Crime fiction


This collection includes fiction featuring professional, private, or amateur detectives, and criminous acts.

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Why Jane Matcham disappeared

Why Jane Matcham disappeared

Carane, Michael
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
1907
Inspector Denning unravels a complex case of an apparent murder, theft and impersonation.
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In spite of thunder : a Dr. Fell detective novel

In spite of thunder: a Dr. Fell detective novel

Carr, John Dickson
Hamish Hamilton
1960
Somebody is committing murder with an invisible weapon.
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blind barber

The blind barber

Carr, John Dickson
Hamish Hamilton
1974
A series of extraordinary crimes and misadventures dog the voyage of the Queen Victoria.
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third bullet, and other stories

The third bullet, and other stories

Carr, John Dickson
Hamish Hamilton
1954
A collection of short stories.
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dead sleep lightly

The dead sleep lightly

Carr, John Dickson
Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
1983
Nine never-before-published radio plays.
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door to doom, and other detections

The door to doom, and other detections

Carr, John Dickson
Hamish Hamilton
1981
A collection of short stories, Sherlockian parodies, and radio plays.
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Fell and foul play

Fell and foul play

Carr, John Dickson Carr
International Polygonics, Ltd.
1991
A collection of short stories including previously unpublished material.
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case of the perfect alibi

The case of the perfect alibi

Carrel, Mark
W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
1960
A lawyer is suspected of murder but has a water-tight alibi: he was at police headquarters at the time.
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Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon

Carter, David
Pocket Essentials
2003
A concise guide to the major Maigret works, films, and television adaptations.
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Zarkon, Lord of the Unknown in invisible death : a case from the files of Omega

Zarkon, Lord of the Unknown in invisible death: a case from the files of Omega

Carter, Lin
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
1975
The men of Omega were up against the Grim Reaper who could reach helpless victims behind walls and closed doors.
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Written in blood

Written in blood

Carter, Robert Ayres
Piatkus
1992
A mystery author is found brutally stabbed to death.
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Trouble on Tuesday

Trouble on Tuesday

Carver, Stewart
Andrew Melrose Ltd
1952
An accidental meeting with a crime reporter leads Carver to the uncovering of a gang of international criminals.
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Stranger than truth : a novel

Stranger than truth: a novel

Caspary, Vera
Eyre & Spottiswoode
1947
A magazine editor solves an old unsolved murder.
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Norton Vyse : psychic

Norton Vyse: psychic

Champion de Crespigny, Rose
Ash-Tree Press
1999
A volume of short stories featuring a psychic detective. Limited edition of 500.
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Lady in a frame

Lady in a frame

Chance, John Newton
Robert Hale Limited
1960
When a young woman is dumped by her fiancé the night before her wedding, she finds that he was not what he said he was.
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long goodbye

The long goodbye

Chandler, Raymond
Hamish Hamilton
1953
Some books need little introduction: this classic won the 1954 Edgar.
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Raymond Chandler omnibus

The Raymond Chandler omnibus

Chandler, Raymond
Hamish Hamilton
1957
An omnibus edition of four of Chandler's novels.
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Thanks to the Saint

Thanks to the Saint

Charteris, Leslie
Hodder and Stoughton
1958
Six more cases for the Saint.
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first Saint omnibus : an anthology of Saintly adventures

The first Saint omnibus: an anthology of Saintly adventures

Charteris, Leslie
Hodder & Stoughton, Limited
1950
An anthology of thirteen stories featuring the Saint.
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paradoxes of Mr. Pond

The paradoxes of Mr. Pond

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Cassell and Company Ltd
1937
A volume of short stories featuring plain, little Mr. Pond. Sullivan A104.
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wisdom of Father Brown

The wisdom of Father Brown

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1914
A volume of short stories.
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Seven suspects

Seven suspects

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Xanadu
1990
Seven mysteries including one which has never before appeared in book form.
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annotated innocence of Father Brown

The annotated innocence of Father Brown

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Oxford University Press
1987
An annotated edition of the first collection of Father Brown stories, with an introduction and bibliography.
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Dark Bahama : a novel

Dark Bahama: a novel

Cheyney, Peter
Collins
1950
Julian Isles of Chennault Investigations is sent to the Bahamas to bring back a wayward girl.
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