Mystery & Detective - Traditional British

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A Blunt Instrument

Georgette Heyer

In addition to romance and historical fiction, Georgette Heyer wrote a dozen classic mysteries. This charming English country-house mystery features a murder victim whose public persona cleverly hid a life of vice and deception. When ...

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Published: Mar 2010

The Last Detective (A Detective Peter...

Peter Lovesey

Introduction by Louise PennyA woman's body has been found floating in a large reservoir just south of Bristol.  In order to solve the mystery of the "Lady in the Lake,"  Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must locate t...

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Published: Aug 2014

Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead...

George Mann

A young man named Peter Maugram appears at the front door of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's Baker Street lodgings. Maugram's uncle is dead and his will has disappeared, leaving the man afraid that he will be left penniless. Holmes ag...

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Published: Jun 2013

The Vanishing Thief

Kate Parker

Georgia Fenchurch appears to be an unassuming antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London, but the life she leads is as exciting as any adventure novel. For Georgia is a member of the Archivist Society, a secret association of private ...

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Published: Dec 2013

A Burial at Sea (Charles Lenox Myster...

Charles Finch

Charles Lenox, Member of Parliament, sets sail on a clandestine mission for the government.  When an officer is savagely murdered, however, Lenox is drawn toward his old profession, determined to capture another killer.1873 is a peri...

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Published: Aug 2012

Detection Unlimited

Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer's mysteries have been compared to Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, and Margery Allingham. In this, the last of Heyer's mysteries to feature the intrepid Inspector Hemingway, Sampson Warrenby is found slumped under a tre...

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Published: Sep 2010

Mycroft Holmes

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British ...

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Published: Jun 2016

Our Lady of Pain

M. C. Beaton

divLady Rose Summer, the wayward Edwardian debutante who keeps getting mixed up in disreputable adventures, would swear she is not a jealous woman. After all, she knows her engagement to private detective Captain Harry Cathcart is onl...

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Published: Feb 2013

Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poir...

Agatha Christie

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characte...

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Published: Oct 2011

The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Herc...

Agatha Christie

In this official authorized edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, robbery and brutal murder aboard a luxury transport ensnares the ever-attentive Hercule Poirot. When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice,...

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Published: Aug 2022

The Secret of Chimneys

Agatha Christie

Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger. As events u...

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Published: Mar 2012

The Mystery of Three Quarters: The Ne...

Sophie Hannah

The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot—the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket—returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set...

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Published: Aug 2019

Game of Snipers

Stephen Hunter

NATIONAL BESTSELLER\r\n\"Bob Lee Swagger is a true American literary icon.\" —Mark Greaney, author ofMission Critical\r\n\r\nIn this blazing new thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger ta...

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Published: Jun 2020

Beau Death (A Detective Peter Diamond...

Peter Lovesey

Peter Diamond, British detective extraordinaire, must dig deep into Bath history to ferret out the secrets of one of its most famous (and scandalous) icons: Richard "Beau" Nash, who might be the victim of a centuries old mur...

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Published: Oct 2018

The Haunted Season

G. M. Malliet

Max Tudor must contend with his new role as a father as well as a murder all too close to home in Nether Monkslip in the next installment in G. M. Malliet's wildly popular seriesAgatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed my...

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Published: Sep 2016

Golden Age Detective Stories

Otto Penzler

The greatest detectives of the Golden Age investigate the most puzzling crimes of the eraSometimes, the police aren’t the best suited to solve a crime. Depending on the case, you may find that a retired magician, a schoolteache...

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Published: Jul 2021

A Sunless Sea: A William Monk Novel

Anne Perry

Anne Perry's spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled readers for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk "a marvelously dark, brooding creation"—and, true to form, this ...

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Published: Sep 2013

Wycliffe and How to Kill A Cat (Wycli...

W. J. Burley

The girl was young, her auburn hair arranged on the pillow. Wycliffe could almost believe she was asleep—that is, until he saw her face. She had been strangled, her face brutally smashed—but after death, not before. She lay ...

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Published: Sep 2006

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Agatha Christie

While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. The man opens his eyes and with his last breath says, &q...

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Published: Mar 2012

The Tiger in the Smoke: Albert Campio...

Margery Allingham

The Tiger' is the murderer known as Jack Havoc, out of jail and on the rampage. But what has he to do with Albert Campion's saintly uncle, Canon Avril? The old man's daughter Meg is happily engaged, so why is she afraid that her late ...

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Published: Apr 2010

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercul...

Agatha Christie

"Agatha Christie's indelibly etched characters have entertained millions across the years and a love of her work has brought together generations of readers—a singular achievement for any author and an inspiration to writers ac...

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Published: Feb 2020

Three Act Tragedy: A Hercule Poirot M...

Agatha Christie

At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to die...Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor's house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked...

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Published: Jul 2011

A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamac...

Louise Penny

"A Better Man, with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre."--Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal Enchanting... one ...

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Published: Jun 2020

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercul...

Agatha Christie

The crime-fighting careers of Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have come full circle—they are back once again in the rambling country house in which they solved their first murder together. Both Poirot and Great Styles have see...

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Published: Nov 2011

Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot M...

Agatha Christie

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life. Hercule ...

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Published: Feb 2011

Dumb Witness: A Hercule Poirot Myster...

Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot receives a letter from a rich, elderly spinster, Miss Emily Arundell. She is clearly in great distress, but doesn't say why. Poirot persuades Captain Hastings that they must visit the lady with all haste. On arrival, th...

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Published: Jul 2011

Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot My...

Agatha Christie

Volume 70 (1969) in the Agatha Christie Collection. Limited edition of 1000 copies world wide. At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce -- a hostile thirteen-year-old -- boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she stor...

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Published: Jul 2011

N or M?: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery...

Agatha Christie

It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from "the enemy within"—Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the intelligence...

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Published: Apr 2012

The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, lo...

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Published: Apr 2012

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characte...

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Published: Jun 2012
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