Classic crime and mystery fiction Books

Can it be true? Is Octavius Bear actually accused of murder? When Professor Hercules Ovibos, an extortionate fraud pursuing a law suit against Octavius, is found floating in the Detroit River, evidence brought forward by the Professor’s lawyers...

"A psychological account of a crime"--that's how Fyodor Dostoyevsky described his novel Crime and Punishment, which tells of two horrific axe murders in St. Petersburg.  It becomes much more than a mere “account,”...

More exploits of super sleuth Octavius Bear and his cohorts. Just for fun, this series swaps anthropomorphic animals for humans in a world very similar to our own 21st century Earth minus Homo Sapiens. Are there other alternate universes? Could be! Never...

1906. HMS Dreadnaught, Britain's latest Battleship lies in her moorings in a Portsmouth dockyard awaiting her Sea Trials. Her design and armament renders the current warships of other Nations obsolete. Secret items of novel yet vital radio detection...

Five years after Jenny Winston vanishes the night of the infamous Roswell UFO crash, Holmes and Watson must solve the mystery of the young woman’s disappearance. Immediately they find themselves in a web of Cold War intrigue, stolen secrets, double...

It is summer 1890 and the game is afoot. When an elephant escapes from the London Zoological Gardens, Holmes and Watson become embroiled in one of their strangest cases yet. Engaged by a jeweller in fear for his life, the trail leads Sherlock to two...

Mandarin Chinese Version - A collection of short stories and poems in support of The Undershaw Preservation Trust. Including contributions from Mark Gatiss, Stephen Fry, Douglas Wilmer and many more.

When popular mystery writer Sebastian McCabe agreed to take part in a literary debate in London, he had no clue that he would wind up as both investigator and suspect in the strangest case of his amateur sleuthing career.Arthur James Phillimore,...

In 1903 zag 'Het lege huis' het licht. In dit verhaal keert Sherlock Holmes terug naar Baker Street 221B en legt aan zijn trouwe vriend, Dokter John Watson, uit hoe hij zijn dood bij de Reichenbach waterval in scène heeft gezet. In 2012 kwam het misdrijf...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1903: Die Geschichte 'Das leere Haus' erscheint und erzählt, wie Sherlock Holmes in die Baker Street 221b zurückkehrt und seinem treuen Freund Dr. John Watson schildert, wie er zuvor am Reichenbachfall seinen Tod vorgetäuscht hatte...

In 'Sherlock Holmes and The Dead Boer at Scotney Castle' the great consulting detective comes up against the rich and powerful Kipling League. Dr Watson recounts the extraordinary events which took place on a spacious early summer day in the Sussex and...

Professor Ada Logan is wrestling with her new role as a mother. Exhausted, flooded with postpartum hormones, and under pressure from her University, Ada is forced to admit that her first months of motherhood aren't going well. Ada's husband promises her...

The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as The Young Adventurers. They are hired for a job that take them to many dangerous situations,...

Winner of 2021 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal in Crime Fiction. No Good Deed Goes UnpunishedThe war in Vietnam didn't kill Peter O'Keefe. Neither did his run-in with ruthless crime boss "Mr. Canada" in the Arizona desert. But chasing after justice in...

Romney Pringle, poor literary agent and avid cyclist, is in truth a conman of the highest caliber. The complete twelve stories are included in this volume. This criminal rogue is a well-deserved member of "Queen's Quorum" of influential and important...

There were several notable women detectives in 19th century popular literature, such as Baroness Orczy's Lady Molly and George R. Sims' Dorcas Dene, but Richard Marsh's Judith Lee is unique and amongst the best.Her stories are forgotten classics of...

In writing the following story, the author has had in view no purpose other than that of affording entertainment to such readers as are interested in problems of crime and their solutions; and the story itself differs in no respect from others of its...

Leaving Tallahassee, Florida, and her dead-end job as a reporter behind her, journalist Mari Ross travels to Roan Mountain in upper East Tennessee to take a Writers Residency. At her side is Rambo, the white German Shepherd she rescued. Together they...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 30 original tales set around the world! Included are:The Barrister's Clerk, by Michael RobertsonThe Belle Hope, by Peter DiChellisArroyo, by...

In Castlebay, North Wales, Dick Merrill is on trial, accused of murdering his wife by administering a lethal dose of arsenic. Merrill, good-looking and attractive, is fatally in love with Margot Stone, who's herself already married. Philip Vane, a lawyer...

This gripping mystery novel follows the investigation into the death of a wealthy man and the search for his missing will. Set in the 1920s, the book is full of intrigue and suspense, and will keep readers guessing until the very end.This work has been...

Unravel the mystery at Beechey Grange in this thrilling novel by Henry Cadwallader Adams. Follow the intrepid detective as he uncovers a web of deceit and murder in this gripping tale. The Mystery of Beechey Grange is a must-read for fans of classic...

Dans ce livre, Maurice Leblanc présente les aventures d'Arsène Lupin, le célèbre cambrioleur gentleman. Le livre est rempli de mystères, de rebondissements et d'intrigues, ainsi que de l'humour et de la sophistication qui ont fait la renommée de Lupin...

