Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

While holidaying in Italy, Angela Marchmont is persuaded to postpone her trip to Venice and go to Stresa instead, to investigate a pair of spiritualists who are suspected of defrauding some of the town's English residents out of their money. But what starts out...

Cameron Winter is known for having a sense about crime. His background as a spy trained his mind--and his body--for action, and his current role as an English professor gives him a sharp understanding of human nature. But beyond that, he was born with...

After her bruising encounter with the law, Angela Marchmont has vowed to give up detecting, and is doing her best to forget the events of last winter and the terrible lie she told to save herself. So when a letter arrives from beyond the...

Obsession can be deadly.When a fellow student in her glass-blowing class drops dead, Dr. Kate Chambers wants to help the police catch the killer. The victim, Eugene Rose, seemed like a nice kid with a bright future in art collecting. Eugene attended the university...

Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds, in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective--or...

When an unwelcome figure from her past turns up unexpectedly, Angela Marchmont has no idea that she is about to become the most notorious woman in Britain. Forced to reveal secrets she has kept to herself for many years and which she had thought...

Hercule Poirot is joined by the mysterious problem solver Harley Quin in the pages of The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories--a collection of ingenious short masterworks of mystery and suspense that showcase the legendary Agatha Christie at her very best.A grand treasure for...

Three little girls from school are practising their parts in 'The Mikado', when one, a young heiress, disappears. Did she run away or was she kidnapped? In the second of five short stories told by Watson in the traditional style with a touch of...

Would the assassins plotting to kill Theodore Roosevelt on his visit to the Panama Canal succeed? Until this trip, no president while in office had ever traveled abroad. White House secretary Maurice Latta, thrilled to accompany the President, could not anticipate the adventures and...

On a wet evening in eastern Prince Edward Island, two hundred well-dressed people scurrythrough the rain to board a wooden tall ship. A replica of Neo Victoria, the flagship of Magellan, the three-masted carrack has been brought to PEI to host a gala dinner...

THE CASE-BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927.Author: Conan Arthur DoyleISBN-10: 9176373886ISBN-13: 9789176373880Publisher: Wisehouse ClassicsLanguage:...

Josie Posey, a mature yet ever-feisty big city crime reporter turned crime solver, has officially retired to a small, touristy town in middle America where she and her posse of friends "unofficially" have their noses in everything. Josie loves her new life, but a weekly game of mahjong isn't enough:...

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for any bookshelf.The sixth volume of Bodies from the Library includes the usual eclectic mix of pre- and post-war stories by...

A woman uploads her DNA online, searching for her father--but the man who contacts her is Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens. From the acclaimed author of Little Sister, this endlessly twisty crime novel asks: What might a family do to protect or expose a...

Finalist for the Inaugural Sue Grafton Memorial AwardMaisie Dobbs--one of the most complex and admirable characters in contemporary fiction (Richmond Times Dispatch)--faces danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II.During the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs...

Missing twin sisters. A chilling revelation. Will this be the case that breaks the Cold Case Squad?Twenty years earlier, a set of female eighteen-year-old twins went missing in the Bay Area. There were no news reports or national coverage. The original investigators had barely...

Daniel Pitt is under pressure to prosecute a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secrets, in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at the London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt...

When a dead body is found on a golf course Det. Insp Jack Kerry refuses to believe it was an accident. When Kerry investigates the secrets of the dead person's private life, he is intrigued by the mystery of a dog's collar.Author: Melvyn Barnes,...

BARRY AWARD WINNER - Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill's Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge--and the greatness that rose to meet it. "With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on...

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all,...

Spirited female sleuth Elizabeth Fairchild is drawn into Chicago's growing jazz scene - and murder - in this compelling 1920s mystery. July, 1926. When Elizabeth Fairchild's beau, Fred Wilkins, suggests going to Chicago's Sunset Club to see Louis Armstrong, the world's best trumpeter, in...

Bill O'Jack's, Saddleworth, 1832.She bent over it. Him. Bent over him; her grandfather's body, his nose and brow beaten into his face, a soft, bloodied mess. She stepped back; saw her grandfather's shirt ripped open at the collarbone. She thought of the bright blood...

A celebration in Oxford for university tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoot, attended by DCI St. Just and his fianc馥 Portia, is a night to remember . . . for all the wrong reasons. University of Oxford tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoodt has...

Weddings bells don't mix with mourners' wails. Days before a young woman's joyful event, a vicious attack leaves nothing but a trail of blood and sorrow. Tasked with the impossible, Detective Hodgins struggles to find any motive for the brutal assault. His only clue...

Agatha Christie's debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916. Styles was Christie's...

A man hears a melody in the night and begins a dangerous quest to locate its source. Ghosts of the past haunt the present in hotels, at an office party, and on a date that takes a dark turn. And an elderly woman named...

