Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless creation This collection of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made...

Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house-sit for a local couple, her only fear is that three weeks there might prove...

Getting in his car was a mistake. But as the frigid air whipped through her thin coat, she felt too cold to say no. Now, snowflakes settle on her long dark lashes. Ice-cold and forever fifteen years old, she'll never see her mother's smile...

Author: M. S. MorrisISBN-10: 1914537408ISBN-13: 9781914537400Publisher: Landmark MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2025Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.66d

In a small town north of Los Angeles, Doug Selby claims narrow victory in a hotly-contested race for District Attorney. Then his troubles begin: First, when the local paper, supportive of the incumbent, immediately launches an effort to get Selby recalled. And then there's...

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"[R]eaders who appreciate careful plot development, slightly unusual detectives, and logical denouements will relish this volume." --Library JournalImpossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases...

Author: Jaime HarrisonISBN-10: 1640097287ISBN-13: 9781640097285Publisher: Counterpoint LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2025Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

Dr. John H. Watson could not anticipate that a favour for the noted American mystery writer and forensic dentist, Rodrigues Ottolengui, would result in the discovery of a heinous murder. But that is what happens when in helping the American, Watson finds himself at...

Jace Marlon's best friend is dead, killed by a man as mysterious as Jace's past.Forced to trust Detectives Daniels and Remalla, who suggest the motive for the murder is more elusive than the killer, Jace must face a truth he can no longer avoid....

Cambridge University Master Sir Flyte Rascallian has little interest in the innocent-looking set of old paintings he inherits from his aunt Beatrice, until he takes a closer look . . . and ends up dead in this page-turning cozy. Something is bothering Sir Flyte...

Linking the dying words of three slain strangers proves risky for Dalziel and Pascoe in this "shrewd . . . and deft" mystery (The New York Times). Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector...

Author: Julie KaewertISBN-10: 0553577174ISBN-13: 9780553577174Publisher: Random House Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/1999Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 6.88h x 4.20w x 0.97dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/18/1999

Solving murders was not part of Sean Tanner's retirement plan.Former homicide detective and recently widowed Sean Tanner has settled into Spartina Island's private retirement community, hoping to find solace after his wife's death in their chosen paradise. He soon finds himself drawn into the...

In the middle of an old neighborhood of Victorian homes in San Jos?, California, lived a progressive rock band.The good news is that they were unique, played well, and looked forward to a recording contract.The bad news is that members began missing.There is some...

It is 2016 and the coldest winter on record. Oxfordshire has ground to a halt. In Akebury Castle's Italian Garden the discovery of a young girl's dead body is raising many questions.Newly-promoted Detective Chief Inspector Amanda Godspeed must catch the killer before he/she strikes...

Unusual things happen in a small farming town in upstate New York. The local county police get involved but it expands to include the FBI and beyond. Come and meet some of the people who live there and see if you can solve to...

In Sherlock Holmes and The Disappearing Prince an urgent telegram from an old friend informs Holmes of the mysterious disappearance of the Prince of Japan, from his rooms at university, without warning, and with no signs of a struggle... A Russian cigarette, some dried...

Author: Jason CookeISBN-10: 190109135XISBN-13: 9781901091359Publisher: Baker Street Studios LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2009Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d

Moving coming-of-age, young adult novel based on true experiences.Author: Becky LaneyISBN-10: 1533544557ISBN-13: 9781533544551Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2016Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.72d

The award-winning debut of the beloved, unforgettable, #1 bestselling Armand Gamache series, back in hardcover in a gorgeous 20th Anniversary Edition. In 2005, with Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduced her iconic mystery series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sur?t? du...

Dr. Delores "Lorie" Shaw is no stranger to the complexities of the human mind, but her career as a psychiatrist in a small town is about to test her limits. When a patient of Dr. Shaw's turns up dead, and her young child missing...

In a small Cape Cod town, a local tavern owner is convinced that someone is trying to kill her. She tells tales of being shot at in the woods and of a trip wire strung up at the top of her staircase. Others in...

A DEADLY WEB OF MURDER AND ESPIONAGE, WHERE BETRAYAL LURKS AND TRUST CAN BE FATAL.In the heart of London, Kentucky Deputy Sheriff Luke Ryder and his new wife, Layla, find their honeymoon disrupted by a gruesome discovery-a beheaded corpse linked to a high-stakes espionage...

Imagine living in a quiet Indianapolis, Indiana suburb of Westfield, Indiana, and being informed that the Fox Hollow Farm a few miles away is not only haunted by paranormal activity but also a burial ground for numerous young gay men from the general area....

Get ready for a journey to the Baskervilles - the hall shrouded in a fog of sinister mystery, and where the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. Watson encounter the most terrifying and deceitful of their opponents. Get ready to look...

A mother's worst nightmare - can her son be guilty of murder? Sarah Newby, who left school at 15, and was living as a teenage single parent on an inner-city estate, has worked her way up to begin a career as a criminal barrister....

