Old Detective Mysteries

Here are six The Old Man in the Corner mysteries that don't seem to appear in other collections. This book includes "The Mystery of the Russian Prince", "The Mystery of Dog’s Tooth Cliff", "The Mystery of the Pearl Necklace", "The Mystery of the Tragedy in Bishop’s Road", "The Mystery of Brudenell Court", and "The Tytherton Case".

Pinkerton detective, Will Fox trails the runaway witness to a bank robbery to Red Gorge, Dakota Territory. He soon finds the subject of his investigation brutally murdered in close proximity to the Double S Tavern. Tavern manager, Charlotte Atkins recognizes the dead man as an associate of her late, former lover. As her checkered past comes back to haunt her, Charlotte may know more about the crime than even she realizes. Uncovering the truth could endanger her life but helping Will Fox catch the killer could finally put her past to rest.

When Uncle Gabriel dies, Sadie Salinger and her sisters find themselves owning a detective agency. Complete with a case ready to go. Adelaide’s come up with an idea. Masquerading as a madame and a lady of the night. Sadie’s the one who has the gumption to pull off the ruse, so it’s settled. She and Adelaide will go to a mining town to solve the mystery Uncle Gabriel left behind. Larson Donaldson’s not a lawman anymore, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to eat. Of course, he does, so he gets himself a job as private security for a madame and her sportin’ woman. He’s never...

A horse trainer fears his master, Sir Robert Nortberton, has gone mad, and comes to Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes and Watson swiftly discover that a horrible secret lurks in the shadows of Shoscombe. The last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories is brought vividly to life by Robert Hardy, known to many for playing Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Garrulous Bill Myers is too nosy for his own good. A retired investigative reporter, he is sniffing into dangerous pots of avarice and crime. When he is found dead, Nancy and the 90s Club step in to find the killer and discover what’s really going on at Whisperwood Retirement Village. Axel Cooper, Whisperwood resident, is a victim of Bill’s curiosity and asks Nancy to help him find out what happened to the family he lost in World War II. The only clue he can provide is an old family album.

TRENCH'S HOLIDAY CHECLIST (for a visit to the sleepy coastal village of Fisherman's Cove) TOOTHBRUSH - CHECK BUCKET & SPADE - CHECK (I'll need to do some digging.) MYSTERY - CHECK (An enduring fifty year-old one: whatever happened to the brothers Quinn?) GIRLFRIEND - NOT EXACTLY (But Sally-Anne's coming along.) ARMCHAIR - AFRAID NOT (Sorry Old Tom, but it won't fit in the suitcase.)

When Edna Simmons takes a DNA test and finds out that she has a brother, her wife and her decide to go on a trip to find him, but after meeting Fredrick Tillison, Edna finds that her whole world has changed. Will this man become the missing piece to her puzzle, or is there a skeleton in his closet that he isn't telling her about?

Shoscombe Old Place era una impresionante mansión en el corazón del parque Shoscombe de Berkshire. Esta enorme mansión y además su famosa cuadra de caballos había sido dejada en usufructo vitalicio a Lady Beatrice Falder por su difunto marido. Con Lady Falder vive su colérico y violento hermano, Sir Robert Noberton. Lady Beatrice, teme por su vida debido al extraño comportamiento de su hermano. Holmes empieza investigar y enseguida se da cuenta que todo está muy relacionado con un caballo, "Shoscombe Prince".

Although Josie Salinger has been working with her sisters, Adelaide, Sadie, and Belinda at the private investigation agency their uncle left to them, she had never played a major role in any of their cases. She has always preferred to stay out of the spotlight. In 1849, it wasn’t common for women to do such jobs. Her sisters object to that opinion and push her to begin a new journey. Little does Josie know that when she opened the door to Taylor Jameson that crisp fall day, she was about to begin the adventure of a lifetime. Taylor Jameson has been receiving threatening letters. The ...

"THE STORY BUILDS AND ENDS ON A CLIFFHANGER. BUT THANKFULLY THE NEXT IN THE SERIES IS ALREADY OUT!" ~ Der Wolff "ALICE CROWLEY'S EROTIC STORIES ALWAYS HAVE SURPRISE ENDINGS!" ~ Hwk "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ G. Taylor Two randy detectives -- one woman, one man -- turn up the body heat as they unravel this fast-paced erotic sci-fi mystery! Hired by two trillionaires for competing purposes, gumshoes Gina Mavis and Lon Bradford know they are tempting fate and testing their limits. Soon it becomes clear that a metric ton of sexy action and sensual suspense will ...

In book 12, there are strange happenings indeed at Torling Castle! Someone is hiding out in the ruined tower, making the resident jackdaws very unsettled. Who is it, and what do they want? The Secret Seven are on the case! Solve the mystery!

What She Lost is a pulse-pounding romantic suspense novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. All Mac Cahill wants is a quiet life in the suburbs, a safe haven for her daughters to heal after their father's sudden death. But just as they begin to settle into their new life near Seattle, a shocking phone call shatters their fragile peace. Mac’s young cousin has vanished days before her arranged marriage, and their grandfather—a powerful Mexican cartel boss—demands Mac find her. Thrust into the dark world of organized crime, Mac narrowly escapes a deadly kidnapping attempt. ...

Attending a medical conference, Watson returns to Baker Street to find a much older Holmes, withdrawn and very retired. Remarkably, Watson's visit coincides with another: Lil, a girl from the notorious and appalling Old Nichol Rookery housing slum, is unaware the great detective has retired. She brings with her a firsthand sighting of a strange, glowing "ghoul" which frightened her half to death in the dark ginnels of the Rookery. So, will Holmes and Watson, for one very last time, investigate a ghoul who does not like to be seen...?

مغامرة فريدة في ربوع النمسا الجميلة بين عامر وعارف وعالية وعصابة دولية يتزعمها مجرم واسع الحيلة، وقد تمكّن بدهائه من الهرب من سجن جزيرة الموت...

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place where they couldn’t be found…and time to figure out what to do next. Years ago, two men prepared for their worst case scenario, hoping their plans would never be needed. Simon Sullivan now has reason to be grateful that he and his brother went to the extreme lengths they did and continued their efforts in all the years since…because the worst they imagined has arrived. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances...

Ever Indigo Nikita Stein is quite sure she doesn't belong at the School for Gifted Children of Genius Parents where she's mockingly called "Einstein" by her classmates. After all, her parents disappeared nine years ago and are missing and presumed dead and she has no idea if they were geniuses. She's been leading a lonely life under the care of the Doc, the kind but reclusive inventor of invisible ice cream, where her only friend is a badly programmed robot fridge with anger issues.

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried.Luckily she isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is proving once again that he can be trusted even as they just barely avoid one near miss...

The Cornish village of St Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Programme, and St Petroc offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life. Until he meets Lila. Lila is a 17-year-old runaway. When she breaks into Tom's house she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travellers' commune she's been living at.

In these four tales from Sherlock Holmes's case book, we find the great detective summoned to investigate the mysterious bones which just won't stay buried at Shoscombe Old Place. We see him deducing why a hitherto devoted lion should have turned savagely on its keeper.

When Meg Monroe decides to start her life over in small town Iowa, she knows change can be good. She also knows there’s nothing left for her in her old job—or her marriage. With an old house to decorate and what seems at first like a quiet neighborhood, Meg is pleased to have plenty of time for crafting. But the local craft store is closed with no sign of reopening, leaving Meg at a loss for supplies. And her snarky neighbor isn’t just nosy—she’s murdered—and Meg is determined to restore the peace. Once she also has her mind set on creating the first craft club in Glenville, ...