Crime Mystery category: 11599 books

When a restaurateur dies suspiciously, Bognor is forced to eat his way to the truth.Dinner service is over, the staff has left, and Escoffier Savarin Smith is about to tuck into a couple of bottles of champagne. He seals the windows with electrical tape, fiddles with a canister of gas, and begins...

Henry Staunton is a self-important, prosperous man not without self-esteem. He is utterly distressed to find his new Grace Chalice (the celebrated golden cup that had cost him a pretty penny) missing from the safe, securely built into the wall and hidden behind a looking-glass in his office. A man...

Nick Slovak is put in charge of a hot immigration investigation when he learns that his partner, immigration officer Walter Martin, is dead and the killer has escaped. Nick’s investigation turns up a trail of unsavoury evidence: organized crime, a billion dollar smuggling operation, and government...

A cosy Dandy Gilver mystery set in 1920s Scotland. For fans of PG Wodehouse, Alexander McCall Smith and Agatha Christie. 'Dan Brown meets Barbara Pym . . . Dandy is brisk, baffled, heroic, kindly, scandalised and - above all - very funny.' Guardian 'One of several authors recreating...

The Fourth Postman by Craig Rice, the first mystery writer to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. "Mass murder of postmen in a posh Chicago suburb interests lawyer Malone, Jake and Helene Justus, and other well-remembered Riceomaniacs. Plot and people as wacky as ever, with...

As a long dry summer comes to an end, the Grevilleans are trying to raise money for their fire-station by staging a production of Julius Caesar. Kingston Ellis, that celebrated Shakespearean actor, has offered to play the title role. Opening night is on the 15th March. However when Kingston is stabbed...

“Oh, God, No!” Joan Terrill exclaims as she realizes that her husband Randy lies dead at her feet, beneath a pew, in the Sunday morning worship service of the World Community Church, Daycross, Georgia. Rushing to her aid are Pastor Dr. Jack Hunter, local physician, Dr. John Tapp, and Deputy Sheriff,...

Aria Miller is a psychology student spending her summer break back with her boyfriend in her hometown, Kingsleyville, when chaos erupts. The body of a rich art dealer has been found during a fundraiser for the restoration of the church hall and the murderer is unknown. Seeing it as a chance to get...

He's just a guy who's tired of all the corruption. The machine wants to take him down, once and for all...starting with blaming his future wife for murder. Mountain Man Lehigh Carter, drafted into serving as acting sheriff of Mt. Hood County after exposing his predecessor's corruption, is compelled...

*Death of the Naked Lady, *Vol: 2; 193 pages. This novel is part of the Mary Malone series.  Four months ago, when unemployed teacher, Mary Colleen Malone, moved into her brother's apartment at the Foley in the Twin Cities with her widowed aunt, she never suspected she'd end up solving a...

Jessica Mayhew is a sharp, successful therapist with a thriving practice and loving family. But the arrival of a new client, actor Gwydion Morgan, coincides with a turbulent moment in her life: her husband has just confessed to a one-night stand with a younger woman. The son of a famous stage director,...

**“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The Guardian When a mysterious letter writer warns Inspector Maigret that a murder...

Coming soon! The next gripping Ryder and Loveday mystery from million-copy bestseller Faith Martin! Readers LOVE Ryder and Loveday: ‘By the time I got to the end of the first page, I was hooked… Addictive reading.’ Ginger Book Geek ‘I absolutely flipping well loved it.’ Goodreads reviewer...

It's August 1962, and Colin Crampton, the Brighton Evening Chronicle's crime reporter, is desperate for a front-page story. But it's the silly season for news – and the only tip-off Crampton has is about the disappearance of the seafront's crazy-golf proprietor, Arnold Trumper. Crampton thinks the...