Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

"Decadent apocalyptic cruise sails into a thrilling mystery" -Booklife The nearby star Betelgeuse is about to explode, an event whose consequences for life on Earth are uncertain. Hugo Evans, an American art historian living in London, receives an invitation from a man he has...

Dead Men Don't Talk There's nothing more deadly in a Louisiana bayou than the wildlife thriving in the dark green water and unbearable heat--except a cold-blooded killer with a body to hide. But Witnesses Do There nothing more desperate than the witness to a...

After millionaire Malcolm Capshaw hires Joe Cutler and his team to search for a fabled artifact, they enter a maze of lies, murder and betrayal. The real purpose of their search is soon exposed, as an old London crime family displays an unusual interest...

Thomas Martindale's everyday routine events are often complicated. While Tom is enjoying college commencement ceremony, a trio of seemingly unrelated incidents unfold.During a committee meeting on choosing the new college president one of the candidates is murdered. As Tom investigates, he is summoned to...

When a road traffic accident on a dark autumn night uncovers a disturbing conspiracy, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter's investigation exposes a ruthless serial killer exploiting vulnerable young women.With her enemies unmasked and her career spiralling out of control, Kay's determination to seek vengeance for...

For over four hundred years, the Corvus Brotherhood have been plotting for vengeance. As their plans near completion, the Brotherhood are somehow connected with: a spring-heeled tiger; a condemned murder suspect about to be hanged; the deathly communications of a society spiritualist and even...

A not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a high-tech killer The girl is found lying beside the East River, strangled. She's in her late twenties--so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with...

More war-time adventures for the Saint: When a shipment of iridium is stolen, the Saint plots to recover the goods, only to be framed for the murder of one of his prime leads. Then in Texas, the Saint's attempts to track down a man...

The beloved detective team from The Librarian Checked Out is back-and the stakes have never been higher.When a cryptic new puzzle lands in their hands, the team is pulled into a twisting mystery filled with hidden clues, unexpected turns, and secrets buried in plain...

Former NHL teammate Bobby Ehle hires Hayden Fuller to investigate the brutal murder of his ex-wife. Chances are Ehle, who has a history of domestic violence, may have done it. Fuller's investigation drops him into a world of domestic terrorism (a revolutionary group, N'oublie...

In the shadow of the great monuments of Glasgow Necropolis a young woman's body is found. There is no obvious cause of death but she has been laid out in a funereal pose wearing a Victorian wedding dress and holding a white rose in...

Auto racing is a dangerous sport. Everyone knows that. Sometimes people are even killed-usually drivers So the death of driver, Charles William Tyler III wasn't totally unexpected, except that he was stabbed in the back- in bed-in his motor home-at the Citrus Grove Raceway.Author:...

Dan and Rivka Sherman, owners of The Olde Victorian Bookstore, encounter a threatening new mystery. Dan wants to know why copies of a book on the history of the Atkins family have disappeared, not only from the bookstore, but from all the local libraries...

"A perfect detective for our time and for all time."--Stephen Fry"One of the most iconic British fictional detectives of the 21st century . . . a delight."--Daily MailDetective Sergeant George Cross returns to solve the case of a mangled body on a construction site...

A young girl--a mudlark--is found dead on the muddy bank of the Thames in her best dress, a crystal perfume bottle clutched in her lifeless hand . . . Fearing foul play, widow Amelia Greystone sends for Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field--the man still...

A peaceful retreat. A maze of smoke and murder. Is their remote getaway about to become a death trap? Sheriff Jax Turner is worried about going off-grid and leaving his young team of deputies behind. But while his getaway with his ex is meant...

Relations between the Pittsburgh police and the Black community deteriorate when a popular Black trumpet player, Larry Mabry, is beaten up by a white narcotics cop outside a jazz club. Days later, the cop is dead and the musician is accused of murder. The...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup. "Wonderfully clever and compulsively readable . . . another winning blend of fantasy and classic detection."--Publishers Weekly In...

"When the saints of the Cathedral of Burgos begin to bleed, the faith of Europe falters, and a millennia-old mystery threatens to come to light. Sherlock Holmes and his inseparable companion, Dr. Watson, are summoned to a city shrouded in fog, legends, and secrets...

Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Lost Melody - YASİN GÜNEŞA melody has gone missing in the fog-wrapped arteries of Victorian London - and where a song disappears, memory, motive and murder often follow. When a silent music box and a pressed carnation...

A strange house of metal stands at the center of a city rumor- watched by neighbors, whispered about in columns, and suddenly tied to a violent death. A reporter with a knack for puzzles follows the trail from a routine inquiry to a tight...

Homicide Investigator Pete Culnane returns from paternity leave to his work with the St. Paul Police Department. He is still grappling with a question: how can he successfully combine parenting with the long hours often required of detectives. Before sunrise on his fourth day...

Liliana Hart, the literary powerhouse behind over seventy novels and a staggering ten million copies sold worldwide, unleashes Dirty Looks, the heart-wrenching fifteenth installment of the J.J. Graves Mystery series. A titan of suspense whose works dominate New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's...

A fatal road crash - a domestic incident turned deadly - if it isn't one thing, it's another for Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman in this intricately plotted, warm-hearted Posadas County Mystery, set in small-town New Mexico "If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you...

Tough deputy Bruno Johnson can handle violent criminals, but his biggest challenge-his teenage daughter, who's fallen hard for a street thug.Former LA County Deputy Bruno Johnson is now a bailiff in the courts having stepped down from his role on the Violent Crimes Team...

Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewBruno Johnson, shaken to his core, but still a formidable force-unrelenting when it comes to saving a childEx-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie hide in plain sight from the law in an upscale L.A. hotel as Bruno heals from...

