... a crevasse. The base commander insisted he fell. But footprints in the snow told a much different story. As Anderson tells a ... the fierce Arctic landscape. Author: Tom Harper. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & ...
... to Bath to avoid the attentions of the unsavoury Earl of Swithin. But Jane's idle diversion turns deadly when a man is discovered stabbed to death in the Theatre Royal. Adding to the mystery is an unusual object found on ...
... new series that transforms the beloved author into a dazzling sleuth Jane and her family are looking forward to a peaceful holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. Yet on the outskirts of town an overturned carriage ...
... the way to Newgate Prison and the House of Lords--a trail that may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy. Author: Stephanie Barron. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Historical Crime ...
... London to watch over the printing of her first novel, and finds herself embroiled in a crime that could end more than her career. For it is up to Jane to tease a murderer out of the ton, lest she--and her country--suffer ...
... Johnstone discovers in this gripping historical mystery, which takes him back to a difficult case in his early ... - before the killer catches him . . . Author: Jane A. Adams. Format: Hardcover Fiction Books Crime & Mystery ...
... vanishes. Mickey Hitchens, Henry's old partner-in-crime, now an inspector himself, investigates the house with ... safely, or is it already too late? Author: Jane A. Adams. Format: Hardcover Fiction Books Crime & Mystery ...
... vanishes. Mickey Hitchens, Henry's old partner-in-crime, now an inspector himself, investigates the house with ... safely, or is it already too late? Author: Jane A. Adams. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery ...
... Hamou goes on to train as a police officer in Casablanca. Yet the city is trapped in a nationalist uprising, and Hamou is soon torn ... Chadwick âA must-readâ Chat Author: Jane Johnson. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime ...
... . Married to a Berber chef she met while researching The Tenth Gift , she lives in Cornwall and Morocco. Author: Jane Johnson. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Historical Crime & Mysteries Romance ...
... detectives must dig deep into the past if they are to make headway in the investigation and stop the escalating violence. Author: Jane A. Adams. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Historical Crime & ...
... Casablanca. But the city is trapped in the turmoil of the nationalist uprising, and soon he will be forced to choose between all he knows and all he loves... Praise for Jane Johnson 'An irresistible story-teller' Barbara ...
... her illness gets the better of her? Over the course of fourteen previous novels in the critically acclaimed Being a Jane Austen Mystery series, Stephanie Barron has won the hearts of thousands of fans-crime fiction ...
... thought that the young man who attacked Robert Hanson in a field three years ago before fleeing the scene ... explores social prejudice and rural traditions in 1930s England. Author: Jane A. Adams. Format: Hardcover Fiction ...
... are thrust into the center of a brewing scandal in this provincial village that doesn't take kindly to outsiders in general--and to Austens in particular. And just as Jane glimpses a connection between the murder and the ...
... solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for ... will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she ...
... House "I will assert that sailors are endowed with greater worth than any set of men in England." So muses Jane Austen as she stands in the buffeting wind of Southampton's quay beside her brother Frank on a raw February ...
... are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West--a ... don't let anyone tell you otherwise ..." Author: Jane Smiley. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery ...
... chance and grit and the glitter of real talent, a colorful portrait of one woman's journey in search of herself. Author: Jane Smiley. Format: Hardcover Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Historical Crime & Mysteries
... chance and grit and the glitter of real talent, a colorful portrait of one woman's journey in search of herself. Author: Jane Smiley. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Historical Crime & Mysteries
... Quinn is something of an institution in Maitland Town. For longer than anyone ... the present converge, Elizabeth's grip on reality loosens. Can Jane, with her logical brain and penchant for puzzles, unravel Elizabeth ...
... clever matchmaker to Regency England's shrewdest sleuth. First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen's Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury-going from clever matchmaker to Regency England's shrewdest ...
... sitting on a stool at the bar with an old-fashioned in front of her. It was the only old-fashioned thing about her! In No Harp For My Angel Al Wheeler is vacationing in Florida when he hits on a redhead named Julie Adams ...
... Lynda La Plante’s first Prime Suspect thriller, Prime Suspect 2: A Face in the Crowd brings reunites readers with Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison as she hunts down a mysterious killer hidden amidst London’s dark ...
... he finally seems to have his wish – spending his days immersed in nature, and his evenings lazing by the fire. A terrifying secret ... that brings Jake Jackson's world to life’ Jane Casey, author of the Maeve Kerrigan series ...
