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Winner of France's premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, Mein Gumshuda, by Patrick Modiano, traces the journey of a man in pursuit of his lost identity. Guy Roland has lived a life without a past for 10 years. As Guy begins to reveal the layers of his past, he realizes that there is so much more to his life than one could imagine. Mein Gumshuda is a detective thriller, a rare literary experience.

The phone rings. It's your daughter. She's been dead for four months. So begins East Texas police dispatcher Ian Hunt's fight to get his daughter back. The call is cut off by the man who snatched her from her bedroom seven years ago, and a basic description of the kidnapper is all Ian has to go on.

While in Chechnya, CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane stumbles upon a meeting between a known Chechen drug lord and a retired general once responsible for the entire Soviet nuclear arsenal. Money is exchanged for a data stick, and the resulting transmission begins a race across the globe to discover just what was sold, the only clue a reference to a top secret Soviet weapon called Crimson Rush.

Flower shop owner Ellie McEwan is driving home late one frosty November night when a shadowy figure leaps into the road out of nowhere. Ellie swerves to avoid him — and slams head-on into the crash barrier. Days later, Ellie wakes up in hospital — and notices there’s something different. Everyone she looks at — the doctor, the nurse, her friend Carole — is surrounded by a coloured aura. Her near-death experience seems to have given her a new ability. And now Ellie must use her new-found gift to catch a killer.

Gerald Wade is among the many invited to the Chimneys estate for a party. Rented by Sir Oswald and Lady Coote for the season, it is rather the place to be. Unfortunately, during his stay there Gerry has garnered the teasing of his friends for a particular talent of his: to oversleep. One day the set decides to “fix” the matter with a little joke. The plan is to set out eight alarm clocks in Gerry’s room, all set to different times … as early as 6:30 a.m.! When they go to check on him, his friends discover that Gerry hasn’t overslept this time. In fact, he has been murdered.

কলেজ স্ট্রিটের ফুটপাথ ধরে হাঁটছিলাম সেদিন। প্রেসিডেন্সির দেওয়ালটা শেষ করে সবে কলুটোলায় বাঁক নিয়েছি, এমন সময় চেনা দোকানি বললে, 'সত্যজিতের বই নেবেন নাকি? ফেলুদার?' 'আছে আমার কাছে,' বলে এড়িয়ে যাচ্ছিলাম। দোকানি লোভ দেখাল। সব সই করা। সত্যজিতের। এবার চমকে গেলাম। লোকটা বলে কী?

যারা শার্লক হোমস কে ভালোবাসেন, যারা শার্লক হোমস-এর মতো ডিটেক্টিভ হতে চান, তাদের জন্যে এই বই, হোমসনামা! কৌশিক মজুমদার নিজে একজন বিরাট শার্লক হোমস ফ্যান এবং তারই লেখা এই বই. আর্থার কোনান ডয়েল এবং শার্লক হোমস কে নিয়ে অনেক লেখা হয়েছে কিন্তু বাংলা সাহিত্যে এমন সুন্দর রিসার্চ করা, প্রচুর গল্পের ইনফরমেশন এবং লেখক ডয়েল ও তার সৃষ্টি শার্লক হোমস-এর জীবন নিয়ে এই বই.

Emma's spirits are elevated after she and husband George Knightley host a joyful holiday celebration at the Hartfield estate. But it's instantly a bitter January when her father makes an unexpected announcement—he and Miss Hetty Bates have decided to marry. Not only must Emma relinquish her role as mistress of the household, but also accept the reality that the excitable Miss Bates will become her stepmother . . .

When Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she's never visited the property, Danielle's not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn't expect to find one of the house's previous owners still in residence. After all, the man has been dead for almost 90 years - shouldn't he have moved on by now? Charming Walt Marlow convinces Danielle the only way he can move on is if she solves the mystery of his death.

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of Tey's 8 major novels in one audiobook, including all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series.

In his will, Peter Laxter guaranteed his faithful caretaker a job and a place to live...for life. But Laxter's grandson Sam says the deal doesn't include the caretaker's cat - and he wants the feline off the premises by hook, crook...or poison. When Perry Mason takes the case, he quickly finds there's much more at stake than an old man's cat - a million dollars or more to be exact....

When Perry Mason and Paul Drake ran the ad, all they were hoping for was a clue to the identity of a hit-and-run driver. The first reply looked suspicious. It said that the license number of the wanted car was written down in the notebook of a woman who could be out of her apartment from two to five on a certain afternoon, and a key to the apartment was enclosed.

In the remote reaches of Alaska where the sun doesn’t rise 65 days of the year, two unsolved murders occurred exactly 10 years apart in the same motel room. On the next anniversary a true crime enthusiast, Henry, suffers the same fate. Now the guests, all with their own secrets to hide, must remain in the motel until Detective Read gets answers....who is the Rockyville Motel murderer? Motel Evil is written and created by Kc Wayland, creator of the award winning We’re Alive series which has had huge success across the world.

A triple bill of archive BBC radio dramas, believed lost for over half a century and only recently rediscovered. "Butter in a Lordly Dish", written specially for radio in 1948, features Richard Williams as Sir Luke Enderby KC, whose infidelities lead him into trouble when he goes to meet his latest flame. Williams also stars as Hercule Poirot in "Murder in the Mews", a 1955 adaptation of a short story. A young woman is found dead in her flat the day after Guy Fawkes night.

A collection of full-cast dramatisations and readings from the best-selling author. Maeve Binchy was one of Britain's best-loved storytellers, and this compilation of her finest fiction, as heard on BBC Radio, demonstrates all the warmth, wit and compassion that made her so popular.

Kahaanee dakṣiṇa sikkim se shuroo ho himaalay kee pahaadiyon men le jaatee hai. Kahaanee ke paatr akachung ko tngahaal zindagee se karishme kee ummeed n thee par jab kaayanaat hee usase chamatkaar kee aas lagaaye aur madad maangane aasamaanee pharishte khud zameen par utar aayen to? Kyaa akachung vo karaamaatee insaan hai jisakee aasamaanee taakaton ko talaash hai? Kyaa miraam kee ichchhaa pooree hogee?

നൈൽ നദിയിലെ ഒരു ക്രൂയിസ് കപ്പൽ യാത്രയ്ക്കിടയിൽ സുന്ദരിയും പരിഷ്‌കാരിയുമായ ലിനറ്റ് റിഡ്‌ജ്വേ കൊല്ലപ്പെടുന്നു. ഹെർക്യൂൾ പൊയ്‌റോട് എങ്ങിനെയാണ് ഈ കൊലപാതകം തെളിയിക്കുക!

*A New York Times Bestseller* From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a...

The instant Captain Declan Frobisher lays eyes on Lady Edwina Delbraith, he knows she's the woman he wants as his wife. The scion of a seafaring dynasty accustomed to success, he discovers that wooing Edwina is surprisingly straightforward - not least because she makes it plain that she wants him as much as he wants her.

The past is always mysterious. It neither leaves completely nor stays fully. Who would know it better than Ayaan? He was its victim. And so was Avani. When these two crumbled souls met, they realized in their togetherness that only a broken piece can complete another. Together, they start fighting the pain of their past, feeling the bliss of the present and appreciating their lives.