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"Devotees of classic courtroom thrillers like Witness for the Prosecution will be enthralled by this reissue . . . Perry Mason fans will rejoice." -Publishers Weekly
The trial of Stephen Bellamy and Susan Ives, accused of murdering Bellamy's wife, lasts eight days. That's eight days of witnesses (some reliable, some not), eight days of examination and cross-examination, and eight days of sensational courtroom theatrics lively enough to rouse...
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A London journalist becomes ensnared in a murder investigation full of danger, twists, and Egyptian gods in this 1920 mystery novel.
It was a windy night when journalist Jack Addison accompanied a local constable on a routine call. But what he encountered that evening was far from normal and could not be explained away by the gale. A shadowy figure with glowing green cat eyes regarded him from the darkness. Yet the footprints left behind were those...
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Mistaken identity and intrigue abound in this classic mystery tale In the midst of a high-society masquerade ball, someone pulls off a daring heist. Several gold plates have been stolen, their value estimated at $15,000. Even more shocking is the fact that the crime seems to have been committed by a guest attired as a burglar, the costume complete with a loaded revolver! Hiding in plain sight, the thief escapes with his loot and drives off with his...
4) Deadline
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To learn who killed a loathsome gossip columnist, Bognor joins the paper Staggering homeward from a banquet, St. John Derby decides it would be easier to stagger back to work instead. When he reaches his desk, the booze-addled gossip columnist treats himself to a massive tumbler of port and calls for a taxi. By the time the cab arrives, the port is spilled on the carpet, mingling with the blood leaking from Derby's cut throat. No one will mourn his...
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Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries volume 8
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Hailed by Agatha Christie as "the king of the art of misdirection," John Dickson Carr presents a thrilling murder mystery that has the redoubtable Dr. Gideon Fell tracing clues from London to Sussex to South Africa. Mystery novelist Christopher Kent accepts a friend's outlandish bet and sets out to travel from Johannesburg to London with nothing but the cash in his wallet and the clothes on his back. He arrives with twenty-four hours to spare, his...
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Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries volume 12
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Famed crime solver Dr. Gideon Fell attends a housewarming party in the English countryside, but a ghost spoils the fun in Golden Age mystery master John Dickson Carr's stylish, baffling mystery novel. The house is called Longwood, and its history is wet with blood. It is closed up for good in 1920, when a massive chandelier falls, crushing an eighty-year-old butler. Oddly enough, the old chandelier was sturdy, and there was no way it could have fallen...
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One man will stop at nothing to obtain a priceless jewel that has eluded men with dreams of riches and glory for centuries James Waring stares into the darkness of a cavern at a remote shrine in Annam. He's given his pursuers the slip and is about to behold a gem that few men have ever seen. It is a sacred stone-the only one of its kind in the world. The magnificent blue, green, red, and gold jewel is nearly within his grasp. But as his hand finally...
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Dr. Gideon Fell mysteries volume 4
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Brilliant detective Dr. Gideon Fell embarks on an adventure of murder and mayhem on the high seas in Golden Age mystery master John Dickson Carr's suspenseful tale A vicious killer is loose aboard the majestic liner Queen Victoria and four people are determined to track him down. But they are as wholly unprepared for the heavy weather and high seas as for crime-solving and its strange circumstances-a blood-soaked stateroom, a lethally sharp razor,...
9) Hanami
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Ein tief in der japanischen Kultur verankerter Brauch ist das Hanami-Fest, bei dem man im Frühling in Parks oder an Flüssen zusammenkommt, um der Blüte der japanischen Kirschblüte (Sakura) beizuwohnen.
Wenn aus der Pandemie etwas Gutes entsprungen ist, dann die Gelegenheit, dem eigenen Leben ebenfalls ein Hanami-Fest zu widmen. Zurückzublicken auf das, was einem selbst zur Blüte verholfen hat und vielleicht auch, was einen bisweilen hat verwelken...
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En esta emocionante continuación de la saga, el comisario Neira se sumerge en un nuevo caso relacionado con ETA: el Comando España y los guardias civiles.
