Private investigators and detectives Books

Betrayal of the CourtDeath. Theft. Marriage. It's an average day in the Other Realm.Someone keeps bludgeoning to death people in the Other realm. A couple of the murders were virtually in our back garden, so Emory has asked me to try and find the culprit...

Is this the mystery that defeats me?As a magical cat living in the enchanting town of Crimson Cove, I've always had a front-row seat to the extraordinary. But my fur's been standing on end lately with the wild happenings around here. The weather has gone...

Welcome to Candy Cane Hollow, where every day feels like Christmas!It's New Year's Eve in Candy Cane Hollow.This winter wonderland may look festive and be home to the Claus Family, but all is not as it seems. The festivities take a turn for the...

Welcome to Candy Cane Hollow, a charming town full of excitement and secrets. Join Holly as she tackles her biggest challenge yet - solving a high-profile mystery while planning her dream wedding.The arrival of Angel Albright, the superstar pop...

When a local millionaire eccentric dies, the whole of Candy Cane Hollow are crying into their mince pies. But when the Will is read, it turns out that the whole estate has been left not to the man's family, but to an elf who claims she didn't know...

★ The third book in Mona Marple's Christmas Mysteries series! ★As Christmas approaches in Candy Cane Hollow, it's time for the annual Claus Family ice fishing trip.Holly Wood (yes, that's her real name) is a ball of nerves about meeting all of Nick...

Welcome to Candy Cane Hollow, where every day feels like Christmas!Holly Wood (yes, that's her real name) is driving home for Christmas and not feeling too happy about the empty house waiting for her. When her car skids into a snow bank, she's...

West End theatre impresario Septimus Gooch is a man with many enemies, but when he's found dead in his leading lady's dressing-room the police put it down to an accident.The cast of Septimus's latest musical production at the Jollity Theatre are having...

It's fair to say that Freddy Pilkington-Soames is not having a good day. His grandmother is threatening to marry a lounge lizard, his old friend has lost her lover, a racehorse has been kidnapped, a priceless diamond has gone missing, and everybody seems...

When Douglas Westray, the son of an eminent aircraft manufacturer, is found shot dead in a locked room at a society ball, it seems obvious that it's suicide-after all, he had two failed engagements behind him, and had lost the family firm a prestigious...

When the Duke of Purbeck throws a house party to celebrate his daughter's twenty-first birthday and present her with a family heirloom, nobody expects that the weekend will end in murder. The fabled Belsingham pearls have a history steeped in blood and...

The ladies of Clerkenwell Central Hall are none too pleased at having their Temperance meetings disrupted by the rowdy Communists next door, but for Miss Olive Stapleton in particular, the uneasy coexistence proves fatal when she is found stabbed through...

When Hollywood star Dorothy Dacres plummets six floors from her hotel terrace on the night of her greatest triumph, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But her death is so very convenient to her many enemies that press-man Freddy...

It's 1929, and Ticky Maltravers is the toast of London high society, adored by everyone-or so it seems, until somebody poisons him over dinner. Now it turns out that numerous people with secrets to hide had every reason to wish him dead. But which of...

What if proving a friend's husband innocent of murder, implicates her instead?Tanya Bowe, an ex-investigative journalist, and divorcee, runs a vintage shop in the coastal town of Seacastle. When her old friend, Lexi Burlington-Smythe borrows the office...

How do you catch a killer, when you're just a kid?Now sixteen years old, Billy Wheatley has given up all thoughts of childish detective work in favor of his emerging scientific career. He lands a coveted place on a research ship studying great white...

It's a Thursday evening in 1936. Clive Staples Lewis (known to all his friends as "Jack") is hosting a gathering of that well-known literary group, The Inklings. Among the regulars are his brother Warnie, J. R. R. Tolkien, Neville Coghill, Hugo Dyson and...

'A Matrimonial Murder is one of the funniest, heartfelt mysteries of the year. Meeti Shroff-Shah's gift for social satire mixed with humor and suspense makes Radhi's investigation of elite matchmaking in Mumbai an utter delight.' Sujata Massey, author of...

When Maud McIntyre and her assistant Daisy travel to a remote Scottish castle, the last thing they expect to find is a locked room murder mystery. Can they prise open this case and catch a killer?Scotland, 1912: When Maud and Daisy travel to Clachan...

Longlisted for the McIlvanney Scottish Crime Book of the YearA mother calls for her child repeatedly in the soft summer air, her voice rising with panic. She leans over the glass balustrade, her eyes searching the dark waters of the loch. Her only child...

Cold waves surround the woman, soaking her hair before pushing her onto the black rocks at the bottom of the cliff. She should gasp for air, but she doesn't move at all... Rachel McKenzie has trust issues. That's what happens when your father...

"Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Maisie Dobbs." BookTrib'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller!' T. A. Williams'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek spy romp. Enjoy the ride!' Frances EveshamCairo. December 1917.Following a tip-off from notorious spy...

At the Cannes Film Festival - where Lina has been invited to view a film, Puccini: Lust for Life, on which an old flame of hers from the world of opera has functioned as executive producer - Bingham finds he is not entitled to an accreditation badge...

Accident? Suicide? Murder?Montreal in 1969. The glory days of Expo 67 are fading and a home-grown separatist movement, the FLQ, is ramping up its terrorist activities. An old veteran dies; an accident, say the police, but his granddaughters Kit and...

Ten Stories That Worried My Mother chronicles a 40-year literary journey that began with the publication of Winona Kent's first short tale, Tower of Power-about one night in the life of a rock and roll radio newsman-which won first prize in Flare...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!The unluckiest woman in the worldReg acquires a client with terrible luck. Reg needs all of the psychic powers that she and Starlight possess to see Vivian King's future and what catastrophic accidents...

Lady Gold Takes The Case!Join Mrs. Ginger Reed~aka Lady Gold, her adventurous sister-in-law Felicia, and her curious dog Boss, as they take these new challenging puzzles. Lady Gold Investigates Volume Two presents The Case of the...

Riches to rags. ... Marriage is wonderful. ... Divorce can be ugly. ... Chaos surrounds both ...Doreen has had enough of her estranged husband's antics, but, when he shows up dead in the garden outside her favorite Chinese food restaurant, she's...

One of the richest men in Canada is shot dead in his Toronto mansion. The police are baffled. The victim's family call on Rachel Tile, head of the school of criminology at a Toronto university, to conduct an investigation. As the dead man's ex-wife,...

Can Ellie convince the police that her best friend's death wasn't suicide?Or accidental?Can she stay alive herself now that the killer knows what Ellie knows?And can she find a career in a city that cares more for what's on the outside than on the...

Murder's never been such a drag.In vibrant south-east London, a group of grannies stand guard. Baz, Peggy, Carole, and Madge bring new meaning to the phrase 'femme fatale' - they knit, drink tea, and dole out death to keep their community safe.When a...

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 11 of the Heathcliff Lennox seriesA dazzling ball in a rooftop ballroom in one of the most prestigious mansions in the country.Dancing, music, champagne, ravishing ball gowns, priceless jewellery.....

An earth-shattering conspiracy. A cabal of ninja killers. When the oldest man in the world uncovers the truth, can his bodyguard keep him alive long enough to reveal it?Nige Davies just wants to see his grandkids. Hoping for a little extra cash, the...

Two deaths occur decades apart. Is it possible these deaths are related? What motivates a killer, who got away with murder sixty years ago, to kill again? Was it uncontrollable rage or the hope of silencing someone who fit all the puzzle pieces together...

When a colleague asks Dakota for help investigating a series of unexplained thefts, she jumps at the opportunity. What she doesn't expect is to land in a whirlwind of murder, mayhem, and a mystery that might take everything from her.Still reeling from...

Mind reader Kalli Ballas decides to go for a much-needed girls' weekend to visit her new fortune teller friend, Sunny Meadows, never imagining she's headed on a road trip to ruin...The remodel turning their joined apartments into one big house is done...

A bizarre old woman who worships the memory of her lost son. A nun with hidden secrets. A spinster housekeeper with a secret of her own.An angry young man with a troubled past. A neighbor who claims to talk to dead people at seances. Skip Valentine...

NYT bestselling author Patricia Rice presents the sixth book of the Psychic Solutions Mystery series: What happens when the solutions aren't sensible?Head of the Sensible Solutions Agency Evangeline Malcolm Carstairs doesn't have time to puzzle out why a...

A locked-room mystery at a Paris mansion. A supposed ghost haunting a French family who looted treasure from Cambodia.A reclusive thriller author writing a novel in honor of historian Jaya Jones—is it a work of fiction or a devious device to lure...

A client begs Chauncey McFadden, Los Angeles PI, to find his gay lover who has vanished. Although LAPD believes the victim is deceased based upon uncovered body parts, Chauncey agrees to investigate and contacts the paramour's former co-workers at a...

Secrets run deep in the small town of Prescott, and Sarah Berman, an intrepid city reporter, has stumbled into a culvert of horrendous secrets, vile crimes, and abhorrent antisemitism, in her old hometown.Acting on an irrepressible impulse, she travels...

Anthony Cade was only trying to do a friend favor. It was just his luck that this favor landed him smack dab in the middle of a dangerous murder investigation. First he has to try to prove he’s not the murderer and then while the French...

In Washington DC, Carol looked beautiful standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial next to Karl, her future husband. They were the consummate couple, surrounded by the rest of the '1 Law' Foundation members and several dozen friends. The day glowed...