Classic crime and mystery fiction Books

In the dawn of 1891 Sherlock Holmes is locked in a deadly game of wits with the sinister Professor James Moriarty; but events will soon transpire which will question the very outcome of Reichenbach. With Holmes presumed dead, the streets of London are...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!A simple robberyBack in the saddle, Private Investigator Zachary Goldman is hired by Kenzie's father to investigate the heist of valuable memorabilia from his favorite sports bar.Kenzie did say that it was...

A HARD-DRINKING, TWO-FISTED PROTAGONIST IN THE MIDST OF A PARADE OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS-GRITTY REALISM AT ITS FINEST.After years of tracking down pedophile priests, Vatican investigator-and former cop-Father Michael Barrett snaps and beats one to...

"Warm up the apple crisp and cozy up to a detective mystery that has been 75 years in the making." -BestThrillers.comIn the simpler times of 1971, Inspector Philip Steele, recently transferred to Fredericton, takes a well-deserved holiday visiting his...

The Nutcracker ballet is filled with holiday cheer, but no one is happy, least of all lead dancer Leah Siderova. It's bad enough when Maurice Kaminsky forces her to perform upon a shaky platform, which teeters high above the stage. It's worse when the...

Trooper Jim Duncan's first day with the Criminal Investigation Division starts off with a bang when he is called to a murder scene with a badly decomposed body. After he finds an abused greyhound in the victim's garage, the simple homicide becomes more...

It’s time for the Irish Spring at the Ballantyne Foundation, and charity director/PI-in-training Elliott Lisbon kicks off the annual Pot of Gold Cook-Off in shamrock style. Twenty chefs compete for the corned beef and cabbage crown but only one can...

The Theological Odyssey of the Great DetectiveThe world of Holmes is a world of contradictions. Mysteries no author has solved... until now.What happened on that fateful day at Reichenbach Falls when Detective Sherlock Holmes met his archnemesis,...

Lawrason Hillyard produces virtually the entire output of promethium, a highly sought metal needed to fight World War II. As rich as he is hated by his enemies (including his wife), he is the perfect target for murder. And it's up to Col...

Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns with issue #14, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual column by Mrs Hudson, plus the following stories:Sleuthing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, by Jacqueline...

You cannot imagine how strenuous the life of a private detective is until you have been on a case with Johnny Liddell. In "Poisons Unknown," Liddell is offered a fat fee by a New York gangster to locate one Brother Alfred, proprietor of a cult...

When financier Emerson Drew's hired killer pushes scientist-inventor Rajek Quinton down an abandoned mineshaft, Drew and his conspirators believe that the way's clear to exploit Quinton's amazing new invention, which will make them millions. But he...

"The year was 1900, the place was London, and the night, an unusually warm one for September, began and ended with horrors. I was caught up in them almost without warning as I turned into a narrow, poorly lit, cobbled lane and instinctively slowed my...

A thrilling mystery novel that will keep you guessing until the very end. When a wealthy businessman is found dead in his locked study, his family and associates are all suspects. As the police investigate, they uncover a tangled web of secrets and lies...

A thrilling mystery novel filled with twists and turns as a young woman tries to solve the murder of her father and the disappearance of a valuable painting from their home. Set in the early 20th century, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat...

In this mystery novel, Fergus Hume tells the story of a Scottish detective who is brought in to investigate a series of mysterious thefts. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal that threatens to destroy everything he...

When a priceless diamond cross goes missing from a wealthy socialite's collection, all eyes turn to her eccentric and reclusive neighbor as the most likely culprit. But as the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing about this case is quite...

Dr. Dulcinea (Dulcie) Chambers has a lot on her mind. She's just opened a new exhibit of Winslow Homer watercolors at the Maine Museum of Art where she's the chief curator. The exhibit will be complete when the museum's director, the urbane...

Can you teach an old crook new tricks?The Booster Club has a plan, and it's about to come unraveled, big time. This ragtag bunch of former petty criminals springs art forger Adele from prison so she can make amends for her past. All the Boosters have...

Dulcie’s old boyfriend, the adventurous, fun-loving, and decidedly good-looking Brendan MacArthur, reappears with a unique gift: a very old bottle of wine, one of several that he found in a shipwreck while scuba diving in Maine’s cold...

