Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

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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.

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 cosy 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.

A Victorian-era mystery featuring a uniquely resourceful and daring heroine who must save her true love from prison .

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

It's curtains for an interfering stage mother in this "e;frothy, funny"e; mystery from an Agatha Award-winning author (Kirkus Reviews).

Four novels of humor, sex, mystery, and horror from the National Book Award-winning author of Becoming a Man.

The Boston PI excavates her city's buried secrets in this "e;shrewd .

The Boston PI gets caught up in extortion, murder, and Ivy League secrets in a "e;poisonous .

The Boston PI tangles with the Colombian underworld in this "e;astonishing installment in .

A jittery bride-to-be draws the Boston PI into an "e;utterly compelling"e; case of betrayal and dangerous love (Publisher Weekly, starred review).

New York City cop Edward X.

More murder, greed, and secrets for the Palm Beach private eye created by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author and "e;master of suspense"e; (The Washington Post).

The Palm Beach private eye is back in three more adventures by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author and "e;master of suspense"e; (The Washington Post).

Four holiday whodunits in one-the perfect present for puzzle fans!

A pair of techno-thrillers featuring a special-forces op-from the USA Today-bestselling author and "e;one of the best all-out action writers in the business"e; (Los Angeles Review of Books).

Three intriguing World War II-era whodunits featuring the Scotland Yard detectives from the "e;timelessly charming"e; Miss Silver Mysteries (Charlotte MacLeod).

"e;The most refreshing, creative female character to hit mystery fiction since Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone"e; is back-in four more fast-paced crime thrillers (People).

From the author of the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries: The complete set of the popular series starring an ex-PI turned actor, "e;a hero with panache"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

PI Terry Orr returns in this "e;complex, haunting story"e; of conspiracy and murder in post-9/11 New York from the acclaimed author of Closing Time (Publishers Weekly).

In this "e;gripping mystery"e;from the author of Closing Time, New York City PI Terry Orr finally confronts the madman who murdered his wife and son (Providence Journal-Bulletin).

This "e;dead perfect"e; noir-inflected murder mystery carries readers from New York City's most elite precincts to its dirtiest gutters (Robert B.

Seedy, sly London private detective Nick Duffy is on the case in a series that's "e;exciting, funny and refreshingly nasty"e; (Martin Amis).

The Gold Dagger-winning author "e;outdoes himself"e; with this pair of "e;most unusual and original"e; mysteries set in an alternate twentieth-century British monarchy (Publishers Weekly).

This award-winning debut mystery introduces a Boston PI who's "e;one of the most sparkling, most irresistible heroines ever to grace the pages of a whodunit"e; (Chicago Sun-Times).

Three haunting novels of romantic suspense from the New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning "e;Queen of the American gothics"e; (The New York Times).

A trio of romantic spellbinders from a New York Times-bestselling and Edgar Award-winning "e;master of suspense"e; (Mary Higgins Clark).

From Hollywood's Golden Age to a rock 'n' roll tragedy, this pair of detective novels from two award-winning maestros of mystery hits all the right notes.

The first three mysteries featuring Detroit private investigator Amos Walker from the Shamus Award-winning "e;Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose"e; (John Lescroart).

A playboy PI becomes entangled with passion, murder, and unabashed greed in these three adventures by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

Three "e;gritty, vivid, and suspenseful"e; books in the Edgar Award-winning series featuring South Florida PI Max Freeman (Harlan Coben).

Gabriel Du Pre is back in action, coming to the aid of a whistleblower on the run, in this all-new novel in a "e;wonderfully eclectic and enjoyable series"e; (Booklist).

New York Times bestseller: A New Year's Eve suicide in a Newport mansion could be hiding a sinister family conspiracy.

From an Edgar and Agatha Award winner: A mystery writer must solve the puzzle of her past when she meets the South Carolina family she never knew existed.

The gothic mystery of a long-unsolved kidnapping from an Edgar Award-winning author-"e;I read it at one sitting and loved every page"e; (Mary Higgins Clark).

A collection of four novels from the New York Times-bestselling, Edgar Award-winning mystery series starring a rabbi in a tiny New England town.

"e;Expect to be immersed"e; in this mystery from the New York Times-bestselling author of Swimsuit Body, featuring an amateur sleuth who attracts a kinky killer (Sandra Brown, New York Times-bestselling author).

A fearless female private investigator in the South takes on a satanic cult that practices human sacrifice in this gripping Shamus Award-winning mystery.