Russell's ebook Library
The Painted Queen
Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess
Amelia Peabody [20]: Egypt, 1912: Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti and Amelia finds herself the target of assassi...
The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie
Detective-Inspector Lejeune and police surgeon Jim Corrigan enter the world of witchcraft and the occult when a puzzling list, naming people already dead or marked for death, is found on Father Gorman's dead body.
Parker Pyne Investigates
Agatha Christie
The personal ad posed a simple question: Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne.The answer is a resounding no for a jealous wife who suspects her husband of infidelity... for a lonely widow driven to assume a new identity... for a distraught ...
Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie
Tommy and Tuppence [2]: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance.After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases ...
Passenger to Frankfurt
Agatha Christie
It was an unusual predicament for Sir Stafford Nye - to awaken in a stupor after being drugged, only to find his passport stolen. There was also no trace of the fascinating woman he encountered in Frankfurt who begged him to help save her life. But S...
Peril at End House
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [38]: Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inc...
The Pilgrim of Hate
Ellis Peters
Cadfael [10]: It's the spring of 1141 in Shrewsbury, England, where the celebration of Saint Winifred has brought a flood of pilgrims - and possibly a murderer. Brother Cadfael, who has taken religious vows and retired to the quiet, contemplative lif...
A Place of Execution
Val McDermid
A riveting psychological thriller, now a major ITV drama, from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid.In the Peak District village of Scarsdale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in t...
A Pocket Full of Rye
Agatha Christie
Miss Marple [6]: Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his “counting house” when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals.Yet, it was t...
Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [1]: A collection of short stories which see Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigating all manner of crimes.The Adventure of "The Western Star" [Hercule Poirot 26]The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor [Hercule Poirot 12]The Adventure of th...
Poirot's Early Cases
Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot [4]: With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous 'grey cells' so well.The Affair at the Victory Ball [Hercule Poirot 05]The Adventure of the Clapham Cook [Hercule Po...
Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta [18]: Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy'. And it is not too long before these skills need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, from a heart condition, eerily cl...
Postern of Fate
Agatha Christie
Tommy and Tuppence [5]: The final Tommy & Tuppence novel.Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a co...
Postmortem
Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta [1]: With this novel, bestselling author Patricia Cornwell created one of crime fiction’s most compelling heroines: gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell’s gift for combining cutting edge criminology with nerve-shattering suspe...
The Potter's Field
Ellis Peters
Cadfael [17]: The body of a woman is unearthed in the freshly plowed fields that once belonged to a local potter — now a Benedictine monk. The woman is revealed to be his beautiful young wife, thought to have run away. Medieval Benedictine monk Broth...
Predator
Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta [14]: Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowboundBoston, one as unnerving as any she has ever faced.The teasing psychological c...
Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
Agatha Christie
A collection of short stories featuring some of Agatha Christie’s best-loved detectives – Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and Harley Quin…All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his own ...
Puzzles of the Black Widowers
Isaac Asimov
Black Widowers [5]: 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.The Fourth HomonymUnique Is Where You Find ItThe Lucky PieceTriple ...
