Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For without a shred of evidence, the countess has publicly insisted that the onetime ruler of her small German...

London's most unusual sleuthing team, Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, just cannot seem to stay away from trouble. When Charlotte learns of her mother's distress in losing a locket with a compromising picture, she has no idea that it's just the beginning...

Faithful Unto Death is the fifth installment of Caroline Graham's popular Chief Inspect Barnaby Novels, and the basis for a TV episode in the Midsomer Murders series. When bored young housewife Simone Hollingsworth misses bell-ringing practice-her latest effort to find something to do-no one...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious.In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet--reasoned the detective--like Hercules...

At the end of WWI, Europe's prosperous sugar industry lies in ruins, sparking an international sugar shortage and skyrocketing prices. By 1920, sleepy Cuba has become the world's leading sugar producer. Suddenly, Havana boasts more millionaires than any other city on earth. Speculators flock...

Librarian Tru Beckett, ardent defender of the printed word, is about to find out that keeping murder checked out of her beloved library is much harder than she thought... Tru Beckett succeeded in building a secret book room in her now bookless library, where...

A Geologist Lies Comatose in a Portland, Maine Hospital in A World of Deceit, a Detective Joe Burgess Thriller by Kate Flora--Portland, Maine--Unable to awaken her father--eminent geologist, Ted Gabbro--nine-year-old Arielle approaches the vacationing Joe Burgess, desperate for his help.Loathe to let anything interfere...

Marcia Lloyd and her brother Arthur have spent every summer of their lives exploring the grand halls and seaside grounds of their family's idyllic vacation home, a gorgeous old mansion called Sunset House built by their grandfather. But when Arthur's ex-wife Juliette arrives at...

In a small New York town, secrets lurk and betrayal is just around the corner. The morning after the worst blizzard of 1934, Detective Steven Blackwell takes on a highly charged murder case. The investigation starts badly: one clue, lots of lies and alibis....

The murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his...

"A Better Man, with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre."--Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal"Enchanting... one of his most ennobling missions."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book ReviewCatastrophic spring flooding,...

Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction.'The grey eyes, so apt for tragedy, looked steadily up at me."You can't trust me,...

After the death of Inis St. Erme, Dr. Henry Riddle retraces the man's final moments, searching for the moment of his fatal mis-step. Was it when he and his bride-to-be first set out to elope in Vermont? Or did his deadly error occur later--perhaps...

When search and rescue worker, Marti Alexander, is sent on a job and discovers the body of her ex-husband, all clues point to her as the murderer. However, there's more to this murder than meets the eye. Can Detective RJ Franklin see beyond the...

Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring British classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction."A decent, hardworking chap, with not an enemy anywhere. People were surprised that anybody should...

In this suspenseful Southern thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, an ambitious prosecutor investigates a high-stakes case after Charleston's most powerful real estate magnate is murdered. The sensational murder of powerful tycoon Lute Pettijohn has rocked Charleston. Prosecutor Hammond Cross sees his chance...

In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduced readers to her Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. When the wealthy mistress of Styles Court is murdered, Poirot is on hand to wade through the confusing clues and long list of suspects A classic whodunit.Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10:...

Cotswolds tearoom owner, Gemma Rose is excited to join the May Day celebrations in Oxford... until the beautiful spring morning ends in murder.Now, she's embroiled in a deadly mystery - with four nosy old ladies determined to help in the sleuthing! Before she knows...

To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, 'The King of Detective Story Writers', this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.A weekend board meeting brings a jewellery firm's accountant to the...

*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*"Robert Bathurst is just about perfect delivering the 16th Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novel...Listen to all the Gamache audiobooks for maximum satisfaction." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winnerIn All the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling...

Once Alaska's top P.I., Sidney Reed shares a rundown apartment with a cat. When offered a bundle of cash for a simple surveillance job, Sidney sees a chance to put the broken pieces of his life back together. But once the job turns deadly,...

Praise for Dorothy Sayers: "Part of the Golden Age of mystery writers . . . Sayers is often credited as the most intelligent of them all"--The Guardian In this new edition of Dorothy Sayers's Whose Body?, readers are introduced to the star of her...

A perfect country garden is full of flowers and gently buzzing bees... But the man lying dead beneath the trees can no longer see the beautiful scene. Melissa Craig is thrilled that summer has arrived. She has decided to give up her career as...

Inspector Alleyn's old school chum, the "Boomer," is now president of the new African nation of Ng'ombwana. On an official visit to London, the Boomer insists that Alleyn handle his security; a difficult task made even more so when the Ng'ombwanan ambassador is killed....

The sleepy seaside town of Taviscombe has more than its share of gossips and schemers. It also has Mrs. Sheila Malory, a widow whose gift for judging character and unmasking murderers is as impressive as her knowledge of nineteenth-century literature. Mrs. Malory's sleuthing talents...

"Wonderful...Thomas balances his rich historical context with a contemporary feel...nothing dull or fussy in this book." --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service...

In Rescued, David Rosenfelt again delights his readers with the charm and wit they've come to expect. Even the most fervent fans of the sardonic Andy Carpenter and his team will be enthralled by this latest case, where the stakes have never been higher....

