Classic crime and mystery fiction Books

When high-powered executive Roxanne Howard dies in a pool of blood outside the Moonshine Inn, Richmond, Virginia's premier redneck bar, the victim's sister enlists Hazel Rose to ferret out the killer. At first Hazel balks at the very idea-she's a romance...

Book groups can be dangerous! Hazel Rose never dreamed the mystery book group she and Carlene Arness started would stage a real murder.Nevertheless, one night after a heated book group discussion, Carlene dies after drinking cyanide-laced tea. Despite a...

He who laughs last, laughs longest.Unless he's dead.When romance author Hazel Rose is dropped by her publisher, she sees herself  heading down a path strewn with has-been authors. While disappointed, Hazel won't give up without a fight-she...

In a seemingly peaceful suburb, Marlene's quiet life is shattered by a shocking act of violence. A knock at the door reveals a clown bearing gifts, but the twisted smile hides a deadly intent. In an instant, Marlene's world ends, leaving her adult son to...

Stepford Stacey est un petit village sans prétention, dont le plus grand atout est sa petite mais excellente école primaire anglicane. Cet établissement délicieusement désuet, composé de seulement deux classes, l'une pour les tout-petits, l'autre pour...

'Sally leapt out of bed, snagging her walking stick... "What? Who's there?" She tip-toed to peer around the curtain that served as a wall to her bedroom. Nothing appeared."Rodney! Did you hear a deafening, spine-chilling, growling screech?"Rodney bleeped...

La carta de Vanessa me dejó en estado de shock. Años después de haberla conocido en Afganistán, lo que no esperaba era recibir noticias suyas y todavía menos que, presa del pánico, nos pidiera a Sherlock Holmes y a mí que acudiéramos a la mansión en la...

A pool boy is murdered... ...a familiar device is found at City Hall. Will Gust get destroyed like Anderson? Franklin is a 40 year old detective who must investigate how the past is returning alongside his partner, Detective Stevens. Franklin looses his...

Le premier volet de The Falconer Files, la série policière villageoise incroyablement captivante d'Andrea Frazer avec une délicieuse touche d'humour. Parfait pour les fans d'Agatha Christie, de Lillian Jackson Braun et d'Inspecteur Barnaby. Dans le...

Whispers in the Ivy is a gripping mystery steeped in family secrets, curses, and the eerie pull of the past. When Sarah Bevan inherits her ancestral home, Ivy House, she uncovers more than just a decaying mansion lost to time. Hidden within its...

Een begraven klok blijkt de sleutel tot een jaren oud mysterie. John "Slim" Hardy, de uit de gratie gevallen ex-soldaat die nu privédetective is, vindt tijdens zijn vakantie die bedoeld was om te ontsnappen aan de nachtmerries van zijn vorige zaak, iets...

The Edinburgh Fringe turns deadly. As the body count rises, amateur sleuth Rose McLaren is faced with a dilemma. Should she ignore the warnings of the DCI Chatterton to keep away, or risk everything?After Trixie discovers a dead body on The Scotsman...

Murha Broadwaylla - Ellery Queenin ensimmäinen tapaus!Kun esirippu laskeutuu, newyorkilaisen teatterin katsomosta löytyy kuollut lakimies. Paikalle hälytetään rikostutkija Richard Queen, joka tuo mukanaan poikansa, kirjailija ja harrastelijasalapoliisi...

Suomalaisen dekkaripioneerin klassikkosarja Agatha Christien ja Mika Waltarin hengessä alkaa!Äveriäs Lindin pariskunta asuu leveästi merellisessä Helsingin Kaivopuistossa. Professorimiestään huomattavasti nuorempi Erna Lind vetää miesten katseet...

A chance meeting on a snowy platform, an old miser with a fortune worth killing for, and the wrong man found dead beside the fireplace.England, 1927. When Lord Edgington hears of a failed attack on an eccentric viscount, it's the perfect excuse to...

Der Titel 'Lizzie Holmes und die Kristiana-Affäre' ist der Band 12 in der Buchreihe 'Historical Diamond'. Der Autor Sven Elvestad war ein norwegischer Journalist, Schriftsteller und Übersetzer. Er wurde durch seine erstklassigen Kriminalromane bekannt...

Der Titel 'Das Rätsel von Ravensbrok: Krimi von der Waterkant' ist der Band 7 in der Buchreihe 'Historical Diamond'. Der in Berlin geborene Autor Hans Hyan verfasste vor allem Kriminalromane. Hyan war liberal und sozialkritisch eingestellt. In dieser...

Coupable ! Tel le couperet de la guillotine, le mot prononcé par le premier juré résonne dans la salle d'audience, rebondit d'un mur à l'autre tandis qu' un cri déchirant se fracasse dans le prétoire. Une longue plainte de désespoir. Nonooooooon ! Je...

Suivez les traces de l'adjudant Colin au coeur des Vosges.Résumé :Été 2019. Après dix ans d'absence, l'adjudant Capucine Colin est revenue vivre dans les Vosges, auprès de son père malade. Quand un cadavre est découvert au coeur de la forêt de Fossard,...

After Rick is exchanged for Madison's parents by their abductor, Rick warns Madison not to search for him. A stranger provides a hideout until Rick's abductor is captured. The wilderness setting of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains brings Madison...

"Give Me Death" by Isabel Briggs Myers is her follow-up novel to her phenomenally successful debut novel "Murder Yet to Come." Originally published in 1934, Give Me Death is a gripping mystery novel that delves into the psychological depths of human...

In this collection of ten stories, master of disguise and gentleman thief par excellence, Arsène Lupin never fails to dazzle, charm, and amuse while outwitting the dogged Detective Ganimard, policemen, and criminals time and time again. Although he...

"It will be interesting to watch you dealing with an impossible situation. Interesting and-I am sure, my dear boy! - instructive."The year of the trial is 1962. The defendant claims he is Michael Godson, a blameless photographer. The prosecution insists...

He did not see the blurred lights that followed him, nor the shape of the car loomed at last out of the mist. But he felt the force of the impact and an eternity of pain...Something wicked is going on at the Carcroft Works of General Aircraft Limited,...

As the chill of winter sets in, the joy of Christmas is shadowed by a series of mysteries that will test Lord and Lady Percy like never before.Alnwick, Northumberland, 1813: Lady Percy's worries about spending her first holiday season as a new countess...

Monty Pine, ex-military and ex-Metropolitan Police, finds himself in a chilling scenario. Invited to a murder mystery evening at Headingley Hall, guests are on edge knowing that a dangerous killer has escaped from a secure psychiatric hospital that very...

"I'm afraid you may have to resign yourself to the fact that your husband is getting mixed up with that gang of thugs in Whitehall again,"The phone call was interrupted!  Who could have wanted viciously to strangle kindly Dr. Martin to death...

"Miss Bell found him," said Antony. "That was about fifteen minutes after I got there. She let out a yell that brought us all running. He'd been stabbed in the back"Who had the effrontery to fatally stab James Winter, a mild and highly respectable London...

Available post-free in the UK from the publisher's website, www.lifeisamazing.co.uk.When in 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual included a story about a brilliant consulting detective written by an obscure doctor living in Southsea, Portsmouth, nobody could...

'Call Bernard! I'll see him-and you-in hell first!'It is 1947 and a sumptuous banquet at Fairfield Manor is underway to celebrate Bernard Smith-William's recovery from a serious illness. Among the guests are Bernard's childhood friend Rupert Lavering and...

Valle de los Reyes, Egipto, 1880. Un joven arqueólogo inglés está a punto de descubrir la tumba de un importante dignatario egipcio que ha permanecido intacta durante casi tres mil años. En su interior le aguardan tesoros...

Aidan brings his bright 8-year-old daughter Melangell to the retreat centre on the holy island of Lindisfarne to show her the places about which her recently-dead mother Jenny wrote books. There they meet Lucy, a Methodist minister, who is running a...

Part One of a record breaking three-volume collection, bringing together over sixty of the world's leading Sherlock Holmes authors. All the stories are traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches. This volume covers the years from 1881 to 1889, including...

Get ready for a journey to the Baskervilles - the hall shrouded in a fog of sinister mystery, and where the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. Watson encounter the most terrifying and deceitful of their opponents. Get ready to...

In the autumn of 1971, Cleveland Police Lieutenant Alex Wesner is given a case that may be no case at all, or it may be several cases tied together. Did a workman perish in a vat of molten steel, or is his disappearance part of an elaborate ruse? To find...

In the eerie stillness of a moonlit night, a ravenkeeper is brutally murdered outside the Tower of London. The only potential witness, his daughter, missing...Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field has few clues to follow but is determined to prove his...

Can you cheat death? Is retribution the right call? A no-win scenario turns ugly. What happens when everyday people find themselves in extraordinary situations?Seventeen stories set in New England, Las Vegas, the Arizona desert, a world with pixies, and...

IHRE VERGANGENHEIT WAR TOT. BIS SIE EINE NACHRICHT ERHIELT.Elisa Weber hat alles erreicht: einen liebenden Ehemann, eine erfüllende Arbeit als Reitlehrerin in einem exklusiven Münchner Club und ein Leben, von dem sie immer geträumt hat. Doch ein einziger...

THE NEW SLIM HARDY MYSTERY One autumn night in 1992, young trapeze artist Maria's circus career is cut short by a horrific fall. Later investigation reveals sabotage, but by then the ramshackle Southern Cross Circus has folded, and its garrulous ring...

"Detektei "Schubert und Wagner": Verschwunden im Schatten" - Ein fesselnder Thriller, der Sie nicht loslassen wird.Max Schubert und Sophie Wagner, zwei unkonventionelle Detektive in Berlins rauer Unterwelt, stehen vor ihrem gefährlichsten Fall. Ein...

Face Down Below the Banqueting House is book eight in the Face Down mystery series featuring Elizabethan gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth, Susanna, Lady Appleton. In 1573, Queen Elizabeth is on a royal progress in Kent and plans to visit Susanna's...

Nel tentativo di dimenticare i suoi problemi con l'alcol, John "Slim" Hardy, ex militare diventato investigatore privato, si unisce a quella che dovrebbe essere una tranquilla vacanza di pesca a Dartmouth, nel Devon meridionale. Ma quando un altro dei...