Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

Someone will do whatever it takes to stop archaeologist Joe Cutler's excavation in Utah's controversial Bears Ears wilderness. Frighten him with headless rattlesnakes. Sabotage the dig site. Shoot his Navajo friend. Abduct his teenage daughter Megan.It's 2015. Five Utah Native tribes want nearly two...

A young woman is murdered at the height of summer in this gritty, page-turning mystery set in London and featuring DCI Bill Slider - "one of Britain's most engaging coppers" (Booklist) Most homicides are young male on young male, and that's bad enough. But...

Step into the shadowed halls of "The Puzzle Chamber Mysteries: The Labyrinthine Library," where every whisper and echo holds the key to untold mysteries and ancient wisdom. This gripping novel invites readers on an unforgettable journey through the heart of a library unlike any...

A small town in chaos. A family under siege. A faith that endures."Calling all units! Calling all units! Code Orange at the Pilotview Mall. All officers report immediately."When Lieutenant Curly Rogers heard the dispatcher's words over the radio, fear gripped his heart. Flipping on...

After powerful investors lose big, investigating a financial advisor's murder won't be child's play for a strained detective.DI Jack Knox's Edinburgh team are busy dealing with a series of violent rapes when a man is found murdered on a residential street. The detective splits...

Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading..."An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a...

The bestselling Queen of Suspense delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife, weaving in the mysterious medical phenomenon of a heart transplant recipient inheriting their donor's traits and memories. After famous actress Natalie...

The golden years are tainted red with murder on Spartina Island.When Courtney Evanson's body is found in the dunes of Spartina Island, the peaceful facade of the retirement haven is shattered. Retired detective Sean Tanner teams up with Detective Sergeant Charlie Nash, diving into...

This mystery thriller reunites Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama for a political mashup full of suspense, intrigue, and laugh out loud bromance.Vice President Joe Biden is fresh out of the Obama White House and feeling adrift when his favorite railroad conductor...

Can James Raker solve the mystery before the homeowners around Lake Hannah end up underwater?Following Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds, John J. Hohn offers Breached, a suspenseful, fast-paced sequel.Detective James Raker reconnects with classmate and Vietnam vet Art Nichols in the Blue...

Our lives can change suddenly because of those around us--both living and dead.Valerie Calhoun wanted three things: the perfect house, a baby, and a flourishing career as a true crime writer. She gets more than she bargained for when she and her husband, Cooper,...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery comes the first Miss Marple mystery wherein a dead body in a clergyman's study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide--now with a stunning new...

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn't solve!Stephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, reconciles himself to taking a job as a...

Author: Jm ReinboldISBN-10: 180424628XISBN-13: 9781804246283Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2025Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

Author: Terry ShamesISBN-10: 1448316286ISBN-13: 9781448316281Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2025Pages: 240Format: Hardcover

Macleod on the hunt for the Forseti group. A mole passing information to a group of killers. Can Macleod manage two evils or will pandemonium reign in this bloodiest of feuds?DCI Seoras Macleod, tasked with finding the elusive Forseti group, sets his team to...

All of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries like you've never seen them before.A new spin on all four Sherlock Holmes novels, fifty-six short stories, and the apocryphal tales.Fans of Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes will be familiar with the twist: take a classic story and retell...

In this dark mystery, perfect for fans of C. J. Box, one wrong step leads Ethan Brand to the most dangerous case of his career...and the most personal. Hoping to surprise his sons, Ethan Brand, the chief of police of a small town in...

Aggie is hired to be a private nurse to an ailing millionaire's wife. But she's not the one who dies. The couple is ensconced in a mansion in the small town to evade their enemies in the city. The marriage is anything but happy...

A skeleton and a missing woman. A doomed romance. A mystery spanning two generations.Liverpool, 1961. A group of young men come together seeking fame and fortune, as the fledgling sounds of the Swinging Sixties take root in the city. Soon, Liverpool becomes synonymous with...

Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series. Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has...

When sisters Rachel and Jennifer Murdock receive a letter from Miriam Hamilton, the daughter of the man who, decades earlier, swindled their father, inviting them to her luxurious home and offering financial amends, the sisters accept and head off with their beloved cat, Samantha,...

1935: A surgeon, the appropriately named Dr. Cutter, is preparing to fly cross-country in a two-propeller plane to perform a life-and-death surgery on his brother, the Secretary of State. Just before boarding, he receives an anonymous note that says, You will die April 13th...

From the moment nurse Sarah Keate arrives at the gloomy mansion of Adolph Federie, she senses trouble afoot, from the mysterious occupants of the house to the penetrating stare of a black cat named Genevieve. But Mr. Federie has just suffered a stroke and...

1935: A surgeon, the appropriately named Dr. Cutter, is preparing to fly cross-country in a two-propeller plane to perform a life-and-death surgery on his brother, the Secretary of State. Just before boarding, he receives an anonymous note that says, You will die April 13th...