Tras un devastador atentado en la plaza República Dominicana el 14 de julio de 1986, Neira se ve arrastrado a una trama de venganzas que amenaza con desestabilizarlo todo. La investigación se centra en dos sospechosos: Txomin y Troitiño. Implicando al hijo del ministro del Interior, víctima...
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Lil Starling and husband Joe receive an invitation from her best childhood friend to go back to her hometown of Warsaw, NY to receive accolades for solving a fifty-one-year-old murder. Simultaneously, her friend, Federal Judge Stone, informs Lil that several federal inmates could be released from federal prison on a technicality. The technicality spawned appeals that stemmed from the prosecuting attorney that threatened Lil and Joe. She was about...
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Famed French detective Monsieur Bencolin comes out of retirement to solve a crime of passion in Golden Age mystery master John Dickson Carr's sophisticated and surprising novel London lawyer Richard Curtis is sent to Paris by one of the firm's senior partners to handle a delicate case. Revelations about playboy Ralph Douglas's former mistress, the stunning redhead Rose Klonec, threaten Douglas's impending marriage. But upon Curtis's arrival in Paris,...
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IT was a few minutes after one o'clock - the busiest hour of the day at the most popular bar in London. The usual little throng of Americans, journalists, men of business and loiterers, were occupying their accustomed chairs in one corner of the long, green-carpeted room. Around the bar, would-be customers were crowded three or four deep - many of them stalwart Canadians in khaki, making the most of their three days leave, and a thin sprinkling of...
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Jack Parlabane novels volume 2
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Just when left-leaning journalist Jack Parlabane trades in his muckraking career for domestic quietude, the muck comes calling. Conservative tabloid tycoon Roland Voss, his wife, and their two ineffectual bodyguards have been found at Voss's country estate with their throats slit. An arrest has been made, the media is pouncing, and Parlabane smells a fix. So does public defender Nicole Carrow. The pigeon is her former client, a harmless Robin Hood...
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Inspector Charlesworth investigates a strange murder in a dress shop The sales room at Christophe et Cie is staffed by five young women. Each is beautiful in her own way-and each could be a murderer. One morning, two of the women purchase some oxalic acid to clean a stain off a Panama hat. No one knows how the poison gets into Miss Doon's system, but it doesn't take long to kill her. When Inspector Charlesworth steps into the little shop, he finds...
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`A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETTThe fourteenth and final instalment in the much-loved The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY CRIME NOVELS!***** 'Andrea Frazer's imagination is wonderful... her mysteries are populated by great, quirky...
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A poisoned poodle drags Bognor into the high-stakes world of international dog smuggling Whately Wonderful is taking himself on his morning walk when he spies the slab of sirloin. An exceptionally well-bred poodle, he knows there is something odd about the great hunk of meat, but temptation overwhelms him. Just a few minutes after he gobbles up the suspicious steak, Whately is dead, and the world of British dog breeding will never be the same. ...
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A man fears his beloved is not who she claims to be in this sophisticated puzzler by John Dickson Carr, a master of the British-style detective novel. David Garth has just stepped off the train at Charing Cross when he is summoned to Scotland Yard to answer questions about a person believed to be living a double life. A neurologist, Garth is an expert on the brain, but in matters of the heart he is clueless. He has fallen in love with Betty Calder,...
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Once again Lionel Townsend, Beef's Dr. Watson, faithfully records the redoubtable Sergeant's escapades. Beef has left the Braxham police and gone into business for himself. Beef gets a client: Stewart Ferrars, who has been arrested for the Sydenham Murder. Beef is hired by Stewart's brother Peter to prove Stewart is innocent of the murder of Dr. Benson, who has been found stabbed in the throat in the library of Peter's gloomy Victorian mansion, The...
20) The Vanished
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In a tranquil town tucked away in America's forgotten corners, unsettling mysteries loom large. Disappearances that have left a community haunted and searching for answers. Enter Curtis Styles: a fearless investigative journalist with an unyielding determination. As he dives deep into a web of treachery, deceit, and hidden crimes, Curtis confronts unsettling truths and sinister secrets. From questionable law enforcers to families with shadows lurking...
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