Detective Collection

A thriller book set in San Francisco during the early 1920s. Step into the chaotic world of 1920s San Francisco, where the gilded charm of the city masks a labyrinth of deceit, danger, and cunning criminal minds. Follow the enigma that begins with a staggering theft and propels a cast of intriguing characters into a spiral of mystery and suspense. The serenity of the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank is shattered by the discovery that nearly a million dollars has vanished, throwing the boardroom into disarray. When Hendricks, the cashier, reports that Edward Clayte, a teller, absconded with the ...

When Madelina Winston, a beautiful American heiress, arrives in England, she has at first only one thought on her mind, to try and trace her late father’s English family. Her stepmother, Mrs. Winston, has other ideas. Madelina might have beauty and a fortune, but as far as Mrs. Winston is concerned she lacks the crowning glory of life, an English title. Mrs. Winston knows that there are many impoverished aristocrats hoping to marry money and wastes no time in setting about finding a likely candidate for Madelina’s hand.

A diverse collection of Sherlock Holmes related writings including several essays, short stories, and two radio plays. Andriacco's obsession with matters Sherlockian is obvious, and there is much here for Sherlock Holmes fans to enjoy.

Volume II of the Redacted Sherlock Holmes presents more stories manifestly too scandalous to publish in the lifetime of the great Baker Street detective.

Collected here are the second 3 stories in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series.

Two kings, a model, a traitor, two wombats, two poets, an accountant, more lobbyists than you can count, three titans of business, two artists, a pawnbroker…and Sherlock Holmes.

Amateur sleuth Clarissa Montgomery Hayes loves her loyal canine partner, Paw. Together they sniff out crime and dig up clues to solve mysteries. Can a dog be a detective? He sure can. The dog detective is on the case in this collection of the first five cozy mystery short stories in the Dog Detective Series. In “The Mystery of the Blue Dolphins,” Clarissa’s amateur sleuth uncle has died. Or was it murder? And what has happened to the stolen jewels he was investigating? Clarissa and Paw are on vacation at the beach in “The Mystery of Aunt Carol’s Disappearance” where their ...

Over 100 Full-Color Images! John DeGaetano, San Francisco Bay Area theater stage director, Broadwayworld nominee, advisor, and award-winning artist, re-creates his twist on Twenty-Seven adventures in the Collection series of Sherlock Holmes 10 Minute Stories. The collection combines content from books one, two, and three in the series with additional images. Known also for his play series, these new adventures are fun reading and easily adaptable for the stage as well. Based in part on the career writings of Holmes’ longtime friend Dr. Watson, the well-crafted stories are homage to Conan ...

A collection of works containing two classic mystery Agatha Christie novels featuring the redoubtable Superintendent Battle. Superintendent Battle's impassive expression misleads many new aquantances into underestimating the determined lawman - but it is not nothing that one of Scotland Yard's finest detectives is assigned the most volatile and mysterious cases of murder. In his first adventure, The Secret of Chimneys, the Superintendent is concerned with a missing packet of letters -- and their vital connection to murder and control of the throne of Herzoslovakia.

The Duke of Laverdale is ambitious to be appointed Master of the Horse and the new Queen Adelaide is determined that behaviour at Court should be moral after the licentiousness of King George IV. The Duke therefore ends his affaire de coeur with the enchanting Lady Sybil Mersham and drops his ballet dancer mistress as well. Up to now he has been determined not to be married, but he now decides to become respectable and find a suitable bride as befits his standing.

Enjoy this wonderful collection of Sherlock Holmes' adventures.

Volume III of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes presents six more scintillating stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson about the great Baker Street detective.

Five Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one book collection. Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, who has won numerous awards for television documentaries and radio theater.

Simply Media presents Agatha Christie 4 Short Story Poirot Collection, Set 7: The Cornish Mystery, The Double Clue, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, The Lemesurier Inheritance.

Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was one of the first crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are twelve novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force. This collection contains the third group of three novels in the series: Initials Only (1911), One of My Sons (1901), and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917).

The beautiful Lola Fenton lives happily in a small cottage in the depths of Worcestershire, but she is suddenly orphaned when her father and mother are killed in a railway crash. Her uncle, the Earl of Kencombe, comes to the funeral and then tells her that, as she has no money, she will have to come and live with him. He obviously has no wish for her to do so, but feels that it is his duty as her legal Guardian.

"Moonlight Falls by Vincent Zandri is a fabulous fast-paced thriller that will take you on the thrill-ride of your life!" For the first time ever, three Dick Moonlight PI short novels are collected in one big single volume. You get Divorce by Moonlight, Code Blue Moonlight, and Moonlight Gets Railroaded! The Dick Moonlight PI Series is New York Times bestselling Thriller and Shamus Award-winning Vincent Zandri's noir and hard-boiled mystery masterpiece. "Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working today!" --Publishers Weekly “Zandri (is) a veteran wordsmith who ...

A Suitor for the Spurned Mail Order Bride Anna Dawson thought she had the perfect man. She had the perfect life planned out with her perfect man. She was marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor. Until she wasn’t. Suddenly, on her wedding day, she’s spurned. What’s a girl to do but run away, her head tucked low in shame? Daniel West’s got a problem. His uncle’s will states that in order to inherit his own parents’ property, Daniel’s got to have a wife before his next birthday. Before his next birthday? There doesn’t seem to be time to find and woo a wife. Until his ...

More Faces is a crime short story collection from A Chaser on the Rocks author Simon Maltman. The twelve mystery noirs included feature published and previously unpublished stories and all series shorts currently available. Take a journey across Northern Ireland, through the beauty and darkness, with the fresh new voice in Irish Crime Fiction."I’m amazed how a writer can cram so much into such a short space of narrative. You hit the ground running and it’s a sprint finish."Crime Book Junkie“A punchy tale, told plainly, with plenty of pace… of old fashioned thuggery and backstreet ...

These are 20 new crime mysteries together in one large collection, taken from a string of short stories set in the late 19th century. No fictional characters are more renowned for their powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion, Dr. John Watson.