Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

"Shadows by the Sea" is a gripping Golden Age mystery by the acclaimed master of suspense, J. Jefferson Farjeon. Set against the moody and atmospheric backdrop of the English coast, the narrative unfolds through a series of eerie occurrences and clandestine encounters that disturb...

Sherlock Holmes has never been so alone. And never so much humanity's last hope.London, 1895. One morning, a mysterious package left outside 221B Baker Street changes the lives of the famous detective and his loyal friend Dr. Watson forever. The letter inside is a...

A gripping small town murder mysteryIn the quiet coastal town of Keansbury, reputation is everything.When eighteen-year-old Peter Keans-the heir to the town's most powerful family-is found murdered, shock quickly turns to certainty. A young woman is arrested, and for all residents the case appears...

Agatha Christie's favorite mystery writer!Author: Elizabeth DalyISBN-10: 1631943618ISBN-13: 9781631943614Publisher: Classic MayhemLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2026Format: Paperback

Dark Fiction Shorts: Briar HollowBriar Hollow looks like any other small town.It has quiet streets, familiar faces, and places people learn to avoid without ever being told why. Things don't go wrong here very often - and when they do, the town is careful...

Dr. Margaret Calder spent forty years at the heart of the Blackmore Vale. She delivered babies, sat with the dying, and kept the secrets of an entire community locked away behind a doctor's careful silence. Now she is dead in her chair, and the...

"Layered, human, suspenseful and surprising - this guy knows how to tell a story, that's for sure." --Lee Child From the internationally award-winning creator of Broadchurch comes a brilliant new detective story following one man's death and the secrets that unravel in a coastal...

Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler selects stories that highlight the greatest American authors of the Golden Age mystery. The American Mystery Classics series was founded in 2018 with the goal of reissuing the very best detective novels from the genre's Golden Age (loosely, the...

A hardboiled rare book detective seeks a literate killer to clear an innocent man. Joel Crisp knows the dark side of the rare book market. A private detective for an insurer of valuable tomes, he makes his living (and his own book allowance) hunting...

Dr. Gideon Fell investigates multiple impossible crimes in this celebrated mystery from the master of the locked room mystery. After Angus Campbell falls to his death from a high window, his family is summoned to his Scottish manor to settle the estate. Just before...

He steals treasures. Someone else leaves death behind.Veteran police lieutenant Richard Whitney must untangle a web of forgeries and murder before it reaches his family.For years, the wealthy residents of Old Brookville, New York, have lived with the presence of The Squire-an enigmatic thief...

What begins as a practical joke at a country house quickly turns deadly in The Seven Dials Mystery, one of Agatha Christie's most fast-moving and unconventional thrillers. When a young man is found dead beside a collection of alarm clocks, a seemingly harmless prank...

The hunt is on. But this time, the prey is a killer.When Colonel Gerald Ashworth-Kent is found dead at dawn on New Year's Day, struck down beside a frozen field where the traditional hunt was about to begin, DCI Rhys Morgan and his rural...

When ancient treasures vanish and a blackmailer dies, DCI Rhys Morgan must untangle a web of greed, deception, and murder.Medieval artifacts are disappearing from churches across the Blackmore Vale-candlesticks, manuscripts, and sacred relics vanishing without a trace. But when art dealer Anthony Fairfax is...

Christmas Eve in the Blackmore Vale. Church bells should be ringing across the frosted countryside, calling the faithful to midnight mass. But at St. Mary's Brambledene, the bells are silent.When Detective Chief Inspector Rhys Morgan and his young partner DC Ben Carter discover blackmailer...

The gardens are pristine. The secrets are deadly.When celebrity television gardener Geoffrey Hawthorne is found murdered at the Brambledene village fête, DCI Rhys Morgan and DC Ben Carter discover that the charming judge had enemies - more than anyone realised.Behind the bunting and the...

Set against the shadowed streets and shifting loyalties of early twentieth-century England, BLACKKERCHIEF DICK is a fast-moving crime novel from Golden Age master Margery Allingham. When danger and deception converge around a mysterious criminal figure known as "Blackkerchief Dick," lives are pulled into a...

In the fog-shrouded streets of 1920s London, an apparent random killing in Praed Street sets the stage for one of detective fiction's most ingenious puzzles. When a well-to-do victim is found murdered in circumstances that confound Scotland Yard, the case is handed to the...

"The Roman hat mystery," bearing the intriguing subtitle "A problem in deduction," is a foundational work in classic detective fiction from the celebrated author Ellery Queen. This timeless mystery invites readers into a meticulously crafted police investigation, set against the bustling backdrop of New...

"The poisoned chocolates case" by Anthony Berkeley stands as a masterful example of classic detective fiction, inviting readers into a labyrinthine whodunit that has captivated generations. This ingenious mystery plunges into a perplexing scenario: a box of chocolates, innocently delivered, becomes the instrument of...

Author: Peter Zander-HowellISBN-13: 9798871145272Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2023Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.62d

A pair of newbie academics find themselves reluctant sleuths and even more reluctant targets when a fellow professor turns up dead. When art professor Vika Chen discovers the strangled body of Professor McGuire in a campus art studio, she becomes the prime suspect in...

