Mystery & Detective / Traditional British

Death of a Gossip

Hamish Macbeth #1

by M. C. Beaton

When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers-or was it the fins?-of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue...

Death of a Cad

Hamish Macbeth #2

by M. C. Beaton

When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everybody in town is delighted . . . except for love-smitten Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet his affairs of the heart will...

The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack

by Arthur B. Reeve, R. Austin Freeman & John Russell Fearn

The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack collects 25 novels and stories. 14 are Craig Kennedy tales, plus there is 1 additional story from the same author and 10 by contemporaries of Arthur B. Reeve....

Country of the Blind

by Christopher Brookmyre

Comic crime novelist Christopher Brookmyre is back with another outrageous caper featuring hard-bitten investigative journalist Jack Parlabane, hero of the award-winning novel Quite Ugly One Morning. When conservative...

Original Sin

Adam Dalgliesh #9

by P.D. James

Adam Dalgliesh takes on a baffling murder in the rarefied world of London book publishing in this masterful mystery from one of our finest novelists.

Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with...

Murder in Midwinter

by Lesley Cookman

The third in the Libby Sarjeant series sees Fran consulted by Bella Morleigh, who has been left a derelict seaside theatre by an unknown relative.

Reflected Glory

by John Russell Fearn

When rising young artist Clive Hexley, R.A., vanishes, his friends suspect foul play. Chief-Inspector Calthorp of Scotland Yard is called upon to look into the disappearance, and his investigations lead him...

Murder Imperfect

by Lesley Cookman

The seventh title in the Libby Sarjeant murder mystery series based in the fictional British village of Steeple Martin, Kent.

Murder in Bloom

by Lesley Cookman

The fifth instalment in the Libby Sarjeant mystery series sees the amateur detective floundering in the footsteps of a deliberately downplayed police enquiry where she manages to stir up more mud than a rotavator....

Murder in Steeple Martin

by Lesley Cookman

First in a series of ten murder mysteries featuring middle-aged actress come investigator, Libby Sarjeant.

Murder by the Sea

by Lesley Cookman

Fourth title in the bestselling Libby Sarjeant murder mystery series. This new edition contains a map of Steeple Martin, cast of characters and a bonus chapter from the next title in the series.

A Flaw in the Blood

by Stephanie Barron

The acclaimed author of the bestselling Jane Austen mysteries brings rich historical immediacy to an enthralling new suspense novel centered around Queen Victoria’s troubled court…and a secret so dangerous,...

Murder in the Green

by Lesley Cookman

Amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant investigates the murder of a Morris dancer in her sixth case.

Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders: A Mystery

by Gyles Brandreth

Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders opens in 1892, as an exhausted Arthur Conan Doyle retires to a spa in Germany with a suitcase full of fan mail. But his rest cure does not go as planned. The first person...

The Chameleon's Shadow

by Minette Walters

From the author of The Devil's Feather comes a haunting psychological thriller about a scarred Iraq war veteran whose physical trauma may reflect the inner turmoil of a killer.Somewhere in the endless, deadly...

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

by Paul D. Gilbert

Dr. John Watson finally reopens the lid of his old tin box and discovers a veritable treasure trove of unpublished tales recounting the remarkable skills of his friend and colleague, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. With...

The Dark Room

by Minette Walters

In this acclaimed psychological mystery, Jinx Kingsley, a prominent photographer and millionaire’s daughter, wakes up in an exclusive hospital suffering from amnesia. Not only can she not remember the car...

The Memory of Blood

Bryant and May, Peculiar Crimes Unit #9

by Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler’s acclaimed Peculiar Crimes Unit novels crackle with sly wit, lively suspense, and twists as chilling as London’s fog. Now the indomitable duo of Arthur Bryant and John May, along with...

The Perils of Morning Coffee: An Isabel Dalhousie eBook Original Story

by Alexander Mccall Smith

In this Isabel Dalhousie original short story, available exclusively in electronic format, our intrepid heroine—accused by a distraught wife of being the "other woman"—makes a surprising discovery as she...

Treason at Lisson Grove: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

by Anne Perry

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Anne Perry's Dorchester Terrace.

The man who lies bleeding to death in a London brickyard is no ordinary drifter but a secret informant with details...