... unwelcome turn . . . Onstage, a woman emits a scream of genuine terror. A man has been found dead in the prop room, stabbed through the heart. The magistrate, keen to avoid bringing more attention to the case and making ...
... will rock Owen to his core . . . An action-packed, evocative and masterfully plotted medieval mystery in the critically acclaimed Owen Archer series, perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom, Ellis Peters and Paul Doherty ...
... the University of Newcastle before completing a Master of Arts degree at the University of Sydney. She lives in Rozelle, NSW. Author: Wendy Milton. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery Fiction Classic Crime & ...
... from editions of the 1920s, this collection will adorn any booklover's shelf and transport the reader back in time to Holmes's bustling Victorian London - the misty moors of Dartmoor - the dizzying heights of ...
Agatha Christie's classic mystery reissued with a new cover to tie in with Hugh Laurie's highly anticipated 2022 TV adaptation. While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff ...
... . "The ingenious solution to the mystery makes this the series' best entry yet. Victorian whodunit fans are in for a treat" Publishers Weekly Starred Review Wilkie Collins is looking forward to spending Christmas at Gads ...
... by the unsolved kidnapping as well, it is a race against time to find the evil at work in the Flynn house before Molly herself becomes another victim. Author: Rhys Bowen. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & ...
... unwelcome turn . . . Onstage, a woman emits a scream of genuine terror. A man has been found dead in the prop room, stabbed through the heart. The magistrate, keen to avoid bringing more attention to the case and making ...
A celebration in Oxford for university tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoot, attended by DCI St. Just and his fiancee ... whose next novel may be a threat to many in his orbit - and no shortage of suspects who are ...
... Harry's chance to be elected coroner permanently, but could, it seems implicate his own family in a crime. An absolutely scintillating historical crime thriller full of suspense and intrigue perfect for fans of ...
Inspector Littlejohn confronts a challenging case across the Channel in this classic mystery from the "venerable" British author ( Kirkus Reviews ). When Alderman Dawson is stabbed to death while visiting the Riviera ...
... pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. Author: Agatha Christie. Format ...
Fresh from confronting Moriarty in the end of The Great Game, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson ... and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the TV series Doctor Who, Sherlock, The League ...
... violence, motive, and how exactly to kill someone. Perhaps he is not all that he seems The Woman in the Library is an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship - and shows ...
... him, his identity remains a mystery. Then a discovery found buried in a nearby field throws a strange new light on the case . and in attempting to find the answers, Gabriel Taverner and Coroner Theophilus Davey unearth ...
... retreat is shattered by sudden, violent death in this gripping historical mystery. 1920s. Cork, ... however is sudden, violent death. When a body is discovered in the convent's apple orchard cemetery, blown to pieces by ...
A new omnibus in the highly acclaimed Sir Robert Carey Mysteries. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and S.J. Parris. 1592. ... border reivers and unfettered Elizabethan intrigue, Swords in the East , the third chronicle of Sir ...
... novel of truth and soul-searching. Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks. Looking back ...
... boasts that she once witnessed a murder. No one believes her, but then she is found drowned, face down in an apple-bobbing tub. Set against a night of trickery and the occult, Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver must race ...
... toward a collision with powerful forces, Charles will need all the assistance he can get... The Man in Black takes a classic Charles Dickens novel and plummets readers into a newly reimagined and mysterious world. Fans ...
... also have to travel with a major--and majorly difficult--Hollywood star. But none of that is as bad as living in a war zone, and when tragedy strikes, Rosie and Jayne are left wondering if they are being targeted by the ...
... and that the king himself was the real target, Queen Isabeau has asked Christine de Pizan to spend time at court in an attempt to uncover the identity of the would-be assassin. With the king struck down by an illness no ...
... have been causing him misery for months. Far away in Britain, King Togidubnus of the Atrebates tribe is planning ... level, so with his own pressing reasons to leave Rome in a hurry, he accepts the task. A thousand miles ...
... just a short walk from his new home, Gillard is himself witness to the killing of a jogger in Nightingale Park. A strange forensic connection emerges between the two killings, something that seems impossible. As he digs ...
... the culprit and plagued by his growing feelings for Sutane's wife, Campion finds himself uncomfortably embroiled in an investigation which tests his ingenuityand integrityto the limit. ""Allingham's work is always of the ...