What would you do if someone murdered your child, but the justice system let you down? Kathryn Walters is faced with this dreadful decision when her daughter, Shelley, is found dead in a bath in her boyfriend's flat. Despite the best efforts of the...

She hears footsteps approaching, the creak of the uneven planks, then the clunk of a heavy lock. Her body is numb and she's shivering in her pale silk gown, but she stands, ready to fight as the doorway cracks open. A blinding light overpowers...

A thrilling mystery that examines how faith, integrity and values are the sum of one's choices, both big and smallMiles Brady's life is in flux. One of three police officers selected for a potential promotion, he starts work on an active case to prove...

When a young entrepreneur is killed, everyone in town points fingers at his New Age, neo-hippie, miracle-manifesting smokeshow of an ex-girlfriend, Gabbi-including the victim's best friend, Jenna. As detective Lindy D'Arnaud and her partner, Boggs, search for a motive, they begin to wonder if...

The cold, dark winter is finally coming to an end, so Ellie and Graham Kent celebrate with a belated honeymoon in Paris. But news from Little Beecham casts a shadow over their holiday: convicted murderer Corinna Matthews has been released from prison and turns...

It's 1929, and Ticky Maltravers is the toast of London high society, adored by everyone-or so it seems, until somebody poisons him over dinner. Now it turns out that numerous people with secrets to hide had every reason to wish him dead. But which...

The Postmaster of Market Deignton is a thrilling mystery novel by the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim. Set in a quaint English village, the book follows a postmaster who becomes embroiled in a web of secrets and intrigue.This work has been selected by scholars as...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset...

A ghost-hunter and a medical doctor visit a foreboding mansion perched atop a treacherous chasm where, a century before, both husband and wife met sudden death in mysterious falls. Will history repeat itself? Back in print for the first time since 1905, this vintage...

The premier of Nick Scott's TV talk show, The Gay Detective, appears to be a big hit until his first guest ends up murdered. Nick, also a detective with the Chicago Police Department, and his older, straight partner Detective Norm Malone hunt this heinous...

Internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah and the world's favorite detective Hercule Poirot return in this follow-up to The Monogram Murders, the national bestseller hailed by the Washington Post as -literary magic.-Author: Sophie Hannah, Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0062561766ISBN-13: 9780062561763Publisher: HarperAudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2016Format: CDWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 5.70h x...

Author: Agatha ChristieISBN-10: 0063037319ISBN-13: 9780063037311Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2020Pages: 288Format: Hardcover

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective--now in print for the first time in the US. News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning: isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found...

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective--now in print for the first time in the US. Marilyn Howe and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn't come home . ....

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote The Sleeping and the Dead, a vivid standalone psychological suspense novel--now in print in the US.Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Lake where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing...

What does a septuagenarian, retired Vermont librarian do when hundreds of queries for her seminal first novel, Final Love, are ignored?Tilda Wilcox Duclos may be a little unhinged, but she knows she's written the greatest novel since Gone with the Wind. Unfortunately, Final Love...

Caitlyn Le Fey is savouring the delights of autumn with hot spiced cider and rich toffee apples, as she helps with preparations for the upcoming Samhain Festival. She's also looking forward to spending more time with the dashing Lord James Fitzroy and meeting his...

Preston James, agent #44 of the newly created International Secret Service, woke from a coma, his latest romance nearly the death of him once again. His next assignment could be his last unless he can determine the motives of the notorious Dr. Cue. Cue,...

Nels Lundberg, special duty fireman, started to make his rounds after the intermission on the opening night of Rebel Rose, at the New Netherlands Theatre. In the men's lounge, underneath the staircase, were three telephone booths. In one of them sat a slight man...

Ever since she stumbled into the quaint village of Tillyhenge and discovered the enchanted chocolate shop run by her grandmother, Caitlyn Le Fey has been cooking up dreams of finding her long-lost mother and finally unwrapping the mystery of her past. But meeting Tara...

The pen is mightier than the sword--but both are deadly in the wrong handsWhen mystery author Berit Gardner agrees to attend a writer's conference in the idyllic French countryside, she dreams of basking in the sun and nurturing budding talent. But her vacation takes...

Eye of the Beholder is a cult classic that inspired both French and English film adaptations. Joanne Eris has a bad habit of marrying men that wind up dead. An unnamed private detective, simply known as "The Eye" is hired to investigate the death...

Like locked-room murder mysteries? Stories about impossible-to-solve crimes? Detectives who are out of the norm? The Detectives is a novella and several short stories about just such puzzles and the detectives who solve them. Set in various locations in the South and Southwest, all...

The third installment in Kate Atkinson's wildly beloved series of Jackson Brodie Mysteries: a complex tale of murder, coincidence, and connected lives. On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed...