Traditional Detectives

Private investigator Dan Armstrong can't believe his luck when he's invited to the luxury villa of none other than Alice Graceland, movie legend and queen of the silver screen. Could this be his big break - a chance to schmooze with stars and pitch his own murder mystery series?

The annual gathering of the book club at the start of December is supposed to be a time for relaxation and catching up. But this year, the convivial evening takes a sinister turn.

Cleo’s holiday with her family to the seaside resort town of Brighton is everything she hoped it would be…until she receives a blackmail note. The blackmailer demands Cleo help her or a story revealing Cleo’s investigating will appear in the newspaper.

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR DCI Jack Hawksworth is back, working on a high-profile case breaking in London. A calculating serial killer is on the loose, committing the most gruesome of murders as he 'trophies' the faces of his victims. With each new atrocity, the public and police force are...

The windswept shores of Norfolk may look peaceful, but dark secrets fester beneath the surface. As the seasons turn, so too does the tide of crime, and DI Tom Janssen must face new and chilling investigations.

The next installment in Anita Davison's thrilling cozy mystery series.

Firefighters race to put out a blaze at a remote farmhouse. They discover two young girls alone in the house. Their mother is gone, and in her place is the dead body of a man, frozen naked in the fetal position. Two chess pieces made of ice have been left on the doorstep....

Detective Dove Milson is called out to a gruesome scene under the pier where four bodies are found floating in a flooded escape room....

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

A cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany. It's murder in paradise....

Graham is a detective inspector with London’s Metropolitan police force. He’s a career police officer, an educated, reserved, thoughtful, some might say, complex man....

When a revered sports legend falls victim to a brutal home invasion, a nation is shaken to its core. Outrage swells and the press and powers that be demand answers.

It’s Tamsyn Poldhu’s first day as a police constable in her home town of Penzance in Cornwall. She already knows that life can be cruel, but she has no idea how tough it’s going to be.

A brutal attack at Fakenham Racecourse plunges DI Ashley Knight into the competitive world of horse racing, where fortunes are won and lost in the blink of an eye.

Detective Norman is out of retirement and back on the beat in a rainy Welsh seaside town. Llangwelli might be short on sunshine, but it’s certainly not short on murders . . . Norman is a bit old-fashioned, but he’s also willing to learn from his band of misfit recruits.

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....

Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling suspense series.

After a teenage boy is found dead on a Lenchester train, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker believes they’re being targeted by the notorious Carriage Killer, who chooses a local rail network, commits four murders, and moves on....

From international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz (Midsummer murders, Foyles war, Alex Rider, Hawthorne) comes 3 new books about one of literatures most famous characters, Sherlock Holmes, like you have never heard him before. The Red Circle, first installment in the upcoming 3 book series...

Here is the world's first ever fully dramatised Sherlock Holmes canon: 56 short stories and 4 novels, all made by the same team of directors, producers, dramatists and leading actors, and packed with the high production qualities of a film or TV drama that set it apart....

When a body is found in one of London's poorest districts, the coroner's report identifies the victim as young, black and female, but impossibly anonymous....

In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action....

The new Kings Lake Central murder squad is about to spend its first morning on team-building exercises and reviewing cold cases when the call comes in that the body of one of the city's rough sleepers has been found in a shop doorway.

When a young woman’s body is found at a cave entrance by the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. But the killer’s identity is far from clear as the picturesque façade of Robin Hood’s Bay conceals more than it reveals.

Ian Rutledge returns to his career at Scotland Yard after years fighting in the First World War....

Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings reunite for their most difficult case yet. When Poirot receives a letter warning him that a crime is about to be committed by the writer: 'A.B.C' the friends find themselves in a race against time to decipher the killer's twisted logic as he taunts the great detective by announcing the next murder location alphabetically. With every new killing a new pool of suspects is uncovered. Can Poirot and Hastings unmask the killer before a final letter seals an innocent victim's fate?

Private investigator Dan Armstrong can't believe his luck when he's invited to the luxury villa of none other than Alice Graceland, movie legend and queen of the silver screen. Alice isn't looking to bankroll Dan's writing, but instead she wants him to play host at a murder mystery evening with a glamorous (but suspiciously tense) collection of Hollywood royalty. It should be a meeting of old friends - but just how friendly are they? As the murder mystery evening takes a sinister turn, Dan and Oscar find themselves navigating more than the city's canals to find the truth.

The annual gathering of the book club at the start of December is supposed to be a time for relaxation and catching up. But this year, the convivial evening takes a sinister turn. Detective Barton is called to investigate, and he soon discovers the seemingly peaceful club harbours dark secrets and hidden resentments that go back years.

Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter can't wait for Christmas. He doesn't care much about the season, unless it's football season. Andy's excited to finally relax and watch the games. But when there's a murder related to an old case in Paterson, New Jersey, Andy puts the games on pause. Two years ago, a gas leak in an office building led to a tragic explosion that killed seven people. Jeff Wheeler was there to pick up his girlfriend and ran into the building to help. All he heard was the barking of a dog, Rufus, and was able to save him. The pup was the sole survivor and Jeff was named a hero.

