Mystery Books

A dark green Rolls-Royce limousine slid round the corner of Sydney Place and, proceeding a few hundred yards along the Fulham Road, drew up in front of St. Christopher's Hospital. It had scarcely stopped before the door opened and its solitary occupant—a tall, well-dressed man of about...

“Oh Virg, are we really to arrive at your desert home this morning?” Betsy Clossen exclaimed the first moment that she opened her eyes on the fifth day after their departure from the Vine Haven Boarding School. “Not until nearly noon,” Virginia, who was dressing in the lower berth, smiled...

The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson

World supply of crude oil is upended by a madman, ex-KGB officer nicknamed Vlad the Impailer.

Dick is on the hunt for Kris Amar, the ghoul of Banaras. He tracks him to northern Thailand and hopes to kill him. But it's not that easy.

Disappeared From Her Home: A Novel by Catherine Louisa Pirkis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

When the wife of a famous diplomat is found murdered in a telephone booth after the theft of confidential documents her husband kept in secret in his home office, chaos ensues. An innocent suspect is imprisoned and must rely on his wife and friends to exonerate him. Can they find the real culprit...

An unidentified elderly gentleman is found bludgeoned to death in London’s Middle Temple, that enclave of justice between Fleet Street and the Thames. After due investigation the police conclude that it was merely a case of robbery. But Frank Spargo, a young journalist who senses a scoop, and...

IT’S A BAD, BAD WORLD OUT THERE – Two teenage girls who don’t even know their own names. A nightmarish town that wants to eat them alive. When fate brings them together, will a murderous town full of sin and psychotic criminals pull them apart?This book doesn’t pull punches. Packed with...