Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library's first annual...

When in doubt, go to the library...and solve the murder mystery!Greta Plank, library director in the small, lakeside town of Larkspur, Wisconsin, prefers her rose-tinted glasses extra rosy, thank you very much. It's how she copes with the hard stuff in life...like her sister's...

From Little Acorns...Grow the works of the extraordinary mystery writer, John Dickson Carr. This collection of the early works of Carr includes Grand Guignol, "The New Canterbury Tales", and eight other works of detection, mystery, and horror by the undisputed master of the locked...

Removed from his post and cast aside by his superiors. Without authority and any resources to call to hand. Can Macleod operate from the dark and hunt down the mysterious group before another child dies?Having been sidelined from the investigation and fast tracked for...

The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the...

"A one-of-a-kind treat from the golden age."-- Kirkus ReviewsFrom music conductor turned crime fiction novelist, Sebastian Farr, comes an epistolary tour de force that hits the perfect murderous crescendo for music and crime fiction aficionados alike. During a performance of Strauss' tone poem 'A...

Joyce Igo is a Southern Gospel artist, having written and recorded over two hundred Gospel songs. She is a lifelong West Virginia native. She was married to a pastor, Denver Igo, for twenty-eight years until his passing in 2000. Besides using her musical talents,...

Joyce Igo is a Southern Gospel artist, having written and recorded over two hundred Gospel songs. She is a lifelong West Virginia native. She was married to a pastor, Denver Igo, for twenty-eight years until his passing in 2000. Besides using her musical talents,...

In the year of our Lord 1141, two monks ride into the Benedictine abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, bringing with them disturbing news of war--and a mystery. The strangers tell how the strife between the Empress Maud and King Stephen has destroyed...

The past is never far behind you . . .Old sins have a nasty way of catching up with you, as Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers in this gripping historical mystery, which takes him back to a difficult case in his early days...

Secrets, mystery and wedding bells at Dovecote Hatch! 1933, Dovecote Hatch, England. Florence Norris knows she has found a good man in George 'Birdie' Bird, the landlord of the local pub, The Dog & Whistle. They are set to marry in the parish church...

A missing tourist spells trouble for Senior Investigator Shana Merchant in this page-turning twisty mystery set in an atmospheric island community with a small-town vibe. Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant is a skilled Senior Investigator keeping New York's beautiful Thousands Islands community safe. She's...

Crime-fiction librarian Ray Ambler gets more than he bargained for when he acquires the archives of a controversial hardboiled crime author in this contemporary twisty mystery set in New York City. Hardboiled crime writer Will Ford might be critically acclaimed, but he's every bit...

Nick Harding has a new case. Actually, two of them.A very rich old dude is about to kick off and is desperate to make amends with his estranged son. Nick is contacted by the old guy's lawyer with a task: Find the son, convince...

Seeing justice done in your own way of thinking is not the wisest path to follow. However, it was indeed how one individual managed his life. He did it in such a way that criminals at all levels feared him, as did Scotland Yard...

Seeing justice done in your own way of thinking is not the wisest path to follow. However, it was indeed how one individual managed his life. He did it in such a way that criminals at all levels feared him, as did Scotland Yard...

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White--veteran of two wars,...

New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel focusing on Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they must solve the stabbing death of a young woman before panic spreads across London.On a rainy November evening, a young woman...

It is 1895, and Sherlock Holmes's new client is a High Court judge, whose free-spirited daughter has disappeared without a trace.Holmes and Watson discover that the missing woman--Hannah Woolfson--was herself on the trail of a missing person, her close friend Sophia. Sophia was recruited...

Past and present explode in murder.A counter-terrorist organization stops the murder of a French politician in the Pyrenees. The would-be assassin is killed at the scene. He has a disturbing tattoo on his arm.Eric Ward meets Ben Shaw at a bankers' dinner. Ben hires...

Past and present explode in murder.A counter-terrorist organization stops the murder of a French politician in the Pyrenees. The would-be assassin is killed at the scene. He has a disturbing tattoo on his arm.Eric Ward meets Ben Shaw at a bankers' dinner. Ben hires...

IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.Farmer Paddy Fenton faces financial ruin as a result of foot and mouth disease among his flock.Then he gets an offer that he can't refuse: ready cash to rent one of his outbuildings. He...

IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.Farmer Paddy Fenton faces financial ruin as a result of foot and mouth disease among his flock.Then he gets an offer that he can't refuse: ready cash to rent one of his outbuildings. He...

PIRACY, CONSPIRACY ... MURDER?An influential shipping firm, Goldwaters, pays Eric Ward a large retainer to work for them, much to his surprise. Then one of the Goldwaters fleet, the Sierra Nova, is "arrested" and is unable to leave port.The reason?A crew member, Edwards, has...

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN?Eric Ward agrees to represent the interests of a local environmental campaign. Then an explosion at the industrial-waste plant leaves his client dead.Joe Paulson wasn't exactly a criminal. But his after-hours activities--gathering the secrets...

INFIDELITY CAN BE MURDEROUSLY DANGEROUS.Eric Ward thinks he is happily married--until he discovers that his wife, Anne, has been spending rather too much time with a business associate.Suspicious and angry, Ward finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful stranger. But when his new...

Three bad menSpainAn ex-con breaks into a villa by the sea to steal something very precious from a safe. He will not leave without hurting someone.EnglandTycoon Simon Chan asks Eric Ward to find a missing businessman. And Ward is also involved in a case...

