Classic crime and mystery fiction

Book Synopsis'A master magician ... King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie

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Book Synopsis'A master magician . . . King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie

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Book Synopsis'A master magician ... the King of the Art of Misdirection' Agatha Christie

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Book Synopsis'Donald MacKenzie is a born storyteller' Guardian

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Book SynopsisTwo incidents involving a Peeping Tom are reported from the Swim and Tan Motel to the detective agency belonging to Donald Lam and Bertha Cool. Bertha, meanwhile, has warned Donald to steer clear of the dangerous jobs and stick to aiding solid, sane citizens like Montrose L. Carson. And all Carson wants is the name of the informer in his office who is passing on confidential material to a business rival, Herbert Dowling.But when Dowling is murdered at the Swim and Tan Motel, it looks as though Bertha has picked the wrong client, and Donald the right girl when he chooses a lively bait to catch the Peeping Tom ... and the murderer.

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Book Synopsis'The bestselling author of the century ... a master storyteller' New York Times

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Book SynopsisLawyer-detective Arthur Crook always believes his clients are innocent... despite the evidence to the contrary.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewUnquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *

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Book SynopsisThe most unlikely person is plunged into danger - but the police don't believe her. After all, she's not the kind of woman these things happen to... not murder, surely...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewIf there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *

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Book SynopsisIn the darkness of World War Two, a murderer strikes... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewAnthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *

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Book SynopsisHow do you catch a killer when the murder goes unnoticed?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubThe victim was certainly deserving of death, but not the hard, cruel death he found. No one deserved that . . .At first, the killer goes unsuspected. Someone else would pay the price for the crime - an innocent woman would pay and the murderer was willing to arrange other, more ''accidental'' deaths to ensure it . . . until solicitor-detective Arthur Crook steps in. In one of his most baffling cases, Crook only has two guiding principles: his client is always innocent and, come hell or high water, he always gets his man.Trade ReviewNo author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *

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Book SynopsisMurder, politics and Nazi sympathisers - Arthur Crook has his detection skills pushed to the limit...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewIf there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *

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Book SynopsisSome men are born to be murderedClassic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubLewis Bishop was born to be murdered - the perfect victim, a man whom many had every reason to hate and fear. When he is suddenly shot dead one night he leaves behind him only unpleasant memories, a flood of relief, and a pretty puzzle for the police - and a case for the irrepressible detective Arthur Crook . . .Trade ReviewNo author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *

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Book SynopsisA chilling day of murder in the midst of post-World War II austerityClassic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewUnquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *

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Book SynopsisA seemingly-innocent advert; a missing widow. And it's the detective who's in the most danger...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewIf there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *

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Book SynopsisThe victims were predictable - the murderer was not...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubTrade ReviewAnthony Gilbert's novels show the unsensational type of detective story at its best * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Fast, light, likeable * NEW YORK TIMES *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *

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Book SynopsisWhen an accident begins to look like murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubOn a quiet country station, Detective Arthur Crook, waiting for the train to London, witnessed a near-fatal accident. Despite the arm of her companion, Miss Imogen Garland slipped and almost fell under the train. No harm was done, and Arthur Crook might not have thought anything more about it had not a newspaper item a few weeks later caught his eye. Miss Garland had once again been involved in an accident, this time fatal. Only it was not Miss Garland who had died . . .Trade ReviewAnthony Gilbert's novels show the unsensational type of detective story at its best * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Ingenious plot leavened with sly humour * EVENING NEWS *Anthony Gilbert shared with other successful crime writers a combination of writing talent and clever plotting skills necessary to make it in detective fiction's Golden Age ... Along with Agatha Christie [he] had a talent to deceive * mysteryfile.com *No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant * SUNDAY EXPRESS *If there is one author whose books need to be widely available, it is Gilbert * Inkquilletc.blogspot *Unquestionably a most intelligent author. Gifts of ingenuity, style and character drawing * SUNDAY TIMES *Fast, light, likeable * NEW YORK TIMES *The plot is knife-edge tension all the way * BELFAST TELEGRAPH *

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Book Synopsis'The great entertainer of our age and a mesmerizing storyteller' Stephen King

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Book SynopsisAn inheritance comes with its own sinister dangers... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewTrade ReviewFor devotees of murder in marshy English by-ways, a suspenseful account of leeches moving in on a fortune * N J MORNING TELEGRAPH *The Fortune Hunters transports the reader to a fog shrouded English village with a Roman ruin and a falling castle...Annette Sheldon is one of those rash English girls with a lot of money and unsuitable suitors, plus a tall house full of secrets right next door to her redecorated cottage * FORT WORTH STAR *Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others * NEW YORK TIMES *

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Book SynopsisA sentence of death...and a journey into the unknown'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book ReviewTrade ReviewExcellent characterisation, especially of the likeable heroine narrator * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Unusual, enthralling, full of wry fun * SUNDAY TIMES *A fast, lively story that builds to a fiery denouement * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others * NEW YORK TIMES *

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Book Synopsis'An author with a flair for terror' The New Yorker.

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Book SynopsisOne-way ticket to death . . .? 'Hughes is the master we keep turning to' Sara ParetskyTrade ReviewHughes is the master we keep turning to -- Sara ParetskyIf you wake up screaming with terror don't say we didn't warn you * NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS *Every sentence is suffused with dread * LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS *Cornell Woolrich meets Agatha Christie in this taut, grim reissue * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review *Beautifully told * NEW YORKER *Superbly done * WASHINGTON POST *An author with a flair for terror * NEW YORKER *The perfect in-flight read * KIRKUS *Hughes didn't just pre-date Jim Thompson, she also pre-dated Patricia Highsmith, Ruth Rendell, and other so-called Masters of Psychological Suspense or Noir. And her writing style stands up to the test of time * Bookslut *

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Book SynopsisThe eleventh title in Craig Johnson's bestselling Longmire series - now a hit TV drama

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