Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

"This is Agatha Christie's masterpiece, and if she never wrote another word, she'd have still gone down as the Queen." -LOUISE PENNY, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Ingenious and unexpected." -NEW YORK TIMESThe official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime...

Ranger Cade Rigens is working to establish the nation's newest national park in one of the most rugged and remote parts of the American West. On the cusp of a history-making public hearing, the park's most vocal opponent comes to Cade with news about...

Agatha Christie's debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is...

How the Light Gets In is the ninth Chief Inspector Gamache Novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny."There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." --Leonard Cohen Christmas is approaching, and in Qu饕ec it's a time of...

"Unbeatable fun . . . [Christopher Fowler] takes delight in stuffing his books with esoteric facts." --The Guardian The brilliant duo of Arthur Bryant and John May uncovers a nefarious plot behind the seemingly innocuous death of an old lady--and when the case leads...

A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Louise Penny's The Long Way Home is an intriguing Chief Inspector Gamache Novel. Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec, has found a peace he'd...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!NOW A BRITBOX SERIOUS STARRING BEN ALDRIDGE AND PEARL MACKIEThe Long Call from Ann Cleeves--bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows--introduces the first in a gripping new series, told...

"A top-notch literary brainteaser." -New York TimesSoon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot--coming February 11, 2022!Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a...

When Pomeranian immigrant Hanneke Bauer reaches Wisconsin in 1855, she believes her dearest dreams are coming true. After reuniting with her husband Fridolin at his farm near Watertown, she will help create a true home. Instead, she receives the shocking news that he is...

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon...

The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny. Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods,...

Instant New York Times bestseller: #1 in Hardcover Fiction#1 in E-book Fiction#1 in Combined Print and E-book Fiction "Deep and grand and altogether extraordinary....Miraculous."--The Washington Post "Artful...Powerful...Magical."- The New York Times Book Review "Superb"- People "A Great Reckoning succeeds on every level."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch#1...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction." --Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of the Dublin Murder Squad novelsAn all-new collection of winter-themed stories from the Queen of...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.October 1941. While on a delivery, young Freddie Hackett,...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderA Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds...

"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 Review Catastrophic spring...

Librarian Amy Webber dances with death in this sixth Blue Ridge Library cozy mystery by critically acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert. "An intricately plotted library whodunit that both cozy readers and librarians will love!" --Amanda Flower, author of the Magic Bookshop Mysteries August in Taylorsford,...

At last, a single volume that gathers together all of the short stories featuring Agatha Christie's most famous creation, Hercule Poirot. The dapper, mustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and curious mannerisms has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century--and,...

This exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie's short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It's an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest...

An instant New York Times Bestseller and August 2017 LibraryReads pick "Penny's absorbing, intricately plotted 13th Gamache novel proves she only gets better at pursuing dark truths with compassion and grace." --PEOPLE "Louise Penny wrote the book on escapist mysteries." --The New York Times...

Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive--his own father Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering...

In the summer of 1896, amateur sleuth Emily Cabot meets two young Chinese women who have recently received medical degrees. She is inspired to make an important decision about her own life when she learns about the difficult choices they have made in order...

Much had been risked, and the murderer had escaped by such a rare combination of chances.When elderly, unpleasant Simon Ewing was bludgeoned in his maisonette, and a stranger was seen exiting the building by several of the residents. The murderer had entered-and escaped-in just...

Detective Dove Milson is called out to a chilling murder scene by the coast. A teenage girl is found murdered, encased in glass.The murder is a replica of the work of a serial killer known as the Glass Doll murderer, who entombed his victims...

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor's latest case draws them into the arcane world of high art and high society in this compelling Victorian mystery. London. May, 1878. Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired by the artist James Whistler to...

Poppy never imagined she'd move to the English countryside and fall in love with a smug, demanding, ginger-haired male. Of course, that was before she discovered that she'd inherited a cottage garden nursery, and before she met a certain talkative orange cat named Oren....

"Just the place for a Nark " the Detective cried, As he eagerly surveyed the scene;With the stout-hearted Doctor alert at his side, And the Dog standing guard in between.Imagine a world where the logic of Sherlock Holmes meets the nonsense of Wonderland The...

You're invited to a deadly drop-in: Cosette Whitlow is a society matron...if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn't nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked...

'A real creepy crawly ... Recommended to those who like their thrills chilled.' - Evening Standard 'John Blackburn lives right up to his reputation for the eerie and the sinister.' - The Guardian 'A stylish, genuinely chilling author. Blackburn's devils do not loom vaguely...