The next installment in Anita Davison's thrilling cozy mystery series.

Discover the twist that changed mystery fiction forever! Step into the quiet village of King's Abbot, where secrets lurk behind every door and everyone's a suspect. Hercule Poirot's little grey cells are hard at work, and just when you think you know the killer--everything changes.

Against the vividly drawn backdrop of Victorian London, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox must unlock a mystery concealed in the architecture of the city itself, in this new novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch. It's 1879, and Lenox is convalescing from the violent events of his last...

In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane 'Lee' Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe's circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.

A deadly curse. A legendary detective. A mystery on the misty moors. This groundbreaking new recording, performed by Golden Voice narrator Simon Jones, brings Conan Doyle’s haunting masterpiece to life with wit, warmth, and spine-tingling precision. After the story, enjoy two unique extras: A Student Guide, as if told by Sherlock Holmes himself—witty, insightful, and full of deductive brilliance.

1888 was a busy year for Holmes and Watson. If Dr. Watson is to be believed, The Sign of Four, A Scandal in Bohemia, and The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor all took place in this year (I would also argue that The Valley of Fear is set in the same year — ed.). As if that weren’t enough, 1888 is remembered (albeit infamously) as the year that Jack the Ripper unleashed an autumn of terror on the citizens of London. While there are no Holmes vs. the Ripper stories in this volume, the authors of the later stories have all alluded to the atmosphere of terror permeating Holmes’s London at that time.

A weekend escape. A body in the water. And nowhere to run when the storm closes in. Mal Peck’s peaceful bridge weekend at an idyllic Cornish island hotel takes a deadly turn when the young bride of a fellow guest is found drowned. Her plans shattered, Mal is pulled into a spiralling puzzle, one that turns darker still when another body surfaces. As a savage storm cuts the island off from the mainland, Mal teams up with her friend Jacques Pellofey to hunt a killer.

Dès les premières pages, un message codé parvient au 221B Baker Street : un meurtre se prépare. Mais derrière ce crime apparemment isolé se cache une organisation redoutable, une société secrète au pouvoir inquiétant, dont les ramifications s'étendent jusque dans les terres sauvages et menaçantes de la mystérieuse « vallée de la peur ». Dans cette enquête, Holmes déploie toute sa logique implacable, son art de la déduction et son flair inégalé, accompagné par l'indispensable Dr Watson.

कामगार नेता चंद्रमोहन माथुर चा खून होतो , प्राण सोडतांना चंद्रा गोपाळच्या कानात काहीतरी रहस्य सांगतो आणि दोन दिवसांतच गोपाळ गायब होतो . ते रहस्य काय होतं ? गोपाळचं अपहरण होतं कि खून ? मंदार या सर्व गोष्टींचा छडा कसा लावतो ? चंद्राच्या खुन्याला कसा शोधून काढतो ? <

निरपराधीत्व सिद्ध करणं हे अग्निपरीक्षेहून कठीण ...... अपराध्यांना शिक्षा व्हावी , असा आशावाद बाळगणारे फार थोडे वकील पाहायला मिळतात, या उलट आपला अशील वाचावा , मग तो अपराधी असो वा नसो , एकमेकांवर तुटून पडताना दिसतात, तेव्हा शरमेने मान खाली जाते, डोळ्यासमोर काळोख पसरतो...... तेव्हा एकच आशेचा किरण उरलेला दिसतो...... तो म्हणजे अमर विश्वास..... फक्त अमर विश्वास ! ऐका ! कोर्टरूम मधलं थरार नाट्य ...... सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी - "अज्ञात " कृणाल आळवे , यांच्या आवाजात..

बॅ.दीक्षित दोन्ही हातानं टकलावर फटाफट खारका मारीत होते आणि मनातल्या मनात अमरला शिव्या घालत होते. सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या कोर्टरूम पुस्तकांपैकी आणखीन एक पुस्तक म्हणजे "कोल्ड ब्लड ".....जे अमर विश्वास सारख्या वकिलाचाही कस लावायला मागेपुढे बघत नाही .सुशिंचा लाडका मानसपुत्र ......अमर विश्वास ! जो सुंदर राजनच्या खुनात किरण विश्रामला आरोपीच्या पिंजऱ्यात उभे केले असतानाहि तो खून त्याने केलाच नाही हे सिद्ध करतो, पण कसे ? कशाच्या आधारावर ?

चित्रपटसृष्टी म्हणजे मायावी नगरी.... वैयक्तिक सुख दुःख बाजूला ठेवून इथं वावरायला लागतं. चेहऱ्यावर रंग लावून जगावं लागतं. त्याच्या आड काही वेळा एखादा हिंस्र पशु दडून बसलेला असतो. तो उठून याच मंडळींच्या मागे लागला तर......या खेळात अडकलेल्या उदयोन्मुख अभिनेत्रीची हि कथा.... सु.शी.चा लाडका हिरो , अमर विश्वासाची कोर्ट रूम कादंबरी ..... "ऑर्डर ऑर्डर" कृणाल अळवे यांच्या आवाजात.

