Mystery & Detective Fiction
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The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir
$27.95 Add to cartFrom Sherlock Holmes to Sam Spade; Nick and Nora Charles to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin; Harry Lime to Gilda, Madeleine Elster, and other femmes fatales–crime and crime solving in fiction and film
- Author: Lehman, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501763628
- Language: English
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
$11.95 Add to cartArthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893, in the short story ‘The Final Problem’, but was tempted to bring him back to life ten years later, in the thirteen tales that comprise T… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0198856709
- Language: English
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Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy
$21.95 Read moreTHE TELEGRAPH’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR 2024 EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE H.R.F KEATING AWARD FOE BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/CRITICAL BOOK
“As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy no- Author: Powell, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1501367315
- Language: English
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s fav
- Author: Aldridge, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0008296642
- Language: English
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Uncle Silas
$13.95 Add to cart‘The old woman opened the door, and the next moment I was in the presence of Uncle Silas.’
In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the claustrophobic Bart… [more below]- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Le Fanu, Sheridan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0198864353
- Language: English
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Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making
$18.99 Add to cartAgatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks is the fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie’s long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished Hercule … [more below]
- Author: Curran, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061988375
- Language: English
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Tony Hillerman’s Landscape: On the Road with an American Legend
$29.99 Add to cartDon’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
“You’ve read the books, now see the land. . . . It’s like having Tony Hillerman still with u
- Author: Hillerman, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0061374296
- Language: English
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A Study in Scarlet
$9.95 Add to cart“There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.”
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet a popular cultural phenomenon is born. We meet two of the most famous ch- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0198856040
- Language: English
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Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartIn this affectionate and unvarnished recollection of his past, Tony Hillerman looks at seventy-six years spent getting from hard-times farm boy to bestselling author. Using the gifts of a talented nov
- Author: Hillerman, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0060505869
- Language: English
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The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators
$32.99 Read moreWinner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagg
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0008192421
- Language: English
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The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World’s Greatest Detective
$32.00 Add to cartQuesting was Sherlock Holmes’s business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of the key scientific breakthroughs of his age, … [more below]
- Author: Lycett, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 071128167X
- Language: English
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Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers
$29.00 Add to cartThis fun, engrossing book takes a look at the surprising influence that gardens and gardening have had on mystery novels and their authors.
With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners,
- Author: McDowell, Marta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1643261126
- Language: English
