American Mystery Classics, July 2022. Trade Paperback. For devotees of the Golden Age mystery, the impossible crime story represents the period's purest form: it presents the reader with a baffling scenario (a corpse discovered in a windowless room locked from the inside, perhaps), lays out a set of increasingly confounding..... More
Pushkin Vertigo, May 2021. Trade Paperback. "Ayatsuji's brilliant and richly atmospheric puzzle will appeal to fans of golden age whodunits... Every word counts, leading up to a jaw-dropping but logical reveal" -- Publishers Weekly A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery sure to appeal to fans of Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz..... More
Dover Publications, December 2018. Trade Paperback. "One of the most remarkable combinations of a private-eye novel and psychological suspense story, with an entirely new slant, that has ever been published." -- The New York Times Book Review At the center of this genre-bending tale of sex, death, and parental love..... More
Pushkin Vertigo, September 2015. Trade Paperback. The sinister, mind-bending roman noir that inspired the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak It could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew..... More
Bantam, January 2010. Trade Paperback. WINNER OF THE AGATHA - ARTHUR ELLIS - DILYS - DEBUT DAGGER AWARDS "Wonderfully entertaining . . . sure to be one of the most loved mysteries of the year . . . [Flavia is] a delightful, intrepid, acid-tongued new heroine."--Chicago Sun-Times It is the..... More
Bantam, February 2011. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "Flavia is incisive, cutting and hilarious . . . one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature."--USA Today Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of..... More
American Mystery Classics, October 2019. Trade Paperback. Banished from the idyllic English countryside he once called home and en route to live with his cousin in America, Sir John Farnleigh, black sheep of the wealthy Farnleigh clan, nearly perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Though he survived the catastrophe..... More
Dover Publications, December 2010. Trade Paperback. An eccentric poet acts as spiritual detective in eight thought-provoking tales. Gabriel Gale employs his extraordinary gifts of empathy to solve and prevent crimes perpetrated by madmen. His philosophical police-work forms the basis for captivating explorations of poetry, insanity, and sin -- all expressed..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, February 2011. Trade Paperback. In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot sets out on the trail of a serial killer. There's a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, January 2011. Trade Paperback. "If you're one of the few who haven't experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point." -- DAVID BALDACCI, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author An exclusive authorized edition of the most famous and beloved stories from the..... More
Vintage, January 2023. Trade Paperback. Beloved detective Hercule Poirot takes on an international gang of super-criminals and introduces the world to his identical twin, Achille Poirot. From Agatha Christie, who "created the modern murder mystery" (The New Yorker). When a series of apparently unconnected murders attracts the attention of Hercule..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, June 2011. Trade Paperback. In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly. Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a...... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, February 2011. Trade Paperback. In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other..... More
Vintage, January 2020. Trade Paperback. A colorful murder mystery in which a spirited young woman plays amateur sleuth aboard a luxury cruise ship to South Africa After young Anne Beddingfeld witnesses an accidental death in a London tube station--and the bizarre behavior of a man in a brown suit who..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, May 2023. Trade Paperback. Agatha Christie's most famous characters--including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple--solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the sun beats down in this all-new summer themed collection from the Queen of Mystery. Summertime--as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, June 2022. Trade Paperback. Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie's short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It's an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form..... More
Vintage, January 2022. Trade Paperback. One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot--and her most surprising twist. The story that made Agatha Christie famous ends with one of her most dramatic twists. The villagers of King's Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits..... More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, February 2007. Trade Paperback. In this mesmerizing classic of detective fiction by world-renowned mystery author Agatha Christie, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot makes his unforgettable-and legendary-debut. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects..... More
Vintage, April 2019. Trade Paperback. Agatha Christie's debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned..... More
Vintage, January 2021. Trade Paperback. The first collection of short stories featuring one of the world's favorite fictional detectives, Hercule Poirot No criminal can outwit Agatha Christie's famously eccentric Belgian detective as he uses his little grey cells to solve a series of ingenious crimes. From a film star's disappearing..... More
William Morrow Paperbacks, June 2012. Trade Paperback. 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 Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London..... More
Collins Crime Club, January 2021. Trade Paperback. This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including newly discovered stories by Dorothy L. Sayers and Edmund Crispin that have never previously been..... More
Collins Crime Club, July 2020. Trade Paperback. This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 16 tales by masters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including a newly discovered Agatha Christie crime story that has not been seen since..... More
Collins Crime Club, January 2022. Trade Paperback. This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including uncollected stories by Ngaio Marsh and John Dickson Carr. The Golden Age of detective fiction..... More
Flatiron Books, June 2021. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Like Ocean's Eleven meets Drive, with a Southern noir twist, S. A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland is a searing, operatic story of a man pushed to his limits by poverty, race, and his own former life of..... More
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