First published in 1973 but written in the vintage mystery mode, Lettice Cooper uses her literary...

This theatrical Christmas murder, truly lost in the British Library collection, will provide ente...

Part of the British Library Women Writers series, rediscovering forgotten works by early to mid-c...

A collection of stories for young children.

'A mysterious radio signal reports cosmic doom from an otherworldly location. Photography and X-r...

Skill, subtlety and stylistic assurance ... her moral comedy illumines life. - Daily Telegraph

I knew the site of the hut and the hill behind it up which I had rushed, and in the flickering gl...

Accompanied by colour destination photographs and illustrations, mainly from the British Library ...

Illustrated throughout, and with a complete text translation, the book explores the context in wh...

A rare 1950s classic from E. C. R. Lorac's beloved Inspector Robert Macdonald series, following o...

The pursuit of fashion is a matter of life and death in the debut novel from Christianna Brand, o...

Possessed

A popular anthology published in 2016 before the launch of the British Library Tales of the Weird...

The discovery of a beautiful Stradivarius violin in a hidden cupboard at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, a...

A new anthology of undeservedly neglected, previously unpublished or never republished short stor...

Mit weniger finanzielle Freiheit & mehr Lebensfreude erreichen: Wie wir Wohnung, Haus & Seele ent...

Featuring an array of fascinating illustrations from the British Library's rich medieval collecti...

Festive cheer turns to maddening fear in this new collection of seasonal hauntings, presenting th...

A moody classic set around London's historic docks published in 1938, Josephine Bell's unique and...

With Martin Edwards as librarian and guide, delve into an irresistible stack of tales perfect for...

Tightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 nove...

Dr James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog's Back, a ridge in the Nor...

Unsettling and gripping for its incisive portrayal of human emotion and fears, this experimental ...

Another festive edition to the Tales of the Weird series, following on from Spirits of the Season...

A figure emerges from a painting to pursue a bitter vengeance; the last transmission of a dying m...

Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his o...

Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road, has been found m...

As the fog thickens and the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from all...

A study of Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' books, originally published in 1953, bringing t...

E C R Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humour and red herrings, poking some fun at her con...

Rose Macaulay takes a lively and perceptive look at three generations of women within the same fa...

Regarded as one of the great Carr Dickson locked-room mysteries among Carr connoisseurs, one of t...

'Luke flung the light of his torch full onto the face of the immobile figure. Then he had the sho...

First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas is a lively riot of murder, mince pies and misdir...

First published in 1946 and set in the fell country of Lunesdale over the course of a rainy Septe...

First published in Britain in 1949, Brand's exuberant novel is still regarded as one of the great...

This is only a hill mist, not a real fog. You'll find it'll be perfectly clear when we run down i...

A playful and experimental novel in which Brand sets out to combine Gothic melodrama with her sig...

The answer to any classic crime fiction fan's Christmas wish - and the only way for you to answer...

With acohort of writers including Dorothy L. Sayers, Ethel Lina White, JacquelineWilson, Arthur C...

A novel pairing dark humour and intelligent detection work, this 1932 'whowasdunin?' mystery is a...

Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their...

Also known by its American title The Crooked Wreath, this classic mystery novel from 1947 is load...

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body o...

In London's Bloomsbury, Inspector Julian Rivers of Scotland Yard looks down at a dismal scene. He...

First published in 1956, this classic mystery leaps out of rarity to join the British Library Cri...

'A tangle of tales featuring perilous plants, scary sprouts, and frightening flowers...'

First published in 1952, London Particular was Brand's favourite among her own books, and it rema...