Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

It is a cold London morning in 1887, and the discovery of a dead man in an abandoned house plunges Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson into a series of eight trying cases that will test the friendship of the two companions and threaten...

When a half-naked man is found gibbering on the moor, Sherlock Holmes uncovers a series of bizarre murders. At their heart lies a shadowy figure known only as The Sorcerer. He can talk to the dead, they say. He can bend any will to...

Originally published in 1908, Gilbert Keith Chesterton's classic nightmare-mystery of Police vs. Dynamiters, Law vs. Anarchy, and Religion vs. Nihilism has influenced writers as diverse as Franz Kafka and C.S. Lewis, and remains as original, exuberant, imaginative, and timely as when it first appeared....

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only twenty-four hours available to solve...

A beautiful city with ugly traditions of corruption and racism. A black man set to hang for a murder he didn't commit. A world-famous author -- and detective -- who isn't about to let it happen..."An enjoyable tour of 1890s New Orleans... Twain can...

An advance edition of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 features fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carole Bugge, Ron Goulart, Marc Bilgrey, Edward D. Hoch, Hal Blythe, and Jean Paiva. Features by Kim Newman, Lenny Picker, Mrs Hudson, and Marvin Kaye.Author: Marvin KayeISBN-10: 1434402088ISBN-13:...

Beware of Blindly Following Your GPS!Several teens have gone missing within the last year or so. While investigating the latest case, Officer Ron has a clue. He goes back to a spot where he encountered two teenagers that have now gone missing. As he...

Irene and Joe's previous cases come to a head when Mr. Cullens of British Intelligence pays a visit to Baker Street. He tasks the pair with scoping out the wedding of the son of one of the biggest companies in London to ensure no...

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes? I am, or was, Lady Juliet Armstrong, Baroness Crestwell. Having been murdered, I am deceased, and require your assistance."Thus begins the strangest partnership in the long career of Sherlock Holmes! Brash and bold, silly and sassy, Lady Armstrong will not let...

A mining company, a peaceful tourist town...and a brutal murder. Detective Jack Calaway has investigated reports of stolen vehicles but never a murder. FBI agent Miranda Fetting has worked so many homicide cases that she's ready to give up her badge to become a...

James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects...

A young mother is trapped with a killer thirty thousand feet up, in this gripping midair murder mystery by the author of Open Your Eyes. On a plane to Barbados, nurse Melissa sits with her young son, Theo. On the same flight, up in...

John Hall was born in Leeds and worked for twenty-five years as an analytical chemist before embarking on a career as a writer. His stimulating Sherlock Holmes novels are written with a wonderful knowledge of his subject and are highly popular with Sherlockian enthusiasts...

The Witches' Tree continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin mystery series--now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television. Cotswolds inhabitants are used to inclement weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Devere, the...

A sparkling collection of three new Sherlock Holmes stories draw on details and hints from the pages of Conan Doyle's classic works. From the pen of the acclaimed Doctor John Watson readers are introduced to previously unsolved mysteries, as referenced in many of the...

This book is more a spy thriller than just a mystery as the exceptional Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, gets greatly involved in international intrigue and espionage. He attempts to defeat a ruthless cartel trying to dominate the world ... in essence super criminals forming...

In an elaborate house known as the Cloisters, Maud Wainwright rules supreme. The queen of society in the small town of Beverly, she has a table long enough to seat one hundred, and she keeps an iron grip on the guest list. Her right-hand...

An explosive mystery is about to unfold, and the huge bomb buried beneath a quiet city street is only partially to blame.Dan Corrigan has a new job, and he's ready to take on the world, but his instincts lead him unerringly toward a web...

"Clouds of Witness" is the second detective novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey by British author Dorothy L. Sayers. First published in 1926, the story centers around Lord Peter Wimsey's family. His brother, the Duke of Denver, is renting a shooting lodge in the country...

Author: Rick MofinaISBN-10: 1648755321ISBN-13: 9781648755323Publisher: Severn River PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2012Pages: 390Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d

The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel features a heinous scheme from the pipe-smoking detective's most formidable nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. After receiving a pseudonymous cipher from one of Moriarty's henchmen, Holmes and Watson must unravel the mysterious murder of a country gentleman. The...

A volume of seemingly unsolvable mysteries, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes features the final twelve short stories in Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective series. First published in 1927, this volume is the last instalment in Arthur Conan Doyle's series of Sherlock Holmes' adventures....

Featuring Contributions by: Will Murray, Brenda Seabrooke, Arthur Hall, Steven Philip Jones, Dan Rowley and Don Baxter, David Marcum, Hugh Ashton, Sonya Kudei, Barry Clay, DJ Tyrer, Mark Wardecker, Paul Hiscock, Tom Turley, Brett Fawcett, Martin Daley, Bob Byrne, Tracy J. Revels, James Gelter,...

Featuring Contributions by: Dan Rowley and Don Baxter, William Todd, Naching T. Kassa, Paula Hammond, Ember Pepper, Alan Dimes, Arthur Hall, Peter Coe Verbica, Jane Rubino, Tracy J. Revels, Kevin Thornton, Tom Turley, Leslie Charteris and Denis Green, David Marcum, Shane Simmons, Roger Riccard,...

A thrilling chase as Sherlock Holmes is set a fiendish puzzle by Irene Adler over a snowy London Christmas, in this stunningly packaged mystery. Sherlock Holmes's discovery of a mysterious musical score initiates a devious Christmas challenge set by Irene Adler, with clues that...

