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Serie: British library crime classics
paperbackEngels384 blz.9780712309936
22-7-2025
This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition. Meer
paperbackEngels272 blz.9780712355339
21-10-2025
Often cited as the epitome of locked-room mysteries, featuring Carter Dickson's signature flair for jaw-dropping twist after twist, especially in the novel's thrilling courtroom section. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712355575
10-6-2025
Another of the series' popular anthologies celebrating forgotten classics and material not printed since its original publication. Perfect bitesize holiday reading for the Classic Crime enthusiast and the casual sleuther alike, featuring mysteries focused on British holidays and abroad. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353144
10-4-2021
A masterpiece of suspense, Mary Kelly’s 1962 novel follows Agnes as she casts her mind back through the past few days to find the links between her husband, his friends, a mysterious stranger new to the village and a case of unexplained death. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353373
10-10-2020
Two dead bodies and a Christmas stocking weaponised. A Postman murdered delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas tree growing over a forgotten homicide. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353724
10-9-2020
The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes' night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353731
10-1-2021
First published in 1932 at the height of crime fiction's Golden Age, this macabre and atmospheric dives into the murky underground of Parisian society presents an intelligent puzzle delivered at a stunning pace. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712354028
10-9-2022
First published in 1941, this new edition returns Farr’s only crime novel to print to receive its long-deserved encore. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712354080
10-5-2023
Presenting fourteen stories from ranging from the 1909 through to the 1980s, this new anthology celebrates a selection of beloved Welsh authors such as Cardiff’s Roald Dahl and Abergavenny’s Ethel Lina White, as well as lesser-known yet highly skilled writers such as Cledwyn Hughes and Jack Griffith. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356473
10-9-2016
An attractive young woman is found dead with a handbag of more money than she would've earned in wages. Sergeant Cluff is bought in to gradually find out the truth about the murder. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356497
10-7-2016
The body of a wealthy retired manufacturer, is found dead in his seat on the 12.30 flight from Croydon to Paris. Rather less orthodox is the ensuing flashback seen from the criminal's perspective. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356534
10-10-2016
Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356886
4-9-2017
While hunting for silverware to steal, amateur thief Ted Lyte stumbles upon a locked room containing seven dead bodies.Seven Dead is an atmospheric crime novel first published in 1939. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712354226
10-10-2022
When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712354233
10-6-2023
Also known by its American title The Crooked Wreath, this classic mystery novel from 1947 is loaded with sharply drawn characters and devilish misdirection, all capped by one of the genre’s most thrilling denouements. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712369305
10-5-2026
For the 150th Crime Classic, this extremely scarce mystery masterpiece by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr) is a celebration of what the series is all about; making the greatest, and often very scarce, works of the genre available once more. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712352116
10-6-2018
Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712352130
10-2-2019
This classic locked-room mystery with a closed circle of suspects is woven together with a thrilling story of escape from an Italian POW camp, as the Second World War nears its endgame and a handful of British prisoners prepare to flee into the Italian countryside. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712352222
10-11-2018
This atmospheric mystery set against the backdrop of 1945 blackout London sees Lorac's CID man MacDonald pit his considerable wits against a host of characterful suspects. Meer