Detective and mystery stories. In this Miss Marple novel a group of people gather at her house one Tuesday evening and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes.
Detective or mystery stories
- Author:CHRISTIE, AgathaSummary:
- Author:TEMPLETON, AlineSummary:
The community of Drumbreck - a tranquil weekend playground for rich Glaswegians - is small and close-knit. But the veneer of contented prosperity conceals nasty secrets and daily betrayals. In an atmosphere of distrust, DI Fleming...
- Author:CORRIS, PeterSummary:
It's only 24 hours into a new case and PI Cliff Hardy's already been heavied; you know that the job is going to get his full attention. Cliff has been hired by high-flying consultant Martin Price to find out who's been...
- Author:FRANCIS, DickSummary:
John Kendall agrees to write the biography of a National Hunt racehorse trainer. He wishes he hadn't when it takes all his ingenuity to avoid ending up dead in the seemingly innocent training grounds of rural Berkshire.
- Author:LORD, GabrielleSummary:
With a horrifying anthrax murder and the brutal, ritualistic killing of a nun, forensic examiner Jack McCain takes on two baffling new cases. Does the anthrax killing signify a frightening new wave of terrorism?
- Author:BRENT, MadeleineSummary:
Mystery, romance and complex plot. A travelling circus and the correctness of rural England.
- Author:DU MAURIER, DaphneSummary:
An innocent girl comes to stay at Jamaica Inn and is caught up in the nightmare world of cutthroats, smugglers and the misty moors at night.
- Author:ROBB, J.D.Summary:
Summer 2059: A man wearing a cape and a top hat approaches a prostitute on a dark New York City street. Minutes later, the woman is dead. Left at the scene is a letter addressed to Lieutenant Eve Dallas, inviting her to play his game...
- Author:EVANOVICH, JanetSummary:
Sexual temptation, homicidal maniacs, car crashes are all part of Stephanie Plum's daily routine. But all that pales into insignificance when Grandma Mazur moves in.
- Author:CORNWELL, Patricia DanielsSummary:
Deputy Chief Virginia West likes her boss, but when a number of visiting businessmen are murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims bright orange, she objects to his edict that a rookie reporter accompany...
- Author:BURKE, JanSummary:
In this heart-stopper, intrepid sleuth cum reporter Irene Kelly is put to the test when her detective husband is taken hostage.
- Author:FRANCIS, DickSummary:
The pleasure of a day at Sandown is spoiled for Steven Scott when he sacks the trainer of his horses, a man he once thought of as his friend. For although Jody Leeds seems a bright young workaholic, Scott suspects he's a crook. And...
- Author:CLEARY, JonSummary:
Meet Eve Tozer, spoiled heiress, and O'Malley, World War One ace. From London to Istanbul, from Afghanistan to China, storms, mountains, wars, kidnapping - nothing can stop their reckless flight.
- Author:YOUNG, FelicitySummary:
A chat room stalking, pedophile ring, murder investigation set in Perth Western Australia, featuring a female detective. When the body of 11-year-old Bianca Webster is found dumped it is soon clear to DS Stevie Hooper that the murder is...
- Author:ISON, GrahamSummary:
In February 1915 the Great War is still raging on the Western Front, but in Westminster, at the centre of DI Hardcastle's bailiwick, a policeman is shot dead.
- Author:HEITMANN, LynneSummary:
Set behind the scenes at an international airport, Alex Shanahan is sent to Boston airport after the suicide of the previous manager. She is soon caught up in a conspiracy which could cost her her life.
- Author:GREELEY, Andrew MSummary:
Bishop Blackie Ryan returns to investigate a case of family sins and secrets. Each generation of the Cardins, a wealthy Chicago family, has mourned unexplained family deaths. Blackie Ryan must solve a murder from the past to prevent...
- Author:PARKER, Robert BSummary:
La famiglia Sternwood, protagonista ne "Il Grande Sonno", e di nuova dei guai. Carmen e fuggita dalla clinica psichiatrica e Vivian e nuovamente caduta fra le grinfie del malvagio Eddie Mars. E cosi Philip Marlowe, che gia...
- Author:ARMSTRONG, VivienSummary:
When artist Annie Gordon gatecrashes a designer sale, the last thing she expects is to be caught in a fire. She escapes and accidently snatches someone elses handbag. Further inspection reveals the expensive bag contains money,...
- Author:BARCLAY, LinwoodSummary:
It was the worst day of Tim Blake's life. His seventeen-year-old daughter, Sydney, was staying with him while she worked a summer job at the Just Inn Time hotel - father-daughter time to help with the after-effects of his divorce....