Traditional Detectives

A woman’s body lies in the heather, her neck broken. Her horse watches nervously from a few paces away. Despite looking like an accident, it doesn’t take long for DI Callum MacLean, newly arrived in Hampshire from Glasgow, to establish she was murdered. Nor does it take DS Daisy Donaldson, appearing soon after on horseback, long to identify the victim. Mary-Ellen Mitchell was a well-known and seemingly well-liked businesswoman, married to a respected local artist, and part of the close-knit community.

Cherringham - The 50th Mystery It's Carnival week, and Cherringham is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the King granting the town its charter. But it soon becomes clear that someone is trying to disrupt the festivities - and when the priceless charter itself is stolen, Jack and Sarah are asked by the Carnival Committee to investigate. Caught up in a web of dangerous lies, they must uncover ancient secrets about the town itself to solve the mystery.

A suspicious death, a missing girl, and very few leads... New Forest police are grasping at straws. Whilst Detective Inspector Callum MacLean is settling into his new role in rural Hampshire, a young woman is found dead in the neighbourhood, her identity unknown. For a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else, this seems very odd, but when a local child goes missing shortly afterwards, panic sets in. It’s not the first such case for the Scottish inspector, yet the last one in Glasgow ended in tragedy.

The Definitive Detective Collection brings together the finest deductive minds in fiction. Join Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin as he invents the detective genre in the mid-1800s, and follow the logical clues to the most famous detectives ever committed to paper, Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, in London. Along the way you'll also meet Josephine Tey's formidable Inspector Alan Grant, as well as G. K. Chesterton's beloved Father Brown, and the more modern creations of Miss Marple, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Sam Spade as they solve crimes in wondrously inventive and ingenious ways.

The Agatha Christie Collection is a collection of 11 classic detective novels from the queen of crime fiction. We accompany Hecule Poirot on his first 6 adventures, as well as embark on a journey into the beginning of the Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries and Colonel Race series.

Crime classics featuring the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey and amateur sleuth Montague Egg, plus a bonus short story and two programmes about the iconic Dorothy L. Sayers One of the four Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime’, Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey...

You can hide, but you can't run... When the body of a church warden is discovered hanging from the belfry of a village church, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances that led to his death. Whilst navigating the fallout from the conclusion of their previous case, the...

Gripping crime dramas featuring Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector John Appleby A double bill of Scottish crime writer Michael Innes’ DI John Appleby novels adapted with a full cast. Written during the golden age of detective fiction, these two gems from the archive are a thrilling listen...

Step aboard the luxurious Blue Train for one of Agatha Christie's most intriguing mysteries in The Mystery of the Blue Train. When a wealthy young heiress is found murdered during a glamorous journey to the French Riviera, a priceless ruby vanishes without a trace. As secrets, jealousy, and betrayal come to light, the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the case.

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"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie is one of the most famous mystery novels ever written and a masterpiece of detective fiction. In the quiet English village of King's Abbot, wealthy businessman Roger Ackroyd is found murdered shortly after receiving a shocking letter connected to the recent death of a woman named Mrs. Ferrars. As secrets begin to surface, the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement to investigate the crime. Narrated by Dr.

Linckes' Great Case is a captivating short mystery by the celebrated English author Georgette Heyer, renowned for her historical romances and her brilliant, intricately plotted crime stories. At the heart of the tale is a sharp, clever investigation packed with psychological tension, meticulous attention to detail, and a touch of classic British wit. When an unexpected crime disrupts the established order, it takes a keen analytical mind to unravel the web of secrets, hidden motives, and deceptive clues.

A Scottish detective in England’s New Forest. Detective Inspector Callum MacLean should be unpacking boxes in his new home. But when a man is run over and killed outside Godshill Village Hall, his week’s leave is cut short. The victim, Brendan Stafford, was a retired lecturer from Birmingham. No one knows why he was attending a local village meeting in the middle of the New Forest on a freezing January night. The post-mortem reveals Stafford was already dead before the car wheels struck him.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle war ein Ausbund an Diskretion. Über prominente Zeitgenossen, die die Wege von Sherlock Holmes kreuzten, verlor er nie ein Wort. Welches grausame Geheimnis umgibt den Orchideenzüchter Maltravers? Wen oder was hält er in seinem Keller gefangen? Der Meisterdetektiv aus der Baker Street glaubt nicht an derartige Phänomene und nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Das Ergebnis seiner Nachforschungen überrascht selbst ihn.

È primavera sulle Highlands, ma all’orizzonte di Hamish Macbeth si addensano nuvole nerissime. Ha avuto la promozione (di cui avrebbe volentieri fatto a meno), il suo nuovo capo è insopportabile, e un certo Sean, insieme con la sua ragazza, è arrivato in paese a bordo di un furgone...

Sono giorni di pioggia a Vigàta, quegli acquazzoni violenti e persistenti che non danno requie, fiumane d'acqua scatenata che travolgono case e terreni lasciando dietro di sé un mare di fango. È in una di queste giornate che un uomo, Giugiù Nicotra, viene trovato morto in un cantiere, mezzo nudo, colpito da un proiettile alle spalle. Aveva cercato scampo in una specie di galleria formata da grossi tubi per la costruzione di condotte d'acqua.

