Traditional Detective Mysteries
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-08-18 | Author:Martha Grimes [Grimes, Martha]

24 Alice Miers sat in the living room of her fine house in Belgravia looking intently, even squinting, through her narrow reading glasses at the photograph, then handed it back ...
( Category: Murder April 27,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Josephine Tey [Tey, Josephine]

CHAPTER NINE "Do you know that the Bill attainting Richard III before Parliament didn't mention the murder of the Princes in the tower?" Grant asked the surgeon next morning. "Really?" ...
( Category: Murder April 23,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-12-31 | Author:G. M. Malliet

UNQUIET AMERICAN Augie was their third American of the night, but he was of a much different cut from the Dunnings of New York. Slow of speech, relaxed in attitude, ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:G. M. Malliet

CHAPTER 16 A Star Is Born Cotton stood, his backside to the fire, reading from a sheaf of notes. “Jocasta and the twins Alec and Amanda inherited quite a few ...
( Category: Murder April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:G. M. Malliet

CHAPTER 17 At Home The death of Wanda Batton-Smythe affected everyone in the village, some more than others. Lily Iverson, expecting to feel something like relief, found her life surprisingly ...
( Category: Murder April 5,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:Leslie Charteris

9 “Hardly anything,” she said. “He happened to be living close to where the accident happened, and father was taken to his house. Father took such a fancy to him ...
( Category: Crime March 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Leslie Charteris

8 Later that evening Farnham said meticulously, “Of course, Johnny, between ourselves, the Governor’ll have to approve my recommendation and confirm your appointment himself. But I don’t think we’ll have ...
( Category: Murder March 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:Leslie Charteris

THE WATER MERCHANT “I’ll tell you what I think of Foreign Aid,” said the Saint, thoughtfully twisting the newspaper into the semblance of a short rope. “I think that if ...
( Category: Murder March 30,2015 )
epub |eng | 1991-01-02 | Author:Ellis Peters [Peters, Ellis]

Downhill at a brisk pace, through woodland and pasture, until the first silvery glints of water winked at them through the last belt of trees. The sun was dipping gently ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 26,2015 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-02-10 | Author:Hall, John [Hall, John]

Six ‘Lady Lewis, this is a most unexpected pleasure.’ Sir James, who had some acquaintance with the lady, was obviously taken aback at this meeting, but he very quickly recovered ...
( Category: Traditional Detective Mysteries March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-03 | Author:Peter Dickinson

7 But it was Dave Warren who was water-skiing. Buck, with obstinate courage, was driving the speedboat again, while Thanassi fretted on the terrace with a little walkie-talkie radio. A ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-03 | Author:Peter Dickinson

6 His heart bounced once, then settled into a quick, loud thud. He could feel his palms slippery, and his cheeks chill with withdrawn blood. But he did not run—the ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-15 | Author:Clare Curzon

While Superintendent Yeadings relaxed at home, Z awaited the scene-of-crime experts. She agreed with her chief that it wasn’t an obvious murder scene, but they could not afford to ignore ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 21,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-07-17 | Author:John Bingham [Bingham, John]

Chapter 11 They say that jealousy is caused by fear, or a lack of self-confidence, or a feeling of insecurity; but I am under the impression that I felt supremely ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2007-07-17 | Author:John Bingham [Bingham, John]

CHAPTER7 It was a pleasant evening outside, warm for October, the sky still blue, and I don’t feel the cold physically as much as some; but in certain circumstances there ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives March 5,2015 )