Traditional Detective Mystery

One time police detective Peter Diamond loses his job as a security guard when he fails to spot a small Japanese child hiding in the furniture department of Harrods. Weeks later, she's still unclaimed; Diamond is unable to forget the frightened eyes of the silent little girl and takes on the challenge of uncovering her identity.

Paris, 1355. Un homme est brûlé vif en place publique. Nicolas Flamel assiste à l'exécution : l'horreur ne fait que commencer car celui qui deviendra un célèbre alchimiste est sur le point de plonger dans les terribles révélations d'un livre interdit.Paris, 2007. Le commissaire franc-maçon Antoine Marcas découvre deux crimes rituels commis par l'un des siens, baptisé le "Frère de Sang". Un indice le met rapidement sur la piste d'un secret séculaire, entourant le mystère de l'or pur.

New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. King garners widespread acclaim for her suspenseful novels rich with historical detail. Set in the vibrant Paris Jazz Age, The Bones of Paris introduces private investigator Harris Stuyvesant, an American agent who’s been given the plum assignment of locating beautiful young model Philippa Crosby. But when Philippa’s trail ends at the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Montmartre, Stuyvesant discovers a world where art meets sexual depravity - and where a savage killer lurks in the shadows.

When Inspector Witherspoon becomes the main suspect in a murder case, Scotland Yard refuses to let him investigate. But no one said anything about Mrs. Jeffries and her polished detection skills, proving that behind every great man there's a woman - and that a crime solver's work is never done.

In 1930, young Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks - with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being “trigger-happy”, he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective’s assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it’s the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.

Set in London in the early 1900s, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover policeman Gabriel Syme, who, in partnership with a Scotland Yard task force, attempts to take down underground anarchists. Syme encounters Lucian Gregory, a passionate anarchist, who eventually takes him to a secret meeting place. Once there, Syme begins to influence the anarchists and is eventually elected to the central council. In his attempts to destroy the council of anarchists from the inside, he starts to uncover more secrets, each more mysterious than the last.

सुहास शिरवळकर यांनी लिहिलेल्या सर्वोत्तम क्राईम थ्रिलर्सपैकी एक कादंबरी म्हणजे - "चॅलेंज"! एक अतिशय मनोरंजक आणि पूर्णपणे वेधक कथन, ज्यामध्ये निळ्या डोळ्यांचा , सुशिंचा लाडका मानस पुत्र,बॅरिस्टर अमर विश्वास - स्वतःच जगदीश सेठींच्या खुनाच्या आरोपाखाली आरोपीच्या पिंजऱ्यात उभे राहतो ! आणि तिथूनच सुरु होतो खऱ्या खुन्याला शोधायचा एक रंजक प्रवास !वेस्टर्न रेल्वेच्या प्रवासात घडलेल्या सेठींच्या खुनात खरा हात कुणाचा होता ? तो एकटाच होता की त्याचे लागेबांधे आणखी कोणाशी होते ? या खुनामागचे नेमके कारण काय ?

सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या कादंबरीतील एक लाडका मानसपुत्र म्हणजे "फिरोज इराणी".जो अतरंगी आहे , हुशार आहे . गुन्हेगारांचा पण बाप आहे . "उस्ताद" या कथेतील निरनिराळी पात्रं फिरोजच्या अवतीभवती पिंगा घालतात . या कथेच्या प्रारंभीच फिरोजला त्याने न केलेल्या बँक दरोड्यात त्याला फसवण्यात येतं. या दरोड्याचा शोध घेताना होते एक खुनांची मालिका ज्यामध्ये फिरोझ अजून अडकत जातो. या असंख्य खुणांच्या मागे मास्टरमाईंड कोणाचं आहे ? नक्की मेजर सूर्यकांत अस्तित्वात होता कि तो आभास होता ?

धीरज शांतीदास २५ लाखांसाठी शेठ जमनादासला ट्रॅप करायचा प्रयत्न करतो पण तसे करताना तोच शेठच्या खुनाबद्दल पकडला जातो. सर्व पुरावे धीरज च्या विरोधात असतात पण त्याच्या निर्दोषपणा बद्दल एक वकिलाला खात्री असते. तो वकील म्हणजे ‘बॅरिस्टर अमर विश्वास!’ हि गुंतागुंत अमर कसा सोडवतो ? खरा खुनी धीरज कि अजून कोण ? आणि सर्वात महत्त्वाचे म्हणजे - हा खून का केला ?

