Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

On a train, there are only so many places to hide...Crime fiction author Joe Penvale has won the most brutal battle of his life. Now that he has finished his intense medical treatment, he and his twin sister, Meredith, are boarding the glorious Orient...

Author: Roger RiccardISBN-10: 1901091945ISBN-13: 9781901091946Publisher: Irregular Special PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2024Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d

What do you get when you combine a gathering of entertaining Sherlock Holmes rhymed and metered poems, with a collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures contained entirely in his daily post? You get "Sherlock Holmes: For Letter or Verse"!This engaging book features six of Sherlock's...

Author: Miranda JamesISBN-10: 0593199545ISBN-13: 9780593199541Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 6.75h x 4.13w x 0.75d

Author: David RosenfeltISBN-10: 1250324572ISBN-13: 9781250324573Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2025Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Author: Mick HerronISBN-10: 1641297263ISBN-13: 9781641297264Publisher: Soho CrimeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 333Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbs

Author: Rex StoutISBN-10: 0553762966ISBN-13: 9780553762969Publisher: Random House Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/1995Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.42h x 5.54w x 0.53d

When a practical joke at the luxurious Chimneys estate goes tragically wrong, a seemingly harmless prank turns into a chilling mystery. A young man is found dead, the victim of an apparent overdose, but the peculiar placement of alarm clocks near his body raises...

Octogenarian former sheriff Bill Gastner and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigate a puzzling double murder in this twisty, page-turning instalment in the critically acclaimed Posadas County mystery series "If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!" Anne Hillerman, New...

'So compelling and tightly plotted I couldn't put it down' CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Tense and emotional...A dark beating heart of a novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER'Totally addictive. One of the most tense and gripping thrillers I've read in ages' LISA JEWELL------------------ Don't miss the gripping debut crime novel...

Mystery At Lynden Sands, first published in 1928, is the fourth book in author J. J. Connington's series featuring chief-constable Sir Clinton Driffield. Set on the English seaside, Driffield encounters the return of a missing heir (who is possibly an impostor), an accidental bigamist,...

One inoffensive drunkard. So many reasons to kill him.A bold shooting ends the life of Mr. Hewitt, the buggy manufacturer on a cold night in December, 1872. Physician and winemaker Maddie Wilcox is particularly puzzled, since it was clear that Mr. Hewitt was soon...

It was clear to anyone who knew F. Scott Fitzgerald that he was destined to be a great writer. His early work won accolades from his professors and was published in Yale's literary Journal as well as other outlets. These stories show that even...

This superb annual anthology of the year's most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in unearthing the best short crime stories of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish authors (along with...

Author: Lyn SquireISBN-10: 1685127835ISBN-13: 9781685127831Publisher: Level Best - HistoriaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Benedict BrownISBN-10: 841916240XISBN-13: 9788419162403Publisher: Benedict BrownLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2024Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

A body in a bathtub. An aristocratic detective. Can Lord Peter Wimsey solve the case before the killer strikes again?In Dorothy L. Sayers's Whose Body?, the unflappable and sharp-witted Lord Peter Wimsey faces his first major case when a corpse is mysteriously found in...

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote Burial of Ghosts, a thrilling standalone crime novel--now in print in the US.For Lizzie Bartholomew, a holiday in Morocco will change her life forever. But not in the way she had hoped . . .Lizzie had planned...

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community--now in print for the first time in the US. Landlord and politician Marcus Grenville wants to convert Ursula Ottway's beautiful cottage into a holiday...

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. Who hung the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn...

This is an upcoming Fall 2025 title from Minotaur Books.Author: Louise PennyISBN-10: 1250328179ISBN-13: 9781250328175Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2025Pages: 400Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d

Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery where an unladylike gossip columnist meets an untimely and watery death. From the author of the Agatha Raisin series. When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class,...

New York City, 1907. Archana Morley knows what it's like to be an outsider. As a woman journalist from India making her way through the cutthroat world of tabloid newspapers, she's always on the lookout for untold stories. In the aftermath of a bloody...

At the age of ten in the mid-1970's, David Marcum discovered Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and from that point, he knew that the original 60 Canonical adventures would never be enough. This, coupled with his life-long desire to write, meant that eventually he would find...

For readers of Harlan Coben and Laura Dave, a gripping modern-day noir thriller featuring a hotshot lawyer unexpectedly drawn into a web of violence and intrigue by the ex-wife he hasn't spoken to since their bitter divorce, written by the former president of Court...

Author: Mike RipleyISBN-10: 1448317029ISBN-13: 9781448317028Publisher: Severn HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 272Format: Paperback

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's bestselling series. World famous author Melanie Joan Hart asks for Sunny's help in...

