Everyone who knew Faith Usher knew she always carried a bottle of poison around with her, so when she dies after drinking champagne, everyone from the police to her friends to the father of her child assumes she killed herself. Nero W...

The brilliant new novel in the INew York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our timeDIV DIV No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidde...

An urgent cry for help brings Hercule Poirot to France, but he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face down in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat...

No one is surprised when the seductive Arlena Marshall is found strangled to death at the Jolly Roger hotel, and it is up to master sleuth Hercule Poirot to unravel the web of evil that surrounded her and shrouded each hotel guest wit...

A brilliant spy story by the queen of mystery. To help the British war effort in 1940, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford take on assumed identities to uncover Nazi informers who have infiltrated British armed forces and intelligence. They ...

A lovely but murderous spring follows the quiet, snowbound winter in this addition to the long-running mystery series featuring Hamish Macbeth, a constable in the Scottish Highlands. Lochdubh newcomer Effie Garrard, discovered next to...

While assisting Sergeant Jim Chee to investigate a robbery, Joe Leaphorn turns up a clue that leads to a search for the remains of a passenger--carrying a fortune in diamonds--on a plane that went down in the Grand Canyon fifty years ...

America’s "Queen of Suspense' delivers a genuine nail biter featuring Nell MacDermott, a young congressional hopeful with psychic powers, and her husband, Adam Cauliff, a successful architect. Adam, along with a few of his ...

In the quiet town of Painters Mill, an Amish family of seven has been found brutally murdered on their farm. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate i...

Navajo detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee must race against time to find out who murdered a fellow officer, and who is trying to spread the bubonic plague across the land. The only lead they have is a fiery young female biologist, e...

When Rex Fortescue falls dead after taking a sip of his midday tea, it is obvious to most that his drink was poisoned. But when rye is found in one of his pockets, the reasons are not so obvious. Miss Marple must dissect an old nurser...

Out of all of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, Rubber Band stands out as one of the most intricate. The normally unflappable detective is brought on to investigate what appears to be a clean case of larceny, but soon it turns into a ...

The Edgar® Awardwinning and New York Times bestselling author delivers a thriller about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone. Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two mon...

Published only a month before Rex Stout's death, this case is regarded as one of the author's truest. When Nero Wolfe's favorite waiter is murdered in an explosion just feet from him, the detective takes it as a personal affront and ...

The legendary Nero Wolfe is hired by a despicable millionaire named Otis Jarrell who is trying to prove that his daughter-in-law is an information-leaking, double-crossing snake. In spite of Wolfe’s reluctance, his assistant Arc...

Not much will stir Nero Wolfe from his comfortable brownstone, but when the gourmand is invited by the greatest chefs in the world to a gathering of Les Quinze Maitres, he will brave anything to dine at their table. Yet Wolfe finds hi...

Award-winning novelist and soap-opera scriptwriter John Heppel's writing class, given in the Lochdubh village hall, has not been terribly successful. Although he initially attracted several aspiring writers to the class, it's soon obv...

Hercule Poirot arrives at The Hollow for a weekend luncheon just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the body of her husband. It seems obvious that she has killed her wayward spouse, but Poirot doesn't belie...

Moments after Hercule Poirot leaves his dentist, Mr. Morley, the poor man is found dead with a bullet hole in his head. That he committed suicide is apparent to all, except, of course, to Poirot, who immediately suspects foul play.

Cliff Janeway is back! The Bookman's Promise marks the eagerly awaited return of Denver bookman-author John Dunning and the award-winning crime novel series that helped to turn the nation on to first-edition book collecting. First, i...

[W]ill have particular appeal for fans....Peters's knowledge of ancient Egypt and the excavations and desecrations that accompanied early archaeological attempts in the region allow her to dress her melodrama with authentic trappings ...

Twenty-two-year-old Amy Denovo needs Nero Wolfe's help. She is determined to learn the identity of her father, a secret her mother scrupulously guarded — and took to her grave when struck by a hit-and-run driver. Now Wolfe and hi...

When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. She had been out drinking, after all, and he'd prefer not to be bothered with such an arrogant a...

It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon. But she becomes bored with London and the endless round of parties. In search of excitement, she sets her sig...

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum ...

Nero and Archie Must Find Who Is Murdering Wealthy Young Women--Before the Tally Grows! All the young lady had to do was stay alive and she'd inherit $8 million. When the cops find her strangled, Archie Goodwin - Nero Wolfe's wisecr...

In this eagerly awaited follow-up to Randy Wayne White's Sanibel Flats, Doc Ford races to save his friend from being framed for murder and to save Sanibel Island from a rising tide of land-grab schemes, blood money, and violence.

Modern ideas get tangled up with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved, best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First she is approached by t...

This is the second novel in a spectacular new series about two brother lawyers who lease offices on London's Baker Street--and receive mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes. The first Sherlock Holmes letter barrister Reggie Heath answe...

The elegant, intelligent amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is one of detective literature's most popular creations. Ian Carmichael is the personification of Dorothy L. Sayers' charming investigator in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatiza...