Classic Mysteries

To quote from the book, “For a scream in the early hours of the morning in Soho, even from a female throat, to stop dead in his tracks a hard-boiled constable who had worked in that cosmopolitan quarter for years, had to be something entirely out of the ordinary, as, indeed, this one was!”

Gossip, jealousy and hatred among the guests at a classic British Country House gathering ultimately result in murder.

The murder in the British Museum Library's Reading Room was shocking - and proved to be part of a much larger plot indeed.

Two police investigators working on two unrelated cases are quite sure they know who committed the crimes. Unfortunately, they're wrong...

The old servant supposedly committed suicide. To Superintendent Pibble, it looked more like murder - and some charming English eccentricities looking more and more like straightforward madness.

Found guilty of murder and sentenced to die, his case was hopeless. Then Nero Wolfe stepped in...

Mrs. Bradley must find out who is guilty of murder - and who may be planning to do it again.

Two crimes merge into a single search for a missing young man through the French town of St. Antoine and the dangerous alleys of Marseilles.

Not all honeymoons are happy - even if you're rich, beautiful and famous, you can't always get what you want...

Unfamiliar stories from familiar authors, plus some excellent choices from the work of lesser-known mystery writers, all wrapped in a neat package by mystery author and historian Martin Edwards.