Traditional Detectives

Bonnie Hunter is done with creeps who treat their families like possessions. Sidelined and angry after a domestic violence call-out went horribly wrong, the detective finds herself seconded to a team tasked with finding a missing young woman.

A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge....

When investigative reporter Dominic Davidson is found floating beside his yacht at Dunk Island, the initial ruling is accidental drowning during a solo night dive.

Community service clean-up was supposed to be a tedious affair. But, when a young offender stumbles upon a bin bag filled with human remains, a quiet Highland village is thrown into chaos.

Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't...

DI Sam Winter is pulled into the abduction of Barnaby and Marina Harkness, taken while their father—MSP Chris Harkness—sat in a Holyrood committee room, doing his best to shield a billionaire from a financial scandal that could bring them both down.

A missing baby. A desperate woman on the run. A truth nobody wants uncovered.

Jackie Rose is a mother on a mission. Determined to prove her eldest son did not commit suicide, she enlists the help of her best friend's husband, Homicide Detective Charlie Cooper.

When Harry and Grace decide to marry in a quiet joint ceremony with Ben and Liz, they expect little more than to sign the register and share a bottle of champagne. But in Hawes, nothing important stays small for long. A stag do is arranged. Bunting is strung.

When young shipping company heir Jill Fisher is found dead in her apartment, Detective Charlie Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn don't believe she was killed by a random intruder.

Fear stalks familiar ground. Acting DCI Rob Marshall is back in the Borders with a permanent promotion dangled in front of him – but storm clouds are gathering, with his new boss eyeing cutting Marshall’s Major Investigation Team.

A fatal stabbing in a local park appears to be a mugging gone wrong – but Detective Charlie Cooper suspects there's more to this murder than meets the eye.

In broad daylight, on a quiet rural road, six-year-old Osian Howells disappears from his own front garden. In the blink of an eye he’s a missing person, taken, in the words of a headline hungry press, for nefarious purposes.

Abductions and murder are not what ex-DCI Luke Sackville expected when he left the police after tragedy struck his family. Luke’s return to the workplace was meant to be a soft landing, but when a woman vanishes after being accused of taking bribes....

In the heart of the Scottish Borders, Gary Hislop is expanding his criminal empire and his lethal grasp is tightening around the area. But as he opens his Kelso hardware store one morning, a sudden attack on him sets off a chain of events that even he couldn't predict....

When a refuse worker discovers the body of media student Nicholas Vernon in a quiet Welsh town, Detective Evan Warlow and his team are drawn into a case that spirals from routine enquiry to nightmare.

Accustomed to the bustle of London, DI Rob Marshall finds himself confronted with the unforgiving Scottish winters he had long left behind. A gruesome discovery off the high road between Stow and Lauder sends shivers down his spine....

Fully-dramatised adaptations of all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, brought to life with a full cast of actors, sound effects and music 'A remarkable undertaking... applauding them, and particularly Clive Merrison's Holmes, made my hands sore' The Times Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective...

Evan Warlow is a man with enemies. As a DCI in the Dyfed Powys force, that comes with the territory. But when two of his most vicious critics are abducted and turn up dead in a macabre tableau, tough questions need to be asked.

When Kiwi backpacker Cody Short goes missing on one of the biggest cattle stations in Australia, the local police in the town of Secret find themselves out of their depth and forced to ask for assistance. Detective Sergeant Nick Vada...

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish. Deadly Games A killer's playing cat and mouse - and winning. DCI Whitney Walker’s in trouble. She’s threatened with demotion if she screws up another case. So, when a killer...

When a much-loved Kilmarnock police constable is found beaten to death in his home, all signs point to a burglary gone wrong. But, when a second officer is slain while walking the beat, it becomes clear that something much more sinister is afoot....

Milford Haven has a dead man, and too many dangerous assumptions. A carefully planned street killing draws Jess Allanby into a slow, politically charged investigation where every breakthrough creates new risk.

