Amateur Sleuth

The Honjin Murders is Japan's greatest classic murder mystery, translated into English for the first time....

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....

Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt—he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle, arrives with a desperate plea....

Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside....

June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth....

Intrigued by a legend concerning a hollow needle that supposedly holds a secret connected to the French monarchy–a secret that could potentially change the course of history–Lupin embarks on a quest to find the needle and unravel its mystery....

England's prestigious Plumtree Press is about to release a shocking book that exposes coded messages in a famous novel - codes alleged to be printer's errors....

Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious....

Paris is aghast at the news that of one of Lupin’s victims was discovered murdered. As the bodies continue to pile up, Lupin demonstrates his indefatigable tenacity - on a mission to clear his name and discover the shattering secret of 813....

It's almost summer in Southbourne, and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea, and... murder....

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life....

Dark secrets, an unexplained death and an old country house lie at the heart of Georgette Heyer's classic murder mystery....

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days holiday....

One thing about me: I HATE flying. It’s my worst nightmare. That’s why I book seat 2A every time I fly. Since my big win, I've been booking seats 2B and 2C as well. They’re my comfort seats, they cushion the claustrophobia, and at last I can afford them....

The yearly visit to the remote castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive disfigured Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, is disrupted by an impossible disappearance, the theft of a painting, and a series of baffling murders....

Murder in a conservatory of carnivorous plants. Bewitching topiary terrors. A sabotaged tea shop. The seventh installment in the Accidental Alchemist Mystery series finds Zoe and Dorian battling carnivorous plants and a killer hiding in the wicked weeds of this closed circle whodunit....

When a guest dies in the B&B she helps her aunts run, a young witch must rely on some good old-fashioned investigating to clear her aunt's name in this magical and charming new cozy mystery....

Vauhdikkaan rikossarjan aloitusosa. On juhannusaaton aatto. Hämeenlinnan maineikas puhaltaja Jarkka Nurminen on jälleen vapaalla jalalla...

 Kuuluisan muotikuvaajan ylelliset uudenvuodenjuhlat päättyvät karmivalla tavalla, kun huippumalli Viveka Blomgård putoaa parvekkeelta ja...

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead....

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple....

Upon finding a mysterious note at the scene of an accident, spunky Ann Beddingfeld throws caution to the wind and sets sail for an adventure to South Africa. She gets more thrills than she bargained for....

Humorná parodie na detektivní román o hloupých podvodnících a neomylném amatérském detektivovi, který zločince odhalí. Pošetilé podvody, jimiž...

Poirot is astonished to receive a call from Chief Inspector Japp, informing him that Mr Morley has shot himself. There was no reason for him to commit suicide, and Poirot believes he was murdered.....

Yksinäinen sielu piinaa naisia Sundsvallin kaduilla. Cilla Fallander on aina elänyt musiikille, mutta eräs tapahtuma hänen nuoruudessaan teki lopun...

Lena just moved to Mandalay Close. She needed a new start, since her boyfriend cheated her out of the happy-ever-after she’d believed they were always going to share. But on the day Lena moves in, letters begin to arrive for all her new neighbours. Letters that promise to expose everyone’s deepest, darkest secrets. Every house has received one - except for Lena’s. Someone clearly wants to implicate her, to ruin her new life and turn everyone against her. She’s made an enemy, but who, and why?

Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way. Then, one midsummer's night, something terrible happens - so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day. And Florrie - cheerfully independent but often overlooked - is the only person determined to uncover the truth.

In un freddo febbraio milanese, nuovi crimini gettano luci impreviste su vecchi misteri... Un nuovo caso per il giornalista-hacker Enrico Radeschi. L’omicidio di una giovane donna si lega a filo doppio all’oscura vicenda dell’assalto a un furgone portavalori. Enrico Radeschi, a cavallo della sua inseparabile vespa, si ritrova ben presto a fare i conti con questo e altri misteri da risolvere. Fra cui la presunta morte della figlia del Danese.

