British Detective Mysteries

World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the pastoral coast of western Scotland. Home from an undercover mission in Berlin, she settles down to teach at her old spy training camp, and to heal from scars on both her body and heart. Yet instead of enjoying the quieter pace of life, Maggie is quickly drawn into another web of danger and intrigue.

Book 2 in the Batterton Police Series. Jensen Bartholomew is Zooming with his brother, Cedric, when the door behind Cedric opens and a figure enters covered head to foot in a black gown and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. As Jensen watches, the figure wraps something around Cedric’s neck and pulls it tight. Cedric struggles to free himself and his feet stamp a furious tattoo on the worn lino beneath them, but the figure does not relent. Cedric sinks out of sight. The figure leans in close to the screen and points through it at Jensen. In a deep and gravelly voice, it says, ‘You’re next.’...

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her - and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind?

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sits the corpse of Mrs.Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: "You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met....

On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children—especially fifteen-year-old Etty—grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn’t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan’s father—and the Salters’ neighbor— Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river.

A cosy mystery perfect for fans of Sally Smith, Steve Higgs, LJ Ross, Robert Thorogood, and Richard Osman. Spring has sprung on Spain’s Costa del Sol, and Karen McLaren is in high spirits. The Easter Parade is in full swing, and the residents of Club Britannia are in a celebratory mood. Karen has planned an extended weekend of delicious food, good company, and a little well-earned rest… …then Bishop Ramos is gunned down in broad daylight. When Darren Carson - a young, mild-mannered priest - admits to the crime, the village is stunned. Comisario Hernandez is satisfied, but Karen ...

In Liverpool, a woman inexplicably leaps to her death. The following morning, two bodies are found on nearby Crosby Beach: a woman tied to a statue, and a man buried up to his neck and left to drown. When a nine-month-old murder case is reopened, DI Sheridan Holler is shocked to uncover family connections between the victim, Daniel Parks, and the three unexplained deaths. With Daniel’s body still missing and the number-one suspect cleared of the crime, Holler’s cold case suddenly becomes a major murder investigation.

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses...and no corpse. This title was previously published as What Mrs. McGrillicuddy Saw!

Poirot Investigates a host of murders most foul—as well as other dastardly crimes—in this intriguing collection of short stories from the one-and-only Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie’s classic Murder in the Mews presents four mystifying criminal conundrums that will seriously test the superior detecting skills of the unflappable Hercule Poirot.

Reporting Murder is a gripping English murder mystery set in the bustling streets of 1920s London. Dive into the world of intrigue, deception, and high-stakes journalism. Every Saturday morning, the blue and gold cover of The Owl graced the bookstalls across London. Jamaal Spillner, the sharp-minded editor of this influential weekly, thrived on the chaos of press nights. But his routine is shattered when his right-hand woman, Margaret Stanley, bursts into his office with shocking news: Trey Ford, the Minister of Imperial Finance, has been murdered at his country house. Spillner, sensing an ...

Detective Chief Inspector James Thaw and his partner, Detective Sergeant Kevin Friday, find themselves in danger as someone from their past targets them for revenge. Their nemesis looks to exploit the unique relationship between the two very different detectives, leaving Friday to think back to their first case together.

No one is more protective of the details of their past than Detective Chief Inspector James Thaw. Where did he come from before he was reassigned to Tolland Valley? Why is there no record of his prior service as a police officer? When details of his past, details he has tried to keep secret from the world, are used to try to destroy him, it is up to Detective Sergeant Kevin Friday to take over the investigation that will save him. Soon Friday is caught between trying to help save Thaw and finding a brilliant killer. As the investigation takes one surprising turn after another, Friday ...

Everyone who knew him seemed to like Charles Culverhouse. But when Detective Chief Inspector James Thaw and Detective Sergeant Kevin Friday begin to investigate his death they soon learn that everyone close to him had a motive to kill him. Not even the cause of death could be easily determined, and as the two detectives dig further into the case the more they see that nothing is as it seems. With a list of suspects, none of whom have an alibi, the case takes one unexpected turn after another. Leading to a shocking conclusion that no one could have predicted,. No one, that is, except ...

On a deserted road, late at night, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing over a body, launching an inquiry that leads him into the lair of a stealthy killer and the dangerous recesses of his own memories in this 20th installment of the acclaimed New York Times best-selling series.

It had been a typical New Year's Eve party. But as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite - a keen observer of human nature - senses that the real drama of the evening is yet to unfold. And so it proves when a mysterious stranger knocks on the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? Mr. Satterthwaite's new friend is an enigma. He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen - sometimes good, but sometimes deadly....

A mysterious stranger carrying a swordstick walks the gaslit alleys and night houses of Victorian London.What is he seeking?London in 1853 - a mist-shrouded city where the grand houses of the wealthy lie a stone's throw from the vilest slums and rookeries of the poor.Who is this man so determined to fight for justice against all the wrongs of Victorian society? What are the origins of the mysterious William Quest?In a pursuit from the teeming streets of London to the lonely coast of Norfolk, Inspector Anders of Scotland Yard is determined to uncover the truth.To an explosive climax where ...

Grave Stones is the ninth instalment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series chock-full of picture-postcard villages, dastardly deeds, and a delightful slice of humour. The residents of Shepford St Bernard are to have a party in the church hall, in response to a request to boost congregation numbers only their new vicar is a woman, and a young one to boot, which is not to everyone's liking ... The morning after the party, the extent of the brooding resentment felt in the small community is revealed when an elderly woman is found dead outside her house, the contents of her safe...

A classic English murder fiction novel set in the rural village of Peakshire during the early 1920s. Step into the mysterious world of Bellingham, a seemingly serene country village where quiet lanes and picturesque countryside hide dark secrets and twisted plots. Follow Dennis Skubal, a keen criminologist and writer, as he unravels the chilling web of deceit surrounding the sudden and brutal murder of Sir Marcus Alexander. *Dark Waters* unfolds in the hauntingly beautiful yet eerie landscape of Peakshire, where every character harbors a secret, and nothing is quite as it seems. Trouble ...

Was it something she wrote? That’s the question investigators, DI Greene, DC Ford, and their journalist friend Carter are asking, when a popular author of mysteries and romance is found dead after a party. Were her new stories based on facts rather than fiction? Did the romantic suspence series she had written, make someone angry enough to kill? The lenghts people go to keep their secrets hidden..... DI Green, DC Ford, and Carter, have to cover two continents to unmask the truth and solve the crimes—the world they find is filled with people better at making up a story than telling the ...

When decades-old human bones are discovered beneath the old glasshouse behind Foxglove & Hemlock, the local florist, DS Harriet March and DI Ben Taylor find themselves digging into Raven's Edge's murky past. As a frosty wind whips down the cobblestoned lanes of the village, the two detectives feel an ominous chill that has nothing to do with the weather… The discovery coincides with the arrival of enigmatic novelist Iris Evergreen at Raven's Hollow, a gothic monstrosity of a mansion that's been sitting empty for years.