The happy return of the Martson couple to the family estate is overshadowed by a chance meeting on the road. An unfamiliar fellow traveler, whose company Col...

He is a policeman whose life is at risk every day. The man of her dreams and nightmares. A dream come true and a real punishment. But only with him she feels...

In Strong Poison, Peter Wimsey first meets Harriet Voyne as she stands trial for the murder of her lover. There is no direct evidence, but indirect evidence ...

Harriet Vane comes to Oxford for a reunion. Contrary to fears, her home college is not inclined to condemn her for her scandalous reputation. However, it soo...

For almost a century, the novels of the brilliant Englishwoman Dorothy Lee Sayers about the brilliant London detective Peter Wimsey have captivated readers. ...

Mysterious murders take place at Nightingale House, an educational institution in the very center of England where sisters of mercy are trained. An elusive c...

Hillerman, author of the Joe Leaphorn mysteries, and Herbert, editor of The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, trace this short-story genre fr...

The meeting of a young Englishwoman, Margaret Burney, with an art dealer, Clive Wilton, dramatically changes her life. Having left with him as a secretary to...

After the sudden death of her parents, Dee found herself the owner of a small excursion bureau in the wonderful seaside town of Charleston. Tourists tried to...

The collection “Find Dead Man” includes detective novels “Face to Face” by the famous master of classic detective Ellery Queen and “Find Dead Man” by the Ame...

The Scots call her Bean-Nighe, “white washerwoman.” Be careful not to see her washing her shroud in the stream...

There have always been legends around Betty Thomas. He had already killed people whose souls had been possessed by the devil... In the cemetery of a quiet vi...