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The Clock That Wouldn't Stop by Elizabeth Ferrars 9781471906947
Booksplease Price: £16.21Alex Summerill was the confidante of thousands of readers of the daily newspaper to which she contributed a weekly advice column. Her warm-hearted counsel went out all over England to distracted... -
A Choice of Evils by Elizabeth Ferrars 9781471906923
Booksplease Price: £16.21When Andrew Basnett meets his nephew by chance at the seaside, he finds himself drawn into a social whirlwind that culminates in an invitation to dinner at the home of novelist Simon Amory. But the... -
The Silk Stocking Murders by Anthony Berkeley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age - one of the first to feature a serial killer - by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the author. ... -
Loose Cannon by Donald MacKenzie 9781471905575
Booksplease Price: £15.04Newly extradited to England from California on charges of fraud, Philip Page faces a long prison sentence. The police are already convinced of his guilt, having been furnished with apparently... -
Murder in Time by Elizabeth Ferrars 9781471906961
Booksplease Price: £16.21The prospect of a weekend on the French Riviera was an attractive one. Yet most of the nine people whom Major Mark Auty invited to join him hesitated before accepting his invitation. Each of them... -
Murder Moves In by Elizabeth Ferrars 9781471907005
Booksplease Price: £16.21Burnham Priors was a quaint English village, not a place where one would expect to find a murder. But murder was exactly what confronted Robina Mellanby when she moved there. Robina was a young widow... -
The Scent of Danger by Donald MacKenzie 9781471905636
Booksplease Price: £15.23It was a dazzling two-man jewel robbery that went like clockwork, but when Arran and his confederate, Bain, fall out the plot takes a sinister turn. Bain learns that Arran has left with the take, and... -
Grave Intentions by RV Raman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67SECRETS Seasoned detective Harith Athreya is back, this time to investigate suspicious incidences on a riverside dig in the heart of remote Bundelkhand. SUPERSTITION In this place, rich in... -
Glory Be: A Glory Broussard Mystery by Danielle Arceneaux
RRP: £26.95Booksplease Price: £17.65The first in a vivid and charming crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the hilariously uncensored amateur sleuth Glory Broussard. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder... -
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards 9780008192440
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.16Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the... -
The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age - perhaps the first ever psychological crime novel - by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the... -
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.60Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha... -
Murder by Experts by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909566
Booksplease Price: £17.01Lawyer-detective Arthur Crook always believes his clients are innocent... despite the evidence to the contrary.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubA famous art collector's car... -
Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer Kris Bertin 9781637158807
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.10Return to Hobtown, the charming rural village in Nova Scotia at the heart of surreal and haunting mysteries, and home to the after-school Teen Detective Club dedicated to solving them. The third... -
Gospel in Dorothy L. Sayers: Selections from Her Novels, Plays, Letters, and Essays by Dorothy L Sayers 9780874861815
Booksplease Price: £13.70In this anthology, renowned murder mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers tackles faith, doubt, human nature, and the most dramatic story ever told. For almost a century, a series of labyrinthine murder... -
The Measure of Malice: Scientific Detection Stories by Martin Edwards 9780712352895
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.78The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained on finding the key to the mystery. Crimes, whatever their form, are often best... -
The Spinster's Secret by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909900
Booksplease Price: £16.21Forget The Girl on the Train - meet the woman who watches from her window, and finds herself caught up in murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club'Watching, fascinated and... -
Beware of Johnny Washington: Based on 'Send for Paul Temple' by Francis Durbridge
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny Washington is Francis Durbridge's clever reworking of the very first Paul Temple radio serial using his new characters, the... -
The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909689
Booksplease Price: £16.21The most unlikely person is plunged into danger - but the police don't believe her. After all, she's not the kind of woman these things happen to... not murder, surely...Classic crime from one of the... -
Give Death a Name by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910081
Booksplease Price: £16.21She lost her memory - now her life is at risk.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen lawyer-detective Arthur Crook bumped into a woman called Barbara on the parade at... -
Something Nasty in the Woodshed by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909726
Booksplease Price: £16.21In the 'ads - wanted' section, no one said anything about murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant' Sunday... -
