Crime & mystery fiction

A snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was full at this time of the year. But by the morning, there was one passenger fewer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. With tension mounting, detective Hercule...

For most of us, a summer holiday is an opportunity to escape from it all: to lounge on warm sands or sip a cool drink in the shade of a city square. But, as the characters in this murderously good collection of classic crime stories discover to their cost - trouble has a nasty habit of finding yo...

Kate Rafter is a high-flying war reporter. She's the strong one. The one who escaped their father. Her younger sister Sally didn't. Instead, she drinks. But when their mother dies, Kate is forced to return home. And on her first night she is woken by a terrifying scream. At first Kate tells herse...

The mysterious is all around us - UFOs, extraterrestrial encounters, baffling disappearances. This book investigates, without prejudice, some of the most notorious, disturbing and enduring mysteries ever recorded.

After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory. Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encou...

Throughout her distinguished career, Ann Granger has penned an array of hugely entertaining and gripping short stories. To mark her 30th anniversary as a crime writer, 18 of these compelling mysteries have been brought together to delight and enthral crime fans everywhere. From a nosy neighbour w...

Throughout her distinguished career, Ann Granger has penned an array of hugely entertaining and gripping short stories. To mark her thirtieth anniversary as a crime writer, eighteen of these compelling mysteries have been brought together to delight and enthral crime fans everywhere. From a nosy ...

A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated literary detective, Inspector Maigret.

From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery & suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life - from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends ...

Every marriage has its secrets. Sadie has it all - a handsome husband, two beautiful children, a highly respected job. But when she finds out Will is having an affair, her perfect life falls apart at the seams. Camille is hot-headed, beautiful, fiery - everything that Sadie isn't. And she's obses...