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  • Call Mr. Fortune

    A Collection of Intriguing Tales in Classic Detective Fiction Style

    by Henry Christopher Bailey ...
    In "Call Mr. Fortune," Henry Christopher Bailey crafts a compelling narrative that intertwines mystery and social commentary within the backdrop of early 20th-century England. The novel skillfully explores the life of the titular character, Mr. Fortune, a detective whose unconventional methods and keen intuition contrast sharply with the expectations of the time. Bailey's prose is both vivid and ... Read more

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  • Missing or Murdered

    by Robin Forsythe ...
    There was no mistaking the sound: it was that of a stealthy footfall, and it appeared to come from the staircase leading to the next floor.Lord Bygrave left the Ministry on Friday evening, with plans for a fortnight's holiday in the country. But the following morning he had seemingly vanished into thin air. Now Scotland Yard are struggling to find evidence of foul play in the absence of tangible ... Read more

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  • The Essex Murders

    by Vernon Loder ...
    Series series Black Heath Classic Crime
    Crime novelist Edward Hope has recently purchased Fen Court, a beautiful country residence on the Essex marshes. However when he and his friend Nancy Johnson go to visit the new property, they find themselves caught up in a real-life murder mystery when three bodies are discovered in the ornamental fish-ponds.Finding himself high on the list of suspects, Hope must work in collaboration with ... Read more

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  • British Mysteries Collection: The Complete 7 Novels & Detective Story (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. British village terror, vanishings, and women in peril: seven psychological crime tales

    by Ethel Lina White, Vaughn Redenhall ...
    British Mysteries Collection: The Complete 7 Novels & Detective Story gathers Ethel Lina White's major contributions to interwar crime fiction, where country villages, boarding houses, railway carriages, and seemingly respectable households become theatres of dread. Her prose is brisk, atmospheric, and psychologically acute, combining the puzzle elements of the Golden Age with a darker "woman-in ... Read more

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  • The Last Houseparty

    A Crime Novel

    by Peter Dickinson ...
    In this gripping novel by CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson, the survivor of a manor-house crime delves into the past to solve a mysteryAt the elegant English manor known as Snailwood, tourists come daily to hear decades-old gossip about the second wife of the sixth earl. Zena was a remarkable young woman whose scandalous reputation has been dimmed neither by time nor by her bizarre death. In ... Read more

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  • Information Received

    by E.R. Punshon ...
    Description In his London townhouse, city magnate Sir Christopher Clarke is found lying murdered. At the other end of the house his safe hangs open and rifled, and earlier in the day he had visited his solicitors in order to make a drastic change in his will. Later it is discovered that there has been fraud connected with the dead man, and this is but one of the many complications with which ... Read more

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  • Heads You Lose

    by Christianna Brand ...
    Series Book 1 - The Inspector Cockrill Mysteries
    In the English countryside, one of the well-mannered guests at Pigeonsford Estate may be a murderer in this series debut by an Edgar Award–nominated author.As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards, drinks tea, and acts polite—but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She's ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • The Old Dick

    by L. A. Morse ...
    WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL.---Retired private eye Jake Spanner may have gotten old, but he hasn't gone soft. When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, it's time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work.Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and with a lifetime of investigating ... Read more

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  • Murder in the Squire's Pew

    by J. S. Fletcher ...
    The private eye Ronald Camberwell and his associate Chaney are called to investigate about the mysterious disappearance of 15th century gold chalice and paten and of two priceless books. These precious antiques have been stolen from a county church’s vestry – but this is not all. As soon as the two detectives start exploring the old building, they discover the murdered body of a man, lying within ... Read more

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  • The Square of Revenge

    by Pieter Aspe ...
    Translated by Brian Doyle ...
    Series Book 1 - The Pieter Van In Mysteries
    The #1 international bestselling crime thriller that introduces Belgian detective Pieter Van In, "a brusque cop with every bad habit you can think of" ( The New York Times Book Review).The beautiful medieval architecture of Bruges belies the dark longings of her residents. When the wealthy and powerful Ludovic Degroof's jewelry store is robbed, nothing is stolen, but the jewels have been dissolved ... Read more

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  • The Adventures of Ellery Queen

    by Ellery Queen ...
    A classic collection of short crime fiction from the Grand Master Edgar Award–winning author.For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain—and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police inspector. But when a university professor asks Queen to teach a ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

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  • Dark Nantucket Noon

    by Jane Langton ...
    Series Book 2 - The Homer Kelly Mysteries
    Homer defends a crazed poet accused of using an eclipse as cover for murderFor all her life, poet Kitty Clark has waited to see a total eclipse of the sun. News of an impending eclipse thrills her until she learns it will be visible only from Nantucket, where one year ago her ex-lover Joe Green moved with his new wife. Unable to resist the astronomical lure, she flies in from Boston, and makes her ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD