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The mysterious alien Others are prohibiting humans from space travel by destroying Earth's fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power.

Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish.

An elderly lady sleuth solves a series of murders in the West Indies.

Detective and mystery stories. In this Miss Marple novel a group of people gather at her house one Tuesday evening and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes.

Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen.

Things are going nowhere for lowly MIT research assistant Matt Fuller--especially not after his girlfriend drops him for another man.

Haldeman tells the tale of Carmen Dula's six-year journey through space to the home of The Others, where she represents Earth in hopes of forging a peace accord.

There's a serial killer on the loose, workinghis way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs.

For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder.

In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finest--Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne--and puts them each to the test in the most challenging cases of their

Indomitable detective Hercule Poirot is pitted against nine cunning adversaries in nine tales of murder, deception, terror, disappearance, and suspense.

Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn her to return her diamond, the famous "Western Star," to its rightful owner.

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With only one bizarre clue to the agonizing death of a wealthy financier, Miss Marple must unravel a mystery hidden in a child's nursery rhyme that is to prove one of the strangest cases of her lif

A collection of short stories about love gone horribly wrong, featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Parker Pryne, Harley Quin, and Tommy and Tuppence, that will get your heart racing.