Classic crime and mystery fiction

An ordinary villageA shocking announcementOne morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers:'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.

An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq.

An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage.

Nine intriguing talesOne unequalled storytellerAn unknown wounded man in a church.

A movie starA deadly cocktailA murderWhen glamorous Marina Gregg came to live in St Mary Mead, tongues were sure to wag.

Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires - to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake.

A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative short story Witness for the Prosecution.

Agatha Christie's ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

It is Christmas Eve.

Two trainsSide by side for a brief momentIn that moment, a murderElspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death.

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

A sun-drenched story of desire and murder with a conclusion you'll never see coming.

Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict.

A novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in 2000 BCIt is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life.

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing.

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home.

A typist uncovers a man's body from behind the sofa.

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls - things like murder.

A Caribbean resortStrangers thrown togetherIs there evil in paradise?

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players.

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace.

A young woman found murderedA scandal in the makingWhen Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there's only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple.

A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination.

A grand old London hotelA series of alarming coincidencesDanger lurking down every corridorImpeccable service.

A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra.

The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder.

Agatha Christie's world-famous serial killer mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances.

SISTER ROSE IS ON A MISSION.

'Hill's wit is the constant, ironic foil to his vision, and to call this a mere crime novel is to say Everest is a nice little hill' Frances Hegarty, Mail on SundayWhen animal-rights activists uncover a long-dead uniformed body in the grounds of Wanwood House, a research facility, Dalziel is presented with a seemingly insoluble mystery.

'Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift' Frances Fyfield, Mail on SundayYears ago, young Tracey Pedley disappeared in the woods around Burrthorpe.

A superb collection of short stories from Reginald Hill, the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels and 'the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world' (Independent)In suburban Luton, a private detective on his first case discovers that curiosity can kill more than just the cat.

For the first time in English, the third psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg.

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the first volume of the 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

Ngaio Marsh's bestselling and ingenious third novel remains one of the most popular pieces of crime fiction of all time.

A touring theatre company in New Zealand forms the basis of one of Marsh's most ambitious and innovative novelsNew Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer is planning a surprise for his wife's birthday - a jeroboam of champagne descending gently onto the stage after the performance.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel.

One of Ngaio Marsh's most famous murder mysteries, which introduces Inspector Alleyn to his future wife, the irrepressible Agatha Troy.

A body in the back of a taxi begins an elegantly constructed mystery, perhaps the finest of Marsh's 1930s novels.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which she more than lives up to her reputation as a crime writer of intelligence and style.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences.

Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford - with a meat skewer through the eye.

A winter weekend ends in snowbound disaster in a novel which remains a favourite among Marsh readers.

Often regarded as her most interesting book and set on New Zealand's North Island, Ngaio Marsh herself considered this to be her best-written novel.

A country house murder, artistic insight and the post-war reunion of Alleyn and Troy combine in Ngaio Marsh's wittiest and most readable novel.

Another classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

A classic Ngaio Marsh novel reissued.

A classic Ngaio Marsh mystery thriller combining drugs and sacrifice.