Holmes ist auf der Suche nach einem gestohlenen Kronjuwel. Er lockt Graf Sylvius, der den Mazarin-Stein gestohlen hat, zusammen mit dessen gewalttätigem Partner Merton in die Baker Street 221b. Mit Hilfe einer Wachsfigur, wie er sie bereits in dem Abenteuer Das leere Haus verwendet hat, überwältigt er die Kriminellen und kann den wertvollen Stein seinem rechtmäßigen Besitzer zurückgeben.

Robert Ferguson ist um die Sicherheit seines jüngsten Kindes besorgt, seit er angeblich gesehen hat, dass seine Frau dem Baby wie ein Vampir in den Hals gebissen hat. Holmes erkennt jedoch angesichts eines hinkenden Hundes und des eifersüchtigen Sohnes, dass Mrs. Ferguson sehr fürsorglich gehandelt hat. Der vermeintliche Vampirbiss diente dazu, Gift aus dem Körper des Kindes zu saugen.

Trevor Bennett hat beobachtet, wie sich sein Chef Presbury, Professor für vergleichende Anatomie, in bestimmten Nächten seltsam verhält. Der Wissenschaftler bewegt sich in nach vorne gebeugter Haltung und klettert an Wänden hoch. Außerdem wird er von seinem Hund angegriffen, wie Holmes und Watson selbst sehen. Die Erklärung liefert ein nur an Languren getestetes Medikament, das der Professor als Jungbrunnen nutzen wollte, um auf eine junge Frau interessanter zu wirken.

Der Farbenhändler im Ruhestand ist eine der 56 Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und außerdem ist sie eine der 12 Geschichten aus dem gesammelten Zyklus Sherlock Holmes' Buch der Fälle. Sherlock Holmes ist von einem pensionierten Farbenhändler, Josiah Amberley aus Lewisham, engagiert worden, um im Fall des Verschwindens seiner Frau zu ermitteln. Sie hat ihn mit einem Nachbarn, Dr. Ernest Ray, und einer beträchtlichen Menge an Geld und Wertpapieren verlassen.

Au cœur de la nuit sur Santa Catalina, un avion atterrit discrètement dans un petit aéroport niché dans la montagne. Au courant grâce à une source, l'inspecteur Stilwell et son équipe sont aux premières loges pour assister à ce qui ressemble à du trafic de drogue, mais leur intervention tourne mal. Mis sur la touche le temps d'une enquête interne, Stilwell se plonge dans une affaire de randonneuse originaire de Los Angeles disparue il y a quatre ans et dont le sac à dos vient d'être retrouvé sur l'île. Ses recherches l'amènent à l'unité des Affaires non résolues de Renée Ballard.

Der auf Gut Shoscombe lebende Reiter Sir Robert Norberton muss das nächste Rennen unbedingt gewinnen, weil er durch die Abhängigkeit von seiner Schwester, Lady Beatrice, in finanziellen Nöten ist. Außerdem berichtet der Pferdetrainer Mason, dass Norberton nachts eine alte Gruft aufsuchte. Nach einigen Untersuchungen vor Ort überraschen Holmes und Watson den Reiter in der Gruft. Er erklärt ihnen, dass seine Schwester eine Woche vor dem wichtigen Rennen gestorben sei, womit der Nießbrauch des Gutes endete.

Holmes lebt an der Küste von Sussex, als er mit dem rätselhaften Tod des Lehrers McPherson konfrontiert wird. Der Mann lag tot am Ufer und hatte rote Striemen auf dem Rücken. Seine unverständlichen letzten Worte waren „die Löwenmähne". Während der Ermittlungen erleidet der Hauptverdächtige Murdoch die gleichen Wunden wie McPherson. In John George Woods Buch Out of Doors findet Holmes den Mörder: die auch unter dem Namen Löwenmähne bekannte Qualle Cyanea capillata, die Gelbe Haarqualle.

Two men met at dawn. Only one walked away. Is he a murderer or the next man marked for death? London, 1868. Etty Redgrave will bend rules, reputations, and polite society itself to protect the innocent. This time, justice demands she stand beside the last man she ever wanted to defend. Her childhood nemesis is accused of killing a man on the duelling field, an illegal and dishonourable act shielded by aristocratic privilege. The evidence is damning. The scandal inevitable. Yet something about the death refuses to sit neatly in its box.

Al 17 di rue des Saules, nel cuore di Montmartre, le giornate sono scandite da piccole abitudini e buone maniere, e la vita degli inquilini scorre lenta tra un pain au chocolat e due chiacchiere pacifiche davanti a un caffè bollente. Non c'è nulla che Berthe, portinaia dai capelli di neve, non sappia di loro. Così una mattina, quando per la prima volta in vent'anni Monsieur Gorin non ritira il suo giornale, la donna non ha dubbi: qualcosa non torna.