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Labelled as 'The most colossal achievement of a colossal career.' by New Statesman, this is the world's best-selling mystery. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again... and again...

When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story. But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so, who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspects…THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as ‘another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End, it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years.

Paperback. Publisher: HarperCollins UK Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery. reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway. has been shot through the head She was young. stylish and beautiful. a girl who had everything - until she lost her life Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger:.. 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger. 'Yet in this exotic setting' nothing is ever quite what it seems ...

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 unparalleled insight into human nature--and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex- Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: "She's just the finest detective God ever made"--and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.

A Classic Mystery From Dick Francis, The Champion Of English Storytellers. Tim Ekaterin Has A Lot Of Money. Unfortunately, It Is Other People's, And It Is His Job To Invest It Wisely, Or Get Fired. And Right Now He's Taken A Big Risk: Using £5 Million To Stud A Champion Racing Stallion. When The Resulting Foals Have Birth Defects, Tim Is Worried And Decides That There May Be Something Else Going On At The Stables. His Suspicions Are Confirmed When One Of Those Helping With The Horses Is Murdered. Now It's Not Just About Money, But About Life And Death. Determined To Get To The Bottom Of Why Anyone Would Do This, Tim Puts Himself In Danger's Path To Discover The Truth . . . Praise For Dick Francis: 'as A Jockey, Dick Francis Was Unbeatable When He Got Into His Stride. The Same Is True Of His Crime Writing' Daily Mirror 'dick Francis's Fiction Has A Secret Ingredient - His Inimitable Knack Of Grabbing The Reader's Attention On Page One And Holding It Tight Until The Very End' Sunday Telegraph 'the Narrative Is Brisk And Gripping And The Background Researched With Care . . . The Entire Story Is A Pleasure To Relish' Scotsman 'francis Writing At His Best' Evening Standard 'a Regular Winner . . . As Smooth, Swift And Lean As Ever' Sunday Express 'a Super Chiller And Killer' New York Times Book Review Dick Francis Was One Of The Most Successful Post-war National Hunt Jockeys. The Winner Of Over 350 Races, He Was Champion Jockey In 1953/1954 And Rode For Hm Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Most Famously On Devon Loch In The 1956 Grand National. On His Retirement From The Saddle, He Published His Autobiography, The Sport Of Queens, Before Going On To Write Forty-three Bestselling Novels, A Volume Of Short Stories (field Of 13), And The Biography Of Lester Piggott. During His Lifetime Dick Francis Received Many Awards, Amongst Them The Prestigious Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger For His Outstanding Contribution To The Genre, And Three 'best Novel' Edgar Allan Poe Awards From The Mystery Writers Of America. In 1996 He Was Named By Them As Grand Master For A Lifetime's Achievement. In 1998 He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Literature, And Was Awarded A Cbe In The Queen's Birthday Honours List Of 2000. Dick Francis Died In February 2010, At The Age Of Eighty-nine, But He Remains One Of The Greatest Thriller Writers Of All Time.

When Trixie and Honey explore an abandoned gatehouse, they discover more than dust and spiderwebs. Stuck in the dirt floor is a huge diamond! Could a ring of jewel thieves be hiding out in Sleepyside?

"George explores her characters' dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy."—Washington Post Book World"Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published."—Entertainment WeeklyThe spellbinding new Inspector Lynley novel from Elizabeth George, New York Times bestselling author of Careless in Red and What Came Before He Shot Her.

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making - Includes Two Unpublished Poirot Stories

The problem with being a bounty hunter is it's all on-the-job training. And Stephanie Plum is still learning the ways to get yourself killed. Take the case of Maxine Norwicki.... When Maxine failed to turn up for her day in court, Stephanie was given the task of bringing her in. Simple. Except Maxine's boyfriend has now begun receiving mysterious, coded notes from the runaway that hint at buried treasure. In fact the notes are so indecipherable that Stephanie has to call on the help of Sally Sweet, giant drag queen and code-breaker extraordinaire. And Steph's knight errant, cop Joe Morelli. is also proving useful - although he can't decide what he wants most: Maxine's bounty or Stephanie's body. Meanwhile a friend loses a finger, a mother is scalped, an apartment is firebombed and a store clerk is murdered. And out in the street, the crazy treasure hunt game goes on.... 'Stephanie Plum is ass-kicking form..... utterly delightful.' Cosmopolitan 'As smart and sassy as high-gloss wet paint.' Time Out ' Among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction.' GQ 'All the easy class and wit that you expect to find in the best American TV Comedy, but too rarely find in modern fiction.' GQ

In the epic fifth installment in this “compulsively readable” (People) series, Galbraith’s “irresistible hero and heroine” (USA Today) take on the decades-old cold case of a missing doctor, one which may be their grisliest yet.Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough—who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .