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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
PaperbackEngels9780712355179
10-1-2025
A classic mystery reprinting for the first time since the 1950s copies of the original are extremely scarce. One of our reader favourites of the Crime Classics series returns, with the third Carnac novel starring Julian Rivers to join the Crime Classics series. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712355469
10-8-2024
The first outing for R. Austin Freeman in the series is one of his finest books, first published in 1930. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356657
10-11-2016
Crimson Snow brings together a dozen vintage crime stories set in winter Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356695
10-3-2017
This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712352963
18-10-2018
Polish off your magnifying glass and step into the shoes of your favourite detectives as you unlock tantalising clues and solve intricate puzzles. There are over 100 criminally teasing challenges to be scrutinised, including word searches, anagrams, snapshot covers, and crosswords - a favourite puzzle of crime fiction's golden age. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353267
11-12-2019
Entreated by the Belgian financier D'Aunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the Inspector Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle find themselves at the imposing hilltop fortress Schloss Schadel, in which a killer lurks amongst a small group of suspects. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353281
17-3-2022
This adventurous mystery, which combines exuberant characters with a wonderfully realised depiction of the second-hand book market, is sure to delight bibliophiles and classic crime enthusiasts alike. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353441
10-6-2021
This collection of fourteen stories corrals plots centred around cats, dogs and insects alongside more exotic incidents involving gorillas, parakeets and serpents – complete with a customary shoal of red herrings. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353526
10-8-2020
On a foggy night in London, a party has gathered in an artist's studio during the wartime blackout. When the brutal murder of the miser next door is discovered by his infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, untangling alibis from the studio party and with the fate of the soldier in his hands. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712353892
10-10-2021
First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas is a lively riot of murder, mince pies and misdirection, cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age detective fiction to create a pacey, light-hearted package admirably suited for the holiday season. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712354073
10-9-2022
This expertly curated thespian anthology features fourteen stories from giants of the classic crime genre such as Dorothy L. Sayers, Julian Symons and Ngaio Marsh, as well as firm favourites from the British Library Crime Classics series: Anthony Wynne, Christianna Brand, Bernard J. 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
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
PaperbackEngels9780712352260
12-7-2018
Gribble's unique mystery, featuring the actual Arsenal squad of 1939, sends Inspector Anthony Slade into the world of professional football to investigate a case of deadly foul play on and off the pitch. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712352383
10-4-2019
Superintendent Littlejohn is summoned to Surrey to investigate murder by explosion in Bellairs’ novel of small-town grudges with calamitous consequences. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712355940
10-1-2026
The fourth Michael Gilbert novel to join the series, after the perennial success of Smallbone Deceased, Death in Captivity and Death Has Deep Roots. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356213
3-9-2015
Richard Temperley sets off in pursuit of a mysterious woman and finds himself embroiled in a cross-country chase - by train and taxi - on the tail of a sinister serial killer. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780712356237
1-1-2016
Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, is found in the castle, stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. Meer