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  • THE LISTENER
    ROBERT MCCAMMON
    The New York Times–bestselling author “masterfully combines historical thriller and supernatural horror . . . [for] fans of occult thrillers like those by Dean Koontz” (Booklist, starred review). Economic collapse. Crushing unemployment and breadlines crowding city streets as crime spirals out of control. The Great Depression has enough misery for all, and some to spare. But fo...

    $251.00

  • YOU BENEATH YOUR SKIN
    DAMYANTI BISWAS
    “Crime fiction with a difference. . . . A novel full of layers and depth, focusing on class and corruption in India with compassion and complexity.” —Sanjida Kay, author of My Mother’s Secret   The acclaimed author of the Blue Mumbai Thrillers, including The Blue Bar and The Blue Monsoon, burst onto the crime fiction scene with this debut novel, which has been optioned by Endem...

    $179.00

  • THE BLACK SPIDERS
    JOHN CREASEY
    In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a journalist goes undercover for British agency Department Z and discovers a conspiracy. When the sound of gunfire wakes Nigel Murray in the middle of the night, he discovers two gun-wielding strangers and a woman, half-drowned in the well beneath his window. Easily disarming the threat, Murray rescues the woman, ...

    $179.00

  • THE RETURN OF MR. CAMPION
    MARGERY ALLINGHAM
    A collection of thirteen short stories brings back an acclaimed Golden Age mystery author’s beloved sleuth, as well as a host of fresh characters and genres. Margery Allingham fans will delight at being reunited with the Queen of Crime’s most thrilling detective, Albert Campion. From capers and traditional mysteries to slice-of-life stories, romantic tales, and even a Christmas...

    $200.00

  • WHAT ARE THE BUGLES BLOWING FOR?
    NICOLAS FREELING
    From an Edgar Award–winning British crime novelist, this unsettling homicide investigation features the unorthodox French detective Henri Castang. On a sultry summer night in a French provincial city, Insp. Henri Castang is summoned from his office at the Police Judiciaire to the site of a triple murder. The killer? A husband who came home unexpectedly to discover his wife and ...

    $200.00

  • APPLEBY TALKS AGAIN
    MICHAEL INNES
    From a British mystery author “in a class by himself among detective story writers,” eighteen classic crime stories, perfect for astute armchair detectives (The Times Literary Supplement). Scandal is at stake for London’s fashionable society when Edwardian playwright Richard Dangerfield’s sordid diary falls into the hands of a blackmailer. Though Dangerfield is long dead, those...

    $179.00

  • APPLEBY TALKS
    MICHAEL INNES
    From a British crime author “in a class by himself among detective story writers,” twenty-three short mysteries featuring the brilliant Inspector Appleby (The Times Literary Supplement). It appears Inspector Appleby is ready to tell all in this must-read collection of twenty-three short stories from acclaimed Scottish mystery author Michael Innes. One of the most discerning det...

    $179.00

  • A KIND OF PRISONER
    JOHN CREASEY
    In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a British secret service agency is nearly undone by a counter-espionage attack. Superspies are out to destroy Department Z. Even worse, the elite British agency has been infiltrated by a double agent. As loyal members of the team turn against one another, Agent Gordon Craigie works to unmask the counterspy before ...

    $179.00

  • A PRIVATE VIEW
    MICHAEL INNES
    From a British Golden Age author “in a class by himself among detective story writers,” Sir John Appleby solves an art world crime (The Times Literary Supplement). When Sir John Appleby is persuaded by Lady Appleby to attend an art exhibit, he believes he is only appeasing his wife, a sculptress herself, and quite the art collector, too. But when Appleby learns the show is a me...

    $200.00

  • DEATH ON A QUIET DAY
    MICHAEL INNES
    From a British Golden Age author “in a class by himself among detective story writers,” Scotland Yard Inspector Appleby helps a student solve a murder (The Times Literary Supplement). On holiday in the English countryside with his fellow university students, young David Henchman sets out alone for a hike across the moor. But instead of finding tranquil solitude, he stumbles upo...

