British Library Crime Classics

"Cara!" Mr. Wilkinson stood on the jetty looking out at the long, low shadow of...

'Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The...

On a cold winter's afternoon, Alberta Mansbridge waits at a table set with teacups for...

Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen,...

John Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brother's request, it transpires...

Girls Together magazine agony-aunt 'Mrs Friendly-wise', aka Katinka Jones, finds herself at a loose end...

Martin Edwards presents a jam-packed travel case of short mysteries bristling with murder and chicanery,...

One of the greatest locked-room murder mysteries of all time, hailing from 1938, returns to...

On the eve of his wedding to Evelyn Cheyne, who he met and fell in...

'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not...

In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr. Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with...

Some women give birth to murderers, some go to bed with them, and some marry...

The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories....

The diplomat Sir George Ramsden is returning to Britain from France with the mysterious 'unicorn'...

"A war's on and a murder has been committed-and we sit here talking nonsense about...

A lost novel from the golden age of crime, published for the very first time....

Then the rhythm of the train changed, and she seemed to be sliding backwards down...

A new award-winning author joins the Crime Classics series with one of her best novels....

'"The purpose, the illusion, the spirit of a waxworks. It is an atmosphere of death....

'Caroline, too, stared out at the restless traffic, her mind's eye revolted by the memory...

"Now tell us about your crime novel. Take my advice and don't try to be...

After all, under its gaiety and brilliance Vienna has always been a centre of intrigue....

'If much of the action is set in a bookshop or a library, it is...

'I hate murders and I hate murderers, but I must admit that the discovery of...

An honest policeman, Sergeant Wigan, escorts a drunk man home one night to keep him...

She could imagine the headlines all too well... DEATH ON POSSETT ISLAND Well-known Playwright Found...

'There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July...

"Her best yet. A classic story with well concealed and ingenious clues, sufficiently difficult to...