Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham get more than they bargain for when they take on a case in a girls' boarding school, in the latest World's End Bureau Victorian mystery.

Travel writer Jill Curtis is drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, resentment and romance gone wrong when she stumbles into a bourbon war between two Kentucky families in this first in an intoxicating new cozy mystery series.

Ishmael Jones investigates a haunted house .

And then there was one .

A case of stolen shoes leads maverick Chicago PI Sam Kelson into something far darker and deeper in the second of this hardhitting crime noir series.

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart's warm-hearted sleuth returns in the ninth Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel, with a case that will test even her Heavenly powersAfter a busy morning dispatching emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions to those in need, Bailey Ruth Raeburn is feeling flush with success.

"e;Trow goes out on a high note with his sterling 11th and final mystery starring English playwright Kit Marlow.

Maggie Wise, a retired homicide cop turned radio presenter, is asked to help the local police with the case of two missing girls.

The Doom List - you'd rather be dead than be on it: the intriguing new 1920s mystery featuring Irish-born cop turned private investigator Tom Collins.

Introducing reluctant spy and friar-sleuth Brother Rodric Chandler in the first of a brand-new medieval mystery series.

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'Watching Ellen investigate.

Sophie Rivers, a lecturer at a college of further education, is shaken when a spate of fires leads to the death of a young teacher.

Hollywood diva Jessica Gray is on the last leg of her one-woman show when she suffers a sudden and fatal illness .

Teacher Raymond Donne finds himself embroiled in another baffling murder case when his friend MoJo is found dead on the school roof, pierced by an arrow.

A circus arrives in Durham in the 1790s and the whole town is excited.

Journaling vlogger Mandy Meadows strives to preserve her hyper-organised life while searching for her cousin's killer in this twisty mystery: first in a brand-new series.

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Crime reporter Milo Rigg must uncover a brutal serial killer to restore his battered reputation in this first in a gripping new mystery series.

Introducing maverick Chicago private investigator Sam Kelson in the first of a hardhitting new crime noir series.

Private detectives Grand & Batchelor embark for the Wild West - and headlong into a baffling murder investigation in this gripping Victorian mystery.

Wilkie Collins must prove his brother is innocent of murder in the second of the compelling new Gaslight mystery series.

Rayne is a fine writer, a sure-handed plotter and skillful character builder .

In this multi-layered psychological mystery, photographer Jason Poe is transfixed by a disturbing set of murals he encounters in the attic of an abandoned house, and resolves to uncover the secret behind them.

Private investigator Kate Weller knows her co-workers are in serious trouble when she is unable to reach them in the third enthralling Marked for Retribution mystery.

The latest title in the acclaimed Roger the Chapman series When Roger the Chapman discovers he has a hitherto unknown half-brother, he has mixed feelings about the matter.

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women .

Jump jockey Harry Radcliffe is forced to turn reluctant sleuth yet again in the fourth of this fast-paced, highly entertaining racing mystery series.

Government girl Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be posted to London, but her journey across the Atlantic proves to be anything but plain sailing.

Fans of Michael Connelly, Peter James and Robin Cook will love this captivating and riveting thriller from the pen of Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Palmer.

Extraordinary crimes require extraordinary detectives.

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYAgatha Christie called her a shining light .

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'The most polished crime writer on the murder beat' Daily ExpressFive footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.