Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

When the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is accused of murder, adultery and plagiarism, there is only one team that can clear his name. Holmes and Watson, with the help of a little time travel, head to Devon to solve the...

The notion was an odd one - Sherlock Holmes in retirement. That alert mind occupied by nothing more than catching a local schoolboy poaching It was indeed an odd notion to Dr Watson, who became worried that Holmes, without a challenging case, would soon...

How many times have I told you that we must appear to run this hotel as commercial proposition?"Newly arrived in London, journalist Charles Venables has been invited by his friend Viola to stay - at least temporarily - at a residential hotel in Kensington....

London in 1914 is a city gripped by fear and pushed to the breaking point as a killer stalks the streets. Fortunately, Scotland Yard's Detective Inspector Silas Quinn is on the case. A killer is at large in the dark alleyways of early 20th...

Jeff Taylor has taken a summer internship in Sacramento before his third year of medical school. An octogenarian, conveying a saintly countenance, wanders into Jeff's office one day. After the man, who suffers from late-stage dementia, is ushered away by a friend, Jeff discovers...

Jeff Taylor has taken a summer internship in Sacramento before his third year of medical school. An octogenarian, conveying a saintly countenance, wanders into Jeff's office one day. After the man, who suffers from late-stage dementia, is ushered away by a friend, Jeff discovers...

From award-winning author Robert J. Mrazek, ex-army officer Jake Cantrell embarks on a harrowing journey, unraveling the conspiracy behind an opioid epidemic and strange disappearances in upstate New York. Jake Cantrell tried to put his past behind him and settle down after suffering an...

A PopSugar Best New Mysteries and ThrillersAuthor: Lyndsay FayeISBN-10: 1638084238ISBN-13: 9781638084235Publisher: Premier Mystery SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.55h x 5.71w x 1.02dLarge Print

Santa Fe artist Jimmy Mackey wakes up in his studio on Canyon Road with a massive hangover. His morning gets worse when a police cruiser pulls into his parking lot next to a strange car and even worse when police find a dead woman...

Even in the early 1930s, Crescent Place is a neighborhood out of the past. The five Victorian mansions and the remote patch of pasture placed between them have the air of the 1890s, even as the city--once miles away from this idyllic retreat--encroaches and...

His first murder investigation......and Joe Rafferty's already got troubles in spades.His first case in charge looks like being his last.Because his new boss has taken against him; the case is a poisoned chalice with a 'faceless lady' victim; and his main suspect is pals...

Though not exactly a mystery in the traditional sense, Mary Roberts Rinehart's Where There's a Will certainly has its fair share of intrigue, chicanery and deception. At stake is the ownership of Hope Springs, a family-owned health resort whose future appears uncertain in the...

"I I am not a susceptible woman. I am objective rather than subjective, and a fairly full experience of life has taught me that most of my impressions are from within out rather than the other way about. For instance, obsession at one time...

THE GAME IS AFOOT 30+ illustrations from the original editions. Giant format - 8.5" x 11" desktop size - biggest edition available ANYWHERE - looks amazing on your bookshelf & provides the ideal reading experience for this classic work. Huge 18pt text, beautiful professional...

THE GAME IS AFOOT 25+ illustrations from the original editions. Giant format - 8.5" x 11" desktop size - biggest edition available ANYWHERE - looks amazing on your bookshelf & provides the ideal reading experience for this classic work. Huge 18pt text, beautiful professional...

Jesse Fairlane is missing. Max Larkin and Special Agent Michaels are unsure if this is related to a recent case involving human trafficking or something else. On top of trying to locate his partner, Max has to make a decision as to whether he...

Book seventeen in the Inspector Lestrade series. Everybody, they say, has a book in them. Retired Chief Inspector Walter Dew certainly did. And it took him back to the good old days, when coppers lived in station houses, that nice Mr Campbell-Bannerman was at...

A mysterious murder near Esher, a gruesome delivery of two human ears packed in coarse salt, the disappearance of secret submarine plans, the sudden descent into madness of two brothers - these are only some of the apparently unsolvable cases contained in this volume,...

Once again the eminent detective is presented with a series of seemingly impenetrable cases: an anonymous but illustrious client employs him to rescue the daughter of a famous personage from the clutches of a roguish aristocrat and suspected murderer; a retired art-supply dealer asks...

An atmospheric, intricately plotted new mystery in which Sherlock Holmes and Henry Vernier race to catch a villainous murderer at large in the Vatican and Rome. Sherlock Holmes and Henry Vernier are visiting Rome on a diplomatic mission when the Pope asks the world's...

From the author of Sherlock Holmes & The Christmas Demon another beautifully presented seasonal mystery. 1889. The First Terror. At a boys' prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a witch's...