    $200.00

  • DARK PERIL
    JOHN CREASEY
    In this classic thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author, a British spy agency is on the hunt for terrorists taking aim at England’s political leaders. In a vicious act of terrorism, four British government officials are blinded. With the prime minister as the next target, Department Z is called in. Now the race is on for Britain’s elite secret service to find the culprit be...

    $200.00

  • HE'D RATHER BE DEAD
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    The mayor of a seaside town is murdered, and a London police detective must sort through motives both political and personal . . .   Thanks to its mayor, Sir Gideon Ware, the quiet harbor town of Westcombe has turned into a crowded and rather garish seaside destination where visitors can come to escape the stress of wartime. When Ware collapses at a lavish luncheon, felled by s...

    $179.00

  • DEAD MARCH FOR PENELOPE BLOW
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    “Slow and steady wins the case” as a dedicated London policeman puzzles through a fatal fall, a financial mystery, and an eccentric family’s many secrets (Kirkus Reviews).   Miss Penelope Blow’s fatal fall from her bedroom window would seem like a tragic accident, if it weren’t for Penelope’s multiple visits to Scotland Yard before her death, trying to get in touch with Inspect...

    $212.00

  • A KNIFE FOR HARRY DODD
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    This night at the pub will be his last . . . A classic whodunit starring the “affable Scotland Yarder” (Publishers Weekly).   Harry Dodd needs a ride home from the pub—but it’s not because he’s schnockered. He’s actually been stabbed. Unfortunately, no one realizes it until it’s too late. Who would want to kill such a well-liked fellow? Inspector Littlejohn is called in, and hi...

    $212.00

  • DEATH IN ROOM FIVE
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Inspector Littlejohn confronts a challenging case across the Channel in this classic mystery from the “venerable” British author (Kirkus Reviews).   When Alderman Dawson is stabbed to death while visiting the Riviera with a group of English tourists, Inspector Littlejohn puts his holiday on hold to assist the French police. But the suspects are plentiful. The culprit could be o...

    $179.00

  • DEATH DROPS THE PILOT
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Things get murky when a ferry captain is found dead in the water in this mystery starring Inspector Littlejohn, “the model of a calm, rational policeman” (Publishers Weekly).   After a ferry to Falbright carrying forty people runs aground, the skipper is nowhere to be found. When the ferry pilot is discovered under a pier with a knife in his back, Inspector Littlejohn is called...

    $200.00

  • DEATH IN THE FEARFUL NIGHT
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    When a serial killer stalks a sleepy English village, a Scotland Yard detective must search for clues among terrified townsfolk in this classic mystery. Samuel Bracknell is found dead in his home with a knife in his back. It’s the third murder of its kind in as many weeks, and the residents of Carleton Unthank are left shaken. When Superintendent Littlejohn learns that all thre...

    $179.00

  • DEATH IN HIGH PROVENCE
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    A British detective goes undercover in the South of France to investigate a suspicious death in this twisting mystery. A British ministry official wants Inspector Littlejohn to look into the death of his brother and sister-in-law who were killed in an automobile accident outside a small village in southern France. Though the French police ruled it an accident, the official isn’...

    $189.00

  • HALF-MAST FOR THE DEEMSTER
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Inspector Littlejohn is drawn into a perplexing case when a judge is murdered on the Isle of Man in this classic British mystery. The small community of Castletown has plenty of odd customs—one being the office of Deemster, who serves as every sort of judge rolled into one. When Inspector Littlejohn arrives on the island for a sporting holiday, this particular custom is brought...

    $179.00

  • DEATH IN DESOLATION
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    When a remote farm is visited by a killer, Chief Superintendent Littlejohn must uncover the secrets of a tight-lipped clan in this British mystery. When police investigate a fire at Harry Quill’s desolate farm, they find the owner dead and his invalid wife unconscious. Mrs. Quill had apparently started the fire as a call for help. Already investigating a criminal gang raiding i...

