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Ellery Queen is persuaded to accompany an old friend and sculptor to his ancestral home when the latter arrives at Ellery's house covered in blood and unable to remember anything from the past few weeks. Once there, tensions erupt and foul play results in murder.

All Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wants to do is fish and drink coffee with his fiancée. But when a mysterious stranger moves into the neighboring village--a rich, unmarried heartbreaker--a rivalry erupts among the local women. It is amusing ... until a body is found.

Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth's life is going to pot. He has unwillingly been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean has been found dead in his camper. With nobody willing to talk, Hamish faces the task of worming the facts out of the villagers.

In a Lao village, a woman is killed and her body burned. Three days later she is back home as if nothing happened--and she can speak to the dead. Now the long-dead brother of a Lao general has enlisted her to help his brother uncover his remains, but something isn't right.

Maria Worth's gluttonous friend, Peta Gore, is always spoiling her carefully planned singles' gatherings. But at Maria's latest event, Peta is found dead with an apple stuck unceremoniously in her mouth, and Constable Hamish Macbeth is on the scene to solve the case.

Rich, old practical joker Andrew Trent summons his kin to his remote home to torment them with a new bag of unfunny jokes. But this time the body that falls out of the closet is Andrew Trent's own. And nobody's laughing. Especially not Constable Hamish Macbeth.

Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father find themselves at the home of a renowned surgeon after fleeing a forest fire. But when the doctor is found dead in his study, Queen realizes that they might have escaped the fire, but they've leapt into a situation that's every bit as hot.

Debonair detective Ellery Queen is on the case of a topsy-turvy murder. A mysterious visitor is found dead in the anteroom of Mandarin Press and the room has been literally turned upside down. Queen must tread lightly, for walking backwards is a surefire way to step off a cliff.

Gorgeous Jane Wetherby has asked Hamish Macbeth to spend Christmas with her and her group of friends. On arrival, though, he's met with hostile locals and uncivil guests. So when one of Jane's snobbish friends meets an untimely end, Hamish doesn't have far to look for the culprit.

Wealthy Maggie Baird was not a popular woman. So when she dies in a strange car fire, there are five likely suspects right on the premises of her luxurious cottage. Lochdubh police constable Hamish Macbeth must apply his extraordinary insight into human nature to catch the murderer.