Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

A compelling historical murder mystery set amongst the artists in seventeenth-century Paris.

With a ruthless criminal loose on the Suffolk coast, life is anything but peaceful for the Anglian Detective Agency .

'A gripping cosy mystery .

'A sparkling and witty crime debut with a female protagonist to challenge Miss Marple' LIN ANDERSON, Award winning Scottish crime authorA Death on Stage - the sixteenth edition of the nail-biting Euphemia Martins Mysteries!

'A sparkling and witty crime debut with a female protagonist to challenge Miss Marple' LIN ANDERSON, Award winning Scottish crime authorA Death in the Hospital - the fifteenth edition of the nail-biting Euphemia Martins Mysteries!

'A perilous predicament for the ever-resourceful Euphemia.

Steal a few cents and they put you in jail.

** A WATERSTONES SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE MONTH **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **'One of the Scottish crime books of the year.

** A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH **** AN INSTANT TIMES BESTSELLER **** A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD **** LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR **'A TRULY GRIPPING READ' - GUARDIAN'FABULOUS, A DELIGHT' - S.

** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *** THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE QUEEN OF COSY CRIME ** LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR CRIME NOVEL AWARD *A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2022A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022'Every page is a joy.

THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE 2022 CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGERONE MURDER.

Classic Boston noir thriller from global bestseller, the late, great Robert B.

'Sinister and hilarious.

Ein »Maigret avant Maigret« – zum ersten Mal auf DeutschStolz, rekrutiert worden zu sein, leistete der zwanzigjährige Seemann Jean Monnet Dienst an Bord der Bretagne vor Toulon, eines der schönsten Schiffe der französischen Marine.

In diesem hinreißend charmanten und humorvollen Cosy Krimi aus dem Sydney der 1960er-Jahre treten Die Tea Ladies ins Rampenlicht – und nehmen mit Teetasse und Servierwagen die Ermittlungen auf.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;FRED M.

Meet Gabriel Prst, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmarks Nazi-collaborator past and anti-Muslim present in a page-turning Nordic murder mystery with a cosmopolitan vibeEveryone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard.

In his latest adventure Bruno, France's favourite country cop, investigates a long-buried war crime and faces a devastating flood that threatens the town he polices and the people he loves.

From the underbelly of Bostons officially sanctioned red-light district--The Combat Zone--to a neo-Nazi compound in the secluded mountains of New Hampshire, gay cross-dressing sleuth Cody Harper hunts a murderer.

A zombie detective faces feral chickens, a serial-killer demon, redneck vampires, and more, in this humorous mystery by a New York Times-bestselling author.

Third in the mystery Secrets trilogy set in the Florida Panhandle, featuring Old Doc Berber as sleuth.

In the second installment of the Secrets trilogy, things are not always as serene as they seem in the little Florida Panhandle village of Port St.

Michael Biehl's first two novels, mysteries featuring medical law, were highly critically acclaimed.

Most towns have their secrets.

For fans of Karin Slaughter and Erin Kelly.

'Gritty, violent and very dark, it is a real page turner.

There's only one Auntie Poldi: bewigged, cursing in Bavarian, and knocking back a wee shot of grappa as a pre-breakfast aperitif .

'Spooky and hilarious' - Mandasue Heller on The Accidental MediumSet in Newcastle, Gin Palace rejoins Tanz, the Accidental Medium and an unwilling crime solver, as she grows accustomed to her rather unusual gift - communicating with the dead .

The Accidental Medium is the first book in a hilarious series from Tracy Whitwell featuring Tanz, the accidental medium who, with the help of the dead, is about to become an unwilling crime-solver.

'Beautifully written, unflinching and brimming with adventure' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra'Immersive storytelling, a rollicking mystery and a take-no-prisoners heroine' - Stylist1896, Bannin Bay, Australia.

In the seventh novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series, Date with Betrayal, betrayal is rife in the idyllic Yorkshire Dales as Samson O'Brien, owner of the Dales Detective Agency, is targeted by a hitman.

Julia Chapman's sixth Dales Detective Agency novel, Date with Deceit, sees Delilah going undercover at a shoot involving dangerous criminals.

'An engrossing and evocative read.

'Fast-moving and entertaining'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonEnter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T.

From the international number one bestselling thriller writer, David Baldacci, comes a gripping mystery about a college football player's investigation into the unsolved disappearance of a fellow player who seemingly vanished into thin air.

They say you can't choose your family .

'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet SisterThe case is unexceptional, that is what I know.

'Stupendously engaging'Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of LondonOur Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.

Poisoned pooches and a missing teenager bring our detective duo back together in Date with Poison the fourth cosy crime novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective Agency series.

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Doyle felt that the Sherlock Holmes stories were taking time and public attention away from his more serious work.

Secret Adversary introduced the world to Tommy and Tuppence.

Collected here are ''Secret Adversary'' and ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'', the books that introduced the world to Tommy and Tuppence and to Hercule Poirot.

A Double Barreled Detective Story by Mark Twain features Sherlock Holmes in the American west.

Sherlock Holmes: The Pursuit of the House-Boat is the sequel to A House-Boat on the Styx.

In ''The Valley of Fear'', Sherlock Holmes once again matches wits with the most brilliant criminal mastermind of all time, Professor James Moriarty.

Doyle, unsuccessful in his medical practice, in need of money and a more satisfying career, had already sold a number of magazine stories when he wrote the novella, "A Study in Scarlet," the first Sherlock Holmes story, which, after many rejections, was published in Beeton''s Christmas Annual for 1887.

Under pressure from the reading public, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought his famous detective back from the dead in ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes''.

Harold March, the rising reviewer and social critic, was walking vigorously across a great tableland of moors and commons, the horizon of which was fringed with the far-off woods of the famous estate of Torwood Park.