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The Spy Within: Dottie Manderson mysteries book 6When Dottie gives new beau Gervase Parfitt his marching orders because of his recent appalling behaviour, she doesn't realise that very soon, she will be pleading with him to take her back, just so she can help...

Thief of St Martins: Dottie Manderson mysteries book 5 Reviewers of Night and Day: Dottie Manderson mysteries book 1 said: "Five stars! Delightfully entertaining, rich characters, suspenseful, charming all in one; anxiously awaiting the next one!" "a fascinating tale set in England in the...

"Hide in the Dark" is a gripping mystery novel set against the atmospheric backdrop of a Halloween reunion. A group of thirteen friends, once close but now haunted by shared secrets and past grievances, gathers at a secluded estate to revive their old traditions....

"The Benson Murder Case" introduces the world to Philo Vance, one of the most sophisticated and cerebral detectives in literary history. When Alvin Benson, a prominent New York stockbroker, is found murdered in his own home, the authorities find themselves at a complete loss....

"The Red Lamp" is a compelling mystery novel that masterfully weaves together elements of suspense, crime, and the macabre. The narrative centers on William Porter, a pragmatic university professor who finds his rational worldview challenged when he becomes embroiled in a series of baffling...

A prairie town. An ambitious police officer. A case that could destroy everything.In a small town in Saskatchewan, a string of armed robberies could finally earn Officer Jeffrey Hanson the promotion he wants. Determined to prove himself, he throws himself into the investigation, certain...

"The Black Abbot" is a classic mystery novel that masterfully blends gothic atmosphere with the tension of a crime thriller. The story revolves around the legend of a spectral monk said to haunt the ruins of Fossaway Priory, allegedly guarding a fabled hidden treasure....

"Behind That Curtain" is a classic mystery novel featuring the legendary detective Charlie Chan. Set against the atmospheric backdrop of 1920s San Francisco, the narrative begins at a high-society dinner where a former Scotland Yard chief is found murdered. This shocking crime appears linked...

"The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club" is a cornerstone of Golden Age detective fiction, featuring Dorothy L. Sayers' most celebrated creation, the erudite amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Set against the backdrop of post-World War I London, the mystery begins on Armistice Day at...

"The Eye of Osiris" is a cornerstone of the scientific detective genre, featuring the meticulous Dr. John Thorndyke. When the renowned Egyptologist John Bellingham vanishes without a trace, leaving his estate in legal limbo, a complex mystery begins to unfold. Two years later, a...

Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr are deeply in love. Unwilling to break his vows of celibacy and chastity, they've been determined to forge a relationship based on friendship and affection only, never giving in to their physical attraction to each other. But...

With the Archbishop's blessing, Helen and I are spending Lent building a relationship built on love--but without physical intimacy. And yes, it's as hard as it sounds. But this penitential season, I have other work to do. I need to rebuild my relationship with...

Forty years ago, someone got away with murder.When Reverend George Pickering and Ruby Bailey were found shot to death at Grimm Island's most notorious lovers' lane, the scandal rocked the tight-knit community to its core. A minister and his mistress, their bodies staged in...

An abandoned mahogany camp turned trading post in the Colombian jungle has become home station for explorers, surveyors, and wanderers who find themselves in this remote part of the world. Six men and two women have settled in the tropical heat, when one is...

In 'Lady Dragonfly and other Sherlock Holmes Stories' Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson encounter criminals and enemies of various kinds and in different places. A kidnapped girl is rescued, a stolen skeleton is recovered, an inheritance is identified and returned, and the Great War...

A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETT The fourteenth and final instalment in the much-loved The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders. READER'S...

I've seen large funerals before but the one for my sister Kathy Taylor Landly filled the church and spilled out onto the street.My name is Helen Taylor Hanson and I'm here to tell Kathy's story. I sat beside her three year old son William...

During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the interstate outside the Twin Cities, Rushmore McKenzie is trapped behind an erratically-driven truck. Then a figure appears on the truck bed and a body is rolled out onto the road, right in...

Mustang Award Winner and two-time Derringer Award nominee Brandon Barrows brings a new edge-of-your-seat mystery."For readers who want suspense, high tension, enough red herrings to keep them guessing, AND characters to root for, The Darker the Night is all that and more." -S.P. Miskowski,...

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...

Two brothers host a weekend at a quiet country estate with a famous hedge maze. On a sunny afternoon, a shot in the green corridors is followed by a second attack. Panic spreads, and alibis begin to harden.A visiting chief constable takes charge, testing...

Rooted SecretsShadow Bay had a silence to it.Not the kind born of peace, but of knowing. A hush that clung to the trees and hung low over rooftops like fog that forgot how to lift. In spring, the town smelled of wet evergreens, thawed...

It could be lights out for British sleuth Patrick Dawlish when a dangerous new drug hits London and falls into the hands of a criminal mastermind. After a Paris vacation with his wife, Patrick Dawlish steps off the train and is welcomed home by...

Final Chapter of the Mysterious Guardians, Book Three, of Mysterious Secret Guardians: Rasping, shrieking winds engulf the crumbling structure. Lightning strikes the turret; wood splinters fly into the deafening din. In the Demon's chamber deep beneath Castle Ksiaz, Good and Evil battle for the...

A cold winter's night in Croydon and pensioner Nelly Raven lies dead and naked on the floor of her living room. The scene bears all the hallmarks of a burglary gone wrong. It's just the beginning. Ron Butcher rose to the top of London's...

