Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

When a student is found murdered in her room, the police soon recognize the similarities to an unsolved crime committed fifteen years before. A crime investigated by the now discredited DI Joe Jackson, Naomi Blake's one-time mentor. It seems Jackson had a perpetrator in...

Albert Campion travels to Dorset as he attempts to get to the bottom of a series of shocking events connected to a TV adaptation of one of Evadne Childe's famous novels. "Ripley's brilliant inventiveness demonstrates that golden age characters and tropes can still work...

Murder by GaslightA thick fog envelopes the streets of London and nefarious agents set about their evil plots and schemes. Murder most foul rears its ugly head and baffling mysteries confound the good men of Scotland Yard until they've no recourse by to call...

Gaslight MysteriesSherlock Holmes, arguably the greatest fictional character ever created, returns along with his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, in five new stories pitting his deductive skills against all manner of gaslight villainy.A man awakens in a sanitarium claiming to be Dr. John Watson. A...

Did you ever feel that you were at the right place, at the right time, and did you ever while at that place have unusual feelings of peace and total happiness? Well, these are things that Catharine and her mother and father found when...

Corruption of Justice 10 years after a man is wrongfully convicted the Circuit Court Judge who sentenced him is found murdered. The South Carolina Bureau of Investigation is called in to catch this killer who is bent on revenge, and with a specific list...

Sydney's Observatory on a balmy summer evening is the perfect venue for a cocktail party and, it would seem, a murder, for Peter Van Goren's body is discovered bludgeoned to death in the grounds. The first question Detective Chief Inspector Fitzjohn must answer is...

Little did, businessman and entrepreneur, Michael Rossi know that the telephone call he answered on that fateful Friday would be the catalyst for his death, and the subsequent recovery of his body from the waters of Sydney Harbour the following morning.Recalled from leave to...

Father Brown, a Catholic priest who doubles as a sleuth, is the main character in 52 short stories written by G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown uses exacting logical deduction without reducing the world around him to a mere mechanistic fabrication. This volume includes 12...

Be riveted by the wit and wisdom of British Roman Catholic priest, Father Brown, as he solves crimes in singular style using logical deduction as an art form. This volume includes these short stories: The Absence of Mr Glass, The Paradise of Thieves, The...

Who murdered the gypsy temptress? Why is a sneak thief disrupting a journey to a holy shrine? Poet Geoffrey Chaucer must find out - or hang A medieval mystery in the tradition of Ellis Peters and Edward Marston, Murder on the Canterbury Pilgrimage casts...

Introducing spirited female sleuth Elizabeth Fairchild in the first of the brilliant new Oak Park village mystery series, set in 1920s Illinois. June, 1925. Having been widowed in the First World War, Elizabeth Fairchild lives a quiet life at the home of her wealthy...

Connie Waring didn't want to sing with a band; she wanted to be a concert pianist. But a spot on a home-talent radio program wasn't likely to get her there. So she took on a job with dark, hawkish Gale Ullman who already had...

"The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it."―Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) by Agatha Christie is a work of detective fiction considered controversial because of Christie's...

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel. The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine...

Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English novelist G. K. Chesterton.[1] Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human...

In this official authorized edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot.When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers....

Introducing spirited female sleuth Elizabeth Fairchild in the first of the brilliant new Oak Park village mystery series, set in 1920s Illinois. June, 1925. Having been widowed in the Great War, Elizabeth Fairchild lives a quiet life at the home of her wealthy parents...

Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger protects a group of political hostages during a perilous standoff in this razor-sharp, white-knuckled thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times bestselling author, and "one of the best thriller novelists around" (The Washington Post) Stephen Hunter. After his...

Staring down into the yawning grave, investigative journalist Tess Alexander inhaled the dirty gray fog, then gave a long sigh that briefly briefly parted the mist in front of her before closing in again. It made no sense: Rennie Matlock was finally getting her...

In a small, artsy New Mexico town, the arrival of a wealthy stranger from back East is enough to get folks talking. Even a few years after Mona Brandon landed in Santa Maria, the rumor mill still churns with tid-bits about her money, her...

The first Crime Writers' Association Daggers Award retrospective, featuring nineteen award-winning stories from bestselling authors Ian Rankin, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Denise Mina, John Harvey, and many more!Maxim Jakubowski has edited all the great names in crime fiction, and stories from his anthologies have...

Former homicide investigator Hunter Rayne follows the white lines north on the Alaska Highway, but a truck breakdown forces him to take an unscheduled stop in Whitehorse, Yukon, where he started his career as a rookie cop. While his Freightliner is awaiting repairs, Hunter...

A Victorian True-crime NovelA devastating fire at Danvers's ancestral home induces Charles to accept his brother Frederick's plea for help with his work among fallen women and impoverished orphans in York. Charles soon finds himself struggling to identify a ruthless murderer while Antonia helps...

Sherlock Holmes Plays the Game is an interesting new collection of the further adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It is unique in combining the style and intrigue of Holmes and Watson stories with the developing technology of turn-of-the-century Victorian England. Written in...

It's that time of year again on Baker Street. That time when trees are trimmed, snow is falling, and... Mycroft is helping Watson to play out an old carol? Well, take one obsessive Sherlockian and give her a flood of ideas from wildly-imaginative fellow...

It is the start of the First World War. Sherlock Holmes is coaxed out of a short lived retirement to track down an exotic dancer to retrieve a secret accidentally given to her by a young patent clerk before it falls into the hands...

London 1895. A well known author, a theoretical invention made real, and the importance of a sometimes overlooked clue challenge Holmes and Watson to prevent the perfect crime.Author: Fred ThursfieldISBN-10: 1780921179ISBN-13: 9781780921174Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/13/2012Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d

Woodrow Hand and his Buddy Deadeye Dan, who runs a gas station and motel, try to do the right thing by helping out a California redhead passing through the Oregon Badlands. When she turns up an obvious suicide, they rally to her side. But...

"Joey thought building my house was his ticket to unearned riches. He was wrong. Unforgivably wrong. Where is Joey now? Let's just say that I was Joey's final customer. I can make that statement with authority."Anne Evans Carlton is a woman with a simple...

With only a few weeks until the election, Sheriff Jonas Lauer wants nothing more than to have smooth sailings until election-day. However as the people of Monroe County, Tennessee get ready to cast their vote, Jonas finds his hands are once again filled with...

Death is laughing at them. Why? Because Holmes and his friends face a series of challenges that task them to the extreme and the strength of their friendship. There are dark things out there that want only the worst for them and they must...

Author: Ace CollinsISBN-10: 194251350XISBN-13: 9781942513506Publisher: Elk Lake Publishing IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d

La historia comienza con el Dr. John Watson, que se instala en Londres para recuperarse de una herida que sufrió mientras actuaba como médico militar durante la Segunda Guerra de Afganistán. Por una serie de casualidades del destino, Watson conoce al excéntrico detective Sherlock...

Over six hundred pages of Holmes at his finest in this anthology that includes both novelettes and novels. You will thrill to an alternate earth Holmes who looks like someone out of the Wild West if it used steam weapons and machinery. Werewolves, monsters...

"She's dead!""Her blood has been drained from her body!" One by one, young girls have gone missing. Later found dead, their blood drained. Vampires? Or a cruel madman on the loose? Parents are in distress and Victorian London is in an uproar. Sherlock Holmes...

In a Victorian London where both science and magic exist, on a world parallel to our own, Sherlock Holmes finds himself drawn into cases that are often bizarre, if not downright frightening. On cases that reach into the occult and magic, Holmes often collaborates...

When a man dumps a body on a beach in full view of onlookers, the investigation that follows throws up a number of dark twists for DCI Henry Johnstone.January 5, 1930. On a cold, grey winter morning, a mysterious man walks along Bournemouth beach...

Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, and his best friend, Henry, sail the mighty Mississippi on a raft together as young children, creating what will one day become a great story and an adventure that will bind Samuel Clemens and his friend Henry...

Author: West DoyleISBN-10: 0194024202ISBN-13: 9780194024204Publisher: OxfordLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2018Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.89h x 5.16w x 0.34dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.7Point Value: 3Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 30517 / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

"A fast-paced noir thriller. The Ice Maiden deserves a spot at the top of your reading list." -Best ThrillersGet ready for a pulse-pounding thrill ride that will leave you gasping for breath! The Ice Maiden, the first book in the Doug Bateman Thrillers series,...

A murdered man. Five suspects. A dangerous plot about to unfold.Private Investigator Jorja Knight's best friend, personal chef Gab Rizzo, asks her to help cater a private event, but the night takes a macabre turn when a guest fails to survive the meal they...

From beneath a wartime POW camp near Ely, deep in the Cambridgeshire Fens, a man crawls through an escape tunnel. But he won't emerge until fifty years of peace have passed. When he does, unearthed by archaeologists seeking a Saxon burial tomb, local journalist...

When a killer strikes close to home ... DI Ted Darling doesn't like coincidences. There are too many for comfort surrounding his latest case. They're spilling over into his private life too, when toxic family secrets are uncovered. A serial killer appears to be...

In his darkest and most complex case to date, DI Ted Darling has to confront demons from his own past when investigating the brutal murder of a young boy. As more deaths follow, he realises he's up against powerful people who believe themselves to...

When Myrtle Clover and her friend Miles attend a play in their small town, there's a full house on opening night.It's clear to Myrtle that one of the actresses is a stage hog who loves stealing the spotlight. Nandina Marshall certainly does upstage everyone--when...

Retired octogenarian schoolteacher Myrtle Clover is fit to be tied when her book club votes to change to a supper club. Who wants chips and dip when they can have Dickens and Twain? The first supper club is a progressive dinner...where Myrtle loses interest...

If you have ever read "A Scandal in Bohemia" and wondered what Watson's allusion to "Mr. John Hare" means... if you aren't sure who was in charge in southeast Asia when Mycroft Holmes mentions "the present state of Siam"... if you're wondering about Watson's...

When two prison guards are found beheaded in the barren countryside surrounding Her Majesty's Prison at Wormwood Scrubs, Inspector Lestrade seeks Holmes' singular powers to determine how the murders could have been committed in separate locations with the only footprints being those of the...

Popular mystery writer Sebastian McCabe is about to conquer a new world with his Sherlock Holmes play 1895. On opening night, however, his Erin, Ohio theatrical debut as both playwright and actor is upstaged by a murder in back of the newly renovated theater.His...