Miss Pinnegar Disappears by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909986
Booksplease Price: £16.21If you ever need my help, I'll be there. But by the time he arrived, she had already disappeared...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubArthur Crook and Miss Pinnegar meet by... -
Lady Killer by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909962
Booksplease Price: £16.21Henry's vocation is being a husband. First he woos. Then he weds. Then he kills... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen he falls in love with orphan Sarah, Henry takes... -
The Scarlet Button by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909801
Booksplease Price: £16.21Blackmail leads to murder - but which of the blackmailer's victims is guilty of such a brutal crime?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubJames Chigwell is a blackmailer, a human... -
The Pie & Mash Detective Agency by J.D. Brinkworth 9781529950441
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.46Who is Nellie Thorne and why does she keep disappearing? Jane Pye and Simon Mash are on the case in this cosy crime mystery novel, perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Robert Thorogood!'Fans of... -
Lift up the Lid by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909863
Booksplease Price: £16.21A rich, curmudgeonly old husband, a beautiful young wife, a mysterious voice from the past - and murder...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen murder hits the sleepy town of... -
He Came by Night by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909764
Booksplease Price: £16.21How do you catch a killer when the murder goes unnoticed?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubThe victim was certainly deserving of death, but not the hard, cruel death he found... -
Death at Four Corners by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910425
Booksplease Price: £16.21A cliff-top house, a body on the beach, a man who suspects his best friend...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen Doctor Terence Ambrose visits Gervase Blount at Four... -
A Nice Cup of Tea by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909948
Booksplease Price: £16.21After years of caring for her often impossible mother, Alice is finally free. But an unexpected legacy gives her more than she bargained for...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection... -
Dear Dead Woman by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909665
Booksplease Price: £16.21A man is accused of murdering his wife - and all the evidence points to his guilt.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem... -
Don't Open the Door by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909825
Booksplease Price: £16.21A young woman has a new position - but will she listen to the voice warning her not to cross the threshold of that sinister house...Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubNora... -
Death Wears a Mask by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910364
Booksplease Price: £16.21May Forbes came four nights a week to feed the wild cats on Broomstick Common. That was how she happened to glimpse a masked man with a spade - and she's now in fear for her life.Classic crime from... -
The Voice by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910265
Booksplease Price: £16.21An ordinary day - which turns to blackmail and murder.Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhat seemed like an ordinary phone call in the middle of the afternoon suddenly plunges... -
The Cross-Eyed Bear Murders by Dorothy B. Hughes 9781471917271
Booksplease Price: £18.18Alone in New York City, Lizanne Steffasson comes face to face with reality when her dream of acting on Broadway collapses.Now she just needs to pay her rent. So she answers an unusual ad in the... -
Death in the Wrong Room by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909887
Booksplease Price: £16.21A chilling day of murder in the midst of post-World War II austerityClassic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubIn the spring of 1946, the redoubtable Lady Bate arrives at The Downs,... -
The Fallen Sparrow by Dorothy B. Hughes
Booksplease Price: £18.18Who killed Louie Lepetino?Was it Barby, with her silvery sheen of hair, looking like a top model and acting like a woman madly in love?Or the beautiful Toni, who is hiding some strange secrets?Could... -
Courtier to Death by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910647
Booksplease Price: £16.21A movie star whose fame is on the decline - but did he take his own life or did someone else have an axe to grind?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubEight years ago Rene... -
The Body on the Beam by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910500
Booksplease Price: £16.21Suicide - or murder? The tiniest clue holds the answer. Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubWhen Florence Penny's body is found hanging from a beam in the bedsit she has been... -
And Death Came Too by Anthony Gilbert 9781471910043
Booksplease Price: £16.21Beautiful, amoral and ruthless - but was she a killer?Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection ClubRuth Garside was framed for three killings. But was she really guilty? As a girl, Ruth... -
Death in the Blackout by Anthony Gilbert 9781471909740
Booksplease Price: £16.21In the darkness of World War Two, a murderer strikes... Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club'No author is more skilled at making a good story seem brilliant' Sunday Express'He...