Classic crime and mystery fiction
HarperCollins Den of Iniquity
Book Synopsis
£27.29
HarperCollins Marble Hall Murders
£26.40
Penguin Putnam Inc The Overnight Kidnapper 23 Inspector Montalbano
Book Synopsis“[Camilleri’s mysteries] offer quirky characters, crisp dialogue, bright storytelling—and Salvo Montalbano... a delightful creation, an honest man on Sicily's mean streets.” —USA Today The day gets off to a bad start for Montalbano: while trying to break up a fight on Marinella beach, he hits the wrong man and is stopped by the Carabinieri. When he finally gets to the office, the inspector learns about a strange abduction: a woman was abducted, drugged, and then released unharmed only hours later. Within a few days, the same thing happens again. Both women are thirty years old and work in a bank. Montalbano also has to deal with an arson case. A shop has burned down, and its owner, Marcello Di Carlo, seems to have vanished into thin air. At first this seems like a trivial case, but a third abduction—yet again of a girl who works in a bank—and the discovery of a body bring up new questions.
£12.89
Penguin Putnam Inc This Poison Will Remain 7 Commissaire Adamsberg
Book SynopsisCommissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage in Nimes, all killed by the venom of the recluse spider, in the new novel by the #1 bestselling French crime writer“A wildly imaginative series.”—The New York Times“Adamsberg is a terrific creation and his team of misfits a joy to watch in action.”—Peter Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Banks seriesA murder in Paris brings Commissaire Adamsberg out of the Icelandic mists of his previous investigation and unexpectedly into the region of Nîmes, where three old men have died of spider bites. The recluse has a sneaky attack, but is that enough to explain the deaths of these men, all killed by the same venom? At the National Museum of Natural History, Adamsberg meets a pensioner who tells him that two of the three octogenarians have known each ot
£14.40
Penguin Random House Delhi Disco
Book SynopsisThe way to Sameeraâs heart is through her club â and its smooth launch â but as luck would have it, the road to Kapitalâs launch is marred with bizarre incidents.
£11.19
Random House USA Inc Dark Tide Rising A William Monk Novel 24
Book SynopsisWhen a ransom exchange turns deadly in this thrilling mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry, Commander William Monk faces an unthinkable possibility: betrayal by his own men. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “Riveting . . . one of the series’ more powerful recent entries.”—Publishers Weekly When kidnappers choose a broken-down waterside slum as the site of a ransom exchange for the wife of wealthy real estate developer Harry Exeter, the Thames River Police and Commander William Monk shadow Harry to the spot to ensure that no harm comes to him or his captive wife. But on arrival, Monk and five of his best men are attacked from all sides. Certain that one of his colleagues has betrayed him, Monk delves into each of their pasts, one of which hides a dreadful secret. Soon facing a series of deadly obstructions, Monk must choose between his own saf
£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Payback
Book SynopsisIn her latest thrilling adventure, PI Sunny Randall takes on two serpentine cases that converge into one deadly mystery.PI Sunny Randall has often relied on the help of her best friend Spike in times of need. When Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, Sunny has a chance to return the favor. She begins digging into the life of the hedge fund manager who screwed Spike over - surely a guy that smarmy has a skeleton or two in his closet - and soon finds this new enemy may have the backing of even badder criminals. At the same time, Sunny's cop contact Lee Farrell asks her to intervene with his niece, a college student who reported being the victim of a crime but seems to know more than she's telling police. As the uncooperative young woman becomes outright hostile, Sunny runs up against a wall that she's only more determined to scale. Then, what appear to be two disparate cases are united by a common factor, and the picture bec
£10.99
Random House USA Inc A Darker Reality
Book SynopsisA personal trip turns perilous for Elena Standish after the murder of a British spy forces her to face dark family secrets in this exciting 1930s mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry.“An absorbing and calculating thriller/mystery that grabs the reader from the first page.”—Great Mysteries and ThrillersOn her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother’s wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena’s grandparents are marking a milestone anniversary by throwing an elaborate party with the influential friends of her grandfather, a prominent political industrialist. Even President and First Lady Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are there, and Elena takes pride in capturing the illustrious guests on camera. But the festivities come to a sudden and tragic end when one of the guests, Lila Worth, is run over by a car in the driveway outside. Elena believes Lila was try
£15.30
Random House USA Inc A Killer in the Family
Book SynopsisA 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 serial killer in its midst?When the police found the first body, left on a bonfire in the forest, they worried it had the hallmarks of a serial killer.Now, as they find the second, they know for sure.Panic about the “Bonfire Killer” quickly spreads through the sedate suburban area of Southampton. Women are urged not to travel alone at night, and constant vigilance is encouraged among the local residents. But single mom Aisling Cooley has a lot to distract her: two beloved teenage sons and a quest to find her long-lost father, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a teenager.After much debate, she decides to upload her DNA to an ancestry website. When sh
£15.30
Random House USA Inc Rhode Island Red
Book SynopsisA New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year • The first book in the Nanette Hayes Mystery series introduces us to jazz-loving, street busker Nanette, whose love life leads her into some very hot water. Nan's day is not off to a good start. Her on-again, off-again relationship with Walter is off...again, and when she offers a fellow busker a place to stay for the night he ends up murdered on her kitchen floor. To make matters worse, the busker turns out to have been an undercover cop. And his former partner has taken an immediate and extreme dislike to Nan. When she finds that the dead man stashed a wad of cash in her apartment, cash that could go to help his blind girlfriend, Nan's desire to do the right thing lands her in trouble.Soon she's on the hunt for a legendary saxophone worth its weight in gold. But there are plenty of people who would kill for the priceless instrument, and Nan's new beau just might be one of them.