    $200.00

  • DEATH OF A SHADOW
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Scotland Yard takes on a murder case that may have international implications . . .   During a police conference in Geneva, a detective named Alec Cling had been assigned to ensure the personal safety of the British minister of security. But Cling couldn’t even ensure his own safety. He’s been found dead in a car in the middle of a rose garden. And the car in question just happ...

    $149.00

  • DEATH TREADS SOFTLY
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Two separate murders put CI Littlejohn on a devious killer’s twisting path in this long-running British mystery series. Finlo Crennell, the former harbourmaster of Castletown, was reported missing one week ago. Now he’s turned up in London, wandering the streets and suffering from amnesia. He has no recollection of where he’s been or how he got here from the Isle of Man. When C...

    $179.00

  • CORPSE AT THE CARNIVAL
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    When a seaside festival ends in murder, Superintendent Littlejohn gets caught up in a baffling investigation in this acclaimed British mystery series. It’s holiday time in Douglas and the town is alive with the local carnival. A brass band and bagpipes lead a procession down the promenade, and the cheering onlookers slowly make their way to the pier. But when the crowd thins an...

    $179.00

  • DEATH IN THE WASTELAND
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    A murder and a missing body interrupt a getaway in the south of France . . .   Waldo and Averil Keelagher were looking forward to a holiday in the south of France in their new caravan. But delight turned to dismay when they discovered that Waldo’s unbearable stockbroking uncle would be joining them. Not long after their arrival on the Riviera, however, they’re relieved of their...

    $119.00

  • DEATH OF A TIN GOD
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    In this British mystery, a Scotland Yard detective follows a deadly trail from the Isle of Man to the South of France to solve a movie star’s murder. The glamour of Hollywood has descended upon the Isle of Man. But behind this glossy façade, something sinister stirs. Superintendent Littlejohn thought he was in for a few days’ holiday, but when the depraved movie star Hal Vale i...

    $189.00

  • BONES IN THE WILDERNESS
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    The case of a missing antiques dealer brings Scotland Yard to France . . .   When Samuel Cheever, a shady dealer, goes to France to buy antiques and never returns, people begin to ask questions, and Superintendent Littlejohn is sent to uncover the mystery. Then, when Cheever’s bones are discovered in the wilderness of the Camargue, Littlejohn finds himself having to navigate th...

    $189.00

  • THE CURSING STONES MURDER
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    A body surfaces off the Isle of Man in a puzzling mystery by the master of the “pure British detective story” (The New York Times).   The Manx Shearwater was scallop dredging—but it dragged up a body from the water instead. Considering that the corpse was tied at the ankles and weighed down with stones, it’s clear this was no accidental drowning—and now the locals are in an upr...

    $149.00

  • TOLL THE BELL FOR MURDER
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    Inspector Littlejohn is once again summoned to the Isle of Man when a local vicar is accused of murder in this long-running British mystery series. As a rule, the towns of the Isle of Man are eerily silent after dark. But that silence is shattered one black night by an explosion followed by the violent ringing of the church bell. The vicar, Sullivan Lee, is discovered praying b...

    $179.00

  • THE TORMENTORS
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    When a young hooligan is accused of murdering a prominent resident on the Isle of Man, Inspector Littlejohn must uncover the truth in this classic mystery. In a small town on the Isle of Man, an elderly gentleman is found violently stabbed in an alley, andhis wallet missing. All fingers point to a suspicious Teddy-Boy visiting from Liverpool. The victim was a well-known member ...

    $169.00

  • DEATH SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR
    GEORGE BELLAIRS
    When a doctor is found murdered in a secret room of his mansion, a Scotland Yard detective uncovers a host of deadly secrets in this classic mystery. As the last stronghold of snobbery in the dying little city of Caldicott, Upper Square is home to the last remnants of old family dynasties. Doctor Beharrell, a prominent physician, is found murdered in a secret room in his home t...

    $189.00