever since The Burglar on the Prowl climbed the bestseller lists in 2004, fans have been clamoring for a new book featuring the lighthearted and lightfingered Bernie Rhodenbarr. Now everybody's favorite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick...

Rose Blair is back!In the third Rose Blair mystery, murder ruins Rose and Tom's volunteer efforts.When The Berries, a popular group from the 70s, roll into town, Rose and Tom step up to help with the concert efforts. But when the lead singer fails...

He wants his father's killer found, but his secrets kept. Will investigating while hiding the truth make her the next victim?Until now, Chicago lawyer Quille C. Davis has investigated crimes, but only to help people she loves. Now she's been hired to solve the...

The ageless Cherokee sleuth, White Feather, is back with his bungling old geezer friends to solve another mystery at the St. Jude Methodist Retirement Center for the Indigent. This time he must solve the riddles in a mad woman's love letter and dig deep...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have just finished a rather substantial breakfast when they hear a sharp rap at the door, announcing the unexpected arrival of a clerk from the Colonial Office. Holmes and Watson have been summoned by Her Majesty's government and are...

Maggie O'Shea was in total panic having discovered early this morning, a warning note laid by the doorway with a rock holding it from blowing away. Though moisture had made some of the words blur, Maggie had no difficulty understanding a threat when she...

When a quilting event falls to pieces, Beatrice works to patch things up.Dappled Hills quilters are eagerly anticipating new events at the Patchwork Cottage quilt shop. The shop's owner, Posy, has announced 'Sew and Tell' socials and a mystery quilt group project.But one day,...

Myrtle has decided that she's actually a very good cook. In fact, she feels she's such a good cook that she elects to hone her skills at a cooking school. She persuades her reluctant friend Miles to join her, convinced they both could use...

This is one book club meeting that doesn't go by the book.When octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover discovers Naomi Pelter's dead body during a book club meeting, the other members seem shocked. But Myrtle can read between the lines. Naomi had riled everyone up by...

When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town. Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime...and her neighbors' secrets....

FIVE NEW MYSTERIES Why do people cheat, rob and murder? Why are people tempted to commit dark deeds? These are the questions that have always plagued the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. In this, the 12th Volume of the best-selling series, Consulting Detective, he and...

This is new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery, "The Hound of the Baskervilles." But the chief difference is that it's now narrated by a dog. A greyhound, in fact, named Septimus.Author: Arthur Conan Doyle, John GaspardISBN-10: 0578477254ISBN-13: 9780578477251Publisher: John GaspardLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2019Pages:...

PIRACY, CONSPIRACY ... MURDER?An influential shipping firm, Goldwaters, pays Eric Ward a large retainer to work for them, much to his surprise. Then one of the Goldwaters fleet, the Sierra Nova, is "arrested" and is unable to leave port.The reason?A crew member, Edwards, has...

Lord Peter Wimsey and his friend Chief Inspector Parker are told about the death, in late 1925, of an elderly woman named Agatha Dawson who had been suffering from terminal cancer. She was being cared for by Mary Whittaker, her great-niece and a trained...

A slaughter of innocents. A crazed public demands vengeance from any source. Can Macleod hold his poise amidst a cry for blood before justice?When a heinous crime against children provokes a national outcry, Detective Inspector Macleod and his team are under pressure for results...

A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER THAT FOLLOWS AN UNCONVENTIONAL HITMAN WHO'S TRAPPED IN THE KILLING ARENA. Racked by guilt over the accidental killing of a young Italian girl, contract killer André Warner has effectively retired himself from his 'profession'. But when a contract in Tangier to...

COMPELLING AND DARK, THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL CRIME THRILLER TRAILS A RELENTLESS HITMAN FACING EXTRAORDINARY OBSTACLES. André Warner is a former operative of the British Secret Service turned contract killer with over forty jobs under his belt. So, an approach from Robert Heider-an American racketeer, whose...

DARK WITH MOMENTS OF LIGHT, THIS CRIME THRILLER SURROUNDS AN UNCONVENTIONAL HERO FACING REMARKABLE CHALLENGES. André Warner is a professional killer and ex-British Secret Service. Thirty-nine contracts have made him a wealthy man, and his fortieth is set to be his last. When the...

Laura Mosby is like a lot of young women, working in a job she doesn't like, looking for a way out, and doing her best to enjoy her privacy. When she dies a violent death at the hands of an intruder, it's at first...