DARK DEALINGS IN THE BOARDROOM AND ON THE STREETSEileen O'Hara isn't used to hearing no. She's the stunning chairman of Broadlands construction. But now she is facing a management takeover, with rivals bidding for control of her company.Both are crooked with old scores to...

A skeleton buried on a lonely Northumberland hill?Nothing wrong with that. Garrigill was once an ancient burial ground.Archaeologist Rena Williams is here to excavate the site. She is an old friend of Arnold's. And with his help, her team have uncovered more than a...

A ruthless new boss shakes up Arnold's quiet life at the council.From the moment Karen Stannard comes striding in the door, Arnold Landon knows his workplace will never be the same.Now, he is saddled with a project he never wanted: the Ridgeway Viking Trust....

Colin Bannock is hiding quite the secret.By day, he's a smooth-talking lawyer. After hours, he is someone else entirely.He corners Arnold Landon, wanting him to join his society of history fanatics.Appalled, Arnold declines outright. He's never been a joiner and, besides, he has enough...

How would you solve your own kidnapping? And what if the reason behind it was even stranger than you could imagine?When detective Scott Drayco is abducted and given a mysterious puzzle to solve, his predicament is bizarre enough. But after he's released and one...

One small town's dark secrets lay hidden in the hollows...Rumors have swirled around Jake Cashen his whole life. Is he crazy like his father? Is it true they booted him out of the F.B.I. right after he cracked a career-making RICO case? Was he...

The First Agatha Christie Mystery novel is included in this Spring Issue of Adventures on the Go-an exciting Agatha Christie Tribute!The Mysterious Affair at Styles and a second Christie mystery celebrates the greatest-selling author ever.We discuss her strange disappearance, and more, and present an...

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"Shaken, not stirred takes on new meaning it this second installment in the modern-day western mystery series by Carl and Jane Bock. Their writing reflects solid knowledge of Arizona and its denizen. And their storytelling is as sharp as a serpent's tooth." - Nicolas...

"A fusion of two of my favorite genres -- Westerns and mysteries -- what more could a reader ask for. I can't wait for the next adventure of Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede. Tell me there are more coming ..." - H.L. Osterman, editor Zane...

A modern murder mystery. Assistant Professor Marcus George, a young, gay Harvard faculty member striving to find his footing in the Ivy League, is drawn into investigating the murder of one of his former students, the son of an elite Massachusetts family. Centered on...

A shriek rang sharply out only to be chopped in two-exactly as though a hand had been clamped roughly on the screamer's mouth. It was followed by brusque, striding footsteps and the soft closing of a door.It was purely by chance that David Beddoes...

"How would you feel if your own flesh-and-blood suddenly developed into a fiend who wants to murder another person you're fond of?"Flying Blind has nothing to do with aviation.The title is used metaphorically to describe a situation in which daily, even hourly, calamity threatens...

It was Margaret Fairlamb-still warm, but stone-dead.Margaret Fairlamb, celebrated actress, had been a popular and genuinely loved figure in the world of the theatre. Her death at the hands of an unknown, brutal assailant was a calamity fraught with horror not only to her...

Why the warning about water? Or rather why any warning at all?Miss Venables, a rich and kindly old lady, is the recipient of several threatening letters. Her young companion, Sarah MacNeil, wonders who can possibly bear a grudge against her employer, and energetically endeavours...

"The only thing plain to me is that you're determined to shield that girl-that murderess."Dodo Quarles liked to live fast. The parties in her Paris apartment were events to be remembered. Dodo, not yet twenty-one, could always be relied upon to supply a new...

"I may tell you it's a matter of murder."What did Caroline Bundy keep in the alligator bag?Why was the key missing from around the dead woman's neck?Did Caroline Bundy really give the pearl necklace to Natasha, or-?What was the "medicine" that Tilbury gave Miss...

Clare-her Clare-was gone.Mystery in Paris! A disappearance as surprising and baffling as if it had been done by magic. A young girl, barely fifteen, beautiful yet shy and under constant protection, disappears in the one moment that is offered. Between the click of a...

"So Jeanne has a lover," she concluded with a touch of amused wonder. "But what a lover!"Somehow the creature had suggested an undertaker.Alone in Paris after arriving from America, Catherine West finds herself swiftly and dangerously involved in the mysterious case of her cousin,...

"Her maid found her this morning. She was lying across the bed, strangled."Young Virginia Carew is making a trip to England when she encounters old friend Glenn Hillier-strangely altered from the last time they met. Glenn is besotted with a glamorous middle-aged lady, with...

Up and up crept the weight. Its touch was cold and scaly; she shuddered at the contact. At the same dreadful moment she realised what the Thing was.Esther Rowe, a Canadian, is on holiday in Cannes. She decides to stay on, and seeks nursing...

Sherlock Holmes yearns for a challenge when Lady Diana arrives, pleading for his help, holding herself responsible for the accidental death of a blackmailer.Her predicament enthrals Holmes who knows the blackmailer to be an aide to Count von Runstedt whom he believes to be...

Mr Gabb, your son did not commit suicide. He was murdered.'Simon Gabb has everything - or so it seems: a beautiful house on a large estate, a flourishing business and two sons, both evidently endowed with the capacity to carry on the family firm....