A beautifully produced edition of the world's greatest crime writer's best and most influential mystery, which changed the game with an unprecedented plot twist With its famously shocking ending, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie's greatest mysteries, and the book...

When amateur sleuth Augusta Peel receives a mysterious letter about a missing young woman, she can't resist helping with the search. But the case takes a turn when an art student is found dead in a Bloomsbury square.Could the murder have something to do...

Set in a military hospital during the Blitz, Green for Danger is widely regarded as a classic mystery from the Golden Age of the detective story. When a patient and a nurse are murdered, Inspector Cockrill finds himself with six possible suspects.Author: Christianna BrandISBN-10:...

Trooper Jim Duncan's first day with the Criminal Investigation Division starts off with a bang when he is called to a murder scene with a badly decomposed body. After he finds an abused greyhound in the victim's garage, the simple homicide becomes more complicated....

Mick Herron, "the le Carré of the future" (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and misinformation agents pulling the levers of government policy. "Confirms Mick Herron as the best spy novelist now working."--NPR's...

"If you have a Jane Austen-would-have-been-my-best-friend complex, look no further . . . [Barron] has painstakingly sifted through the famed author's letters and writings, as well as extensive biographical information, to create a finely detailed portrait of Austen's life--with a dash of fictional murder...

Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Peter Lovesey presents a collection of short fiction spanning fifty years, including the first story he ever published and three brand-new stories. More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short...

For fans of Christine Carbo and Scott Graham, an ex-FBI agent is on a desperate hunt for a party of vanished campers while a killer is on the loose. The rugged landscape of Sequoia National Park is a challenge on the best of days--but...

For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the New York Aquarium, they get much more excitement than they bargained for. A pickpocket sprints past, stolen purse in hand, and is making his way...

A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her...

A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her...

For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the New York Aquarium, they get much more excitement than they bargained for. A pickpocket sprints past, stolen purse in hand, and is making his way...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Steeped in atmosphere, with skillful plotting and intriguing characterization." --Booklist'The death was an odd one, it was true; but there was after all no very clear reason to assume it was anything but natural.'In the...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Edwards has done mystery readers a great service by providing the first-ever anthology of golden age short stories in translation, with 15 superior offerings from authors from France, Japan, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Russia,...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Originally published in 1939, this reissue in the British Library Crime Classics series from Farjeon (1883-1955) is a standout, with a particularly horrifying opening." --Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewTed Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"A classic reprint you can't afford to miss." --Kirkus ReviewsA woman is on trial for her life, accused of murder. The twelve members of the jury each carry their own secret burden of guilt and...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"A deliciously anti-cozy tale of murder most multiplied..." --Kirkus ReviewsRobert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artifacts and devoting himself...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"An absorbing head-scratcher." --BooklistIn the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten houses. One summer's evening, the square's rivalries and allegiances are disrupted by a sudden and unusual...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Martin Edwards' brief but informative Introduction notes that the Cluff stories inspired a BBC television series, and you can see why: North's elliptical scene-setting and clipped dialogue are perfect for brief, understated segments on the...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'He could feel it in the blackness, a difference in atmosphere, a sense of evil, of things hidden.'Amy Snowden, in middle age, has long since settled into a lonely life in the Yorkshire town of...

Spy thriller fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'The men who work for you, General', he observed, 'should rid themselves of any fear of death'.Rome, 1934. Martin Fawley leaves the American secret service and is recruited by General Berati, the most feared man...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Rowland shows how a journalist might see what a cop doesn't see, and vice versa, in intriguing ways, as the murder spans out into a black-market petrol conspiracy worthy of Foyle's War." --Booklist STARRED reviewIn...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Crofts makes great use of the 'inverted mystery' structure (he was among the first to employ the technique) in which the traditional whodunit is turned on its head, with the reader following the murderer through...

The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the...

Who would kill the perfect gentleman? When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty...

From Canada's premier author of historical mysteries, Maureen Jennings, comes the haunting fourth novel in the DI Tom Tyler series. Set in Britain during the darkest days of World War II, this is a must-read for fans of Foyle's War, Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs...

From the well-known author whose books inspired the wildly popular Murdoch Mysteries TV series, comes the third WWII-era DI Tom Tyler mystery; for fans of Foyle's War, wartime dramas, and, of course, Maureen Jennings It's summer, 1942, and after a tough couple of years,...

A laughing hangman turns the stage into the gallows...When Nicholas Bracewell finds himself once again in the parlour of his lost love, Anne Hendrik, he was not expecting her entreaties to embroil him in the murder of a beloved choir master. Between tales of...

Author: Paul GilbertISBN-10: 0719824370ISBN-13: 9780719824371Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)Language: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2018Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.30h x 23.60w x 0.80dAbout the AuthorPaul Gilbert is an undertaker. He is the author of The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra, and The...