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In Agatha Christie's classic, A Pocket Full of Rye , the bizarre death of a financial tycoon has Miss Marple investigating a very odd case of crime by rhyme. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmed Miss Marple's suspicion...
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"A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement -- and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m." A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little...
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When Miss Julia burst on the scene in her fictional debut, Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, this proper lady of a certain age found her orderly world turned upside down when Hazel Marie Puckett appeared with her nine-year-old son, Little Lloyd, who looked disturbingly similar to Miss Julia's late husband. Now, in Miss Julia Takes Over, with her sharp tongue and iron backbone intact, Miss Julia must tackle another disruption when Hazel Marie doesn't return...
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In Miss Julia Throws a Wedding, we find her feeling a little wistful when Hazel Marie, once her late husband's paramour and now her best friend, prepares to move out and live in sin with that marriage-shy Mr. Pickens. Suddenly, to Miss Julia's delight, a wedding is in the offing: Handsome Deputy Coleman Bates and attorney Binkie Enloe announce their plans to run down to the courthouse and tie the knot. But Miss Julia insists they have a real wedding...
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1-800-Missing volume 13
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The baffling disappearance of a close acquaintance makes Brooke realize that a fiendishly clever serial killer, whom she was never able to prove guilty, has emerged from obscurity to resume his reign of terror.
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1-800-Missing volume 6
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Brooke and Jess help the FBI track down the missing wife of a dead mobster.
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1-800-Missing volume 5
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Jess searches for a woman who disappears from a plane in midflight.
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1-800-Missing volume 9
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Brooke and Jess investigate the disappearance of a soldier who allegedly went missing in action during a special ops mission in Bolivia and discover he was involved in the drug trade.
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1-800-Missing volume 10
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Brooke and Jess defy the authorities and risk their careers in a bid to save an innocent man on death row.
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1-800-Missing volume 2
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The newly assembled team's first official case is to track down a missing FBI cadet. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes apparent a serial killer might be on the loose.
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1-800-Missing volume 15
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Brooke and Jess investigate the abduction of a research scientist who holds the key to a potentially highly profitable drug, focusing their inquiries on his wife and coworkers.
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1-800-Missing volume 11
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Brooke and Jess try to discover the whereabouts of a wealthy couple who disappeared during a trip, only to become the targets of a killer.
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1-800-Missing volume 4
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A teenage girl's parents inexplicably disappear while the holidaying family has stopped to refuel at a petrol station.
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1-800-Missing volume 3
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Jess experiences troubling nightmares as she tries to locate a missing woman who has been threatened by a killer
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1-800-Missing volume 12
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Jess's dreams help the team in their search for a psychotic and potentially dangerous patient who has escaped from an asylum.
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1-800-Missing volume 8
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Bride-to-be vanishes on her wedding day, just as the ceremony is about to get under way and her disappearance is soon followed by the arrival of a ransom note.
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1-800-Missing volume 14
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Jess goes undercover at a military base to investigate the disappearance of a cadet, determined to discover whether he went AWOL or met with foul play
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1-800-Missing volume 1
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An FBI agent searching for a missing woman in Indianapolis turns to a psychic for help with the case, but finds it hard to take the woman's visions seriously as each one points to events in the past.
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1-800-Missing volume 7
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The team attempt to find the missing husband of a woman in the Witness Protection Programmed without revealing her location to the criminals who are also trying to track her down
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