Murdered Parents, Missing Sister, No Leads. Clara Wilson, a mere six years old, stumbled upon a scene of unspeakable horror: her parents, victims of a brutal and heinous act, their lives cruelly taken away. To compound the tragedy, her sister...

When a pair of hikers discover what they think are human remains, Ranger Dan Courtwright is skeptical. Then he sees the bones inside the hiking boot. What follows leads Dan on a tangled path through the history of his section of the Stanislaus National...

Thea kept her visions a secret her entire life.Her father warned her other people would find her knowledge of future events abnormal, leaving Thea feeling both distant from him and others.When Thea's latest vision reveals someone shooting her father, her...

Djerrie has always been told that if you treat people properly, you will be returned in kind, but in his short life, he has mostly experienced that people do not talk nicely to him, sometimes, he has even experienced bullying, even though he tries his...

In 1990, Katherine Kenny described the book as the most successful of Sayers' early fiction, coupling a slick detective plot with vivid details of post-war English life. "The book is a tightly constructed little drama based upon the old joke about an...

Ein nächtlicher Anruf - und schon steckt Gemma Rose, ihres Zeichens Besitzerin des Little Stables Tearooms, mitten in einem neuen Mordfall. Und diesmal ist ausgerechnet ihr guter Freund Seth der Hauptverdächtige! Alles an der blutigen Tat hinter den...

When a book launch party turns murderous, can he capture a killer before they escape justice?DCI Harry Grimm has a sneaking suspicion the bleak Yorkshire Dales are growing on him. Though shadows from his big-city past still loom, he's finding his place...

In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920/30s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of...

In this volume, Sherlock Holmes’s most famous case, The Hound of the Baskervilles, is retold in just twenty-six words, wherein the first word begins with A, the last with Z, and the story proceeds as the alphabet progresses. The text is...

In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of...

London, 1924: When Alfie Barrington is stabbed to death outside his club, suspicion quickly falls on his widow, the lovely Sarah - and on her former beau, Enoch Hale. The American journalist has an alibi, but he doesn't know her name and Scotland Yard...

Ok, so you have won a few Sherlock Holmes quiz prizes, but what if your life depended on your knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes stories? That's the shocking fate facing a woman who is tied to a chair - if she can't answer, she dies. As the questions get...

Doctor John Watson is visiting the village of St Andrews, Scotland, on a much-needed holiday. Still saddened by the loss of his good friend and companion, Sherlock Holmes, he seeks to put his life back in order. Believing that golf on the famous "Old...

Over the past few years, Sherlock Holmes has exploded in popularity. The character has made a huge impact on the 21st century, with multiple interpretations gaining a growing audience of new Sherlockians. But many fans of Sherlock and Elementary know...

The Lufton Lady reveals an episode from the early career of Sherlock Holmes an incident that proves the great detective had a heart as well as a brain. The story is told mostly in excerpts from the journal of an aristocrat who finds himself caught up in...

A college is in crisis and four days of golden autumn will end with the shock of crimson.In the early morning of October 25, 1988, a student jogging the placid campus of Vermeulen College, the prominent Catholic institution in Hampton, Indiana, discovers...

A FAST-PACED MYSTERY SET IN OLD HOLLYWOOD-WITH TWISTS AND TURNS THAT NEVER END.It's the 1920's, and Lucas Hallam is something of a legend: a Texas Ranger turned Pinkerton agent turned Hollywood P.I. So, when the occasion arises, Hallam saddles up and...

When Hollywood comes to small-town Connecticut, it should be the stuff of dreams-but when a fading movie star ends up dead, a whole different kind of stuff hits the fan.  Unity Historical Society head and antique household items-stuff!-expert...

Parker City, 1984...   Three years after the Spring Strangler case rocked the historic Western Maryland city nestled at the foot of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, life has returned to normal for Detective Ben Winters and...

North Country Detective is the life story of George Tallent, an Alaska Native, man who becomes an Alaska State Trooper and his best friend, Rick Albert a man born on the same day who moves from the East Coast to spend his life on nation's northern...

How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in front of witnesses, they were placed in a locked cabinet. Under guard, the cabinet with the diamonds was loaded into an armored car and...

A mysterious murder faces border patrol agent Tracker Dodds as he assumes control of the first Prisoner of War camp in the United States under a mandate from the Department of Justice. It’s a hot summer day in 1942 when he enters Fort Stanton and...