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Read by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of...

Lord Arthur Saviles's Crime is a masterpiece of polished cynicism, in which poison, explosive clocks and finally murder forerun married bliss. Each of the eight stories here were published in the heyday of Wilde's career, between 1887 and 1891.

Presenting an American voice for this legendary Agatha Christie mystery with one of her best denouements.

Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction “The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new...

This collection of stories continues the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle’s much-loved fictional detective. In these intriguing tales, Holmes and Watson solve cases that range from the suspicious to the downright strange, and encounter mysteries as diverse as vanishing staff, secret plans and eccentric lodgers.

Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads all 12 stories from this last collection to feature Holmes and Watson.

"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes works illustrated by Sidney Paget. The story is notable for introducing the character of Irene Adler, often used as a romantic interest for Holmes in later derivative works.

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls. In that time the criminals of London have been able to sleep safe in their beds. But the capital has never been in greater need of its protector.

Eleven holidays. Eleven unusual rules. And eleven journeys that take unexpected turns. Every holiday promises rest, adventure, and an escape from everyday life. But what happens when a peaceful getaway comes with one rule that must never be broken? At an isolated forest retreat, six strangers...

October 12, 2020: A power outage in Mumbai brings the nation's financial capital to a complete standstill for hours. In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, a suspicious Chinese vessel is detected off the coast of Sri Lanka. At the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang Sector, the Indian Army has a face-off against the Chinese Army at a patrolling point.

Meet the new queen of mystery-solving mayhem! Grab this anniversary celebration boxed set of the bestselling series and capture all the extra bits no one else got to hear. When life gives you lemons, empty your cheating husband’s bank accounts and go on a cruise. That’s right, isn’t it?...

Step into the Golden Age of detective fiction with three of Agatha Christie's most ingenious and enduring mysteries. This collection brings together the sharp village observations of Miss Marple, the cosmopolitan brilliance of Hercule Poirot, and the spirited adventure of Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent, offering a rich tour through Christie's most beloved worlds of intrigue, deception, and surprise. In The Murder at the Vicarage, the quiet English village of St. Mary Mead is shattered when the disagreeable Colonel Protheroe is found shot in the vicar's study.

Multicast narration featuring Joan Hickson, David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, and more Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The...

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...

This follow-up to the national best-seller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

Just in time for Sherlock Holmes, the major motion picture starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law: the world’s greatest fictional detective and his famous sidekick Dr. Watson are on their first trip across the Atlantic as they solve crimes all over 19th-century America - from the bustling neighborhoods of New York, Boston, and D.C. to fog-shrouded San Francisco. The world’s best-loved British sleuth faces some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer and meets America’s most famous figures.

This collection includes What Vengeance Comes, Cold Sanctuary, and Crimson Deep.

These classic mystery short stories feature Maurice Lebanc’s famous rogue, Arsène Lupin. A master of disguise, Lupin moves between high society and a burglar’s life, stealing from the rich and powerful and creating mischief for Detective Ganimard.

“Once you elminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Twenty-eight tales of mystery and imagination detailing the further exploits of the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, as told by today’s greatest storytellers: “A...

As the early years of detective fiction gave way to two separate golden ages - of hard-boiled tales in America and intricately-plotted, so-called “cozy” murders in Britain - the legacy of Sherlock Holmes, with his fierce devotion to science and logic, gave way to street smarts on the one hand and social insight on the other, but even though these new sub-genres went their own ways, their detectives still required intelligence and clear-sightedness as characterized the earliest works of detective fiction: the trademarks of Sherlock Holmes, and of all the detectives featured here.