During the Edinburgh Festival, DCI Rob Marshall answers a call that lures him to Duddingston Loch, where he witnesses a woman drowning.

Is the body found hanging from the arches of Appersett Viaduct a case of suicide or murder?

In the rural idyll of St Mary Mead, a murder has taken place. The despised Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage study by Reverend Leonard Clement. Though the Colonel had many enemies, the violence of his death shocks the sleepy village and starts the tongues of the local gossips wagging. The first suspects are the Colonel's beautiful young wife, Anne, and her purported lover, handsome artist Lawrence Redding. But St Mary Mead is full of secrets, and the real killer could be anyone.

From the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series, secrets, lies, and a truth buried in a borrowed grave. A body is found in a newly dug grave in a rural Somerset churchyard. The murder matches a series of brutal attacks blamed on a serial killer in Devon, and a DNA profile neatly points to the...

When investigative reporter Dominic Davidson is found floating beside his yacht at Dunk Island, the initial ruling is accidental drowning during a solo night dive. But Detective Bec Whitfield notices what others miss — the dive computer shows he never went deep, the bruising is all wrong, and his laptop has disappeared. Davidson was days away from exposing a corruption scandal that would destroy some of Far North Queensland's most powerful reef tour operators.

MEET YOUR NEW FAVOURITE DETECTIVE. 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 may seem a bit old-fashioned, but he’s always willing to learn from his...

A classic Agatha Christie adventure-mystery filled with twists and suspense. A fearless heroine whose curiosity leads her into extraordinary danger. A chance encounter. A mysterious death. A journey across oceans into the heart of Africa. When adventurous Anne Beddingfeld witnesses a man fall to his death in a London Underground station, she discovers a cryptic scrap of paper that leads her into a dangerous web of murder, stolen diamonds, secret identities, and international intrigue.

She had the motive. She had the means. And the jury is ready to hang her. Mystery novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for her life. The charge: poisoning her former lover with arsenic. The evidence is damning, the public has already decided, and the verdict looks like a formality. There's just one...

Catherine Lloyd presents Book 5 in the Miss Morton Mysteries...

After Leo and Jasper are summoned to the reading of a last will and testament for a woman they do not know, they are stunned to receive not only a joint bequest, but also a bidding from the grave: to find out if the woman's young son fell to his death a dozen years ago . . . or if he was, as she...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes novels and a masterpiece of detective fiction. Set against the eerie landscape of Dartmoor, the story begins with the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville and the legend of a terrifying supernatural hound said to haunt his family. When Sir Henry Baskerville arrives to claim his inheritance, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a case filled with ancient curses, hidden motives, suspicious neighbors, strange sounds on the moor, and a threat that seems both human and otherworldly.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic collections of detective stories in English literature. Through a series of brilliant cases narrated by Dr. John Watson, the book follows Sherlock Holmes as he applies his extraordinary powers of observation, logic, and deduction to mysteries involving theft, blackmail, hidden identities, secret societies, strange clues, and dangerous criminals. Set in Victorian London and beyond, these stories helped define the modern detective genre.

Bloomsbury presents The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian, read by Emma Gregory. Fresh, funny crime series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. 'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL. 125 Gower Street, 1882. Queen Victoria may sit on the...

Sherlock Holmes can hardly refuse when he’s summoned to the palace to consult on a dognapping case. He brings along Varti Weller, who’s compelled to lie because he’s folk-spelled. In the midst of their investigation, a new knack comes to light. Varti can tell when someone else is lying. So he knows that the Selcouth Queen isn’t telling the truth. Or at the very least, she’s left out an important detail about the reason she needs Holmes’s expertise. Newcomb is besieged. Enzo fulfills his duty. Arty expands his crew. Kel spills royal tea. And the Hound is back on the hunt.