After several challenging cases and a marraige that was disintegrating, FBI supervisor, Jack Donovan aacepted an invitation to a week-long murder mystery party from his old friend, Rob. It was to take place in October in a spooky castle on a private island four...

Unsettling and gripping, this innovative classic first published in 1932 was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Suspicion, and remains an arresting and unique work of literary artistry. Anthony Berkeley Cox, writing as Francis Iles, flips the traditional mystery model of the crime genre...

To solve a high-profile abduction, one former police officer must confront a dark past. A child's abduction reveals a frightening pattern within a small town where nothing is as it seems. Katy Dowry's world shatters when her son, Denny, is abducted from his school....

Hercule Poirot is without a doubt the greatest detective since Sherlock Holmes. He'll need all of his skill intelligence and wit to solve this crime. He is called to France and must solve a brutal murder on an upscale golf course. His only clues...

"Mysteries Unveiled: Four Tales of Intrigue and Redemption" is a collection of suspenseful stories that explore the themes of mystery, redemption, and self-discovery. Each tale takes readers on a journey through captivating narratives filled with unexpected twists and turns. From the uncovering of secrets...

Is there a more enduring, legendary detective than Sherlock Holmes? This quintessential collection includes many of the famous cases that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. Set against the foggy backdrop of London and the English countryside, each story...

Unicorn Airlines Flight 739 with no pilot, no crew, and no passengers lands at Anchorage International Airport. As the authorities are wondering what happened, a ransom demand is made for the passengers: $25 million in diamonds. Chief of Detectives for the Sandersonville, North Carolina,...

Holding the Mint receipt up to the light, Joe scans it again searching for answers, but there is only one verse of a childish rhyme scrawled on the back. His father's constant taunting him with it gave him nightmares as a kid and now,...

In Book 3 of the MURDER IN MARIN Mysteries: Michael Marks, the community-spirited volunteer photographer for the picture perfect town of Mill Valley, always has a smile on his face and a camera ready to capture his adopted hometown's many community events. Not only...

A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date. Through Cave's fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music...

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Qu?bec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down...

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Qu?bec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down...

Author: Mary Higgins ClarkISBN-10: 166807866XISBN-13: 9781668078662Publisher: Pocket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2025Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 7.50h x 4.13w x 1.04dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 6.5Point Value: 14Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 120801 / I Heard That Song Before

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A master of deduction and an enigma to everyone he meets, Sherlock Holmes thrives on solving the most baffling mysteries that seem impossible to crack. With his trusty companion, Dr. Watson, by his side, Holmes uncovers hidden truths...

Some secrets of the dead can torture the living.Scott Drayco thought he'd seen it all after his years in the FBI and as a private crime consultant. But nothing prepared him for the bombshell hidden within the walls of a historic Victorian mansion being...

In the shadow of murder, secrets come to light.Holiday festivities in tiny Anderson, Montana take an unexpected turn when a welfare check becomes a murder investigation. Stone County deputy Tom Edwards discovers the frozen corpses of a local couple bound to chairs at their...

In 1953, two FBI agents are called in to investigate the disappearance of a young White woman in Louisiana. In their pursuit of clues, they stumble across the horrific murder of a Black youth. It soon becomes apparent that the two cases are linked,...

There are 5 hostages being kept in the small town of St. Michael's.FBI agent Olivia Knight and her partner Brock must now race against the ticking clock to save the hostages and each other from the Gamemaster's fatal plans. After surviving a plane crash...

'I shall kill you, one by one, and I'll get away with it. They can't hang me.' Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Four contains a novel and three short stories: They Can't Hang Me Lucius Marplay has spent the past twenty years in...

Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle delivers a captivating array of suspenseful narratives that delve into the shadows of human nature. With intricate plots and clever twists, Doyle's stories unravel mysteries and send shivers down the spine, ensuring readers are enthralled...

Criminologist Will Traynor is brought in to assist the police on a baffling murder investigation when a shocking discovery reveals links to a past crime. Aware of Traynor's troubled past, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts is sceptical that Traynor will bring anything useful to the...

An Inspector Reynolds of Scotland Yard MysteryThe famed Casino at Monte Carlo, playground of the rich and famous, has seen more than its share of drama, intrigue, and, yes, crime. Yet when Mrs. Lucas, one of the guests at the Villa Lorne, dies suddenly...

Two distinct and separate crimes, the murder of a police constable in pursuit of a burglar who had just stolen some ten thousand pounds worth of diamonds, and the attempted poisoning of an avant garde potter. Seemingly, the point in common between the two...