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...

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

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

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

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...

Published alongside the major British Library exhibition, Beyond the Bassline is a landmark volum...

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...

'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 ...

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...

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

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

A new book in the 'Classic Crime' series, this was first published in 1931 and has never been rep...

London. 1945. The capital is shrouded in the darkness of the blackout, and mystery abounds in the...

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

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

On a foggy night in London, a party has gathered in an artist's studio during the wartime blackou...