Traditional Detective Mysteries
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-31 | Author:Louise Penny

TWENTY-SEVEN As Lacoste snapped pictures in the bedroom of the old Hadley house and Lemieux bagged the tape Gamache opened and closed drawers in the cabinets, bedside table and vanity. ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-11-30 | Author:Jane Smiley [Smiley, Jane]

AND then, oddly, she came to her senses, or rather her brimming fear drained away, leaving her sheepishly squatting in the bookstacks in the dark, late for her rendezvous. She ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 1994-09-21 | Author:Deborah Crombie

CHAPTER 11 “Cut and dried.” “All right. Justify it.” Kincaid pushed his chair away from his desk and propped his feet up on the open bottom drawer. He’d gone bleary-eyed ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives September 22,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-05 | Author:Dorothy L. Sayers [Sayers, Dorothy L.]

TALBOYS A Lord Peter Wimsey Story ‘FATHER!’ ‘Yes, my son.’ ‘You know those peaches of Mr Puffett’s, the whacking great big ones you said I wasn’t to take?’ ‘Well?’ ‘Well, ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths September 22,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

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 September 22,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-21 | Author:Ellis Peters [Peters, Ellis]

9 Godith, if he had but known it, was at that moment viewing her own reflection in Aline’s glass, which Constance was holding well away from her to capture more ...
( Category: Historical Mystery September 22,2014 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

4 Devoted students of our hagiography who have been following these chronicles for the past several years may be a little tired of reading the exposition of Inspector John Henry ...
( Category: Murder September 22,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2014-09-08 | Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]

THE SKY WAS DARK when Monk left the prison and made his way to the ferry, even though it was July. The ferryman was gray-haired and lean-faced. His powerful arms ...
( Category: Historical Mystery September 22,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

Emotionally stirred to the depths of his soul by the familiar melody and the uplifting words, Mr Thoat was moved as he approached to adopt the rôle of conductor, waving ...
( Category: Murder September 22,2014 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

He went through the night toward Skeleton Hill with a blithe softness. The country before him and on either side was an earthly sleeping wilderness, ragged and obscure in the ...
( Category: Crime September 22,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-27 | Author:Michael Jecks [Jecks, Michael]

Chapter Seventeen Simon and Baldwin were woken the next morning by the sudden eruption of noise as the little fortress’s servants began to rouse themselves. It was something that Simon ...
( Category: Historical Mystery September 22,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-23 | Author:Ann Granger

‘I went to see Ruth,’ Meredith said that evening, peering dubiously into a pot of boiling pasta. ‘She’s bearing up well, all things considered. She thought your Sergeant Holding was ...
( Category: Crime September 22,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

16 The Saint said, “No.” “Why?” wheedled Titania Ourley. “Because you don’t have to try to pump me for information like you did at the Algonquin, because I’m not investigating ...
( Category: Crime September 22,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

2 Simon Templar smiled with his lips and his one visible eye. “Hullo, Jill!” he murmured. “And how have you been keeping all these years?” The girl backed towards him, ...
( Category: Crime September 22,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

3 This brought motionless silence to Dr Zellermann. He eyed the Saint coldly for a long moment. Then he said, “Are you in the habit of breaking and entering?” “I ...
( Category: Murder September 22,2014 )