Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional

The site of the house called The Towers had once been known as Gipsy's Acre. It was there that Michael Rogers first met a wealthy American oil heiress, Fenella Guteman, whom he was later to marry. Gypsies' warnings, and revelation of a crime follow.Author:...

Ever since Arlena's arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her, including Arlena's new husband. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent crime of passion? conceals something much more evil.Author: Agatha ChristiePublisher: William...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, now with a stunning new look, Hercule Poirot tracks down the killer of a beautiful and enigmatic woman whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the fastidious sleuth is on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on...

In what promises to be a breakout in Charles Finch's bestselling series, Charles Lenox travels to the New York and Newport of the dawning Gilded Age to investigate the death of a beautiful socialite. London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a...

"Louise Hegarty's genre-splicing debut is a treat--clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death."--Paul Murray, author of The Bee StingFor fans of Anthony Horowitz and...

"Louise Hegarty's genre-splicing debut is a treat--clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death."--Paul Murray, author of The Bee StingFor fans of Anthony Horowitz and...

Read along with the new TV drama, streaming now on FOX TV and Hulu!For fans of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries."Wright is a master of the psychological thriller."--BooklistIt's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's murderously hot. For Karl Alberg, that becomes more than...

A hardboiled rare book detective seeks a literate killer to clear an innocent man. Joel Crisp knows the dark side of the rare book market. A private detective for an insurer of valuable tomes, he makes his living (and his own book allowance) hunting...

It was a model English village, filled with flowers, Tudor cottages, and cobbled streets. Joan Brook loved working there as a companion to Lady d'Arcy, living in the huge mansion with its surrounding park. And small though the village was, it was not too...

A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's first two complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town...

A shattered career. A crooked lawyer. An unsolved murder. Seeking peace in the Northwoods is fraught with danger. Every night John Cabrelli relives the tragic events that ended his career. While struggling to find himself again, John inherits his uncle's cabin and returns to...

On a train, there are only so many places to hide...Crime fiction author Joe Penvale has won the most brutal battle of his life. Now that he has finished his intense medical treatment, he and his twin sister, Meredith, are boarding the glorious Orient...

"It's a daring writer who wants to add their own spin to one of the most recognized mysteries of all time. Sulari Gentill succeeds brilliantly." Joshua Moehling, USA Today bestselling author of A Long Times Gone "Rich with quirky characters and clever misdirection." BooklistOn...

Author: Sulari GentillPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 01/07/2026Pages: 405Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.52w x 0.88dISBN: 9781420530513

Originally published as: Murder in retrospect.Author: Agatha ChristiePublisher: William Morrow & CompanyPublished: 05/04/2016Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88dISBN: 9780062573254Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.5Point Value: 9Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 49872 / Five Little Pigs

Hercule Poirot must solve a baffling case from the past in this classic Agatha Christie mystery. Now with a beautiful new series look. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went...

When a body washes up on the shore of a harbor island, LT Nichols, Laurel, Maine's chief of police, discovers that it's the son of Laurel's most noteworthy summer resident, Randolph Grimes, the US Secretary of Commerce. The case is deemed too big for...

In London, 1896, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker's world is upturned when his longtime nemesis, Sebastian Nightwine, previously believed dead, turns up with evil on his mind, launching devastating and secretive attacks against not just Barker, but his network of friends and close associates....

The classic first novel in Peter Robinson s internationally bestselling series featuring Inspector Alan Banks a must-read for fans of Louise Penny, Ian Rankin, and Elizabeth George.Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to quiet Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But as he...