Posts Tagged ‘mystery’
Elementary, She Read
Gemma Doyle, manager of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and her best friend Jayne Wilson discover a rare manuscript and a dead body in Elementary, She Read, the charmingly clever series debut by nationally bestselling author Vicki Delany.
Read MoreDead in the Dark
Master crime writer Stephen Booth ventures into the Peak District’s dark subterranean world for a brand new, stunning and gasp-inducing Cooper & Fry thriller. ‘A modern master’ Guardian How do you prove a murder without a body? Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, a crime he always denied. Extensive police…
Read MoreThe Murder at the Vicarage
St. Mary Mead, a peaceful village where nothing ever happens, livens up considerably when the unpopular magistrate Colonel Protheroe is found dead, and Miss Marple discovers that a number of people wanted him dead.
Read MoreBlackfly Season
A young woman stumbles into a rough Algonquin Bay tavern covered in black fly bites, with a bullet in her brain, and no memory. Homicide detectives John Cardinal and Lisa Delmore know someone left her for dead. And if word gets out she’s alive, someone will try again.
Read MoreBy Pricking my Thumbs
When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs. Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs. Lancaster talks about “something behind the fireplace,” Tommy and Tuppence find themselves caught…
Read MoreMiss Marple Complete Short Stories
This collection gathers together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous creations: Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an…
Read MoreMysterious Affair at Styles
The first Hercule Poirot mystery, now published for the first time with a previously deleted scene and commentary from Agatha Christie expert John Curran. This is the Agatha Christie book that started it all—the sublime introduction of her master sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and his now legendary powers of detection. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp…
Read MorePoirot Investigates
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond . . . then came the “suicide” that was murder . . . the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat . . . a suspicious death in a locked gun room . . . a milliondollar bond robbery . . . the curse…
Read MoreFive Little Pigs A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcÉe), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams…
Read MoreHark the Herald Angels Slay
Santa’s summer vacation plans turn deadly in this festive mystery from the author of Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen and We Wish You a Murderous Christmas. The town of Rudolph, New York, has the Christmas spirit all year long–but when homicide heats up a summer holiday, it’s up to shop owner Merry Wilkinson to wrap up…
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