Collection: Fiction Crime

Abstract: This is where it all started! The first classic Phryne Fisher mystery, featuring our delectable heroine, cocaine, communism and adventure. Phryne leaves the tedium of English high society for Melbourne, Australia, and never looks back. The London season is in full fling at the end of th...

Abstract: Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs - beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked...

Abstract: The first novel in the 'Inspector Lynley mystery' series. Fat, unlovely Roberta Teys is found beside her father's headless corpse. Her first words are 'I did it. And I am not sorry'. As Lynley investigates, he uncovers a series of shocking revelations that shatter the peaceful Yorkshire...

Abstract: In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot -- the Tartarus Sunspot -- aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching. ...

Abstract: A Roman mystery, introducing Septimus Severus Quistus Quistus, lucky seventh son, has everything ? then, in one fateful hour, Quistus's life is destroyed, his much-loved wife and family bloodily murdered, all except his seventh son and only daughter. Not caring if he lives or dies, Quis...

Abstract: The #1 Bestseller that introduces Kathy Reichs' acclaimed heroine: Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is di...