Classic crime books

Short excerpt: He pretended to take the waters in the morning he went for a ride in his motor-car in the afternoon...  Read More >>

Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is highly skeptical of a young woman's tale of her brutal kidnapping and imprisonment...  Read More >>

A clash of wills! Partly a Robinsonade, Mr Meeson's Will was based on a well-known anecdote of the time. The London...  Read More >>

The operator hears all! Molly is the local telephone switchboard girl, who happens to listen in to people's calls...  Read More >>

The book that had everybody 'spellbound' The House of Dr. Edwardes is a psychological thriller novel about a psychiatrist...  Read More >>

Written in 1891, ""Big Bow Mystery"" still retains its power to amuse and entertain, both as a clever mystery and...  Read More >>

The Greatest swashbuckler of them all Ruritania is a fictional country in central Europe which forms the setting...  Read More >>

A gripping thriller that will leave you breathless. This book introduced Mick Cardby, the son of a Scotland yard...  Read More >>

The famous gentleman-burglar and master of disguise Arsène Lupin finds himself playing an intense game of cat and...  Read More >>

Knifing, arson, speeding cars and shoot-to-kill thrills. Lost in a London fog, young Jimmie Hallett is suddenly...  Read More >>

The Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes collection is a retro-inspired full set of Conan Doyle's wonderful tales...  Read More >>

Excerpt: ... this insinuation is dreadful. The magistrate watched the advocate's face narrowly. Was he speaking...  Read More >>

A sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich...  Read More >>

Meet Loveday Brooke! Meet Loveday Brooke who worked with the police nearly twenty-five years before women were let...  Read More >>

Before there was Perry Mason… there was Ephraim Tutt. Ephraim Tutt, Esq., is soft hearted and a sucker for the hard...  Read More >>

""Mr J.J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction."" – Spectator When a locum doctor...  Read More >>

John Bellingham is a world-renowned archaeologist who goes missing. When the piercing perception of the brilliant...  Read More >>

A mystery set in fin de siecle London. An elderly man is murdered and suspicion falls on his young widow. But then...  Read More >>

Return to Graustark. The follow-up to Graustark is the tale of a beautiful and rich American girl who takes off...  Read More >>

In Raymond Chandler’s favourite novel, Mr Bowling buys the newspapers only to find out what the latest is on the...  Read More >>

Classic Victorian paranormal novel! Lizzie Melladew is murdered and her twin sister disappears, they are led to...  Read More >>

"The novel ""The Stillwater Tragedy"" is believed to be the first in which a detective appears in English literature....  Read More >>

""The Lodger"" is the chilling story of Jack the Ripper's terrible murders and the woman who shelters him from the...  Read More >>

A revised, definitive version of this riotously funny take on the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, a firm favourite...  Read More >>

""'How on earth did you piece together all this?' he asked in wonder. Mr Reeder shook his head sadly. 'I have that...  Read More >>