£11.39
Random House USA Inc Bryant May London Bridge Is Falling Down
Book Synopsis
£23.19
Random House USA Inc Three Debts Paid
Book Synopsis
£15.30
Random House Publishing Group The Fourth Enemy
Book Synopsis
£15.30
Penguin Random House LLC The Traitor Among Us
Book Synopsis
£12.41
Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Revenge Tour
Book Synopsis
£8.74
Random House USA Inc The Sweet Remnants of Summer
Book SynopsisThe latest Isabel Dalhousie novel finds our favorite moral philosopher is caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry.When Isabel is invited to serve on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, her husband, Jamie, expresses concern about the demands on her time. Never one to duck an obligation, however, Isabel says she’d be happy to join. There she meets a woman named Laura, whose husband—a prominent wine merchant from an illustrious family—and son are at odds. Laura asks whether Isabel might arbitrate between them. Isabel is reluctant to intervene in a familial drama but, always one for practical and courteous solutions to theoretical problems, she feels obligated to help. Will the demands on her moral attention never cease? Meanwhile, having criticized Isabel for getting involved in the affairs of others, Jamie does prec
£14.45
Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Broken Trust
Book SynopsisSpenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica.Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him on of the world’s richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain’s beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband’s closet. Though Crain is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned—he has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and prone to violent outbursts. This is the opposite of the man she knew, and not only does his behavior put their marriage at risk, but also a lucrative company merger that would be life-changing for the Crains, their business partner, and everyone associated. Laura wants Spenser to find out what ha
£23.20
Random House USA Inc Princess Elizabeths Spy
Book SynopsisSusan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched to go undercover at Windsor Castle, where she will tutor the young Princess Elizabeth in math. Yet castle life quickly proves more dangerous—and deadly—than Maggie ever expected. The upstairs-downstairs world at Windsor is thrown into disar
£9.99
Random House USA Inc The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Book Synopsis
£10.80
Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B. Parkers Hot Property
Book SynopsisSpenser investigates a case that hits dangerously close to home in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker?s beloved series.Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita?s always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she?s an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser?s circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected.Both a pit bull in the courtroom and provocateur outside it, Rita is no stranger to controversy. But as one of the city?s toughest lawyers, Spenser knows that there?s no short list of suspects who might want to enact revenge. With Rita?s life hanging in the balance, it?s up to him to get to the bottom of things, even if it means unearthing some unsavory secrets that might just lead him into an age-old game of lies and deceit.
£19.65
Penguin Publishing Group Death at the White Hart
£24.00
Random House USA Inc Sherlock Holmes Everymans Library Childrens
Book SynopsisA collection of the stories in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the most famous amateur detective of all time. Includes such favorites as “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” and “The Adventure of the Dancing Men.”
£15.38
CamCat Publishing, LLC Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys
Book Synopsis
£22.75
CamCat Publishing, LLC Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys
Book Synopsis
£17.05
Random House USA Inc A Distant View of Everything
Book Synopsis
£13.50
Random House USA Inc The Quiet Side of Passion
Book Synopsis
£14.36
Academy Chicago Publishers Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1910, this title features a female detective who was precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn.