Ex-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson stumbles into a criminal organization that exploits women and children-he must fight his way out and homeBruno Johnson is hiding out from the U.S. law in Costa Rica with his pregnant wife, Marie, and the ten kids they rescued from...

Bruno Johnson, shaken to his core, but still a formidable force-an unrelenting focus on doing the right thing-unwilling to let anyone or anything stand in his way.Pushed to his emotional limit, Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Bruno Johnson struggles to hold his family together...

Bruno Johnson, a young and inexperienced LA County Deputy Sheriff, is trying to balance his life as the single father of a four-year-old daughter and his responsibilities as a cop in the Violent Crimes Unit. When he and his impetuous partner Ned Kiefer are...

The Early Years: Book OneBruno Johnson, a newly minted L.A. County Sheriff Violent Crimes detective, gets the worst assignment possible-infiltrate a sheriff's narcotics team that may be involved in murder for hire. Gain their trust and be brought into the scheme. If he succeeds,...

Ex-cop, Ex-con, Committed Vigilante . . . With a Soft Spot for KidsBruno Johnson, a tough street cop, member of the elite violent crimes task force, feared by the bad guys, admired by the good, finds his life derailed when a personal tragedy forces...

A hat left behind. A man dead in his seat. And a theater full of secrets. In the heart of Manhattan, at the prestigious Roman Theater, a packed house is stunned when a well-dressed man is found murdered during a performance-his only trace a...

High Octane-Urgent-AuthenticBruno Johnson, ex-detective with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and an ex-convict, is hiding out from the FBI in Costa Rica, tending bar to support eight children he illegally rescued from abusive homes.Partway through a normal day, Barbara Wicks, a former colleague and...

Former cop and ex-con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie, living in their safe haven in Costa Rica with the children they illegally rescued from certain death, find a message from their outlaw motorcycle gang enemies-written on the back of one of their beloved...

THE CASES! THE CRIMES! THE CURTAIN CALL!!"It was not merely that Holmes changed his costume. His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he assumed. The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute...

Take a respected female copAdd two drops of violent deathSome ladies of the nightAnd a bucket full of bloodPlace all in a small French spa townStir with money and greedUntil all becomes clearThe result will be satisfyingIn the third novel in Elly Grant's Death...

Take a respected female copAdd two drops of violent deathSome ladies of the nightAnd a bucket full of bloodPlace all in a small French spa townStir with money and greedUntil all becomes clearThe result will be satisfyingIn the third novel in Elly Grant's Death...

Welcome to 7Bridge, Cheshire's most exclusive gated community. Behind the barriers, sports stars and their wives are treated like royalty and insulated from reality, but something in the garden is rotten. One of the residents is badly beaten and drowned. The local police quickly...

Two murdered young women, drug runners from Mexico, an ambitious business man, a coast guard Sand Pounder, and stolen treasure from World War II converge in an investigation that pits Detective Rachael Vasquez, Hap Lynch, and his trusty dog Luke against a murderer with...

The final volume of the special Leonaur six volume Chesterton mystery collection Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. He put his mind and pen to a broad spectrum of subjects including theology, poetry, biography, journalism...

Angels Unaware is the thrilling, hilarious fifteenth and final entry in best-selling British author Mike Ripley's acclaimed series of comic crime novels featuring his most celebrated creation, streetwise chancer Fitzroy Maclean Angel.Now reluctantly working for Rudgard & Blugden Confidential Investigations, a previously all-female private...

The greatest mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes comes to light-he was actually a woman! The master-or rather, mistress-of disguise finally puts pen to paper to reveal this decades-long deception and, in so doing, discovers another fact she kept secret even from herself. The complex mind...

Tropical Scandal: A Pancho McMartin Legal Thriller is a wild ride from start to finish; once you pick it up, you don't want to put it back down.Tropical Scandal is the fifth installment in David Myles Robinson's series of Pancho McMartin legal thrillers. Based...

Delve into the chilling world of H. P. Lovecraft with "The Call of Cthulhu," a cornerstone of cosmic horror. This collection of short stories explores the terrifying unknown, delving into supernatural realms and confronting readers with ancient evils beyond human comprehension. Lovecraft's masterful prose...

Delve into the chilling world of "Carnacki, The Ghost Finder," a collection of supernatural horror tales by William Hope Hodgson. Meet Carnacki, an occult detective who investigates eerie and inexplicable events. These short stories blend elements of classic mystery with spine-tingling supernatural horror, offering...

Summer, 1976. A plane crashes on a farm in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Out of the flames walks young Maggie Beck, clutching a baby in her arms... Twenty-seven years later, investigative journalist Philip Dryden - visiting his wife, Laura in hospital - is witness to...

Paris, 1895. When a cancan dancer at the Moulin Rouge falls to her death from the top of one of Montmartre's highest staircases, the police dismiss it as an accident. But, Madeleine was one of Toulouse-Lautrec's favorite models, and the artist is certain she...

A Regency-era opera house sees more than its share of drama when its imposing patron is murdered.Louisa-Margaretta Haddington, back from Russia, is eager to find a theatre for her future husband's operatic debut. But a visitor from her past, Mr Fortescue, threatens both her...

A deadly assignment. A secret underworld with lethal intentions.Detectives Daniels and Remalla find themselves caught in a web of darkness and deceit as they infiltrate an evil society threatening to implicate them in a series of grisly murders. But as they navigate a sinister...

Author: A. M. HollowayISBN-10: 1956648127ISBN-13: 9781956648126Publisher: A.M. HollowayLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2024Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d