A clash of cultures at a golf club of distinction. The club secretary found sliced on the 15th tee box. Can Macleod and McGrath find the rogue player on the course before some else receives a two slash penalty?With the building of the new...

The Big Four is a tale of international intrigue and espionage, featuring famous detective Hercule Poirot, and his companions Arthur Hastings and Inspector Japp. An unexpected visitor called Mayerling comes in through Hercule Poirot's bedroom and collapses on the floor. The only clue to...

B.R.A.G. Medallion HonoreeDigger is bouncing back from a tough year. With the new graphic design firm she and her friend Holly started, things are looking up. But then life throws her a curve when she trips over a body while she and her friend...

MURDER, ADDICTION, AND REDEMPTION COLLIDE IN THIS ENTHRALLING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY.Kentucky Game Warden Luke Ryder is an alcoholic on the verge of losing his job. But when a Louisville gangster is found dead in rural Kentucky-on the first day of muzzle-loader hunting season-a chance for...

A string of poisonings. A trial by gunpoint. Meeting her deadline is a matter of life and death...Investigative journalist Andrea Kellner never lets anything get between her and her next scoop. So when a grief-stricken man crashes a charity gala and demands answers for...

Every summer, hordes of Ernest Hemingway lookalikes swarm Key West to compete on Papa's birthday.This summer, one of them is a killer.When a vacationing family discovers the headless corpse of a Key West party girl, the case falls to Monroe County homicide detective Jack...

Can David Ludwig Emerge from His Fugue? Was He Set Up ... or Did He Murder His Family? The Wet Mountain Valley Sheriff's Office has its hands full when they must not only deal with solving a homicide, but, with limited resources, must call...

When a member of an exclusive book club is checked out, spunky librarian Trudell Becket must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder. The Cypress Arete Society is one of the town's oldest and most exclusive clubs. When assistant librarian Trudell Becket is...

Dan Cumberland tried to convince himself that the town of Clayton could not harbor the evil and threatened violence he felt in the air, but when the police chief pleaded with him never to say the word 'murder' aloud, he could no longer ignore...

Four months after her turbulent arrival, Pomeranian immigrant Hanneke Bauer is still struggling to feel at home on the Wisconsin farm she inherited from her husband. She does savor a growing friendship with tinsmith Karoline Ketzler, but that solace vanishes when Karoline's daughter Jacobine...

Sun, sand, and of course-murder.At long last, lady detective Rosemary Lillywhite and her best friend Vera are on their way to a much-needed holiday, and they're not traveling alone. Rosemary's impish brother, Frederick, on sabbatical from work at their father's company, wouldn't dream of...

In the tradition of Holmes and Poirot comes another erstwhile professor turned detective create by Clyde B. Clason. Here is a long, full-bodied, and modern mystery story, cleverly plotted, with excellent characters and genuine suspense. The final curtain will come as a surprise to...

Ten years on from Holmes and Watson's sleuthing days, something is amiss at the prestigious and exclusive Abbey School.Young Lord Whitechurch is accused of stealing money from the headmaster's office. But as one of the wealthiest pupils, the question remains as to his motive....

The Man Who Knew Too Much: From behind the overhanging rock came a noise and rush like that of a railway train; and a great motorcar appeared. For the fraction of a flash it seemed to leave the ledge of rock like a flying...

At a luxurious country wedding, the mother of the bride is found murdered and the groom caught red-handed, but who wielded the knife?When the Duchess of Hinwick is found dead on her daughter's wedding day, renowned sleuth Lord Edgington must prove his grandson's innocence...

Raw Meat Detective Wells, a Hollywood homicide detective and 3 other detectives from 3 surrounding Ca. cities try to find the people involved in the many deaths due to the eating of poisoned human meat which was sold as exotic Ostrich meat out of...

The Rumpole renaissance continues to build, and now the beloved barrister's many followers have a special reason to rejoice: a sensational full-length Rumpole novel that at last relates the oft-mentioned but never revealed story of Rumpole's first case, the Penge Bungalow affair. Looking back...

"The Screaming Child is a dark marvel. Both bone-chilling and moving, it excavates a grief so intense it sharpens into obsession. Swiftly told and full of surprises, it hums in your brain long after you reach its haunting final pages." -Megan Abbott, author of...

Cotton Kendall, son of a wealthy mill-owning family in Sudwich, Connecticut, had been the youthful protégé and friend of Frederick Thorne, distinguished artist. He-unless it was his hometown schoolmate and gunner-returned from the War in the Pacific, disfigured beyond recognition, unwilling to be seen...

Author: T. W. SpeightISBN-10: 8027341728ISBN-13: 9788027341726Publisher: E-ArtnowLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2021Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

When famed television producer and celebrated Aspen luminary Conrad Harvey dies in Florida, the assignment gets dumped into the lap of sardonic beat reporter Bernard "Mac" McCaffrey. Only Harvey himself isn't the story. It's his bombshell daughter, Roxanne, who's been spotted crashing Alcoholics and...

It is carnival time in Nice, and for three weeks the boulevards are alive with dancers, jugglers and musicians. Amid the colour and pageantry, a man suffers a fatal fall - the first in a series of suspicious deaths. Captain Paul Darac of the...

The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co in March 1923 and, in the same year, in the UK by The Bodley Head in May. It features Hercule...

The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co in March 1923 and, in the same year, in the UK by The Bodley Head in May. It features Hercule...

"To Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler is "the woman." In "A Scandal in Bohemia," she defeated him in his attempt to retrieve an incriminating photograph of the King of Bohemia. Or did she? In the tradition of "The Great Game," this book will explore the...