Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Welcome to Leavensport, OH, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!Introducing Jolie Tucker, an introverted yet passionate restaurant co-owner of Cast Iron Creations, who, at her best friend Ava's request, steps out of her comfort zone. This leads her into the shade of a killer...

The first in the McNamara series introduces the Scottish chief inspector in his rush to apprehend a serial killer that blends well with the people on Nightingale Street and most of the time makes the police run in circle. A scream wakes up everyone...

"​An instant noir classic. Highly recommended." -Best ThrillersThe year is 1958. Stan Ellis, a young reporter for a small-town Wisconsin newspaper, can't forget the call he got from a woman who claimed a man convicted of causing a train wreck four years before was...

"To call Betrayed a thriller alone would be to do a disservice." -Midwest Book Review"A stirring and unusual tale of teenage love, adventure and murder." -Best Thrillers"Action and adventure are the words of the day in this thrilling, well-written, page-turner from Joseph Lewis." -Sublime...

2020 Reprint of the 1924 Edition. Anne Beddingfeld is on her own and ready for adventures when one comes her way. She sees a man die in a tube station and picks up a piece of paper dropped nearby. The Scotland Yard verdict is...

National bestselling author Dawn Eastman makes her series debut with a small-town doctor Katie LeClair, perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen and J. T. Ellison. In nationally bestselling author Dawn Eastman's series debut, Dr. Katie LeClair examines small town secrets when her patient's sudden...

Two Seattle Police homicide detectives, Jake Daniels and his partner Melanie Jack are assigned the investigation of a gruesome murder, a murder which will explode into a series of like murders including a strange connection to the Catholic church and a sect called Opus...

Detective Inspector Harry Labar has a reputation at Scotland Yard-for laziness. Yet behind his carefree demeanor lies a sharp mind perfectly suited for unraveling even the most baffling crimes. Faced with a wave of challenging cases in post-World War I London, Labar's unconventional methods...

Do you think cooking is a tiring and complicated thing?Will you be willing to cook if there is one book that makes cooking easier and faster?If yes, then you must not miss this cookbook.This Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven Cookbook turns your oven into...

Ruhaan and Ayesha, a young couple from Mumbai, are on vacation in the southern beach town of Pondicherry when they receive the shock of their lives-their two little children have gone missing from the famous Promenade Beach.DSP Siva Raghavan, who is battling his own...

What are 12 Special Education students worth? The answer: 800 pounds of gold bullion. To be delivered on a flatcar out of an abandoned warehouse in Turtle, North Carolina. Heinz Noonan, the "Bearded Holmes" of the Sandersonville Police Department is called upon to stop...

Impossible Crime Detective Heinz Noonan, the "Bearded Holmes," is ordered to East St. Louis, where a criminal mastermind has made a train with 70 passengers and crew disappear. As the search is on for the hostage, the mastermind loads a railway boxcar with a...

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early modern example of the detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty...

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's...

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a...

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective tales.These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892....

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and...

Sapphira Barlow started life as one of Madame Sophie's girls, but at seventy, after many vicissitudes, she was a revivalist of shadowy reputation. At her Coon Hollow camp in the California mountains she had gathered her Satellites about her to await the end of...

In this latest locked room mystery from the author of Cabaret Macabre, amateur sleuth Joseph Spector pits his knowledge of stage magic against the seemingly supernatural when a seance at an isolated old hospital turns deadly. An apparent suicide in a London townhouse uncannily...

A man is accused of a murder he cannot remember . . . In a nightmare scenario, Frank Townsend has an apparently minor accident on his way home but he arrives to find his wife gone and doesn't recognise his apartment. He had gone...

Murder leads to scandal at a wealthy woman's mansion in this mystery from one of the bestselling authors of the 20th century. In an elaborate house known as the Cloisters, Maud Wainwright rules supreme. The queen of society in the small town of Beverly,...

C. Daly King's debut mystery is a tale of murder, travel, and psychiatry set aboard a luxury transatlantic liner. The smoking room on a transatlantic cruise ship is bound to be a hotbed of activity -- but it's less common for it to be...

When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit. Martin Greenough's walled-off mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenway--and the fact that it eluded condemnation by the...

Ramble House, in a fit of perverse nostalgia, decided to bring back three action-packed novels by James Corbett all at once, and MURDER BEGETS MURDER is the mystery of the group. The other two are aeroplane thrillers. Corbett has a dodgy reputation among the...

