The gripping first British police procedural in the award-winning and addictive George Gideon of Scotland Yard series.“AMONG THE BEST POLICE PROCEDURALS EVER”—James EllroyA corrupt policeman.A ruthless drug dealer.Armed robbers terrorising innocent people.And a psychopathic child killer on the loose.Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard is no ordinary detective. But this hellish day in 1950s London will test him like never before.If you like dark British police procedurals, classic London crime thrillers, and psychologically complex characters with shocking twists, you’ll love John Creasey’s first pulse-pounding Inspector Gideon mystery.Perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, Simon McCleave, Agatha Christie, Joy Ellis, JD Kirk, and Jeffrey Archer.Praise for John Creasey's Gideon Novels:“Gideon is a bulldozer that never stops … exciting and urgent” San Francisco Chronicle“The finest of all Scotland Yard series” New York Times“Relentless realism … a brilliant portrayal of a policeman at work” Daily Express“Gideon’s London is alive and his author irresistibly readable” Punch“A portrait emerges that is probably very much like that of a good police officer” The Sunday Times“If you want a favourite detective you can’t do better than Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard” Oakland Tribune“Gideon is one of the most believable and best drawn figures in mystery fiction”Hilary Waugh“Some of the best suspense reading ever to come over this desk” Knoxville News-Sentinel

A bloody murder on a train yields impossible questions for a police superintendent in this Golden Age classic—"An excellent straight detective story" (Dashiell Hammett, New York Post).When the 10:35 local train from Horston arrives at Kempsford Junction, the porter is startled to find a body stowed beneath a seat in one of the first-class compartments. The victim is wealthy businessman Oswald F. Preston, shot five times in the head with bullets of different calibers.As police superintendent Ross digs into who Preston was and who would want him dead, several suspects arise, including his wife's lover, a former employee, and a young heiress. Then there are a few strange questions to answer—like whose broken glasses are in the train compartment? Why is burnt paper left at the scene? How did the suspect kill the victim so quickly and remain unseen? And what does all of this have to do with a dead ram?With many pieces in this puzzling mystery, a seasoned veteran like Ross will need to keep his wits about him if he hopes to book the killer a one-way trip to prison . . ."If you want a good, concise, well-written detective story read The Two Tickets Puzzle by J. J. Connington." —Vita Sackville-West"[The Two Tickets Puzzle] makes its author's already secure reputation doubly sure. . . . Simply an astonishingly straightforward and workmanlike tale." —Daily Herald (UK)"Thrilling. . . . Mr. Connington knows how to maintain the general excitement." —Derbyshire Times (UK)"A new detective story from Mr. Connington is always welcome, and his admirers will have no cause for complaint, for Mr. Connington deals them full measure and they will be sure of an hour or two of unalloyed pleasure in his skillful presentation and analysis." —The Times Literary SupplementOriginally published in 1930.

The head of Scotland Yard probes the suspicious death of a Shakespearean scholar with a collection of secrets in this classic British mystery.Lewis Packford, an Elizabethan scholar, is found shot in his library. It was rumored Packford recently acquired a book annotated by the Bard, but the book is nowhere to be seen. What is beside him, however, is a note that—as Packford was wont to do—quotes William Shakespeare: "Farewell, a long farewell."Police believe Packford died from suicide, but Sir John Appleby, head of Scotland Yard and Packford's friend, disagrees. When Appleby arrives at the scholar's country house in Dorset, he meets an array of academics and bibliophiles who were all present the night of the murder. Suspects include Packford's brother, who stands to inherit the house, and Packford's two secret wives, who recently learned of each other's existence. As the secrets pile up, the erudite Appleby must get to the bottom of things before the killer forces anyone else to say goodbye for good."A model of the deft, classic detective story, told in the most wittily diverting prose." —The New York Times

"A taut, suspenseful, and complex murder mystery with gorgeous period detail."—Susan Elia MacNealThrough her exquisite prose, sharp observation and deft plotting, Mariah Fredericks invites us into the heart of a changing New York in her remarkable debut adult novel, A Death of No Importance.NEW YORK CITY, 1910. Invisible until she's needed, Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a lady's maid to the city's upper echelons. She works for the Benchley family, who are dismissed by the elite as "new money," and who cause outrage when their daughter Charlotte becomes engaged to notorious eminent playboy Norrie Newsome. But when Norrie is found murdered at a party, Jane discovers she is uniquely positioned to find the killer—she's a woman no one sees, but who witnesses everything; who possesses no social power but that of fierce intellect. Jane also knows that in both high society and the city's underbelly, morals can become cheap in the wrong hands; scandal and violence simmer just beneath the surface—and can break out at any time.*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of A Death of No Importance includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide

Inspired by shocking true events, "The Midwife’s Remedy" is a haunting exploration of desperation, courage, and the deadly lengths one woman will go to protect those who cannot protect themselves...Some cures are more deadly than the disease…In the quiet Hungarian village of Nagyrev, hidden among fields of barley and whispered secrets, something sinister is brewing.When war sweeps the men away, the women of Nagyrev discover a dangerous freedom they've never known—only to see it threatened when the men return, bitter and broken. As bruises blossom again behind closed doors, the village midwife, Zsuzsanna, decides she has seen enough. She offers the women something their husbands never could: escape.But freedom comes at a price.One by one, husbands and fathers begin to die, their deaths quiet, mysterious, and untraceable. At first, it's justice. Then it's mercy. But soon, it becomes something darker.In Nagyrev, monsters wear familiar faces—and the truth may be more chilling than fiction.