Mystery

Kate Sedley / The Three Kings of Cologne (Hardback)

The new Roger the Chapman novel When the remains of Isabella Linkinhorne, who disappeared twenty years earlier and was known to have had three secret lovers, are discovered on nunnery land, Roger the...

Lisa Hall / The Case of the Singer and the Showgirl

A gripping, twisty, time-hop mystery     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing...

Lulu Taylor / The Winter Children - PB

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Faith Martin / A Fatal End ( Ryder and Loveday Series - Book 8 )

There is so much to love about A Fatal End… Another nail-biting mystery awaits.’ The Lancashire Post Oxford, 1963In a backstreet club, people dance the night away to their favourite band. But behind...

Ada Moncrieff / Murder at the Theatre Royale

It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery...December 1935. Director Chester Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has...

T.A. Williams / Murder in Tuscany

A remote retreat… Nestled high in the Tuscan hills lies Villa Volpone, home to renowned crime writer Jonah Moore and his creative writing course. It’s also the last place retired DCI Dan Armstrong...

M.E. Rabb / Missing Persons : Case 1 - The Rose Queen

Sophie and Sam Shattenberg are two Jewish sisters from Queens, New York. Both love knishes and kosher pickles. Both have said ''I'm wawkin' here!'' to cab drivers and meant it. When the unthinkable...

Tom Hindle / Murder on Lake Garda

One happy couple.Two divided families.A wedding party to die for.On the private island of Castello Fiore - surrounded by the glittering waters of Lake Garda - the illustrious Heywood family gathers...

Victoria Laurie / Killer Insight ( Psychic Eye Mystery - Book 4)

When her relationship with FBI agent Dutch Rivers skids to a halt, Abby Cooper is fully aware that a wedding isn't the best post-breakup scenario. But when a friend from the Mile High City finds...

John Gardner / The Revenge of Moriarty (Hardback) ( A Professor Moriarty Novel)

With riches accumulated from an American

Alexander McCall Smith / Double Comfort Safari Club (Large Paperback) ( No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Book 11 )

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Andrew Hunter Murray / The Sanctuary

Sanctuary Rock is a perfect place. A remote island, owned by a wealthy philanthropist who is building a brand-new world on the ruins of the old one. Ben only came to the island to bring his fiancée...

Anna Dean / A Woman of Consequence ( Dido Kent - Book 3)

On a visit to the ruins of Madderstone Ab

Susan Elia MacNeal / Princess Elizabeth's Spy ( Maggie Hope - Book 2 )

Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed début, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain’s beloved royals against an international plot—one...

Rachel Ryan / Someone You Trust

Amy jumps at the opportunity when she’s offered a nannying job in picturesque West Cork. The assignment is for the friendly and welcoming Carroll family, whose stunning house is situated on a stretch...

Shamini Flint / A Calamitous Chinese Killing ( Inspector Singh Investigates - Book 6 )

James McCreet / The Thieves' Labyrinth ( Albert Newsome - Book 3)

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Raymond Chandler / The Big Sleep

When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography,...

James Anderson / The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks ( Burford Family - Book 3 )

And then there were eight ...Understandably, Lord Burford had some misgivings about hosting another house party at Alderley, his beautiful country mansion. After all, the previous two could at best...

Jeff Crook / The Sleeping and the Dead: A Mystery (Hardback)

A new mystery series starring a Memphis crime scene photographer with ghostly assistanceJackie Lyons, a former vice detective with the Memphis Police Department, is trying to put her life back...

David Dickinson / Death on the Holy Mountain (Hardback) ( A Lord Francis Powerscourt Novel - Book 7 )

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Hugh C. Rae / The House at Balnesmoor (Hardback)

Summer on the moors, and Norman Land makes a gruesome discovery near his country retreat. The bodies of two Glasgow schoolgirls are buried in the heather - and Inspector McGraig's investigation into...

David Housewright / Like to Die (Hardback)

A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in the next mystery in David Housewright's award-winning series.Once a police detective in...

Kinley Roby / Death In a Hammock (Hardback)

Nonfiction author Kinley Roby makes an assured mystery debut with this powerful novel, in which a retired Florida park ranger gets drawn into a tangled Southern mystery of lies and murder.     All of...

Hank Early / Echoes of the Fall (Hardback)

Earl Marcus has faced a litany of demons in his time, but a grisly murder sends him spiraling into a vortex of long-buried secrets.After losing a hotly contested sheriff's race to the lackey of...

Alan Bradley / The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Hardback)

The presumed death of Harriet de Luce in a mysterious mountaineering accident in Tibet while Flavia was only a baby cast a sombre shadow over the family, leaving Colonel de Luce a broken man and...

Carole Nelson Douglas / Irene At Large (Hardback)

When a stranger in Asian garb is poisoned at the feet of Nell Huxliegh, Irene Adler does a little investigating, discovering that the Asian was actually an Englishman and that Dr. Watson's life is in...

