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1) The Big Four
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"The Big Four," published in 1927, represents an intriguing departure from Christie's usual style, blending elements of the detective novel with the emerging thriller genre. Originally published as a series of short stories in The Sketch magazine, the novel was later compiled and adapted into a single narrative. This unique genesis is reflected in its episodic structure and its more sensational, conspiracy-driven plot.
The story follows Hercule...
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Washington, D.C.-based attorney Lawrence Blakely has been asked by his partner to deliver some important documents to a client in Pittsburgh. In the course of his return trip, the occupant of the train berth opposite his ; the lower ten, which Blakely was supposed to have taken -- is savagely murdered. Was Blakely the intended victim, and did the crime have something to do with his briefcase full of vital evidence? When the murder weapon turns up...
3) Hunted Down
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A rare detective story by one of the greatest writers in the English language A mysterious man named Julius Slinkton enters the life of Mr. Sampson, the manager of a life assurance office. Remarkably well-spoken and with insinuating manners, Slinkton initially seems to be the consummate gentleman. But as Sampson soon learns, appearances can be deceiving. Written in the uncanny style of his close friend Wilkie Collins, this detective story is an unusual...
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Mrs. Pittman's well-to-do Pittsburgh family didn't approve of her marriage, so the young bride moved away and lost touch with her relatives. Years later, she has returned to her native city as a widow and now runs a boarding house, one of the only jobs available to respectable women in the early twentieth century. Rooms at Mrs. Pittman's place are cheap because of the annual floods from the Allegheny River, which inundate the building's basement and...
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"In my criminal work, everything that wears skirts is a lady, until the law proves her otherwise," declares Jack Knox, attorney at law and narrator of this sprightly mystery. Jack's cautiously chivalrous observation is prompted by the beauty and distress of his newest client, Margery Flemming. It seems that Margery's father, a crooked politician, has been missing for over a week. Unwilling to involve the police in her father's corrupt activities,...
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Chloe Dane inherits a fabled ancestral estate-and plunges into deadly danger-in this novel of romance and suspense from the author of the acclaimed Miss Silver Mysteries The lowly assistant to a London dressmaker, Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. She has bittersweet memories of being a carefree child playing hide-and-seek at Danesborough, her family's magnificent country estate. Decades later, the ancestral mansion has been restored to its former...
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Book-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft.
From Anne Perry, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, comes The Scroll.
Hapless bookseller Monty Danforth’s recent discovery of a millennia-old manuscript plunges him into a cutthroat conspiracy.
“A master storyteller.” —The Star-Ledger
...From Anne Perry, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, comes The Scroll.
Hapless bookseller Monty Danforth’s recent discovery of a millennia-old manuscript plunges him into a cutthroat conspiracy.
“A master storyteller.” —The Star-Ledger
8) The Ringer
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"A notorious assassin returns to London to avenge the death of his sister in this classic crime thriller. Word had come from Australia that the Ringer was dead. The body of the legendary killer had been pulled from Sydney Harbor--or so it was thought. In reality, it is the Ringer's sister whose fate is a watery grave. Left in the care of Maurice Meister, a London lawyer for whom she worked as a secretary, she has turned up dead in the Thames--and...
9) Murder.com
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A not-so-anonymous victim sends Reuben Frost on a chase to catch a high-tech killer. The girl is found lying beside the East River, strangled. She's in her late twenties-so why was she carrying a fake ID? The case should have nothing to do with Reuben Frost, legendary retired Wall Street lawyer, but Frost has never been known to mind his own business. Not to mention, his wife, Cynthia, has been slowed down by arthritis, and his social calendar is...
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A widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secrey affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. Kings Abbot is crawling with suspects and it's up to famous detective, Hercule Poirot, to solve the case.
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An intrepid young journalist investigates the murder of an unknown man in this spellbinding mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction On his way home after a long night's work, newspaper editor Frank Spargo stumbles across a crime scene on Middle Temple Lane in the heart of London's legal district. An elderly man lies dead in an entryway, his nose bloodied. He wears an expensive suit and a fashionable gray cap, but the police find nothing of...
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2016.
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Discover the amazing natural healing powers of bone broth, the ancient cure-all that is making waves as today's newest health food trend. The miracle broth has been said to heal inflammation, improve skin, aid digestion, and strengthen joints, among a long list of other wellness benefits. While hotspots from New York City to Portland are dishing out cups of bone broth for upwards of $9 a piece, it is surprisingly inexpensive and easy to make at home--and...
13) Will o' the Wisp
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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[2016]
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Love and deception intertwine as a man searches for a woman believed to have drowned five years earlier Seven years ago, childhood friends and distant cousins Eleanor and David Fordyce fell in love and became engaged. But their families, thinking them too young for marriage, conspired to keep them apart. David was sent to America to study architecture; Eleanor left for India, where she married Cosmo Rayne. Now a widow, Eleanor returns to England,...
14) Hole and Corner
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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[2016]
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The death of an American multimillionaire has a profound-and dangerous-effect on a young Englishwoman in this novel of romantic suspense William Ambrose Merewether altered his will just before his death, leaving his millions to descendants of his cousin Jane Lorimer, who may or may not still be alive. But the legacy hinges on one nonnegotiable condition. Across the channel, Shirley Dale struggles to make ends meet working for Mrs. Huddleston,...
15) Kingdom Lost
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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[2016]
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A woman shipwrecked on a desert island, and believed dead for two decades, returns to civilization-as heiress to an enormous fortune Austin Muir has just landed on a seemingly uninhabited South Seas island when he meets a remarkable young woman. Valentine claims to have lived there for twenty years. She has no memory of the shipwreck of the Avronia because she was just a baby at the time. All she knows is that she was rescued and raised by Edward...
16) Anne Belinda
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Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
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[2016]
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A woman vanishes without a trace-and her relations are forbidden to speak her name In 1917, after he's released from the hospital, John Waveney is headed back to the trenches in France when he decides to visit the land of his ancestors dating back to the Crusades. There, he meets a young girl who, upon learning he's all alone in the world, tells him she'd be sorry if anything happened to him at the front. Nine years later, John returns to Waveney...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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[2017]
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A nameless woman arrives in L.A., only to fall into a coma and be positively identified as three completely different people, in this twist-filled thriller. She arrived at Peggy Cuneen's Los Angeles boarding house with no ID. She asked for a room, fell asleep silently, and has yet to wake up. Even doctors are baffled. The only thing they know for sure is there are no signs of physical illness and no evidence of bodily trauma. In fact, she's so flawlessly...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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[2016]
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Edgar Award Finalist: A woman contemplates murder when she discovers her husband's affair in this domestic thriller set off the coast of Maine. Helen Fraser can't remember who drew the gun, but she does remember coming home hoping her husband would apologize for what he'd done the night before. She remembers that he refused, and she remembers throwing her first punch. But then, suddenly, there was a gun in her hand, and it went off. Seven shots, just...
19) Monsieur Lecoq
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The third Lecoq novel goes back to the beginning, to Monsieur Lecoq’s first case, the case that began his reputation as a master of detection, master of disguise, and master of detail. The case begins simply: Lecoq and several other policemen come upon a crime as it’s being committed. Three men are dead and the killer is in custody. But who is he? Lecoq and his companion officer
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HarperCollins
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[2013]
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Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. After Mr. St. Vincent's death, his family is plunged into poverty. Living in reduced circumstances, they are surprised to find an elegant townhouse -- with staff -- for a suspiciously cheap rent. Why would Lord Listerdale lend them his home for such a low price, and why are the servants so accommodating?
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