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In a village steeped in secrets, one woman's past is the key to solving a murder.Olivia Redmond thought she'd left danger behind in blitzed-out London. But the quiet Cotswold village of Chipping Ford offers little refuge--especially when a local gossip turns up dead....

Introducing private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham in the first of the brand-new World’s End Bureau Victorian mystery series.London, 1880. “I’m dreadfully afraid someone is threatening to kill my wife …” When accounts clerk Ernest Stibbins approaches...

For Mr. and Mrs. North, there's no vacation from murderIn a remote cabin far from New York City, Jerry and Pamela North are getting killed. On the brink of annihilation, they grit their teeth and battle back. In a minute, the fight is finished—and the Norths are named...

"A top-notch mystery full of keen characterization, humor, old English atmosphere, a charmingly decadent family, and a few sudden deaths" (The New York Times). One of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction's Four Queens of Crime"There is a more marked kinship here to...

A river cruise may be sunk by a ruthless criminal in this novel by "the doyenne of traditional mystery writers" (The New York Times).Inspector Alleyn's wife, the artist Agatha Troy, has a special fondness for Constables—the paintings, that is, not the policemen. So...

In 1970s England, a broke nobleman and a body in a suit of armor present a puzzling mystery in this witty novel by a Diamond Dagger Award winner.It is the early 1970s, and times are tough in the upper reaches of British society. To survive the changing times, the Earl...

From the author of the bestselling Phryne Fisher Series comes Cocaine Blues, the first historical mystery featuring the sensual, posh, and intrepid murder detective Phryne Fisher…"Phryne can not get enough of adventure and the reader can not get enough of...

Gardner may prove to be the author who finally equals Conan Doyle.' The Omaha MetroThree dramatic historical mysteries from the perspective of Sherlock Holmes' greatest enemy — Professor Moriarty.London believed him dead. Sherlock Holmes thought the battle was over....

Murder, Mystery and a dog of distinctionBook 8 in the Heathcliff Lennox series.Major Heathcliff Lennox is called in, along with ex Detective Inspector Swift, to help the police investigate a macabre death. The dead man is Lord De Ruyter, a man inextricably linked to...

When the predator becomes the prey… blood will run in the gutters of Tudor London.Myles Devereux rules the streets. A ruthless gangster in the lawless underbelly of Tudor London, he controls the brothels, the taverns, the enforcers — and everyone knows not to cross...

On a trip to the New York Aquarium with her third-grade class, a teacher discovers a dead body: "One of the world's shrewdest and most amusing detectives" (The New York Times).  For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at...

A writer turns amateur sleuth when his former roommate is suspected of murder in this epistolary mystery from one of the acclaimed Queens of Crime.When a fungi expert is found dead after feasting on poisonous mushrooms, everyone assumes he died by suicide. Everyone,...

First book in the USA Today bestselling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series.It’s the summer of 1879, and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, is in trouble. Annie’s husband squandered her fortune before committing suicide five years earlier, and one of his...

????? 'Highly recommend for your summer reading' Reader Review ?????Can one house hold a lifetime of secrets?Corfu, 1930The moment Thirza Caruthers sets foot on Corfu, memories flood back: the scent of jasmine, the green shutters of her family’s home — and her brother...

In this classic mystery by the author of the Perry Mason series, a California D.A. investigates the case of a murderer who didn't kill."The bestselling author of the century . . . a master storyteller." —The New York TimesYoung and ambitious, Doug Selby became...

1802. An ancient Scottish university is wracked by murder. A vindictive professor, an uncouth student, and a man seeking ministry lie dead, but who wanted to kill them? Charles Murray, a student with enough problems of his own, is drawn into the mystery, where neither...

SIX CLASSIC BRITISH DETECTIVE MYSTERIES BY MASTER STORYTELLER, ERNEST DUDLEY.Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh.Six stories. Six cases. Each detective brings their own quirks—but they all share one thing in common: a relentless...

The more he gains, the more he has to lose... William Shakespeare is now both a man at court and a man of the theatre. Accepted into Elizabeth I's world, he is trusted to write plays for her. But his position is insecure, based entirely on the queen's whims. When one...

Please read this book, it will resonate with you for a long time!' Reader Review ?????'I totally lost myself in this incredible, heart-wrenching story' Reader Review ?????'One of the most amazing books I have read' Reader Review ?????'If I could give it more than 5...

Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced.Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth"Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of...

Join Detective Joe Ezell in 1940s Los Angeles as he solves three murder mysteries with a woman of mysterious identity, a VA nurse, and an aspiring actress.BOOK 1: Murder Me TwiceJoe Ezell, GI turned gumshoe, pays the bills by catching philandering husbands for rich...

"A rollicking ride through the criminal underbelly of post-WWI London. Gritty at times and tender at others, Queens of London unmasks the most lawless—and likeable—gang of women you've never heard of." —Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost...

A dozen marvelous tales of deduction, featuring history's most famous detective, by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Edward D. Hoch.In a heavily mortgaged country house, an heiress's sinister guardian attempts to trap her in a bedroom with a rare Indian swamp...

Brand new from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE OF THE WITCH.A totally unmissable, spellbinding historical fiction novel.? Perfect for fans of Evie Woods, Philippa Gregory and Elena Collins. Now: When Paige returns to her ancestral family home, Woodham Hall, she’s...

"[A] superb . . . anthology of . . . short stories by British writers set in continental Europe. . . . Those unfamiliar. . . . will find this the perfect introduction." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewDiscover the captivating treasures buried in the British...

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne FisherIt's 1928 in Melbourne and Phryne is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, Phryne takes a job...

The classic British detective story that became the immortal Hitchcock film starring James Stewart—from the author of the Father Brown mysteries.Horne Fisher is a skilled detective who always finds his man, but every solution comes with a catch: Exposing the crime...