Not all monsters are fictional… What if Edgar Allan Poe hadn’t died in 1849? In this lushly detailed Gothic mystery the year is 1851 and the Master of the Macabre is the toast of England with his now-popular lecture series. But Poe’s bad luck returns during a stop in Oxford, leaving him implicated in the murder of a chambermaid. In desperation, Poe recruits brilliant young undergraduate Charles Dodgson (soon to be known as Lewis Carroll) to act as Watson to his Holmes. This unlikely pair of detectives must now track down a ruthless killer before Poe hangs for a crime he didn’t commit…

In 1918 England, when the Marquis of Allerton goes missing from his fianc?e's family estate, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, take an interest in discovering the truth.

Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries selected by such prominent authors as Isaac Asimov are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood.

Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with "The Hunger Games", starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel "The Most Dangerous Game" and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay "Meet John Doe".

“Downton Abbey fans will enjoy Maxwell’s evocative descriptions” of British post-WWI society in the first Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery (Library Journal). December 1918: As a difficult year draws to a close, there is much to celebrate for nineteen-year-old Phoebe Renshaw and her three siblings at their beloved family estate of Foxwood Hall. The dreadful war is finally over; eldest daughter Julia’s engagement to their houseguest, the Marquis of Allerton, appears imminent; and all have gathered to enjoy peace on earth, good will toward men. But the peace of Foxwood Hall is shattered on the morning of Boxing Day, when the Marquis goes missing. Not entirely missing, however, as macabre evidence of foul play turns up in gift boxes given to lady’s maid Eva Huntford and a handful of others. Having overheard her sister and the Marquis in a heated exchange the night before, Lady Phoebe takes a personal interest in solving the mystery. As the local constable suspects a footman at Foxwood Hall, Phoebe and Eva follow the clues to a different conclusion. But both young women will need to think outside the box to wrap up this case—before a cornered killer lashes out with ill will toward them . . . “A super-fun read featuring Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva, as they put aside their society roles to risk their necks in order to catch a killer.”—Suspense Magazine “Details of the lives of the nobility and their servants, and the aftermath of the war, are woven throughout the story, and the forward-thinking Phoebe is a charming main character.”—Booklist

The book looks at 10 toxic molecules and discusses their chemistry and effects in humans, followed by a re-examination of their deliberate misuse in high profile murder cases.

'It was said that she had the good manners of a respectable upper servant but was far too young to have been pensioned; that she spoke as if she had received and education, but knew the costers' slang as if she were born-and-bred to it; and that she not only had no husband - which was a commonplace on Leather Lane - but seemed never to have possessed one...' When the mysterious Sarah Tanner opens her Dining and Coffee Rooms on the corner of Leather Lane and Liquorpond Street, her arrival amongst the poor market-traders causes something of a stir. Few doubt that she has 'a past'; no-one could have predicted how it will return to haunt her... When an old friend is brutally murdered, Sarah Tanner is the only witness. Unable to turn to the police, she finds herself drawn back into the dark underworld of the Victorian metropolis... Relying on her wits, and trading on her past, Sarah Tanner risks her own life on a desperate quest for justice and vengeance. 'A writer who evokes the colour and danger of Victorian London with a master's touch ... moving with Jackson's mystified characters through the swirling fogs of our pre-electric capital city is an exhilarating experience' Daily Express 'A feisty heroine, atmospheric settings, and an express-speed narrative full of twists and surprises. Victorian murder mysteries don't come better.' Frank Tallis

In his popular "Strange Days, Dangerous Nights," Millett has delivered images of Midwestern noir from the photo files of the "St. Paul Pioneer Press." He returns with a focus on the "dangerous murder cases from the 1940s and 50s, memorialized in these telling photographs.

A real-life account of a miscarriage of justice details the conviction of Tommy Ziegler for the murders of his wife, in-laws, and a bystander and presents evidence that could reopen the case, clear Ziegler, and save him from death row. 25,000 first printing.

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Did my brother kill your husband? Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth – even if it destroys the people he loves.