Detective and mystery stories -- Fiction

Hamish's life is going to pot. He's been promoted, his boss is a dunce, and to add insult to injury, a sinister, self-proclaimed gypsy and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the village. Hamish smells trouble and as usual he's right.

When a timber merchant is found stabbed in Norchester, the local police find an obvious suspect in his son, a stunt rider in a circus. But Inspector Gently realises there is more to it than appears on the surface.

A fight for women's suffrage lands P.I. Molly Murphy in jail - where she gets hired for two cases. Emily Boswell is convinced her uncle stole her inheritance, while her college roommate Fanny Poindexter wants proof of her husband's philandering.

Harry Bosch is plunged into the dangerous world of international terrorism. When a physicist is murdered in LA it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on The Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. Then it's discovered that the victim had turned over...

Tom Ripley detested murder, unless it was absolutely necessary. If possible, he preferred someone else to do the dirty work. In this case, a victim of a fatal disease, who will murder for a reward in order to provide for his young widow and child.