Quintin Jardine / Deadlock (Large Paperback)

The gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May.Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the...

Philip Cooper / Whodunnit at Wishgrove Farm? (Large Paperback)

''My name is Jerrol Buckner. I am a retired cop. I continued working alongside my pension to solve crime. A man was arrested by the newly passed out CID for charges of rape. By the time the case got...

Carolyn McCrae / Second Strand (Large Paperback)

Second Strand is an excellently written, well-plotted murder mystery and is the 7th novel from award-winning author Carolyn McCrae.Alex and Teri are on the verge of breaking up after 12 years...

Mary Devlin Lynch , Debbie Devlin Zook / The Missing Quilter (Large Paperback)

Her best friend, Olivia, is missing! Zoey Hathaway calls her mom and amateur sleuth, Miranda, to come to Boston and help them find her. But before they can get her back, Miranda goes missing! A...

Larry D. Sweazy / See Also Murder (Large Paperback)

1964: Life on the North Dakota farm hasn't always been easy for Marjorie Trumaine. She has begun working as a professional indexer to help with the bills which have only gotten worse since the...

Colin Cotterill / Love Songs From A Shallow Grave (Large Paperback)

Three young Laotian women have died of fencing sword wounds. Each of them had studied abroad in an Eastern bloc country. Before he can complete his investigation, Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia by an...

Maureen Johnson / Truly Devious (Large Paperback)

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart...

J.L. Blackhurst / Three Card Murder

One sister is a cop.The other a con artist.Both are suspects.When DI Tess Fox arrives at her first murder scene there are already two big problems. First, the victim was thrown from the balcony of an...

M.C. Beaton / Hot to Trot ( Agatha Raisin Series )

Private Detective Agatha Raisin immerses herself in the glittering lifestyle of the fabulously wealthy when Sir Charles Fraith is accused of murder - and Agatha is named as his accomplice!A...

Hannah Dennison / Dagger of Death at Honeychurch Hall

Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. BeatonIs it a question of turn the other cheek... or an eye for an eye?At last St Mary's church is going to have its own vicar! Not only that, the...

Ragnar Jonasson / Reykjavik

What happened to Lara?Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lara spends the summer on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík.In early August, the girl disappears without a trace.The...

David Roberts / No More Dying

Lord Edward Corinth embarks on his most important investigation. It is 1939 and it is clear that Britain will soon be at war and MI5 has learnt that an enemy agent has been dispatched to England to...

Leigh Russell / Poppy Takes the Lead ( Poppy Mystery Tales )

The third installment in the Poppy Mystery Tales, a British cozy crime series perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and SJ Bennett's The Queen Investigates serie sEmily is...

Yvonne Vincent / Beacon Brodie: A Losers Club Murder Mystery

Fit a sotter! The Major Investigations Team is on the island and Sergeant Wilson is a woman on a mission. She must solve the murder of the lighthouse keeper before the MIT eat all the good police...

Kerry Greenwood / The Green Mill Murder

Death and blackmail make an unwelcome visit to the hottest dancehall in town in this delicious Miss Fisher mystery. Dancing divinely through the murder and mayhem of her fifth adventure, the elegant...

Irene Lin-Chandler / Grievous Angel - A Holly-Jean Ho Mystery (Large Paperback)

From the author of THE HEALING OF HOLLY-JEAN, a crime novel featuring Holly-Jean Ho, in which the private investigator is set on the trail of a murderer after a supermodel is found dead.     All of...

David Madsen / A Box of Dreams

The young hero awakes to find himself on a train with Dr. Freud from Vienna and the sadistic train attendant Malkowitz. He can't remember who he is or where he is going and certainly has no idea why...

Alexander McCall Smith / The Sunday Philosophy Club ( Isabel Dalhousie Series ) (Large Paperback)

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which addresses such questions as 'Truth...

Lauren A. Forry / The Launch Party

Agatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon.FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023.'A truly dastardly,...

Colin Dexter / The Way Through The Woods (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...

Laurie R. King / O Jerusalem (Hardback)

At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England, Sherlock Holmes and his nineteen-year-old apprentice Mary Russell enter British-occupied Palestine under the auspices of Holmes's enigmatic...

Benedict Carey / Poison Most Vial (Hardback)

Murder in the lab! The famous forensic scientist Dr. Ramachandran is stone-cold dead, and Ruby Rose’s father is the prime suspect. It’s one more reason for Ruby to hate the Gardens, the funky urban...

Kate Atkinson / One Good Turn (Large Paperback)

It is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police,...

Lawrence Osborne / On Java Road

A veteran British journalist living in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protestor amidst the pro-democracy demonstrations in this unsettling new novel from the acclaimed author...

Michael Russell / The City in Darkness ( Stefan Gillespie Novels - Book 3 ) (Large Paperback)

Christmas 1939. In Europe the Phoney War hides carnage to come. In Ireland Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie keeps tabs on Irishmen joining the British Forces. It's unpleasant work, but when an...