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Damian Baxter is very, very rich - and he's dying. He lives alone in a big house in Surrey, looked after by a chauffeur, butler, cook and housemaid. He has but one concern: who should inherit his fortune... PAST IMPERFECT is the story of a quest. Damian Barker wishes to know if he has a living...

A collection of short stories featuring the redoubtable ‘heart specialist’, Parker Pyne. This volume, in its contemporary Agatha Christie Collection livery, perfectly illustrates Agatha Christie’s critically–acclaimed foray into light-hearted, romantic mysteries. Mrs Packington felt...

Do you promise not to tell? A DAUGHTER Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behaviour, the apparent delight in hurting others… sometimes Beth is scared of her, and what she could be capable of. A SON Luke comes from...

Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets—a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note said ‘I can't go on'. Only Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Was this the work of a poison-pen? Or of a poisoner? 

Detective Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street as a ferocious blast rips through the neighbourhood. A townhouse owned by an internet magnate explodes into flames, three people die and a sinister note signed 'August Spies' is found at the scene. A wave of violence is...

East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, OAPs are getting hoodwinked, children are missing. But word has spread: if you've got a case the police can't or won't touch, Isaiah Quintabe will help you out. They call him IQ. He's a loner and a high school dropout, his unassuming nature disguising a relentless determination and a fierce intelligence. He charges his clients whatever they can afford. But now he needs a client who can pay.

Singapore is agog with the news of King Edward VIII's abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simpson. Chen Su Lin, now Chief Inspector Le Froy's secretarial assistant in Singapore's newly formed detective unit, still dreams of becoming a journalist and hopes to cover the story when the Hon Victor Glossop announces he is marrying an American widow of his own, Mrs Nicole Covington, in the colony. But things go horribly wrong when Victor Glossop is found dead, his body covered in bizarre symbols and soaked in betel nut juice.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings are on holiday at the opulent Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, where they meet the wife of a wealthy stockbroker. As they discuss the jewels worn by Mrs Opalsen...

Summertime - as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From Cornwall to the French Riviera, whether against a background of Delphic temples or English country houses, Agatha Christie’s most famous characters solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the summer sun beats down. Pull up a deckchair and enjoy plot twists and red herrings galore from the best-selling fiction writer of all time. 

Ruby Young's new Boston apartment comes with all the usual perks. Windows facing the brick wall of the next-door building. Heat that barely works. A malfunctioning buzzer. Noisy neighbors. A dead body on the sidewalk outside. And of course, a ghost. Since Cordelia Graves died in her apartment a few months ago, she's kept up her residency, despite being bored out of her (non-tangible) skull and frustrated by her new roommate. When her across-the-hall neighbor, Jake Macintyre, is shot and killed in an apparent mugging gone wrong outside their building, Cordelia is convinced there’s more to it.

April 1956: Krimianmelderen Florence Granat falder om på avisredaktionen og beordres på en afslappende ferie i syden. En busrejse til Rom virker som den perfekte mulighed, men knapt har de nået kontinentet, før Florrie rammes af bange anelser. De bekræftes snart af et mystisk dødsfald...

When Daisy Turner returns to the seaside village of Honeysuckle Harbour to take over her late father's vet practice, she's expecting muddy paws, cuddly cats, and the chance to grieve in peace. What she gets is a new vet trying to drive her out of business, a handsome new colleague... and a dead body. Margot Kinkade was a successful local pug breeder, and when the police say her death was an accident, Daisy isn't convinced.

কর্নেল সমগ্র ১ আপনি রহস্য রোমাঞ্চ ভালবাসেন? ব্যোমকেশ শার্লক হোমস,আগাথা কৃষ্টি আপনি এককালে গোগ্রাসে গিলতেন? আজ...

বাংলা কিশোর অ্যাডভেঞ্চার কাহিনীর যে ধারা বিভূতিভূষন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের ' চাঁদের পাহাড় ' বা হেমেন্দ্র কুমার রায়ের...

ആദ്യം സിനിമാതാരത്തിന്റെയും വജ്രത്തിന്റെയും നിഗൂഢതയായിരുന്നു... പിന്നെ കൊലപാതകമെന്ന 'ആത്മഹത്യ'... വിലകുറഞ്ഞ...

Die Sheltons geben zur Einweihung ihres neu gestalteten Gartens ein großes Grillf­est. Auch Mimi Rutherfurt und Dr. Christopher Hays gehören zu den geladenen Gästen, die allesamt die Einweihungsparty in vollen Zügen genießen. Doch die gute Stimmung endet abrupt, als man Winston Glover erstochen in der Nähe der Küche auffindet. Schnell stellt Mimi Rutherfurt fest, dass einige der Gäste ein Motiv gehabt hätten, Mr. Glover zu ermorden.

బలభద్రపాత్రుని రమణి ఒక భారతీయ సాహితీవేత్త, నవలా రచయిత్రి, నాటక రచయిత, స్క్రీన్ రైటర్, డైలాగ్ రైటర్ మరియు...

Formally trained pastry chef Chloe Barnes is opening a cannabis bakery. When her beloved grandmother falls ill, Chloe returns to quaint Azalea Bay, to start over in the most satisfying way possible—concocting delicious edibles with her quirky Aunt Dawn. Combining French luxury and THC, Baked by Chloe will take pot brownies to another level...until a creepy past acquaintance rehashes old drama and shockingly turns up dead—landing Aunt Dawn as the number one murder suspect.

Tess Maxwell grew up fascinated by the stars and her father Harry’s stories and his scientific lessons. But ever since Harry’s death ten years ago, Tess has felt out of sync with the world and suspects that there’s more to her father’s work—and death—than anyone has let on. When she discovers a cryptic puzzle he left behind, she’s thrust into the hidden world of the Paradox Club, a covert organization operating out of an unremarkable Manhattan brownstone where scholars guard knowledge with the power to reshape human history.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Travelling in Greece, Parker Pyne befriends a doting mother and her 18 year old son. When her son is kidnapped for ransom, Mr. Pyne offers his services. But his involvement could make the perpetrators...