... about a minor case of fraud lead to a missing persons case, the local bank's chief inspector calls in Detective Littlejohn to investigate. It seems that a bank customer has disappeared just after withdrawing a large sum ...
... Garden explores the delicate balance between beauty and danger--infatuation and obsession--tightly woven together in a tense and unsettling mystery. Author: Jill Johnson. Format: Paperback Fiction Books Crime & Mystery ...
... A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London--so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumors are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife ...
... own successor-a highly coveted position-when his lips were sealed permanently. But Verlaque isn't convinced that anyone in the tiny community of academics is capable of murder. Aided by his on-again, off-again girlfriend ...
... retreat is shattered by sudden, violent death in this gripping historical mystery. 1920s. Cork, ... however is sudden, violent death. When a body is discovered in the convent's apple orchard cemetery, blown to pieces by ...
... cries of street vendors, the shouts of newsboys reporting the headlines . . . of two beautiful women found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. One of the victims is the wife of Hester Monk's colleague ...
... century, this machine holds an alluring secret. After remaining sealed for generations, a hidden room is discovered in the basement of the famed Biltmore Estate. Within the musty, decaying confines of the hidden room, a ...
... century, this machine holds an alluring secret. After remaining sealed for generations, a hidden room is discovered in the basement of the famed Biltmore Estate. Within the musty, decaying confines of the hidden room, a ...
... disapproving brother while searching for the prodigal wife, and just when he's tempted to give up in disgust, he realizes the lady is in danger. She needs not only to be found, but also to be rescued from imminent peril ...
... is to open a second front of attack against them and eliminate the two Roman soldiers who could stand in the way. Unwarned, Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro are with the Roman army pursuing Caratacus and his men through ...
... find out who killed him, Jessie is determined to find the killer and his motive. But who was the mysterious man in the red coat who fired three shots at Joe Petrovitch? And how could he enter and leave a crowded theatre ...
... artists team up to pull off the theft of the century - stealing an entire castle, and the treasure secreted in its walls - what could possibly go wrong? Well, consider this: none of the master thieves speak each other's ...
... engaging. But now, alas, he's been summoned back to London. Before he can return to his new home in the North, Carey must find his missing brother, clear the family name, navigate a feud between playwrights, identify a ...
... Quarry - star of seven celebrated novels and an award-winning feature film ("The Last Lullaby") - is back in this violent, steamy tale of warring crime families. When two Godfathers set out to bump each other off, guess ...
... appeared as far back as 1866, predating Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone by two years. In fact, women writers were instrumental in developing the new genre of detective fiction. This anthology selects stories from the late ...
... , and Gemma, Kincaid begins to untangle the truth. But what he discovers will leave him questioning his belief in the job that has shaped his life and his values&;and remind him just how vulnerable his precious family is ...
... as Major Horton, Mathew Baynton as Dr Thomas, Mark Bonnar as Reverend Humbleby and Tamzin Outhwaite as Mrs Pierce. In a quiet English village, a killer is about to strike. Again and again. Luke Fitzwilliam found it hard ...
... and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigating a missing persons case in colonial Fiji 1914, Fiji: Akal Singh, 25, would rather be anywhere but this tropical paradise--or, as ...
... . But when the body of a woman falls from above and crashes into the sidewalk at his feet, he finds himself back in the game, haunted by the victim's last words: "The flying man." The dead woman is the stepdaughter of a ...
... . No longer a recent widow, she has a life and friends waiting for her. Lily also has new responsibilities in the form of her protegee Amelia, the sister of her longtime friend Jack Hartley, who is escaping her own brush ...
... a brutal murder makes that impossible. As suspicion falls on him, Rowland enters a desperate bid to find answers in a city ruled by taipans and tycoons, where politics and vice are entwined with commerce, and where the ...
... a brutal murder makes that impossible. As suspicion falls on him, Rowland enters a desperate bid to find answers in a city ruled by taipans and tycoons, where politics and vice are entwined with commerce, and where the ...
... the North West. Vancouver life is complicated by the murder of a M©tis man, the persecution of the Chinese people living in the city and the intent of the mob to oust the Chinese onto boats and out of the new city. Amy ...
... shove, he'll make sure that justice is done. About the Author Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He ...