रझा फरिहादच्या टोळीला फाशीच्या तख्त पर्यंत नेऊन सोडण्याचा भक्कम पुरावा इन्स्पेक्टर प्रमोदच्या हाताशी येतो , तो मिळवण्याच्या नादात इन्स्पेक्टर प्रमोदचा खून होतो आणि सुरु होते निरनिराळ्या घटनांची मालिका...... मंदार , डॅनी आणि इन्स्पेक्टर दिनेश सायगल, रझा फरिहाद आणि त्याच्या टोळीचा खात्मा कसे करतात ? याचे थरारक चित्रण ......

एका बाबतीत सर्वांचं मत एक होतं.प्रॉसिक्युशननं कितीही जंग जंग पछाडलं तरी इलेव्हन्थ अवरला अमर अशी काहीतरी मेख मारणार कि केसचा पार रंगच पालटणार !आणि आपण केस जिंकतोय असं दीक्षितांना वाटत असतानाच अमर यश घेऊन जाणार....... काजल सेठचा खून होतो आणि त्यात अडकली जाते छाया मेहरा ! मग बिशाद कोणाची ? अमर विश्वास ,आपला हुकमी एक्का वापरून तिची या खटल्यातून कशी मुक्तता करतो ? कोणते डावपेच लढवतो ?

गरुडाचार्य उर्फ सली सलढाणाच्या खुनाच्या आरोपाखाली ताराला अटक करण्यात येतं..... अमर विश्वास........एक अवलिया ! वेगवेगळे पैलू मांडत शेवटी एका वेगळ्याच क्लूनं आपल्या अशिलाची फासात अडकलेली मान सोडवतो......... या प्लॅन मागचं डोकं कोणाचं होतं ? उत्कंठा वाढवणारी एक अनोखी कादंबरी ....... थ्रिलर आणि सस्पेन्सने परिपूर्ण अशी ....... सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी " मर्डर हाऊस " कृणाल आळवे यांच्या आवाजात.

सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या भन्नाट शैलीतून उतरलेली आणखीण एक रहस्यकथा " ....... स्टार हंटर्स " ज्यात रहस्य आहे, झालेल्या खुनाची गुंतागुंत आहे, कोर्ट सीन्स आहेत आणि अमर विश्वास सारखा एक चाणाक्ष वकील आहे . स्टार हंटिंगच्या निमित्ताने सौंदर्य स्पर्धांना सुरुवात झाली खरी ,पण त्या निमित्ताने एका वासनाकांडाची सुरुवात होते ! आणि त्यामधून एका खुनाच्या सत्राची सुरुवात होते !

सहा फूट उंचीचा, सडपातळ शरीराचा , गोरापान , चेहऱ्यावरून एखाद्या नाटकातील हिरोसारखा, भावनाप्रधान दिसणारा ! एकदम साधा वाटायचं. पण प्रतिस्पर्ध्याचा अंदाज नेहमी इथेच चुकायचा. अन चूक उलगडायची जेव्हा मंदारची मगरमिठी त्याच्या भोवती असायची.मंदार पटवर्धन ! सुहास शिरवळकरांचा आणखीन एक लाडका मानसपुत्र ! तो गुप्तहेर आहे हुशार आहे अन तितकाच तल्लख बुद्धीचाहि . डॉ.बंकिम एका टॅब्लेट फॉर्म्युल्याचा शोध लावतात, तो फॉर्मुला विकत घेण्यासाठी चीनची तयारी असते, पण हा फॉर्मुला मिळवण्याची कोणा दुसऱ्याचीच धडपड सुरु असते आणि तिथेच डॉ.

मेजर पंजवानीचा खून कोण करते ? या खुनामागे खून्याचे काही कटकारस्थान तर नाही ना ? मिसेस लोलिताला टार्गेट करण्यात आले आहे का ? चाणाक्ष अमर विश्वास खुन्याचा शोध कसा घेतो ? या असंख्य प्रश्नांची उत्तरे घऊन आहे .......सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी - "नॉट गिल्टी " कृणाल आळवे , यांच्या आवाजात........

सुहास शिरवळकरांची आणखीन एक रंगतदार फिरोज कथा............चारमिनारचा लास्ट कश मारून त्याने थोटूक खाली टाकलं, त्याच्या मजबूत बुटाच्या तळव्याखाली थोटूक पार चुरगाळलं गेलं. दमदार पावलं टाकत तो पायरीजवळ येऊन थांबला. आणि त्याने एकदा मान वर करून रोमन लेटरिंग्जवर नजर टाकली - 'कॅसिनो पॅरिस.' "शॅली-शॅली", सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित - मराठी कादंबरी , "कृणाल आळवे " यांच्या आवाजात.

युरेनियम -२३५. जगातला एकमेव दुर्मिळ धातू ! युरेनियम -२३५ चा लॉट विकला जातो ! तीन चार दिवसांनी प्रेत सापडतं . सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या लेखणीतून अवतरलेली भन्नाट मंदार कथा ...... 'हाय ओल्ड फ्रेंड्स' ऐका , कृणाल आळवे यांच्या आवाजात !

Catherine Wynne's introduction reappraises the stories by looking at Conan Doyle's medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective.