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

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

The first outing for R. Austin Freeman in the series is one of hisfinest books, first published i...

How did drinking the infusions of a unique plant from China become a vital part of everyday life?...

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

Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic, and the weird. They ar...

The peculiar wit and imagination of Lewis Carroll are once again in evidence in The Hunting of th...

A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A head...

Rose Macaulay's novel, first published in 1928, offers a sharp and witty commentary on how we twi...

This is a timely reissue of a 1960s novel that deals with the lingering trauma of the Second Worl...

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

As the storm booms out in the bay and the waves smash against the rocks, the masts of a cursed an...

The Strange Stories of John Buchan

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

One of two crime novels written by famous children's author Nina Bawden showcasing her excellent ...

In a tranquil Kentish village, Dr Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their gues...

Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzl...

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

Often cited as the epitome of locked-room mysteries, featuring Carter Dickson's signature flair f...

Swallowed by a Whale

The Wayfarer's Weird

All the Fear of the Fair

A meeting of lost souls in the care of a headless coachman. An obsession with eugenics descends i...

Possessed

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

One of the best examples of cursed-antique literature, which would influence M. R. James and his ...

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, the iconic Pride and Prejudice, is ...

Illustrated with over 40 art pieces from the British Library's collections. An authoritative guid...

Reflecting on the re-vitalisation and vibrancy of the current jazz scene, The Philosophy of Jazz ...

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...

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

Strange things happen on the dark wintry nights of December. Welcome to a new collection of haunt...

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

'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself i...

Revelling in the wickedness that lies beneath the idyllic veneer of village life, White's 1932 my...

Part of the 'Classic Crime' series, this is another mystery from the author of 'The Lake District...

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

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

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

Renowned for its authentic characters and settings based partly on the author's own experiences o...

Amidst the confusion of too many fake names, clues, ciphers and convoluted alibis, Macdonald and ...

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

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

First published in 1956, Brand's classic novel skewers the package holiday experience while unrav...

When Henry Merrivale arrives to piece together what appears to be an impossible crime, Carr treat...

First published in 1936 and adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock in 19...