A Christmas Novella... With the Christmas holidays nearing, Kate has time off, a rare occurrence for a location scout. The Jane Austen documentary series is in a production lull, and she plans to spend her time searching for the perfect Christmas gift for Alex,...

A mysterious stranger in outlandish Edwardian garb defaces a Pre-Raphaelite painting in the National Gallery. Then a guest at the exclusive Savoy Hotel is fatally bitten by a marshland snake. Over the next several days, an outbreak of increasingly bizarre crimes will hit London--and,...

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Punishment She Deserves Elizabeth George has millions of fans following her Inspector Lynley series. As USA Today put it, "It's tough to resist George's storytelling, once hooked." With Believing the Lie, she's poised to hook countless...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods returns with the third fast-paced thriller featuring Santa Fe, New Mexico's take-no-prisoners attorney Ed Eagle... When his black widow wife failed to take him out in her murder for hire plot, Ed Eagle figured he was...

Detective Milo Dragovitch spends too much time boozing until he gets caught up in a case involving two-bit criminals and an old lady on the run. His friends call him Milo. No one has ever called him Bud except his father, long dead, and...

A young bridegroom enlists private investigator William Monk to track down his fianc e, Miriam Gardiner, who disappeared suddenly from a party at a luxurious Bayswater mansion. Monk soon finds the coach in which Miriam fled and, nearby, the murdered body of the coachman,...

A poignant and beautiful debut novel explores a man's quest to unravel the mystery of his wife's death with the help of the only witness -- their Rhodesian ridgeback, Lorelei.Author: Carolyn ParkhurstISBN-10: 0316778508ISBN-13: 9780316778503Publisher: Back Bay BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2004Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.26h x...

From award-winning and internationally acclaimed author, Batya Gur, comes a hair-raising mystery in which Israeli investigator Michael Ohayon's detective skills are put to the ultimate test.When Dr. Eva Neidorf is found dead on the morning that she is to give a lecture to the...

"A Bath antiques dealer has disappeared, and detective Peter Diamond has been saddled with the "help" of a hardboiled Philip Marlowe wannabe private investigator in cracking the case. MWA Grand Master Peter Lovesey's 20th installment in the award-winning series will have readers laughing from...

When Quinn first meets Bricky, she's working as a partner-for-hire at a dancehall and he's struggling to shake the anxiety of his guilty conscience. Earlier that day, the young man took advantage of a found key and used it to rob a stranger's home....

East coast of England, 1971. Albert Campion is invited to assist Harvard student Mason Clay on a research trip to Wicken-juxta-Mare. But Wicken is already firmly on Campion's radar thanks to Dame Jocasta Upcott's beached luxury yacht, its captain very stuck - and very...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Queen of Suspense launched her career with this classic thriller following a woman whose past holds a terrible secret. Nancy Harmon long ago fled the heartbreak of her first marriage, the macabre deaths of her two...

Detective Paddy Durr is back in Burnt to a Crisp, Michael O'Keefe's third installment in the Durr series. This time out, life hasn't gotten any easier for Paddy and his heroic wife, Mairead. She is near death from 9/11 cancers, contracted from her time...

Even as war rages, there are deep secrets lurking in the heart of Buckingham Palace...Windsor, 1942. War rages through Great Britain. Anna Duckworth, former lover of Prince George, Duke of Kent, is found dead after an enemy bomb blast at her country home. When...

London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case.Author: Charles FinchISBN-10: 164358913XISBN-13: 9781643589138Publisher: Premier Mystery...

Boasting 24 of Sherlock Holmes's finest adventures, this edition combines two classic collections first published in 1894 and 1905. Highlights include "The Final Problem," where arch-criminal Moriarty apparently killed off the detective as well as his miraculous return in "The Adventure of the Empty...

Showbiz comes to Oxford in the form of Britain's hottest new talent show and tearoom owner Gemma Rose gets a peek behind-the-scenes when she's asked to cater for the event. But with the Old Biddies entering the contest as England's first "granny band", and...

Collected here in one omnibus edition are four novels and ten short stories by the incomparable Agatha Christie; that's over nine hundred pages and three hundred thousand words of some of the greatest murder mysteries ever written. Included are The Mysterious Affair at Styles,...

Three classic psychological crime thrillers by a master of the macabre appear here together in hardcover for the first time. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES STARRING ANDREW SCOTT, JOHNNY FLYNN, AND DAKOTA FANNING. Suave, agreeable, and completely amoral, Patricia Highsmith's hero, the inimitable...

Who is behind the homicides in the coastal area of Quai Natia? What is the meaning of the lapel pins left on all the victims? And will the killer outsmart the authorities and declare victory in the end?Under a perfect cobalt sky in the...

An American Tragedy is a tour de force, one of the most important novels in the American cannon. Ripped from the headlines, it follows Clyde Griffiths, a handsome, ambitious man whose religious upbringing has left him unprepared to pay the price required to realize...

*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* *NOW A LIMITED SERIES ON MASTERPIECE PBS* Meet Van Der Valk, Amsterdam's best detective, in Nicolas Freeling's classic novel A woman, Elsa, is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment. Her ex-lover, Martin, is seen outside the building around the time of the...

The Vicious Vet continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series--now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. A PURR-FECT CRIME IN THE COTSWOLDSFormer London PR agent, Agatha Raisin still hasn't adjusted to village life where the...