Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

Here is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s best known Sherlock Holmes novel.

The miracle of Sherlock Holmes is that for twenty-five pounds in 1887, Conan Doyle created a truly universal and immortal literary figure.

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021'Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping' - Scotsman'An utterly riveting read' - Guardian, Thriller of the Month6 December 1993.

Meet two sleuths from a sleepy Yorkshire village as they investigate murders and discover the secrets behind the twitching curtains.

Amanda Cross examines relationships and human nature in The Players Come Again, a thought-provoking novel about literature, feminism and ageing.

Taking its name from a Rudyard Kipling poem and littered with his verses throughout, A Trap for Fools is a novel about overcoming adversity, and one of Amanda Cross's best mysteries.

Amanda Cross captivates us with strong women and astounding adventure in this gripping mystery, No Word From Winifred.

Amanda Cross probes into the shadowy past of Cecily Hutchings and her Bloomsbury-like literary circle in The Question of Max, a gripping whodunit from start to end.

Literature professor and amateur sleuth Kate Fansler is taking a well-earned sabbatical with her new husband, Reed.

It's New York City, 1970, and student riots have ravaged the university where Professor Kate Fansler teaches Victorian literature to mature students.

Amanda Cross musters up an ingenious solution to an impossible scenario in this penetrating literary mystery, The James Joyce Murder.

When Janet Harrison asks her English Professor Kate Fansler to recommend a psychoanalyst, no one could have imagined that Janet's body would be discovered on his couch two months later.

The close-knit community of a Yorkshire village is rocked when local secrets are revealed in Date with Mystery, the third cozy crime novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series.

Suspicious goings-on at a retirement home lead to an intriguing investigation in Date with Malice, the second cozy crime novel in Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series.

Something Hidden is the thrilling second novel in the Andrew Hunter series, from bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson.

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

'If it's cosy crime you're after, this has all the essential ingredients' Daily Mail'Clear your diaries for another marvellous Merrywell mystery!

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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE NEW JACKSON BRODIE NOVEL, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SHRINES OF GAIETY'How delicious to have Jackson Brodie back, this time in a story that starts off in Agatha Christie's world but soon becomes a landscape that could only have been crafted from the pen of the incomparable Kate Atkinson' Ian Rankin'Christie would be proud .

Where dreams go to die.

A murder in a quiet English village, long-buried secrets and a man's search for answers about his traumatic past entangle FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan in the latest edge-of-your-seat Sharpe & Donovan novelAs a young boy, international art thief Oliver York witnessed the murder of his wealthy parents in their London apartment.

The witches are real.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE CRIMSON BLIND (Mystery Classics Series)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

No one writes suspense like Heather Graham!

On a bitter January evening, three people are found murdered in the isolated Blackbird hotel.

The newest entry in Heather Graham's popular Krewe of Hunters series, The Hidden, is a page-turner-a story that brings past and present together in a completely unexpected way!

Murder, mystery and majesty combine in this new Special Edition hardback of the Queen of Crime's very best short stories set in London.

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Mandy Miller disappeared from Hallow's End when she was just 3 years old.

Even happy endings aren't perfect.

A heartbreaking page-turner for fans of Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain from USA Today bestselling author Kate Hewitt.

She was supposed to keep them safe.

Justice must prevail.

A GATHERING OF WOMEN.

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.

Sometimes, behind the simplest cases.

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The truth can set her freeFor the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie.

It is the dawn of The Great War.

All the beloved, irascible Auntie Poldi wanted from her Sicilian retirement was time to enjoy sunshine, a free-flowing supply of wine, and a sultry romance with Chief Inspector Montana.

A Man Called Ove meets Inspector Montalbano, Auntie Poldi leaves no stone unturned in her quest for answers.

'Alive with a tang of lemons to set the senses zinging' The SpectatorFiction at its most charming - A Man Called Ove meets Andrea Camilleri, Auntie Poldi is this summer's most unlikely hero.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zo Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'This is one of these novels where you read it, not just to see what happens at the end, but to see what happens on the very next page' BooklistWhen a body is hauled from the River Tyne, Sarah Tucker heads to Newcastle for a closer look.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zo Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'Herron is a stylish writer with a mordant sensibility and a deadly wit.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zo Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'Unexpected and satisfying .

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zo Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' Daily TelegraphIt's an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home.

It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery.

'Thrilling .

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STAUNCH BOOK PRIZE 2020**A triumphant blend of horror, suspense and pitch-black comedy, from the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and RelaxationWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the nearby woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with stones.