... silence this poison pen... Could a murderer be in their midst once again? The second totally ... and Croissants 'As delightful as it is deadly , A Pen Dipped in Poison is a feel-good, fun and fabulous cosy mystery that had ...
... wine, and forget your worries for now. But as the temperature drops outside, malice is sharpening its claws ... and murder walks abroad. In these classic stories of mystery and mayhem, let ten of the great crime writers ...
... that motivates the evil genius this time around. For now the most valuable and elusive prize of all is nearly in his grasp: the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice . . . Author: Elizabeth ...
... island of Malta. The local police chief is distinctly unwelcoming toward the interloper-but has no choice in the matter since Admiral Collingwood's wealthy widow insists that her husband's fatal fall from the roof ...
... .' On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea - but no one ...
... home on the Isle of Wight alive. This chance encounter is to prove fortuitous for the woman and her partner-in-crime. They find themselves not only the richer for picking the dead man's pocket, they also now possess the ...
... , and Evelyne must use all of her amateur sleuthing expertise to find the killer. But doing so puts her right in the path of David Poole, a cagey minister's aide who seems determined to thwart her investigations. That is ...
... slain on campus during Pentecost. A headmaster faces off in a deadly battle of wits with a disgruntled parent. ... form public school prank courts a murderous consequence. In this new anthology theft, blackmail, murder and ...
... young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed ... What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a ...
... and save him from a gruesome death every now and again. About the Author G.S. Denning was born in Seattle, Washington. He has published articles for games company ' Wizards of the Coast, worked as an editor, written ...
... the presence of 'Lovely Louise', wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner. In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and ...
... Baltimore Sun - wants one thing: a byline. When she hears about an unidentified body that's been pulled out of the fountain in Druid Hill Park, Maddie thinks she is about to uncover a story that will finally get her name ...
... Thirty-One Kings, Castle Macnab and the Artie Conan Doyle Mysteries. About the Author Robert J. Harris was born in Dundee and studied at the University of St. Andrews where he graduated with a first class honours degree ...
... mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap. In this extraordinary novel, Sena Jeter Naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller ...
... 's best' - Booklist Starred Review Physician-sleuth Dr Gabriel Taverner uncovers dark secrets in his small Devon village in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series. June, 1604. When the emaciated body ...
... great attention so it falls to the Reverend Hardcastle in his new appointment as justice of the peace to ... more to the mystery than he first thought. The Body in the Ice, with its unique cast of characters, captivating ...
... (who, as it turns out, is from a well-known and prominent family, and had just returned from a year in Africa the very day he was murdered). Of course, Sir Andrew misses his appointment, but two clever twists will have ...
... Provence, it seems Penelope is finally settling into her delightful new life, complete with a gorgeous love interest in the mayor of St. Merlot. When Penelope and the mayor attend a glamorous gallery opening, Penelope’s ...
... a variety of genres and asked them to create new stories inspired by that canon. Readers will find Holmes in times and places previously unimagined, as well as characters who have themselves been affected by the tales of ...
... a variety of genres and asked them to create new stories inspired by that canon. Readers will find Holmes in times and places previously unimagined, as well as characters who have themselves been affected by the tales of ...
... from a man who introduces himself as Louisa's father. Bernard Rodgers explains that Louisa has been found strangled in the lobby of the building where New Century has its offices. The police have decided it was a random ...
... business hasn't exactly taken off. It turns out that word spreads fast when you have a bad reputation, and no one in the queer community trusts him enough to ask an ex-cop for help. When James, an old flame from the war ...
... feuding neighbors, friends, and family. Could Crake's faithless wife have had the means? Or his strange brother-in-law? Or what about the superintendent, who seems to be doing more to impede the case than solve it? Faced ...
... to be rid of her, told her of another and more lucrative position. Marjory acccepted, but to her dismay recognised in her new employer the man she had seen hurrying away from the scene of the crime. Then a second murder ...
... Roosevelt and Harry Houdini. A groundbreaking anthology, Sherlock Holmes in America features original short stories by award-winning American writers, each in the extraordinary tradition of Conan Doyle, and each with a ...
... of lies, affairs and corruption, a mysterious stranger lurks in the shadows, casting doubt on everything Sam thought he ... of Saratoga Springs during horseracing season, Murder in Spa City unfolds as a riveting whodunit, ...