When the chef tipped to win this year’s annual Eton Mess competition falls to his death in mysterious circumstances, Albert races to investigate—surely this is the work of the Gastrothief again.

On the southeast coast of England, three wines growers have just gone missing and a fourth was found dead at the scene. Could this be the work of the master criminal Albert Smith has been chasing all over the country? You'd better believe it. Rushing back to his home county, Albert hopes to pick up the trail once more. With trusted former police dog, Rex Harrison, at his side, the duo begins to snoop.…

It's 1910, and Daniel Pitt is a reluctant lawyer who would prefer to follow in the footsteps of his detective father. When the biographer Russell Graves, who Daniel is helping defend, is sentenced to execution for the murder of his wife, Daniel's Pitt-family investigative instincts kick in, and he sets out to find the real killer. With only 21 days before Graves is to be executed, Daniel learns that Graves is writing a biography of Victor Narraway, the former head of Special Branch and a close friend of the Pitts. And the stories don't shed a positive light. Is it possible someone is framing Graves to keep him from writing the biography-maybe even someone Daniel knows in Special Branch? The only answer, it seems, lies in the dead woman's corpse.

Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when she witnesses a man wearing a brown suit die at a tube station in London, she searches for clues and finds a mysterious piece of paper nearby. The message it contains leads her on a confounding chase full of secret aliases and codes as she seeks to solve the case and catch the murderer. Featuring an appearance from Secret Service agent Colonel Race, this story from renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie is a true classic that blends adventure and suspense with the detective story.

Getting his client off death row could save his career...or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause. A mysterious job offer from a secretive boss gives him a second chance but lands him an impossible case with multiple lives at stake.

When Constable Evan Evans discovers a beautiful shepard's cottage in the mountains of Llanfair, Wales, he and his fiancée are thrilled. It's only months before their wedding, and they are eager to begin their new life together. The cottage is in need of renovation, so Evan wastes no time before he begins making much-needed repairs.

A deluge has flooded the high ground near Hanging Falls - but heavy rains aren't the only menace descending on Timber Creek. While on a scouting mission to pinpoint trail damage, officer Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner, Robo, stumble upon a body floating at the edge of a lake. Robo catches human scent, which leads to an enigmatic forest-dweller who quickly becomes suspect number one. With help from veterinarian Cole Walker, Mattie identifies the victim and discovers an odd religious cult whose dress and manners harken back to the 19th century.

Driving home from a dinner party in the village of Sumpton Harcourt, Rory and Molly Harris, the new vicar and his wife, strain to see the road ahead - and then suddenly brake, screeching to a halt. Right in front of them, aglow in the headlights, a body hangs from a gnarled tree at the edge of town. An elderly spinster has been murdered - and the villagers are bewildered as to who would commit such a crime. Agatha Raisin rises to the occasion (a little glad for the excitement, to tell the truth, after a long run of lost cats and divorces on the books).

Dark secrets. An artist’s retreat. Unimaginable wealth. When a group of artists congregates to paint a local scene, all is calm and peaceful. But after an apparently unremarkable local man is attacked, Inspector David Graham and his team snap into action. As suspects surface, the Gorey police team must piece together a puzzle that can’t be solved without delving into the secrets of the town’s upper crust, taking them down a dark and unexpected path.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle delivers one of the most iconic and atmospheric tales in the Sherlock Holmes canon. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead under suspicious circumstances near his estate on the Devonshire moors, whispers of a family curse resurface—one involving a terrifying spectral hound. Fearing for the safety of the new heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, Dr. James Mortimer seeks the help of master detective Sherlock Holmes.

In the heart of Hawk's Landing, the truth will be unearthed... As the Spring Equinox Festival paints the streets of Hawk's Landing with promise, a chilling murder shatters the town's fragile tranquility. The festive air turns cold under the eerie glow of a looming Blood Moon, a harbinger of darkness in a town desperate for renewal.

Sheriff Dalton Savage, grappling with the demands of duty and family, finds himself at the center of a perplexing mystery. The victim holds a connection to his wife Becca's hidden past, unravelling secrets she never intended to reveal.