INTRODUCING ERSKINE POWELL OF SCOTLAND YARD Crime, investigation, punishment. They're all in a day's work to Detective Chief Superintendent Erskine Powell of New Scotland Yard. As a member of the Yard's Murder Squad, Powell tracks miscreants all over London. Now, seeking distance from the...

A killer is on the loose, targeting victims with a mysterious connection that young barrister Daniel Pitt must deduce before more bodies pile up, in this intricately woven mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.A serial killer is roaming the streets of...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, beloved for her acclaimed Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, consistently writes richly detailed and thoroughly suspenseful novels that bring a distant time and place...

Prestigious faculty members at Mill Run University vie for a position to work on a national grant that will make a difference in all their careers. Secrets, lies, and cutthroat resentment stemming from graduate school dominate tenuous relationships between faculty, administration, and students, especially...

The past deciphers the future. After making wrong decisions with his first murder investigation, Detective Matthew Compton is glad to still have his position as sergeant. Now he has a string of assaults on prostitutes, and his only lead: cryptic lines from a Medieval...

Originally published in 1927, Frances Noyes Hart's The Bellamy Trial is one of the first legal thrillers. While it shows the prejudices and attitudes (all women are girls, unless they are elderly, for example) of the time, the central plot and premise hold up...

Originally published in 1927, Frances Noyes Hart's The Bellamy Trial is one of the first legal thrillers. While it shows the prejudices and attitudes (all women are girls, unless they are elderly, for example) of the time, the central plot and premise hold up...

The Big Four is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 27 January 1927 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It features Hercule Poirot,...

The Big Four is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 27 January 1927 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It features Hercule Poirot,...

The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie and It introduces the characters of Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen ""Bundle"" Brent. At the request of George Lomax, Lord Caterham reluctantly agrees to host a weekend party at...

Cicely Disappears is a 1927 mystery novel by the British writer Anthony Cox, written under the pen name of A. Monmouth Platts. Berkley used a variety of pseudonyms during his career, in this case based on two properties he was associated with in Watford....

It is Hogmanay, and Angela Marchmont is at Fives Castle, the Scottish seat of the Earl of Strathmerrick, to see in the start of 1928. But when she finds out that the Foreign Secretary, the American Ambassador and the Head of British Intelligence are...

When Angela Marchmont goes to Cornwall on doctor's orders she is looking forward to a nice rest and nothing more exciting than a little sea-bathing. But her plans for a quiet holiday are dashed when she is caught up in the hunt for a...

Old Philip Haynes was never happier than when his family were at each other's throats. Even after his death the terms of his will ensured they would keep on feuding. But now three people are dead and the accusations are flying. Can there really...

On his return from South Africa, Charles Knox is invited to spend the weekend at the country home of Sir Neville Strickland, whose beautiful wife Rosamund was once Knox's fianc馥. But in the dead of night Sir Neville is murdered. Who did it? As...

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes? I am or was, Lady Juliet Armstrong, Baroness Crestwell. Having been murdered, I am deceased and require your assistance."Thus began the strangest partnership in the long career of Sherlock Holmes. In Book One of this series we met the brash and...

Marketta Davis was Harbor Bay's golden girl until the Chicago Art Institute sent her packing. She returns to her hometown, determined to succeed by operating a beauty emporium stocked with upscale products. Unfortunately, on opening night a grisly corpse litters the alleyway of her...

Disrespect, disdain - and dead bodies! It's all in a day's work for WPC Billie Harkness, a pioneering female police officer protecting the home front in this gripping WWII British historical mystery. "A fresh and different take on WWII stories with an appealing young...

Instant New York Times and National Bestseller"A triumph. . . . Winspear creates in Elinor White (the 'White Lady'), a complex, endearing, achingly flawed hero. This is both fast-paced and thoughtful, bold and nuanced, a thriller that is thrillingly human. I loved it." --Louise...

Major Crimes Detective John Albora is called to the murder scene of young, wealthy banker, G. Roderick Von Ness, at the mansion on Long Island's Gold Coast. Roddy's beautiful widow, Cherry, found his body in the early morning hours and called the police. She...

Two lovers murdered in a midnight tryst.Late one night, Lynne Anderson reveals to her lover that she has something to tell him. And it's not just pillow talk. But before she can spill her shocking secrets, a shooter silences her and her lover forever.A...

The wolf is at Olivia's door ... will she let it in? Homicide Detective Olivia Darrow is still reeling from the bombing at the CSB home office. Guilt weighs on her knowing that the attack, which claimed the life of a fellow officer, was...