When a guest goes missing at an isolated Gothic mansion, bang in the middle of a glamorous birthday party, the MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB abandon their champagne flutes and start searching.What begins as a fun game of hide-and-seek quickly turns into a...

“Find Me!”Those are the words on the note crumpled in Laney Donohue’s disabled sister’s hand. All Laney knows is that the young nurse aid who wrote them was taken by a man, and no one stopped him. Laney owes this young woman. She...

Des papiers d'identité sont découverts au pied de la cascade de Chorsin au fond de la forêt. Ils appartiennent à un retraité de Chalmazel.Sa maison est vide, sa voiture n'est plus là, son téléphone est coupé.Au fil du temps certains de ses vêtements et...

Drame causé par de la timidité, de la jalousie et, peut- être, d'autres raisons...qui se passe dans une région rurale, à la fin d'un conflit.

L'inspecteur Charles fait la découverte d'un corps enterré.Sophie commence une nouvelle vie.Jean donne des cours d'histoire du cinéma à l'université.Trois personnes, trois destins vont se retrouver liés et entraînés dans une spirale infernale vers un...

Nous sommes en 1965. Six jeunes gens partent en virée avec une Ford Vedette des années 50 prêtée par le père du conducteur. Ils garent le véhicule sur la place du marché à Montbéliard, et se séparent pour draguer un peu.De retour à la voiture une heure...

Time and luck seem to be running out for The Purple Heart Detective Agency. Violence has a toll. Running afoul of the law has its limits.But for Clayton Grace, there is a woman involved-- the one who got away. His first love, Linda, the woman who chose...

In the summer of 1896, amateur sleuth Emily Cabot meets two young Chinese women who have recently received medical degrees. She is inspired to make an important decision about her own life when she learns about the difficult choices they have made in...

Three college students enjoy a fun resort vacation in Mexico...until one of them disappears.As a frantic search for missing student Avery Jennings begins, everyone is hiding something-Avery's family and friends, the resort's staff, and its wealthy guests...

G. K. Chesterton's celebrity priest-detective returns in The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), the third of five collections of short stories featuring Father Brown. The book begins with reports of Father Brown's death in "The Resurrection of Father...

How would you solve your own kidnapping? And what if the reason behind it was even stranger than you could imagine?When detective Scott Drayco is abducted and given a mysterious puzzle to solve, his predicament is bizarre enough. But after he's released...

Un autore scomparso e un sonnolento villaggio inglese pieno di segreti . . .  Settembre 1923. Nonostante abbia chiuso il suo primo caso, la detective dell'alta società Olive Belgrave non ha ancora trovato un nuovo cliente. Ha accettato...

LARGE PRINT EDITIONAn opulent London townhouse, a mummy curse . . .  . . . and a plucky lady detective. It’s October, 1923, and Olive Belgrave has a new case. Her client, Lady Agnes doesn’t believe in curses, and she hires Olive to...

Ben Friedlander hopes to start an urban farm on some trash-strewn acres in the Port City, but he is facing many problems. The mayor refuses to convince the city council to provide funding for the project. and Jack D'Angelo, powerful slum lord and drug...

LARGE PRINT EDITIONA missing author and a sleepy English village rife with secrets . . .September, 1923. Despite closing her first case, high society lady detective Olive Belgrave hasn’t found a new client. She’s taken a job as a hat model to...

Life is good for Dash Hammond. He's recently remarried his childhood sweetheart, Dr. Maevis Summers, and together they're raising his four-year-old son, T.J. A retired Army colonel, Dash keeps himself busy fixing everything from a leaky faucet to an...

Things are eerily quiet at Gemma's quaint English tearoom and she can't understand why - until she learns about the trendy new "tea bar" that's opened on the other side of the village. To her horror, she soon finds her customers being stolen and her...

Summer has arrived at Hollyhock Cottage and romance is in the air. The roses are about to bloom, the garden nursery is filled with fragrance and colour-and Poppy is going on her first proper "date" in a long time. Despite her qualms about mixing business...

It's 1991 and Ranling Manor, set among the wild and watery Norfolk Broads, has been home to the Gyllam-Spence family for generations. Open to the public and family-run, its valuable art collection is decaying and conservators Hannah and Nathan arrive to...

Fourteen years after the murder of his detective sergeant father, Brian Blake graduates from university and follows in his father's footsteps.No3 District Police Training Centre, Pannal Ash, Harrogate. He knew the work would be hard. What he didn't...

Cryptic clues beyond the newspaper crossword. Old cases that were pushed aside for all the wrong reasons. Will Macleod and McGrath prevail as the Avenging Angel seeks out larger conspiracies?Angry at the escape of the serial killers they pursued across...

"A dead man in my car? But how can that be? Do you mean somebody-er-that was taken ill or something?""No, sir. The dead man in your car was murdered."When Richard Langley entered the town of Angel, he encountered the unexpected. He never expected to meet...

Less than an hour later, the nude body of the dead man lay in the outhouse which did duty at St. Mead as the official mortuary.Anthony Bathurst is taking the sea-air at the village of St Mead, when the local constabulary drag him into the investigation...

The first of these, “The Case of the Russian Bear”, involves the British Government, as represented by Mycroft Holmes. The circumstances surrounding it are mentioned in “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”, where Holmes...