A James "Bonnie" Dundee Mystery It had sounded pleasant enough for James "Bonnie" Dundee, the invitation to a weekend house party at the home of the parents of a college friend promised days of tennis and golf, and evenings of bridge and elegant dinners....

Pages Gone By is more than just Erin, Ohio's only used book store. It's also a favorite meeting place for writers and readers. And early one morning, it becomes the scene of a murder when a body is found in the romance section. Is...

Writer-actor-director Peter Gerard's latest film was a smash hit, but some fans of Sherlock Holmes were outraged. Why? Because 221 B Bourbon Street portrayed the beloved detective as a goateed, saxophone-playing southern American working in 1920s New Orleans Was it a disgruntled Sherlockian or...

John Grey, a newly minted lawyer in Cromwell's England is back in this follow-up to A Cruel Necessity. This time around, a mis-delivered letter has left Grey with more information about a murderous plot than it's entirely safe to know. Can Grey prevent the...

Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle stories including: Tales of Terror The Horror of the Heights The Leather Funnel The New Catacomb The Case of Lady Sannox The Terror of Blue John Gap The Brazilian Cat Tales of...

BROTHER KEEPER-Before Sherlock was the Great Detective, he was a university student sent down from Oxford to London to the care of his older brother, a rising young man at the Admiralty, and during his time in London, he has his first look at...

When the president of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to try to persuade him otherwise. Alleyn performs his mission so successfully that on the...

Author: Anthony SlaytonISBN-10: 8985866400ISBN-13: 9798985866407Publisher: Ink and Dagger PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2022Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2022 pg. 130Publishers Weekly 05/02/2022

Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she's to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home."Wegert nicely balances plot and characterization. Fans of Denise Mina's Alex Morrow will...

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE SERIES. MEET BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED VILLAGE POLICEMAN. Constable Nick of Aidensfield learned a thing or two from his training sergeant. Not least: a good constable will always be on view. As a village bobby, Constable Nick has made these his words...

Who doesn't want the latest fashions?But the cutting-edge is a dangerous place to be.Springtime in Paris, 1936.When Madame Lafitte invites Ruby Dove to her fashion show, how can she and Fina resist?Unaware of the gathering storm of greed, envy, and malice, our intrepid sleuths...

A humorous cozy set in the picturesque surroundings of Cornwall starring Cambridge DCI Arthur St. Just and his fianc馥 Portia De'Ath. To celebrate their engagement, DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De'Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall. Upon arriving they find...

A struggling writer unknowingly becomes the guinea pig in a psychological experiment...orchestrated by his wife. Each with their own goal in mind, Sarah Hart and her psychologist conduct the study with her husband, Brian, as the test subject. The experiment works and Brian Hart...

This is the second volume in Leonaur's collected tales about the mild mannered investigator from the Department of Public Prosecutions-Mr J G Reeder. Edgar Wallace created several characters about whom he wrote a series of stories, but few have captured the public imagination more...

An enigmatic jewelry case, holding human remains, arrives at the cottage of Sherlock Holmes, enticing him from his retirement refuge in the Sussex Downs. Holmes sets out on the trail of the murderer taunting him, joining forces with one of his former Baker Street...

Part VIII - Eliminate the Impossible: 1892-1905 features contributions by: Deana Baran, Tim Symonds, Sandor Jay Sonnen, Ben Cardall, Andrew Lane, Michael Mallory, Wendy C. Fries, Aaron Smith, Arthur Hall, Robert Perret, Nick Cardillo, Paul D. Gilbert, Cindy Dye, Tracy Revels, Derrick Belanger, William...

In England in the late 1920s, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the...

In 1949, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had a romantic relationship with Lucie Montgomery's French grandfather - until recently, a well-kept secret. Seventy years later, as Lucie's grandfather is flying to Virginia for a 90th birthday party for Cricket Delacroix, Lucie's neighbor and Jackie's schoolfriend, someone...

When an exhibition featuring London's top engineers results in sudden, violent death, Victorian writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens investigate."Victorian whodunits don't get much better than this" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review March, 1859. After the 'Great Stink' of the previous summer when Parliament...

"If there's ever been a more complex and compelling hero in crime fiction than Inspector Rutledge, I can't think of one." --Jeffery Deaver In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead man's life and...

Red Bones marks the third in a stellar suspense series set on the Shetland Islands from bestselling author Ann Cleeves--the basis for the hit BBC show Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall. When a young archaeologist discovers a set of human remains, the locals are intrigued....