Maria Black, the woman's school headmistress who doubles as a detective, is invited to attend the engagement celebrations of an ex-pupil of her college.
The suspense in this engaging crime narrative is riveting and keeps building up until it reaches a most unexpected climax filled with excitement and pathos.
From the author of the Easy Rawlins series comes a new crimebuster - Fearless JonesFearless Jones is a gritty, noirish thriller set in 1950s' Los Angeles.
Bringing together the four Sherlock Holmes novels and fifty-six short stories, alongside Conan Doyle's own "e;An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes,"e; this collection offers the complete architecture of one of literature's most influential detective worlds.
El inspector jefe Alan Banks se enfrenta al peor momento de su carrera: su hermano, Roy, ha desaparecido después de dejarle en el contestador un angustiado mensaje de socorro.
Elizabeth Walker has spent most of the past three decades trying to forget the loss of her mother and father, a lonely childhood spent in a series of foster homes and the two baby sisters she hasn't seen in twenty-five years.
CLASSIC GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY, PERFECT FOR FANS OF AGATHA CHRISTIEWhen a blackmailer is stabbed at his own celebration, Miss Silver must find the guilty party'Ranks with the best of the golden-age detectives' Daily MailWhen the menacing Gregory Porlock invites a group of unacquainted friends into his home, no one is quite sure what to expect.
CLASSIC GOLDEN AGE MYSTERY PERFECT FOR FANS OF AGATHA CHRISTIEMiss Silver must unravel a tangled web of marriage, mystery and murder'Ranks with the best of the golden-age detectives' Daily MailNo one has seen Allegra Trent since she got married.
'The world's best crime writer' Metro'The best of what crime fiction can do' Michael Connelly'Fearsomely authentic and moving' Daily Mail'Tells the unvarnished truth about what it is to be a cop' James PattersonA 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalistThe acclaimed author of Night Dogs and Sympathy for the Devil returns with a blistering new novel - his first in over 20 years.
Publisher Bryce Chatterton receives a manuscript that has all the makings of a bestseller; brimming with sex, money and scandal, it's his last hope of keeping Periwinkle Press afloat.
A pulse-pounding, breathless crime thriller, perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz's Hawthorne series, Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike series and LJ Ross's Alexander Gregory thrillers'Truly ingenious' The TabletGoddard sprinkles head-turning double-crossing with delightful by-play between his two leads' Times'Fast-paced, beautifully crafted with some excellently drawn characters.
In Which Mr May Makes A Mistake And Mr Bryant Goes Into The DarkOn a rainy winter night outside a run-down nightclub in the wrong part of London, four strangers meet for the first time at 4:00am.
Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasMordecai Tremaine s hobby of choice crime detection has left him in need of a holiday.
Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasMordecai Tremaine and Chief Inspector Jonathan Boyce are never pleased to have a promising game of chess interrupted though when murder is the disrupting force, they are persuaded to make an exception.
Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasAdrian Carthallow, enfant terrible of the art world, is no stranger to controversy.
Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for ChristmasWhen Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station, murder is the last thing on his mind.
'As sweetly profane a poet as American noir could have asked for' Ian Rankin'A friggin' masterpiece' Dennis Lehane'The stunner that reinvigorated the genre and jacked up a generation of future crime novelists' George PelecanosMeet Private Detective C.
'The poet laureate of hard-boiled literature, superior even to James Lee Burke in his ability to evoke extreme melancholy, gruesome violence and an acute sense of landscape.
Crumley in scintillating form: an anarchic, savagely violent and brilliantly written lament for a vanishing past Evening StandardJames Crumley is the king of hard-boiled noir, credited with inspiring the next generation of crime writers including Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly and best known for his two private detectives, Milo Milodragovitch and C.
Fall is the third novel in Candice Fox's acclaimed series, following Hades, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut 2014, and Eden, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel 2015.