When DCI Ian Ahmed agrees—reluctantly—to convalesce on a remote island in the Stockholm archipelago, he expects nothing more than bitter winds, silence, and boredom. But just across the bay, a sleek, modern house stirs to life. Staff arrive in dark clothing, cleaning and prepping with...

Some buildings are built on stone… others on secrets. When amateur sleuth Lily Larkin visits London, she has two things on her mind – spending time with her boyfriend, PC Flynn Grainger, and digging deeper into the mystery of her parents' deaths. She doesn't expect her trip to involve murder. But trouble has a way of finding Lily… even in the big city.

An urgent letter sends Hercule Poirot to France. By the time he arrives, his client is already dead. Millionaire Paul Renauld has been found stabbed in the back and left face down in a shallow grave beside a golf course. His wife claims masked intruders abducted him during the night—but almost...

In London, 1896, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker's world is upturned when his longtime nemesis, Sebastian Nightwine, previously believed dead, turns up with evil on his mind, launching devastating and secretive attacks against not just Barker, but his network of friends and close associates...

Sherlock Holmes is the legendary fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First introduced in 1887 in A Study in Scarlet, Holmes is a brilliant detective based in London, renowned for his remarkable powers of observation, logical reasoning, and ability to solve the most challenging mysteries. Most of the stories are narrated by his trusted friend and companion, Dr. John H. Watson. Across four novels and fifty-six short stories, Sherlock Holmes became one of the most famous and enduring literary characters of all time.

The Adventure of the Dying Detective, published in 1913, is a short story in which Dr. Watson is urgently summoned to 221B Baker Street to find Sherlock Holmes apparently dying of a rare and highly contagious Eastern disease. Holmes, weak and delirious, refuses ordinary medical help and insists that only one man—Mr. Culverton Smith, an expert on tropical illnesses—be brought to him.

In The Purity of the Turf, Holmes and Watson encounter criminals that would confound any other detection team, from smugglers and international spies to a very early copycat killer in the days when newspapers were the only true mass media. These stories span Holmes' career from his work as a consulting detective far from the scene of the crime to his affinity for being right in the middle of the action, and even include encounters with G.K. Chesterton's famed sleuth Father Brown.

Bloomsbury presents Dark Dawn Over Steep House by M.R.C. Kasasian, read by Emma Gregory. Fresh, funny historical mystery series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. 'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' Daily Mail 125 Gower Street, London, 1884. Sidney Grice...

Bloomsbury presents The Secrets of Gaslight Lane by M.R.C. Kasasian, read by Emma Gregory. Fresh, funny crime series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. 'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL. 125 Gower Street, 1883. All is quiet at 125 Gower Street...

Bloomsbury presents The Curse of the House of Foskett by M.R.C. Kasasian, read by Emma Gregory. Fresh, funny crime series for fans of Jasper Fforde and M.C. Beaton. 'Delightful and original... A series that could well become a cult' DAILY MAIL. 125 Gower Street, 1882. Sidney Grice once had a...

Bloomsbury presents Gallows Court by Martin Edwards, read by Helen MacFarlane. ‘A true master of British crime writing’ RICHARD OSMAN A superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 LONDON, 1930 The night is sooty, sulphurous, and malign. A spate of...

Before the murders. Before the enemies. Before everything changed. Promoted out of the field and into senior command, Detective Inspector Terry Stratton feels like a detective in exile — buried under reports, meetings and political maneuvering, missing the clarity of real police work, where evidence matters more than appearances.

What if Sherlock Holmes' greatest enemy wasn't a criminal mastermind but his own creator? Having abandoned retirement, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a battle of intellects where, this time, the stakes are deeply personal. Lurking behind the shadows of his past is the true architect of his near-fatal encounter at Reichenbach Falls: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a flawed genius whose beliefs threaten everything Holmes stands for. When two young girls claim to have captured photographic proof of fairies, Doyle eagerly champions their impossible claims with unwavering conviction.