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The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club [2]: It's the following Thursday.Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mob...
The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Colonel Race [1]: Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her — and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, l...
The Mermaids Singing
Val McDermid
Tony Hill & Carol Jordan [1]: Gold Dagger Award winning serial killer thriller introducing Tony Hill, criminal profiler and now hero of 'The Wire in the Blood', the hugely successful TV drama series.You always remember the first time. Isn't that what...
The Mirror Crack'd: from Side to Side
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [8]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.The quaint village o...
Miss Marple and Mystery: The Complete Short Stories
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [13]: 55 short stories, presented in chronological order.Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature and used ...
Missing Justice
Alafair Burke
Samantha Kincaid [2]: Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid is back at work after an attempt on her life and a promotion into the Major Crimes Unit. When the husband of Portland, Oregon, city judge Clarissa Easterbrook reports her missing and Sam...
Monk's Hood
Ellis Peters
Cadfael [3]: After the violence of spring, when the civil war between Stephen and Maud swept through the town, Shrewsbury has enjoyed a quiet summer. Now, at the beginning of autumn, all is peaceful - the harvest was good and the store cupboards are ...
A Morbid Taste for Bones
Ellis Peters
Cadfael [1]: Murder in the twelfth century is no different from murder today. There is still a dead body, though this time with an arrow through the heart instead of a bullet. There is still a need to bury the dead, to comfort the living - and to cat...
More Tales of the Black Widowers
Isaac Asimov
Black Widowers [2]: Chronicles the adventures of a club of men, the Black Widowers, who meet once a month for dinner at the Milano restaurant and attempt to solve a series of puzzles.When No Man PursuethQuicker Than the EyeThe Iron GemThe Three Numbe...
The Moving Finger
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [3]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Moving Finger;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.Lymstock is a town with more than its s...
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [75]: Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger. In fact, James is facing a trial for an almost certain open-and-shut case.But Superintendent Spence is suspicious enough to ask for Hercule Poi...
The Mummy Case
Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody [3]: The irascible husband of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody is living up to his reputation as 'The Father of Curses'. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, Emerson is awarded instead the 'pyramids' of Mazghunah ...
A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [4]: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p...
Murder Is Easy
Agatha Christie
Superintendent Battle [4]: Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a multiple murderer was at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood – or her speculation that the local doctor was next in line.But within hours,...
The Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [1]: E-book exclusive extras: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Murder at the Vicarage; "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.The murder of Colonel Protheroe — ...
Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [40]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Murder in Mesopotamia2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detectiveNurse Amy Leatheran had never felt the lure of the...
Murder in the Mews
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [49]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Murder in the Mews2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detectiveIn Murder in the Mews, Poirot and Inspector Japp coll...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [30]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detectiveThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd broke all the ru...
The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [27]: An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overco...
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [41]: E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Murder on the Orient Express2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detectiveJust after midnight, a snowstorm stops the ...
The Murders of Richard III
Elizabeth Peters
Jacqueline Kirby [2]: When attractive American Jacqueline Kirby is invited to an English country mansion for a weekend costume affair, she experts only one mystery. Since the hosts and guests are all fanatic devotees of King Richard III, they hope to...
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [2]: Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom?Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary — from the heiress’s fawning new husband to her two stepson...
The Mysterious Mr Quin
Agatha Christie
Harley Quin [1]: A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparitio...
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [31]: When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again – for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost recognition. What i...