Private Investigator Joe Parrott is at it again, but this time he reluctantly accepts help from an old friend. After helping Joe solve his sister's case, Stefan Nowak has dreams of becoming a PI just like Joe and has just acquired a PI licence....

A literary thriller and love story set during the Nicaraguan revolution, from the National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. - Now the basis for a major motion picture Set in Nicaragua in 1984, The Stars at Noon is a story of...

A Village, A Murder, A Keen-eyed Sleuth.In a quiet Dartmoor village, Dan Corrigan is a fish out of water. He's also a damned good sleuth.When a murder is committed, Dan won't stand idly by.He's determined to solve the mystery, whatever the risks. The murderer...

Private Investigator Joe Parrott is at it again, but this time he reluctantly accepts help from an old friend. After helping Joe solve his sister's case, Stefan Nowak has dreams of becoming a PI just like Joe and has just acquired a PI licence....

No one expected a murder.A hotel in Cornwall. A few days of peace and quiet by the sea. Dan Corrigan was looking forward to the change of scene.But he can't help burrowing beneath the surface of every situation, and among his fellow guests there's...

Having discovered a knack for investigation, Stefanie joins Thomas Burkhardt in Milan, Italy, on the Black Market trail of a fabulous sapphire and emerald encrusted pendant known as the Borgia Peacock, missing since it was stolen from the Milan World Expo of 1906. Undercover...

A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches--in this action-packed mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry. It is summer 1934, and Hitler is teetering on the edge of supreme power. Any small step forward...

Will the kiss of death claim Romeo and Juliet―and Sully―before opening night? When Edwina "Sully" Sullivan, a retired cop turned theater manager, learns that a production of Romeo and Juliet―which Cliffside Theater's Dimitri Traietti left town to direct―is in serious trouble, she sets aside...

Private investigator Cormoran Strike must track down a missing writer -- and a sinister killer bent on destruction -- in this "wonderfully entertaining" mystery (Harlan Coben, New York Times Book Review) that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. When novelist Owen Quine...

Henry Johnstone has retired from the police, but when he suddenly disappears his old colleague and friend, Inspector Mickey Hitchens, investigates. December, 1930. Henry Johnstone has retired from his role as detective chief inspector at London's Scotland Yard and is staying at the home...

The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five...

Synesthesia alters detective-turned-novelist Ronan Mezini's perceptions. But can it help him find the killer?Detective-turned-novelist Ronan Mezini has skewed perceptions because of a condition called synesthesia, which for him transforms sounds into colors. These visions give him unusual insights that help him solve the case....

Author: Susan Elia MacNealISBN-10: 0593600541ISBN-13: 9780593600542Publisher: Random House Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2023Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.09w x 1.10d

"What one does not tell to Papa Poirot he finds out."In Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement to solve one of the most vexing cases of his career. The quiet village of King's Abbot is still reeling...

For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, author Rick Bleiweiss's quirky new detective and ensemble cast of characters set against the backdrop of small-town England in the 1910s will feel both comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new.The year is 1910, and in...

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. It is the third novel...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with selection of new tales in the Agatha Christie tradition-this time featuring new takes on the traditional mystery. Incuded are works by: Zara Altair Anne Louise Bannon Chris Chan M.M. Chouinard Jennifer Chow Sherry Clitheroe Sharon Love Cook...

An unexpected visitor comes into Hercule Poirot's bedroom and collapses on the floor. The only clue as to what he wants is his repeating Poirot's name and address and writing the number 4, many times. When Poirot's friend Hastings jokingly calls it "The Mystery...

It's time for Bessie and her friends to consider another cold case. This time, one of Andrew's work colleagues has come over to the island to observe the cold case unit at work. He's going to be starting his own unit soon, and he...

When the body of a cowboy is discovered in London while Sherlock Holmes is incapacitated, it's up to Watson to fill his shoes. He discovers a mad genius and three beautiful women bent on killing the world's leaders and rendering all of humanity slaves...

Agatha Christie's beloved detective Hercule Poirot solves the murder of an American heiress by restaging her final journey by night train--with all of the suspects aboard. When the fabled Blue Train, the luxury overnight passenger express to the Riviera, arrives at Nice, a guard...

A fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life--with potentially fatal consequences--in this gripping standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar A magnificent...

Author: Rick MofinaISBN-10: 1648755348ISBN-13: 9781648755347Publisher: Severn River PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2015Pages: 334Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.12w x 0.85d

A rural Virginia community is torn by a battle to acquire a lakeside property. County medical examiner, Dr. Hardy, and Detective Duffer are swept into the dispute as they investigate mysterious crimes and deaths that emerge in the wake of the heated controversy. Could...