Classic crime and mystery fiction

When Roger Rorch, the talented chairman of the London-based advertising agency RTB, supposedly commits suicide, banker and detective Mark Treasure is certain that all is not as it seems.

King Charles Island, a sleepy British colony in the West Indies, comes suddenly awake after the terrible murder of its most influential citizen.

Catching the killer is just the beginning in the outstandingly dark debut, What You Don't Know, from rising grip-lit star, JoAnn Chaney.

'A murder so baffling it might even have stumped Agatha Christie's Miss Marple' Philadelphia Inquirer______________________________A WHITE CHRISTMASDeepening snow has isolated the village of Byford from the outside world, but as the locals settle down for the festive period, the peace is suddenly destroyed with news of a violent crime at the vicarage.

From the international bestselling author, Hans Olav Lahlum, comes Chameleon People, the fourth murder mystery in the K2 and Patricia series.

Treachery on Okaloosa Island is the sequel to Death Doesnt Vacation on Okaloosa Island where it picks up at the trial of Launie Sanderson.

A short thriller and a comic crime novel by the author of The Strange Case of Dr.

I loved writing murder mysteries, until I was thrust into the centre of one .

The Agatha Award-winning author's "e;charming heroines"e; return as a cookbook writer is entangled in a mysterious death (Kirkus Reviews).

A man infiltrates a tycoon's castle to find out who pushed his sister down a flight of stairs in this "e;enjoyable Gothic mystery that keeps you guessing"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

A suspenseful tale of murder and mystery in a dysfunctional British family: "e;Babson is as easy to read as ever"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

This mystery "e;immerses the reader in English village life [with] a cast of delightful characters, including cats"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A rescued cat is a clue to a killer's identity in this cozy mystery by an "e;utterly entertaining"e; Agatha Award-winning author (Booklist).

A boy commits a catnapping-and becomes a witness to murder in the process-in this "e;suspenseful psychological thriller [with] a tight plot"e; (Publishers Weekly).

Agatha Award-Winning Author: When a book critic dies in an English village, a mystery-writing sleuth smells a rat.

Can this housecat prevent a homicide?

"e;A top-notch thriller .

The "e;consistently witty"e; Agatha Award-winning author presents a tale of murder in a country mansion (Mystery News).

A millionaire's cat may be the key to a murder mystery in this delightful novel from an Agatha Award-winning author.

This whimsical mystery starring an actor who takes a fall and wakes up as a feline is "e;quite simply, the cat's meow"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A pigeon in the sky with diamonds pulls an ordinary woman into a perilous mystery, in this novel by an Agatha Award-winning author.

A dentist's office becomes a crime scene: "e;Uproarious .

A troupe of travelers in London may harbor a killer in this novel from an Agatha Award-winning author praised for her "e;wit and whimsy"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

A "e;suspenseful"e; mystery starring two publicists-and a whole lot of cats-from the Agatha Award-winning author of Cover-Up Story (Publishers Weekly).

A must-have collection of British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "e;most ingenious"e; author (The New Yorker).

A set of perfectly puzzling British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "e;most ingenious"e; author (The New Yorker).

A set of compelling British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "e;most ingenious"e; author (The New Yorker).

A set of intriguing British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "e;most ingenious"e; author (The New Yorker).

A trio of sharp-witted British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan-from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and "e;a most ingenious"e; author (The New Yorker).

The third trio of mysteries in the "e;beautifully crafted,"e; Silver Dagger Award-winning police procedural series set in Kent, England (TheWashington Post).

The second trio of mysteries in the "e;beautifully crafted,"e; Silver Dagger Award-winning police procedural series set in Kent, England (The Washington Post).

The first three mysteries in the "e;beautifully crafted,"e; Silver Dagger Award-winning police procedural series set in Kent, England (The Washington Post).

Return to the origins of the Victorian-era sleuthing couple with the first three mysteries in the "e;unfailingly rewarding"e; New York Times-bestselling series (The New York Times Book Review).

A British detective must find the killer of a much-despised villager in this mystery from "e;a modern-day version of Agatha Christie"e; (Booklist).

Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger: A troubled woman returns to her peaceful English village after twenty years-and is murdered within twenty-four hours.

A mystery about a missing girl and a secretive church in a small English village from an author known for "e;character and psychological insight"e; (The Washington Post).

A doctor's apparent suicide sets off alarm bells for Detective Inspector Thanet, "e;a shrewd yet compassionate observer of aberrant human behavior"e; (The New York Times).

There's no shortage of suspects when a body turns up in a charming English village in this mystery starring mild-mannered Detective Inspector Thanet.

A compelling British police procedural starring the mild-mannered Detective Inspector Thanet from "e;a modern-day version of Agatha Christie"e; (Booklist).

A snowstorm in a quiet English village ends in death in this "e;skillfully plotted"e; mystery starring the beloved Detective Inspector Thanet (Publishers Weekly).

A country vineyard is tainted by murder in this "e;absorbing"e; English police procedural starring Detective Inspector Thanet (Publishers Weekly).

A private eye infiltrates a health spa in this witty crime novel from the CWA Silver Dagger Award-winning author of The Birth of Venus Dead carp floating in the Jacuzzi isn't the latest youth and beauty elixir for the elite patrons of Castle Dean spa, and owner Olivia Marchant is desperate to find the culprit before she loses all her clients.

A PI signs on as bodyguard to a spoiled teenager-but the simple job explodes in murder in this crime novel from a CWA Silver Dagger Award-winning author Chaperoning a rebellious teenager around London isn't how private eye Hannah Wolfe planned to spend the weekend.

A former soldier who's been unwittingly living another man's life is given the chance to turn back the clock Anton Blum is the strongest man in Konigswald.

An innocent English governess goes on the lam with a detective hot on her heels in this thrilling mystery by the author of the Miss Silver novels.

A man survives a shipwreck-only to finds his memory wiped clean and a stranger at his bedside claiming to be his wife The Alice Arden was bound for Scotland until she hit a nasty current and was smashed to bits on the rocky cliffs off the coast of Sussex.

In this atmospheric tale from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries, a widow is reunited with her girlhood love in a house haunted by all-too-human ghosts They meet again in the dusk of a ruined garden.

A plucky young bride risks it all to save her thick-headed husband from a nefarious plot against his life in this classic British cozy mystery.

A high society house party in the country sets the stage for blackmail, sabotage, illicit passion, and murder in this witty, classic British mystery with a touch of political intrigue The last thing London debutante Gay Hardwicke wants is to become involved in another one of her cousin's messy jams.

A New York jeweler is thrust into international intrigue when a perfect diamond inexplicably appears in the mailA breathtakingly flawless diamond is delivered to accomplished jeweler Harry Latham.