Two brothers in a small Midwestern town: one the high school's beloved football coach on the verge of a state championship, one scraping by as a bail bondsman. Their sister was abducted and...

Charlie Howard--globe-trotting mystery writer, professional thief, and poor decision maker--is in Paris. Flush with the success of his latest book reading, Charlie agrees to show a complete novice...

The robbery was a piece of cake. The getaway was clean. And seven men were safely holed up in different places while Parker held all the cash. But somehow the sweet heist of a college football...

This collection includes two thrilling BBC radio dramas—The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy—written by John le Carré, the legendary master of espionage fiction....

There are only two things in life that interest Stanley - solving crossword puzzles, and getting his hands on his mother-in-law’s money. For twenty years, the puzzles have been his only...

To some of the more realistic members of the Midsomer Worthy’s Writers’ Circle, asking bestselling author Max Jennings to talk to them is outrageously ambitious. But, astonishingly, Jennings...

To the Jockey Club, the racing world would be a better place without Julius Apollo Filmer. An expert in corruption with a devastating line in witness intimidation - and proving to be a slippery...

Parker goes under the knife, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the way he scores his biggest heist yet: an armored car in New Jersey, stuffed with cash.

Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Raymond Chandler’s third Philip Marlowe mystery.

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a...

A service station on the M1: dimly lit, run down, poorly supervised, flickering lights, dark corners; a favorite stopover for long-distance truck drivers on their way up north from London. Behind...

With deceptive economy in these nine short stories, Ruth Rendell indicates hidden depths in ordinary events and creates a sense of profound unease. The stories are: 'A Pair of Yellow Lilies',...

The bank robbers were caught straight away, but in the bag there was a 'Concise Oxford Dictionary' instead of money. Moreover, in Paul Temple's garage was the body of one of the robbers. So...

This is the unfinished crime novel started by Dorothy L. Sayers but still uncompleted at her death. Set in London in 1936, it is the thrilling story of a society murder and how Lord Peter Wimsey...

Lawrence Block's 17 Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world--along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germany), and the...

Faith Usher kept saying she wanted to kill herself, so when she shows up dead at a gala for unwed mothers, everyone thinks it was suicide except for Archie and Wolfe.