Some crimes are more interesting than others. Some killers are more surprising than others. Today's murderer appears to be a crab. I'll have my work set out making my case against him.Author: R. W. WallaceISBN-13: 9791095707059Publisher: Varden PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2019Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 8.00h...

"The S Code" is a gripping mystery that takes readers on an enthralling journey into the world of hidden treasures. The story revolves around a group of soldiers who, in an act of sacrifice to protect the treasure from a submissive king, fall victim...

Soon after the cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship's passengers is found dead, leading into Detective Inspector Andy Ross's most baffling case to date.Another death soon follows, and Ross discovers that the case has its roots in...

In the sequel to the acclaimed police procedural THE HAIGHT, Jimmy Spracklin is back in Haight-Ashbury, seeking a killer and protecting his daughter from a murder charge. When the hippie daughter of a local industrialist is found dead and dismembered in Golden Gate Park,...

Bud Livingston has been teaching and lecturing on Sherlock Holmes for the past 30 years. His monographs have been read aloud in the New York City area but mostly at meetings of The Three Garridebs of Westchester County in New York State and Mrs....

A well-respected solicitor is found strangled in his London office, with no sign of forced entry and few clues to his killer's identity. As suspicions fall on his missing clerk and estranged family members, long-buried secrets come to light. An amateur detective must unravel...

In a sensational follow-up to Echoes of Sherlock Holmes and In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, a brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. For the Sake of the Game is the latest volume in the award-winning series from New...

A house party turns a millionaire's hacienda hideaway into a crime scene in this classic whodunnit from an Edgar Award-winning Grand Master The Godfrey family is vacationing among the picturesque rocky cliffs of the North Atlantic seaboard, expecting peace, quiet, and, perhaps, a bit...

Brilliant amateur sleuth Philo Vance solves a puzzling murder in one of the most influential detective novels of the twentieth century. All of Wall Street and Manhattan high society is abuzz after playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson is discovered dead in his brownstone mansion, slumped...

In this classic whodunit, crime-solving teacher Hildegarde Withers discovers a dead body while on a trip to the New York Aquarium with her third-grade class. For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the...

Just days from meeting the reaper, a convicted murderer hires Chicago's most hard-boiled PI to save his neck--before the executioner can claim it. Robert Westland's date with the executioner is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap sending...

Ellery Queen investigates a murder at the circus rodeo. When a washed up Hollywood cowboy-turned-circus rodeo actor is shot dead in the midst of his performance at a New York sports-palace, in front of thousands of onlookers, it seems obvious that someone would have...

"Fans of this increasingly popular series will be in line for this one, and it should be recommended to readers of such similar British authors as Peter Robinson and Sally Spencer." --BooklistAfter ten years, Guy--a drifter with a taste for deception--has returned to Coniston...

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Urn Burial, the next historical mystery featuring the sultry, sharp-as-a-whip Miss Fisher. Can she find a way to clear up a muddied murder?"Another Down Under adventure that's definitely a cut above."--BooklistLooking for a murder...

"Nearly every page yields new revelations in this delectable village caper." --Publishers WeeklyWarren Howe is surprised by a hooded visitor while working in a garden in Old Sawrey, a lovely village in England's Lake District. Soon it is Warren who is dead--murdered with his...

Classic thriller fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Sims proves to be an expert plotter..." --BooklistLeo Selver, a middle-aged antiques dealer, is stunned when the beautiful and desirable Judy Latimer shows an interest in him. Soon they are lying in each other's arms,...

Winner of the Nero Wolfe AwardMary Russell and Sherlock Holmes return in a series the Chicago Tribune calls "as audacious as it is entertaining and moving."It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on...

A selection of twelve stories from the creator of detective Holmes and Dr. Watson featuring: The Horror of the Heights, The Leather Funnel, The New Catacomb, The Case of Lady Sannox, The Terror of Blue John Gap, The Brazilian Cat, The Lost Special, The...

Step back in time to a classic English country house mystery in "Murder in the Maze" by J. J. Connington. Within the seemingly tranquil setting of an idyllic estate, a shocking murder shatters the peace. Aided by an amateur sleuth, the investigation begins to...

When a wealthy young woman is found strangled in her own home, suspicion falls on her fiancé, a young man named Martial, who stands to inherit her fortune. But as detective Monsieur Lecoq investigates the crime, he discovers a complex web of deceit, betrayal,...

This gripping mystery novel follows the investigation into the death of a wealthy man and the search for his missing will. Set in the 1920s, the book is full of intrigue and suspense, and will keep readers guessing until the very end.This work has...

This thrilling detective story follows the exploits of Craig Kennedy, a brilliant and enigmatic scientist who uses his formidable intellect and scientific knowledge to solve a series of baffling crimes. The Silent Bullet is an essential read for fans of classic mysteries and crime...

An intriguing case of higher education and lower morals: the entertaining new Albert Campion mystery. Suffolk, 1970. Albert Campion is back in Black Dudley, once the scene of murder and mayhem but now home to the brand-new University of Suffolk Coastal. Appointed to the...

Who was Anthony Garrett? The murder of a reclusive local man draws DCI Hennessey and DS Yellich into a baffling new case. On a hot summer morning, Miles Law cycles into the village of Millington in the Vale of York, on his way to...

Masters has retired and Grady now leads the team. All seems well until a series of murders take place resembling the killings four years ago. Grady receives a call from Masters that he has uncovered something at a local warehouse. A gun runner is...