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’Tis the season for a pair of Christmas novels that add a dash of murder to the Yuletide spirit. “Perry’s Victorian-era holiday mysteries [are] an annual treat.”—The Wall Street Journal A CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING “Could have been devised by Agatha Christie . . . [Anne...

Dr. Hextall receives a call in the early hours of the morning to attend the beautiful Paquita Tress, who has accidentally wounded herself while attempting to shoot Kesteven, a friend of her brother Darrell. Paquita is convinced that Kesteven is not only a bad influence on her brother, but actively...

Over many years the British Army taught Jim Tarrent every surveillance technique, orthodox and unorthodox, know to man so it is no surprise that having left the army he starts up a detective agency.  However, it is not until he meets Jenn, an ex-prisoner, that he solves his first case. ...

1903 saw The Adventure of The Empty House and the return of Sherlock Holmes to 221b Baker Street where he explains the deception of his death at the Reichenbach Falls to his faithful friend Dr John Watson. 2012 sees The Crime of The Empty House where the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Undershaw,...

"Mr. Holmes is an amateur, Hopkins." Lestrade was smiling around the stem of his pipe as he spoke. Hopkins could hear it. "Not a man who works well in teams, he. He still trusts Dr. Watson not to lie to him... and Dr. Watson's pulled some whoppers to save his skinny neck in the past." Lestrade was still...

The Adventures of Neptune King is the third book in the series. Shark, still pining over his breakup with Valerie meets and befriends 16 year old Vessa Kelly, driven from home by her mother’s occupation. While helping Vessa, he soon forgets about his own troubles, and then, when her prostitute mother...

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman make a living anonymously, cruising the seven seas aboard the early twentieth century's most extravagant sailing vessels as ship's detectives. In this line of work they've experienced more than their share of humanity. Along with the members of first...

The “master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries” sends his Yorkshire detectives back to college to be taught a lesson in murder (The New York Times). Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel...

The Yorkshire detectives are upstaged by a Shakespeare-inspired serial killer in this “stylish, superior . . . snappy” mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel...

​***ʻThis series gets better and better.’*** Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER . . . The first novel in this series - Dead Before Morning - is FREE! A nine-month pregnant wife, a murder victim found down a trench on an archaeological dig, minus his fingers,...

’Entertaining as always.' A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER… ‘The original crossroads used to run by here,’ Dr Sam Dally told Rafferty. ‘Legend has it that this was the original Hanging Tree.’ When Inspector Rafferty first hears the report that a...

A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER . . . 'Evans brings wit and insight to this tale of looking for love in all the wrong places.' KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW Detective Inspector Joe Rafferty manages to become chief suspect in his own double murder investigation. And all he’d...

A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER . . .  BAD BLOOD # 7 in the 15-strong Rafferty and Llewellyn cozy mystery series 'Like its stars, it's reliable and consistently satisfying.' Booklist on Bad Blood and the Rafferty series. ABOUT THE SERIES DI Joe Rafferty,...

A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER . . .  #8 in the Rafferty & Llewellyn series A most unlikely murderer, was DI Joe Rafferty's immediate thought when the slender and bloodied Felicity Raine stumbled into the police station and confessed to killing her husband....