The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
$26.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
'Then the rhythm of the train changed, and she seemed to be sliding backwards down a long slope. Click-click-click-click. The wheels rattled over the rails, with a sound of castanets.' Iris Carr's holiday in the mountains of a remote corner of Europe has come to an end, and since her friends left two d ...Show more
The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr
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Category: British Library Crime Classics
A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Ch ...Show more
Chatterton Square (British Library Women Writers) by E H Young
$26.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
“‘You don’t mean you’re going to divorce him?’ Miss Spanner said with horror.” A sophisticated, emotive novel, Chatterton Square concerns the complex web of relationships between two neighbouring families, the Blacketts and the Frasers. Framed by the advance of the Second World War, the subtle mechanics ...Show more
The Lost Gallows by J. Carr
$24.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
A third title from John Dickson Carr’s incredibly popular ‘Inspector Bencolin’ series, this story takes place between previous British Library Crime Classic titles It Walks By Night and Castle Skull.
Quick Curtain by Alan Melville
$24.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder"Melville's jaunty, chatty tone gives us an insider's look at everyone connected to the theater world, including critics who recycle their reviews." --Booklist'Don't talk bunk ' said Mr Douglas. 'You can't carry on with the show with a man dying o ...Show more
The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester
$24.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics Ser.
The Female Detective is the first novel in British fiction to feature a professional female detective. Written by Andrew Forrester, it was originally published in 1864. The protagonist is Miss Gladden, or 'G' as she is also known - the precursor to Miss Marple, Mma Ramotswe and Lisbeth Salander. Miss Gl ...Show more
Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts
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Category: British Library Crime Classics
"George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As his debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunn ...Show more
Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne
$26.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics | Series: British Library Crime Classics
Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue to the ...Show more
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by EDWARDS
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Category: British Library Crime Classics
The 1939 Arsenal side is firing on all cylinders and celebrating a string of victories. They appear unstoppable, but the Trojans--a side of amateurs who are on a winning streak of their own--may be about to silence the Gunners. Moments into the second half the whistle blows, but not for a goal or penalt ...Show more
Death of a Busybody by BELLAIRS
$24.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
CLASSIC CRIME. The eponymous nosy parker in Death of a Busybody is Miss Ethel Tither. She has made herself deeply unpopular in the quintessentially English village of Hilary Magna, since she goes out of her way to snoop on people, and interfere with their lives. On being introduced to her, the seasoned ...Show more
Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert
$24.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
With an introduction by Martin Edwards and featuring the short stories 'Horseshoes for Luck' and 'The Cockroach and the Tortoise'The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mysterious mastermind 'The Spider', find themselves at the country residence Feltham ...Show more
The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson
$25.00 NZD
Category: British Library Crime Classics
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder'Wilkinson deftly tacks between satirizing the stolid Ministers who get ensnared in these crimes and plotting a sturdy detective story.' --Kirkus Reviews'Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot.' ...Show more