Another of the series' popular anthologies celebrating forgotten classics and material not printe...

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

Puzzling and atmospheric, this exceedingly rare mystery from one of the masters of crime fiction'...

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...

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

First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height of her considerable powers as...

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

Continuing the thematic strandof the successful and proven British Library '100 Maps' series. Thi...

A first-class narrative writer blends his unique cartographic and topographic understanding of th...

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...

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

Featuring stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside little-know...

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

All the Fear of the Fair

This collection repositions the famed literary hostess Violet Hunt in terms of her significant co...

Possessed

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

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

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

The author of The Philosophy of Christmas creates another 'stocking filler' for the festive seaso...

Beautifully illustrated, large format volume accompanying the British Library's major autumn exhi...

A new anthology of undeservedly neglected, previously unpublished or never republished short stor...

A beautiful collection of forgotten classic ghost stories to bring the eerie into Christmas, from...

Gerry Smyth has gathered together myths and folktales from cultures around the world - Native Ame...

A new special edition of Sunday Times bestseller from British Library Publishing's genre defining...

Britain is a land steeped in legend. From the Scottish Islands to the valleys of Wales, or the co...

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...

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

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...

'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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

A forgotten book revived for the Crime Classics series for a new readership to enjoy. Described b...

An original collection of London mysteries from the Golden Age of crime curated by award winning ...

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