Traditional Detective Mysteries
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Charteris, Leslie [Charteris, Leslie]

6 “What’s the matter?” repeated Lord Ripwell, with pardonable blankness. “Nothing,” said the Saint absently. “It’s just some more of the pieces falling into place. Wait a minute.” He jumped ...
( Category: Murder August 20,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-02-17 | Author:Christopher Fowler [Fowler, Christopher]

24 / Closing Ranks Bryant insisted on driving his battered yellow Mini Minor to their South London appointment. Although his skill in negotiating major intersections had marginally improved in the ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-09-27 | Author:Christopher Fowler [Fowler, Christopher]

TWENTY-FIVE Late Night Conversation Bryant spent the next few hours in a dim basement library you could only access with the possession of a special pass and a private knock. ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-02-17 | Author:Christopher Fowler [Fowler, Christopher]

Bryant examined the idea. A pensive pout crippled his face, shifting his ears and popping his eyes into pockets of wrinkled flesh. It wasn't an attractive sight. 'You know, Raymond, ...
( Category: Police Procedurals July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-13 | Author:Christopher Fowler [Fowler, Christopher]

25 * * * RITE OF PASSAGE The atmosphere at the PCU had changed from a state of indecision to one of purpose. Like it or not, Longbright knew that ...
( Category: Suspense July 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-14 | Author:Ruth Rendell [Ruth Rendell]

Dennis Cuthbert looked angry. No doubt he expected and would have preferred a passage from the Authorised Version of the Bible. They sang a hymn Wexford didn’t know but Dora ...
( Category: Murder July 16,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-01 | Author:Susan Elia Macneal [Macneal, Susan Elia]

“So, how does this work?” Maggie asked. “How do we find the bouquet?” They were walking from the library down St. Patrick and Nicolson Street to St. Leonard’s Police Station. ...
( Category: World War II July 10,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-06-04 | Author:Martha Grimes

Hackney, Plaistow Street Saturday, 7:00 P.M. 30 * * * Jury hadn’t been in Hackney in some time. It appeared to be going through the process of gentrification that had ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-02-06 | Author:Martha Grimes

VI The End of the Tunnel SIXTEEN JESSICA stood in the doorway of the drawing room that morning, refusing to put her foot over the sill, as if she hoped ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-02-06 | Author:Martha Grimes

19 When Jenny Kennington opened the door of the narrow little house in Ryland Street in the old part of Stratford, Jury felt a small jolt, not because she had ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-02-06 | Author:Martha Grimes

DOWN AT HEEL? DOWN ON YOUR LUCK? DOWN-IN-THE-MOUTH? they asked, suggesting the condition might be alleviated and sorrows drowned if the customer would buy one thing or another from the ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1987-01-01 | Author:Martha Grimes

Seventeen FIONA CLINGMORE sat at her desk wearing a mask of brown goo that hid everything but her eyes and lips, turning the pages of Harrods magazine with a wetted ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Martha Grimes

23 "It were a dreadful thing, but there's no way to help you, I can see," said Mrs. Holt, irritation flickering across her broad features. "It were painful enough at ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-03-26 | Author:Martha Grimes

FOURTEEN I JURY looked at his hand, the one which had just shaken Melrose Plant’s, and asked, “Why would you cut off the fingers of one hand, Mr. Plant?” It ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-01-18 | Author:Martha Grimes

CHAPTER 12 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 The next morning Jury was sitting at Pluck’s battered wooden desk, Wiggins looking over his shoulder. They were studying Darrington’s book, Bent on Murder and ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives July 6,2014 )