In Manalive we follow the madcap adventure of Innocent Smith. Innocent Smith is a man who keeps the commandments but breaks all the conventions, and while doing so he shows us just how absurd those conventions are. Follow him as he breaks into his...

A serial killer remains free in Buffalo, New York after a task force comprised of state and local authorities fails to apprehend him and the wrong man is imprisoned. No one is more frustrated than Terry Levine, the state police investigator who headed up...

A Study in Scarlet, originally titled A Tangled Skein and published in 1887, was the first story to ever feature Detective Sherlock Homes and his trusty sidekick Watson. Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in less than three weeks when he was 27, it...

Full text."The most sensationally successful of all the sensation novels", according to the famous literary critic John Sutherland. Wealthy estate owner sir Michael Audley willingly marries a gold-digger, his only daughter Alicia's governess Lucy née Gray. Sir Michael's dashing, in-living orphaned nephew Robert 'Bob'...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 30 original tales set around the world! Included are: The Barrister's Clerk, by Michael Robertson The Belle Hope, by Peter DiChellis Arroyo, by Michael Bracken Muskeg...

The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from today's headlines. When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter...

""Where There's A Will"" is a mystery novel written by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story revolves around a wealthy patriarch named J. C. Dabney, who dies suddenly, leaving behind a substantial fortune and a family full of potential heirs. However, the will is missing,...

For the first time, the first three books in the Jack Daly crime thriller series are available in one volume. Lost in a hurricane finds Jack in a web of political intrigue as he joins a strange group of seemingly mad scientists intent on...

The Secret Adversary is a mystery novel written by Agatha Christie. The story revolves around two young people, Tommy and Tuppence, who are short on money and decide to start a business as ""young adventurers."" They soon become embroiled in a dangerous game of...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It features the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson as they investigate a supernatural legend surrounding the Baskerville family. The novel begins with the death of Sir...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

A baffling mystery grips England's aristocracy in Dorothy L. Sayers's enthralling novel, "Whose Body?: A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel." When a corpse is discovered in an unusual location, the eccentric and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey finds himself embroiled in a complex investigation that challenges...

Delve into the intricate world of crime investigation with Freeman Wills Crofts's classic, "The Cheyne Mystery." This meticulously prepared edition presents a timeless tale of deduction and suspense. Follow the methodical Joseph French as he unravels the complex circumstances surrounding the Cheyne enigma. A...

Delve into the brilliant mind of Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's "Poirot Investigates," a collection of captivating short stories showcasing the detective's unparalleled skill for solving the most baffling crimes. Follow the meticulously observant Poirot as he untangles webs of deceit, uncovers hidden motives,...

A chance encounter at a London tube station plunges a young woman into a thrilling adventure in Agatha Christie's "The Man in the Brown Suit." This classic mystery from the Queen of Crime delivers a suspenseful tale of hidden identities and deadly secrets. When...

Step back in time with Dorothy L. Sayers' classic "Clouds of Witness," a captivating English detective fiction featuring the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a timeless murder investigation, showcasing Sayers' masterful storytelling and intricate plotting. Follow the aristocratic...

Dive into the classic world of detective fiction with Carolyn Wells' "The Clue," a captivating mystery perfect for fans of amateur sleuths and police procedurals. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a timeless tale of crime and deduction, where the search for truth...

Enter the world of the psychic detective with Algernon Blackwood's "John Silence, Physician Extraordinary." This collection presents a series of chilling horror stories centered around John Silence, a physician with extraordinary abilities that extend into the occult and supernatural realms. Dive into tales where...

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a timeless classic of detective fiction, steeped in mystery and suspense. When a dark legend surrounding a spectral hound resurfaces on the desolate Dartmoor landscape, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called upon to...

Step back in time to the shadowy streets of Victorian London with Fergus Hume's classic detective fiction, "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." When a body is discovered in a hansom cab, the police embark on a thrilling investigation. This enduring mystery novel, meticulously...

This charming novel tells the story of Vicky Van, a young woman who inherits a fortune from her father. With her newfound wealth, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and romance. The author's witty prose and engaging characters make this book an enjoyable...

This is a complete collection of the Father Brown stories, in one volume. The mysteries are clever and the character development is engaging. Chesterton is a master of the detective genre.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...