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Discover the twist that changed mystery fiction forever! Step into the quiet village of King's Abbot, where secrets lurk behind every door and everyone's a suspect. Hercule Poirot's little grey cells are hard at work, and just when you think you know the killer--everything changes.

Nineteen tales of murder and mystery in the first three books to feature H.C. Bailey's golden age detective Mr. Reginald 'Reggie' Fortune: surgeon and general practitioner, a man interested in everything, but not in anything in particular, and with a vast store of eclectic knowledge that makes him the ideal man to advise the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, and shine a light upon the darkest of deeds.

The clock is ticking as a forensic handwriting expert and a LAPD detective race to uncover the truth behind a mysterious suicide note. With powerful enemies and a brutal attempt on her life, Claudia Rose must confront a desperate enemy in order to survive. As motives for murder pile up, can Claudia and Joel Jovanic, find the killer before it’s too late?

Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh.

Lucy Holmes has been happily married for six months. Her husband is expected home from a business trip to Philadelphia when she receives the following cryptic telegram: "Come at once. Your husband found dead in his room this morning. Doctors say heart disease. Please telegraph." Foul play is suspected, but the search for means and motive is not such a straightforward process.

The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Auguste Groner is a mystery novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around Joseph Muller, an unassuming yet brilliant secret service detective of the Imperial Austrian police, who possesses a keen instinct for solving crimes. As he navigates a case involving a murdered man found in a quiet street, the narrative unfolds with a series of intricate clues and the challenges Muller faces both from the bureaucracy of his job and the moral dilemmas embedded in his investigation.