Calling all mystery puzzle fans! This is the book that launched the "solve-it-yourself" detective book craze of the 1920s and '30s, spawning numerous imitators and a four book series of its own. These short crime problems incorporate all of the clues needed to find...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories including; A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-headed League A Case of Identity The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Five Orange Pips The Man with the Twisted Lip The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle The...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done... On the level of Mr Crofts' very best; which is saying something.' --Daily TelegraphDr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near...

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . . Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett...

Unravel a dark family secret in Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "The Dead Secret." Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Cornwall, this classic of gothic fiction weaves a tale of suspense and hidden truths. As secrets long buried begin to surface, the psychological tension mounts,...

The mystery begins with the theft of thirty-six vials of a substance essential to the process of reanimation. Now, twenty years later, Little John Rawlings sets out to catch the thief who has resurfaced after being pronounced dead. Rawlings must find the mysterious stranger...

Author: Roger RiccardISBN-10: 1901091961ISBN-13: 9781901091960Publisher: Irregular Special PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2025Pages: 294Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

Author: Jm ReinboldISBN-10: 1804246298ISBN-13: 9781804246290Publisher: MX PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2025Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d

Author: Frances LloydISBN-10: 1805731521ISBN-13: 9781805731528Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/04/2025Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d

Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling suspense series.Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with...

Coach Gibbs was a legend in the youth baseball world, loved and loathed in equal measure. When he's found brutally murdered, the shockwaves ripple through the community, and the suspect list grows longer by the day. Detective Chet Boswell, still recovering from his last...

A Cornish bibliophile invites young American scholar Charles Bascomb to his house on the Lizard in Cornwall to investigate a mysterious medival manuscript that he has recently come to possess. Charles, accompanied by his mentor, a well-known Oxford professor, is eager to study the...

One woman found dead. Another kidnapped. Two cases. Two books. One overworked Scottish detective.When the body of an attractive young woman is found in woodland on Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill, DI Jack Knox quickly establishes that she had worked as a prostitute.For this reason,...

Alfred Bannerlee, antiquarian, searching for an ancient ruin in the Welsh hills, stumbles upon a manor house hosting a pre-nuptial 'Bidding Feast' for an American bride and an Irish groom. Finding the host an old acquaintance, Bannerlee is welcomed as a guest, though the...

Murder is done on the quiet campus of a large Southern university-not that many will truly miss the disreputable Pat Thayer. Around three persons-two students, one the most popular girl in the college, and a professor-is woven a web of circumstantial evidence and incriminating...

When Edward Stevens, an editor at Herald and Son's publishing house, learns of the mysterious events that befell his neighbor's rich uncle, he shrugs off their seemingly supernatural circumstances. He's a logical man and doesn't give much credence to claims of a ghostly figure...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a visit from an elderly lady demanding help for a seemingly small problem. Holmes is intrigued by her case because he senses some greater evil lies beneath. Together the two travel to the small hamlet of Firwick where...

*Newly Edited Version (Sept 2014)* Two women are dead, forty years apart and in identical circumstances. Can Imogen and Hugh Croft discover the link? Following the sudden death of her mother, Imogen Croft returns to her childhood home on the Scottish Island of Garansay....

As manager of New York City's finest luxury hotel The Beaumont, Pierre Chambrun is well acquainted with unreasonable requests from its patrons. When one of the rich rooftop suite owners demands the impossible for his annual birthday bash, Chambrun is unflustered; of course he...

"The Shunned House" by Howard Phillips Lovecraft is a chilling exploration of a house steeped in a dark and unsettling history. A master of horror fiction and the supernatural, Lovecraft crafts a tale of occult mystery centered on a dwelling radiating an aura of...

From Robert Barnard, the internationally acclaimed Diamond Dagger-winning crime writer . . . With A Fall from Grace, Robert Barnard triumphs once again with a witty tale of family discord and murder. Detective Inspector Charlie Peace and his wife, Felicity, are shocked when Felicity's...

A fading Hollywood star is back in the spotlight - but for deadly reasons! Hollywood descends on Cambridge when the historic Round Church becomes a Scandinavian film set for A Viking Bride, starring famous - albeit fading - actress Agnes Dermont. But Agnes' big...

The famous Castlecourt Diamonds have gone missing and the story surrounding their disappearance is strange indeed. To help sort out the mystery, you will hear eyewitness statements given by the various participants in this curious case. The tale is told in six "statements." The...

A SHADOW WAR WAGED ACROSS AMERICA'S WILD FRONTIER-AND ONE MAN STANDS IN ITS CROSSHAIRS.Deputy Sheriff Luke Ryder is once again fighting for his life...only this time, the open skies and vast landscapes of the American West become a backdrop for international conspiracy and ruthless...