Detective Age

In the closing years of the 19th century, New York City is a metropolis of innovation and burgeoning crime. A new kind of detective, known as the "Irregulars"—including the street-smart Jack O'Mara, the scientifically brilliant Rachel, and the stealthy Ellen—operates from the city's hidden corners. Their paths converge when they are recruited by New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt. He tasks them with investigating a series of unusual occurrences: erratic power surges, strange flickering lights, and a peculiar hum. These events are linked to the mysterious disappearances...

Officer Lucy is panty-melting hot, but I can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right. Can I really trust her? When Sarah follows her best friend to live in the big city away from the small outback down they had both called home their entire lives, Sarah quickly learns about the perils of city living. Her first night she witnesses a police drug operation that will change the course of her life forever. Officer Lucy attends her colleague Officer Daisy’s (of Protecting Her fame) house party to find herself face-to-face with the gorgeous femme witness of a crime she has been ...

A well-dressed man is admitted to a London hospital in a coma. He dies before regaining consciousness, and it is found that he had ingested a quantity of an opiate. It is assumed that this is a case of suicide. But at around the time that he dies, a young student nurse is strangled in the hospital grounds. Scotland Yard detectives Superintendent David Adair and Chief Inspector Andrew Sinclair arrive to investigate the murder of the nurse.It is found that she had been working on the same ward that the apparent suicide had been in, and indeed had been assisting with his care. Is there a ...

As a kid, Charlotte Illes’ uncanny sleuthing abilities made her a minor celebrity. But in high school, she hung up her detective’s hat and stashed away the signature blue landline in her “office”—aka garage—convinced that finding her adult purpose would be as easy as tracking down missing pudding cups or locating stolen diamonds.

In this groundbreaking classic, investigative journalist Lynne McTaggart reveals a radical new paradigm—that the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea, and that consciousness may be central...

Cold cases are about to get hot. Don’t miss this exhilarating crime thriller—perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder—from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at...

Are you looking for a good book for your son or daughter, age 10-15? Here's a new mystery series guaranteed to give them the same sense of wonder and excitement you experienced when you first discovered Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Sherlock Holmes. Grab your magnifying glass and curl up on the couch! You're about to enter the mysterious and action-packed world of the North Hollywood Detective Club. A world of secret staircases, dangerous double-crosses, and graveyards at midnight, cloaked in mist and concealing hidden treasure. A page-turning world of teenage detectives uncovering clues ...

"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love...

In 1950, a death occurs under the uniquely-banded cliffs in Hunstanton. It is soon realised that this is a case of murder, but the Norfolk police inspector runs into difficulties, and Scotland Yard DCI Philip Bryce finds himself back in the county for the second time in a matter of months. A local amateur detective with a considerable knowledge of murder cases (both real and fictional) is determined to help the police, and comes up with various suggestions. However, initially neither he nor the police seem to be able to pin all the usual key elements – means, motive, and opportunity – ...

If someone you loved committed murder, how far would you go to cover up the crime? A mysterious note found in a school library book leads Jeffrey and his friends to suspect that a girl who committed suicide was actually murdered. Their investigation leads to a haunted library, a web of lies and long-buried secrets, and a list of suspects that includes their own high school principal. A classic murder mystery for boys and girls, age 10-15. Are you looking for a good book for your son or daughter, age 10-15? Here's a new mystery series guaranteed to give them the same sense of wonder and ...

A grand estate. A guest found dead. A French detective in the shadow of 1936. The Dark Shadows of Emberlyn Hall is a gripping country house mystery set in the summer of 1936, as the world turns its eyes to the Berlin Olympics — and away from the quiet unease growing behind the doors of an English manor. When French investigator Jacqueline Bodin accepts an invitation to Emberlyn Hall, she expects a genteel gathering in the countryside. But then a guest is found dead — and while the cause seems natural at first, a series of strange events begins to cast doubt. As thick fog settles over ...

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events...

Welcome to Caldryn Parliament. Golden Age mysteries in the Realm of science fiction and fantasy. Recalled from the frontier, the new Warden of Caldryn Parliament is well aware she’s not a popular choice, but she never expected to portal into a murder scene. Nor did she anticipate acquiring such a unique partner. Now, Vanda Kavanagh must discover the truth of a politician’s death, unravel the mystery of her sabotaged wards, and survive her family. *** Stars Die is a magic parliament mystery. If you've ever wished that Agatha Christie included magic or that Sherlock Holmes fought space ...

2022 MYSTERY AUDIE AWARD WINNER! From legendary storyteller Stephen King—sometimes growing up means facing your demons... The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to...

It is 1949. Sir Francis Sherwood - WW1 hero, landowner, magistrate - is shot dead while standing at an open bedroom window in his country house. A rifle is found in the grounds. The county police seek help from Scotland Yard. Detective Chief Inspector Bryce and Detective Sergeant Haig are assigned to the case. The first difficulty for the Yard men is that nobody with even a mild dislike of Sherwood can be found. But before that problem can be resolved, others arise...... Philip Bryce is an unusual policeman. A Cambridge-educated barrister, he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1937 under ...

The Spring Ball on the first Saturday of Caldryn Parliament’s Spring Term is a night of glamour and power. However, this year the witch clans are feuding, and when rival clans trade curses in the ballroom non-magical bystanders are the victims. As people transform into animals, burst into unwilling song, or fall into magical slumber Vanda Kavanagh, the Warden of Caldryn Parliament, is suspicious. The witches claim they never intended to hurt anyone, and Vanda believes them. So, who is using the witches as a stalkinghorse for their own agenda, and what is it that they hope to achieve? Most...

It's 1194, and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire's newly appointed keeper of the pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller's death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his "penance", the shire's first crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston, and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn't, and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.

A graveyard at midnight, cloaked in mist and concealing hidden treasure. A trio of sinister villains who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the prize. And four teenage detectives in a race against time. When Jeffrey's high school teacher hires him to find the driver responsible for a hit-and-run car accident, he thinks it's an easy case - until a harrowing encounter with a ruthless treasure hunter sends him and his friends spiraling into a search for an ancient treasure. Are you looking for a good book for your son or daughter, age 10-15? Here's a new mystery series guaranteed to ...

Jeffrey has a math test in the morning, tonight he has a murder to solve. 15-year-old Jeffrey Jones is in trouble again. It doesn't matter that he and his friends helped catch a pair of thieves from their school's theater department. What sent his father's blood pressure through the roof is that one of the thieves is suing Jeffrey's family. By trying to do the right thing, Jeffrey has once again made everything worse. Then a girl from school dies under mysterious circumstances and Jeffrey and his friends find themselves drawn into another chilling mystery. The police rule the girl's death ...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of Unnatural Causes, Dr Richard Shepherd. This book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life... What can death teach us about life?...