Russell's ebook Library
The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [45]: There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate ...
Absent in the Spring
Agatha Christie
First published between 1930 and 1956, the six novels written by Agatha Christie under the name Mary Westmacott, regarded by some as the writer's finest work, show a very different side of her talent. What they share with her other fiction is Christi...
After the Funeral
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [76]: When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly hear...
All Dressed in White
Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
Under Suspicion [2]: Five years ago, Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to marry her college sweetheart. She and Jeffrey had already battled through sickness and health, although their livelihoods looked set as Amanda was due to inherit her father...
All That Remains
Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta [3]: In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses.When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyf...
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
The World's Bestselling Mystery "Ten . . ."Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen." "Nine . . ."At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by ...
The Ape Who Guards the Balance
Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody [10]: Prospects for the 1907 archaeological season in Egypt are looking somewhat dull to Amelia. As a result of Emerson's less-than-diplomatic behaviour, they have been demoted to examining only the most boring tombs in the Valley of t...
Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [52]: Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours availab...
Asimov's Mysteries
Isaac Asimov
Short story collection:The Singing BellThe Talking StoneWhat's in a NameThe Dying NightPate de Fois GrasThe Dust of DeathA Loint of PawI'm in Marsport Without HildaMarooned Off VestaAnniversaryObituaryStar LightThe KeyThe Billiard Ball
At Bertram's Hotel
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [10]: E-book exclusive extras:Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on At Bertram's Hotel; "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective. When Jane Marple comes up from the count...
