Detective and mystery stories, English

When a band of stranded Christmas travellers is forced to spend the night in an isolated local pub called The Chained Man, the last thing they expect is murder in their midst. Lattimer Shrive puts his amazing powers of detection and deduction to work to solve three seemingly inexplicable cases. A...

It is in a litter-strewn back alley in downtown Chicago that private investigator Jack Murphy first spies the poster. Damp and tattered, it looks like something from a hundred years ago: THE SORCERY OF CHUNG-FU, AN EVENING OF ORIENTAL MAGIC AND MYSTERY. But Murphy gets more than he bargains for w...

The game is afoot and the world's greatest detective needs your help. With Watson away, Holmes has four tricky cases and he needs your powers of deduction to unravel the mysteries.

A Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned admist the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder. This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive se...

From an irresponsible baron whose body is discovered beneath a silver birch tree, to an author who is haunted by the spiteful presence of a jealous writing partner, the characters McDermid conjures are enigmatic and dangerous, never above suspicion. Follow Tony Hill and Carol Jordan as they track...

What is the connection between an impoverished dowager, an attempt on Mycroft's life and Holmes' deadliest adversary? Can Holmes discover if a ship really disappeared in a patch of mist or is his client's father insane? Who or what is red leech?

1940s private detective Red Benton puts his ingenuity and charm to work in two stories of mystery and murder. 'Concerto for Fear' features a murderous piano and a seemingly cursed new piece of music with a deadly low G.

A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris - belonging to the city's chief of police. And a drowned man is fished from the sea off the Italian Riviera, leaving the carabinieri to wonder why his ...

Set in the rolling hills and villages of the Cotswolds and brimming with warmth and intrigue, this collection of twelve short stories from Rebecca Tope features familiar characters and places from her popular 'Cotswold Mystery' novels.

Set in the rolling hills and villages of the Cotswolds and brimming with warmth and intrigue, this collection of twelve short stories from Rebecca Tope features familiar characters and places from her popular 'Cotswold Mystery' novels.