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Imprint: British Library Publishing

The British Library has been publishing the Crime Classics series at a rate of currently one book per month since 2014. Novels by well-known writers as well as long neglected authors are made available again, and the short story anthologies are very popular. 
  • The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes - Paperback

    Marie Belloc Lowndes

    The Chianti Flask

    British Library Crime Classics

    £8.99 GBP
  • Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries by Martin Edwards - Paperback

    Martin Edwards

    Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP
  • Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr - Paperback

    John Dickson Carr

    Till Death Do Us Part

    British Library Crime Classics 94

    £8.99 GBP
  • These Names Make Clues by E C R Lorac - Paperback

    E C R Lorac

    These Names Make Clues

    British Library Crime Classics 95

    £9.99 GBP
  • Death on the Down Beat : An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection by Sebastian Farr - Paperback

    Sebastian Farr

    Death on the Down Beat : An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

    British Library Crime Classics 106

    £9.99 GBP
  • Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston - Paperback

    Billie Houston

    Twice Round the Clock

    British Library Crime Classics 113

    £9.99 GBP
  • Big Ben Strikes Eleven by Davis Magarshack - Paperback

    Davis Magarshack

    Big Ben Strikes Eleven

    British Library Crime Classics 120

    £9.99 GBP
  • Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert - Paperback

    Michael Gilbert

    Smallbone Deceased

    British Library Crime Classics

    £8.99 GBP
  • Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert - Paperback

    Michael Gilbert

    Death Has Deep Roots

    British Library Crime Classics

    £8.99 GBP
  • Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert - Paperback

    Michael Gilbert

    Death in Captivity

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP
  • Murder as a Fine Art by E C R Lorac - Paperback book

    E C R Lorac

    Murder as a Fine Art

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP
  • The Hog's Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts - Paperback

    Freeman Wills Crofts

    The Hog's Back Mystery

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP
  • Antidote to Venom by Freeman Wills Crofts - Paperback

    Freeman Wills Crofts

    Antidote to Venom

    British Library Crime Classics

    £8.99 GBP
  • Mystery in the Channel by Freeman Wills Crofts - Paperback

    Freeman Wills Crofts

    Mystery in the Channel

    British Library Crime Classics

    £8.99 GBP
  • The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts - Paperback

    Freeman Wills Crofts

    The 12.30 from Croydon

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP
  • Calamity in Kent by John Rowland - Paperback

    John Rowland

    Calamity in Kent

    British Library Crime Classics

    £9.99 GBP