£13.46
Islandport Press Stealing History
Book Synopsis
£13.50
Random House USA Inc Bryant May Wild Chamber A Peculiar Crimes Unit
Book Synopsis
£21.60
Penguin Putnam Inc Robert B Parkers Old Black Magic 47 Spenser
Book Synopsis
£10.99
Minotaur Books,US Hatchet Island
Book SynopsisThe eerie, windswept Hatchet Island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in this thriller from bestselling author Paul Doiron.A call for help from a former colleague leads Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch and his girlfriend Stacey Stevens on a sea kayaking trip to a research station far off the coast. Stacey spent summers interning on the island, a sanctuary for endangered seabirds, and they are shocked by the atmosphere of tension they encounter when they come ashore. The biologists are being threatened and stalked by a mysterious boatman who they suspect is trespassing on the refuge late at night. And now the sanctuary's enigmatic founder, whose mind has been slowly unraveling, has gone missing.Camped on an islet for the night, Mike and Stacey waken to the sound of a gunshot. When they return to the refuge at dawn, their darkest fears are confirmed: two of the three researchers have been brutally m
£14.24
St. Martin's Publishing Group Dog Day Afternoon
Book Synopsis
£23.52
St. Martin's Publishing Group The More the Terrier
Book Synopsis
£17.68
St. Martin's Publishing Group Death and Glory
£16.15
St. Martins Press-3PL Season of Death
£22.40
MacMillan Audio The More the Terrier
Book Synopsis
£29.99
MacMillan Audio The Grey Wolf
Book Synopsis
£26.18
St. Martin's Publishing Group Skin and Bones
Book Synopsis
£23.25
MacMillan Audio Dogged Pursuit
£29.99
Minotaur Books,US Under Lock Skeleton Key
Book SynopsisWildly entertaining. The New York Times Book ReviewA Lefty Nominee for Best Mystery NovelKnown for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted.An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases.After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj's career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home in California to comfort herself with her grandfather's Indian home-cooked meals. Though she resists, every day brings her closer to the inevitable: working for her father's company. Secret Staircase Construction specializes in bringing the magic of childhood to all by transforming clients' homes with sliding bookcases, intricate locks, backya
£9.49
St. Martin's Publishing Group Agony Hill
Book Synopsis
£18.34
St. Martin's Publishing Group Flop Dead Gorgeous
Book Synopsis
£16.91
Minotaur Books,US Dead Mans Wake
Book SynopsisGame Warden Mike Bowditch''s engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake. When they arrive at the scene, their spotlight reveals a gruesome sight: a severed arm floating just beneath the surface. As day breaks, the warden dive team recovers not one but two naked corpses: a dismembered man and the married woman with whom he was having an affair. Mike begins to suspect the swimmers'' deaths were not a senseless accident but a coldly calculated murder.Meanwhile, the hunt is on for the mysterious boater. Suspects abound on the lake, nicknamed Golden Pond, including the violent biker husband of the murdered woman who may have taken vengeance on his wife and her paramour; a strange woman who c
£15.19
Minotaur Books,US Pitch Dark
Book SynopsisGame Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods in this nail-biter of a thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron, Pitch Dark.Legendary bush pilot Josie Jonson can't believe her luck when a skilled builder just happens to show up after she purchases land near Prentiss Pond. All Mark Redmond asks in return for building Josie's dream cabin is that he be left alone to homeschool his 12-year-old daughter, Cady.For Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch, the intensity of Redmond''s secretiveness is troubling, especially in light of suspicious criminal activity being reported around the area?including rumors of an armed man offering large sums of money in exchange for the location of Redmond and Cady. Josie, though hesitant to violate the trust of her prized builder, eventually agrees to fly Mike and his father-in-law Charley Stevens to the secluded pond in an attempt to protect Redmond an
£22.49
Minotaur Books,US The King Arthur Case
Book SynopsisAnother tense puzzle from Bannalec, with the Breton landscape once more the star of the show. Kirkus ReviewsMysterious, ingenious, and suspenseful: Dupin''s seventh case takes him and his team into the very heart of Brittany in The King Arthur Case.The forest of Broceliande, with its picturesque lakes and castles, is the last remnant of the fairy kingdom, if Breton lore is to be believed. Innumerable legends spanning thousands of years are set here, including the tale of King Arthur and his Round Table.It seems to be an appropriate destination for Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team to take a late summer field trip. But when the body of a scholar turns up, in the days leading up to an annual conference on the latest developments in Arthurian research, Dupin is called upon to investigate the brutal murder case. Before too long, the body count grows. What new knowledge did the victims and their colleagues have about this fabled w
£14.24
St. Martin's Publishing Group A Midnight Puzzle
Book SynopsisIn heroine Tempest Raj, modern-day queen of the locked room mystery Gigi Pandian has created a brilliant homage to the greats of classic detective fiction.
£14.39
St. Martin's Publishing Group TROUBLE IN QUEENSTOWN
Book Synopsis
£18.34
St. Martin's Publishing Group Trouble in Queenstown
£15.30
