British Library Crime Classics

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...

'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...

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

Trouble is brewing once more for the Hoggetts and their friend Chief Inspector Macdonald in...

It seems clear that the poison was delivered in a flask of Chianti with supper......

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...

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

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

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

'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...

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

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

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

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

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

The headline from The Maningpool Telegraph read: TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR NOEL GRAMPIAN shot during...

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

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....

As the thick, autumnal fog chokes the capital, within the fire-lit lounge of London's notorious...

We are thrilled to welcome John Dickson Carr into the Crime Classics series with his...