British Library Crime Classics
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Fire in the Thatch: A Devon Mystery
$14.99 Add to cartMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
“Readers will enjoy watching the conflicts that arise between the wary country folk and the cocktail-drinking Londoners invading their habitat.
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Lorac, E. C. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1464209677
- Language: English
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Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries
$14.99 Add to cart“An unusually rewarding anthology whose most dangerous species remain Homo sapiens.”– Kirkus Reviews
Feline friends, canine companions and aviary associates are often the truest reflections of their o
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1464215847
- Language: English
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The Lost Gallows: A London Mystery
$14.99 Add to cart“Carr (1906-1977) is at the top of his game in this taut whodunit first published in 1931.”–Publishers Weekly, Starred review
The British Library resurfaces an early gem from one of the great writers
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Dickson Carr, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1728219884
- Language: English
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The Christmas Egg
$14.99 Read moreDiscover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library’s archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring crime classics were written in the golden age of detective fic
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Kelly, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1464212287
- Language: English
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Smallbone Deceased: A London Mystery
$14.99 Add to cartDiscover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library’s archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction.
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- Series: British Library Crime Classics #0
- Author: Gilbert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 146421171X
- Language: English
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These Names Make Clues
$14.99 Read more“An invitation to a “treasure hunt” open to thriller writers and lesser mortals confronts Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Macdonald with two baffling deaths.”– Kirkus Reviews
It’s all fun and games (a
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Lorac, E. C. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 172826118X
- Language: English
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Murder in the Basement
$14.99 Add to cartA novel pairing dark humor and intelligent detection work, this 1932 whowasdunin? mystery is an example of a celebrated Golden Age author’s most inventive work. This edition includes an introduction b
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Berkeley, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1728261244
- Language: English
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Jumping Jenny
$14.99 Add to cartTightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 novel remains a milestone of the inverted mystery subgenre. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Di
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Berkeley, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267579
- Language: English
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Post After Post-Mortem: An Oxfordshire Mystery
$14.99 Add to cartNow tell us about your crime novel. Take my advice and don’t try to be intellectual over it. What the public likes is blood.
The Surrays and their five children form a prolific writing machine, with sc
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Lorac, E. C. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267609
- Language: English
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Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries
$14.99 Read more“… and what a motive! Murder to save one’s artistic soul… who’d believe that?”
Behind the stage lights and word-perfect soliloquies, sinister secrets are lurking in the wings. The mysteries in this
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1728278627
- Language: English
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The Seat of the Scornful: A Devon Mystery
$14.99 Add to cart“[John Dickson Carr] is the supreme conjuror; the king of the art of misdirection…once you begin a book of his, you simply cannot put it down.”–Agatha Christie
First published in 1942, this reissue
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Dickson Carr, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267633
- Language: English
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Murder After Christmas
$14.99 Add to cart“[Murder After Christmas] supplies cheerfully calculating relatives, decorously brutal dialogue, and a fiendishly intricate set of Chinese boxes before the surprising reveal…no, they don’t make them
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Latimer, Rupert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 4, 2022
- ISBN10: 172826121X
- Language: English
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Death on the Down Beat: An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection
$14.99 Read more“A one-of-a-kind treat from the golden age.”– Kirkus Reviews
From music conductor turned crime fiction novelist, Sebastian Farr, comes an epistolary tour de force that hits the perfect murderous cresc
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Farr, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728278597
- Language: English
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Death of a Bookseller
$14.99 Add to cartAn honest policeman, Sergeant Wigan, escorts a drunk man home one night to keep him out of trouble and, seeing his fine book collection, slowly falls in to the gentle art of book collecting. Just as t
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Farmer, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267722
- Language: English
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The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas
$14.99 Add to cartJames Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Dickson, Carter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1728278651
- Language: English
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The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime
$14.99 Add to cart“Readers who know Scotland will glow with recognition; those who don’t will want to pack their bags and maybe a gun.” —Kirkus Reviews
From the Highlands to the borders, the bustling cities to the remo
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267692
- Language: English
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Murder by the Book
$14.99 Add to cartWith Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of bibliomysteries, perfect for every booklover and armchair sleuth, featuring much-loved Golden Age detectives Nigel Stran
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Edwards, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1728261155
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Mr. Badman: A Yorkshire Bibliomystery
$14.99 Add to cartFirst published in a limited run in 1934, this exceedingly rare and fast-paced bibliomystery set against the landscapes of Yorkshire is long overdue its return to print.
The note read:
“Will the gentle
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Harvey, W. F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1728278686
- Language: English
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Death of Jezebel
$14.99 Add to cartFirst published in Britain in 1949, Brand’s exuberant novel is still regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the classic mystery genre for its fiendishly constructed puzzle, memorable setting, du
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Brand, Christianna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 1728278562
- Language: English
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Green for Danger
$14.99 Add to cartSet in a military hospital during the Blitz, Green for Danger is widely regarded as a classic mystery from the Golden Age of the detective story. When a patient and a nurse are murdered, Inspector Coc… [more below]
- Series: British Library Crime Classics
- Author: Brand, Christianna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 1728267668
- Language: English