When suspicious deaths befall a whitewater rafting expedition through Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands National Park, archaeologist Chuck Bender and his family recognize evil intent lies behind the tragedies.

A baker opens up a new pastry shop exclusively for pets—but has to do a sleuthing job on the side when a chef turns up dead....

In this second Harrie McKinsey Mystery, Harrie goes out to retrieve her morning newspaper and she discovers a small child sitting next to her flower beds. The little girl's pajamas and teddy bear are smeared with blood, and Harrie's journey to find the child's parents involves her in a grisly murder investigation.

Die gebürtige Berlinerin Ulla Sonnenberg reist zur Reha auf die wunderschöne Ostseeinsel Usedom. Ihre Erholung wird allerdings jäh unterbrochen, als an ihrem ersten Tag eine junge Frau aus der Klinik verschwindet. Die Polizei geht davon aus, dass Leni einfach weggelaufen ist. Ulla glaubt keine Sekunde daran. Doch wenn sie von den eigenwilligen Ückeritzer Bewohnern Informationen bekommen will, braucht sie Unterstützung. Diese rennt sie am Strand in Form der riesigen, aber sanftmütigen Bernhardinerhündin Gundula geradewegs um.

»Finde mich!« Noemis Auftrag ist so absurd, dass Privatdetektiv Vijay Kumar ihn ablehnt. Stattdessen springt er im Cateringservice seiner Freundin Manju ein, als diese einen indisch aussehenden Kellner benötigt. Unverhofft trifft er auf der Party Noemi wieder. Erst jetzt versteht er das Problem des Mädchens: Es will unbedingt wissen, wer seine leiblichen Eltern sind.

Daniel Kitto is not the most popular member of the cast and unbeknownst to him, his role of Uther Pendragon on the opening night is to be his swansong. In front of a horrified audience, he collapses during the dying moments of the performance in a pool of fake blood, and although the police are content that the causes of his death are natural, Morwenna isn’t so sure.

Lambert Ramkin aka Imperium Dart, techno trickster and ambient music wizard of the 1990s, has gone walkabout, disappearing from his rather palatial home in Kent. This isn't the first time he's pulled a vanishing act, but he's never been gone so long before and his wife — wives, actually; it's complicated — are worried and hire the Vinyl Detective to find the old rascal. They theorize that wherever the missing man is, he won't be able to resist turning up at a record fair somewhere in search of 12-inch white label acid house singles, which he collects compulsively.

Wat’n Vörloop... Hemelheergott, Neuharlingersiel! De Hell is explodert! Oh weh, so’n Schrick! Eine Rauchsäule auf Langeoog und das am frühen Morgen... Oma Pusch weiß sofort, dass das ein schlechtes Omen ist. Und sie soll recht behalten, denn nur kurze Zeit später muss sie am Hafen Erste Hilfe leisten. Dass es der Camper vom Stellplatz dann doch nicht schafft und seine Ehefrau verschollen bleibt, wundert die Hobbyermittlerin ebenso wenig wie die Leiche im Sieltief. Doch das ist nur der Anfang einer unglaublichen Geschichte, in der ihre Freundin Rita und sie alles geben, um den schrecklichen Ereignissen auf die Spur zu kommen.

Spirit Canyon's annual Spirit Spooktacular weekend is on, and for local amateur sleuth Zo Jones, it's boomtime for business at her Happy Camper gift shop...until a murderer drops in for a browse.

When eighty-year-old Eleanora Duncan is found dead on her kitchen floor, Sheriff Frank Biddle suspects it isn't from natural causes. Eleanora wasn't exactly your average senior citizen. She was a widow worth millions, although all her money couldn't buy her happiness-not after losing both her husband and son.

Aunt Kate and Lady Jane's third lighthearted cozy mystery takes place at a priory destroyed in 1545. While Jane and her archaeological friends seek the long-lost grave of Prior Wilfred, Kate astounds everyone by unearthing a body buried only twenty years ago. Was it murder?

Ellison Russell Jones's best friend Libba has a questionable track record when it comes to men. But finally—finally—she's selected a good one.