A celebrated cricketer by day and master burglar by night returns to a fog-draped London where fortune and risk walk arm in arm. Guided by a devoted confidant, he slips through clubrooms and townhouses to test locks, nerves, and the limits of loyalty. Eight...

A glass of poison, a dead woman in Piccadilly, and a trail of clues only the sharpest detective can unravel. The Piccadilly Murder is a brilliant mystery written by a master craftsman, Anthony Berkeley-creator of the legendary sleuth Roger Sheringham. This classic British whodunit...

In this third book of the trilogy, Detective Larry Gillam has returned, but there's a problem; he has some missing time and he has no idea where he's been.Connie has been worried, but now, with another woman who has come back into Larry's life,...

Dr. Henry Poggioli is a psychology instructor at the Ohio State University, taking his sabbatical year with a trip through the Caribbean. On island after island, he is drawn into strange circumstances and dangerous mysteries. As an amateur detective, his investigations show he is...

There's no hookah-smoking caterpillar, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, or Mad Hatter, but there is tea and a girl named Alice in the fourth installment of the Blue Bridge Mysteries. Perchance 2 Dream picks up where To The Last Breath left off.Jimmy Favreaux has suffered...

David, Ashlea and their daughters are involved in a jewelry heist in Fiji while at a seminar. In addition, they get involved with the Fijian Mafia, assassins and rogue agents from the CIA and the FBI. To add to the mix, an alien entity...

Author S. Subramanian (Before Baker Street, Holmes Away From Home, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk) presents this eclectic collection of stories, essays and outright parodies guaranteed to amuse even the most serious Sherlockian reader. There are short stories and affable articles;...

Can one find love in the midst of fear and grief? Echoes from the Mountain proves it's possible with the right two people. Sequel to Once Upon a Mountain, this story is a heart-warming and loving tale of a couple coming together despite the...

The Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes collection is a retro-inspired full set of Conan Doyle's wonderful tales of the inimitable "consulting detective" at work. Featuring original illustrations from editions of the 1920s, this collection will adorn any booklover's shelf and transport the reader back...

Reuben Hornby is accused of stealing diamonds from the safe of his uncle-his employer and benefactor. The sole evidence-damning evidence at that-is a paper dropped by the robber, bearing a fresh and bloody thumbprint.Author: R. Austin FreemanISBN-10: 9386780151ISBN-13: 9789386780157Publisher: Alpha EditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2017Pages: 198Format:...

Uncover the thrilling world of *The Bat*, a classic detective fiction masterpiece by Avery Hopwood, now revived by Alpha Editions after decades of being out of print. This suspenseful mystery weaves an engaging plot filled with unexpected twists and turns, captivating both casual readers...

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset...

A series of murders leads Detective Inspector Sean Connor and his team into a labyrinthine investigation. The victims are dispatched using a poison previously associated with the notorious Borgia family.As the murders multiply at an alarming rate, Connor finds clues hard to come by,...

After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. The world is on the brink of economic collapse.Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally...

A cold February morning in Scotland begins with the discovery of a body, as Hector Mathewson is found dead within the cask room of his own distillery.While directing the hunt for the murderer, DCI Alex Warren needs to balance his own turbulent personal life....

A peaceful cricket match turns to mystery, when star player Aaron Decker is found dead. Somehow, the case is connected to the disappearance of a German U-Boat in 1945.With events in Britain, Germany, U.S and Canada all connected, D.I. Andy Ross and his team...

Monsieur Judasx is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition . Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the...

He hid his life behind a screen, but life had other plans. Now he has to fix it...one call at a time.When a notorious internet troll is unmasked, his world collapses. Kicked off benefits and forced to take a job at the very call...

A call centre, a hostage crisis, and three people who thought their chances were gone. Sometimes, the worst day of your life is the one that saves you.Liam is unravelling. Trapped in a soul-crushing call centre job at Phonetix Mobile, he spends his days...

When surveying a site for a proposed road construction project, an archaeologist uncovers a body. It is no surprise to discover burial remains in the 1800s-era Famine Field. However, the clothing on the corpse suggests that it is a recent burial - certainly not...

DEATH BY HIS OWN HAND1924 Singapore.Early in his career as a Colonial Police Officer Masters is sent to Singapore to investigate the apparent death by suicide of a young concert pianist, Charles Richardson. Masters suspects murder, though suspects and motives are thin.Through a combination...

Blackett Hill, a small community with no children wasn't on any map. When a best selling author goes there for an unwelcomed book signing and is killed, its unusual residents are more than just alarmed. They are frightened. As Detective Douglas, a surly, stubborn...

When an Urban Legend becomes realityKenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn't really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to...

Minnesota's beautiful North Country provides the backdrop for Deception and Redemption's riveting, fast-paced tale of kidnapping, murder and espionage leading to an action-packed conclusion in Minnesota's North Woods. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Detective Quay Thompson had decided to take a brief get away,...

A semester of teaching immigration law at the UCLA Law School gave Oregon attorney Lorenzo Madrid the change of scene he desperately needed. Gone were the PTSD symptoms brought on by a number of run-ins with members of a drug gang. Gone were the...

What's a cop to do when his best friend is accused of murder?Vermont Detective Adam Dutton has to make one of the hardest arrests of his life--his friend and godfather, Harlan Wilford, who stands accused of murder. Meanwhile, slightly reformed con woman Beverly LaBorde...