Joe loves his theater, hates his wife. When he falls for the maid, murder seems the only solution. Insurance fraud becomes a deadly game in this twisted love triangle. Jim Thompson delivers a dark, gripping tale of desperation and the lengths one man will go to for his dream.
An awful murder occurs at Elizabeth Bell’s quiet household—and the police believe the killer was someone from her inner circle—in this groundbreaking novel that inspired a classic mystery trope.
Brother Cadfael’s pastoral life is upended by the arrival of a saintly hermit, the disappearance of a young boy—and the discovery of a dead body. Now Brother Cadfael must devote his knowledge of human nature to tracking down a ruthless murderer.
“Charmingly and humorously told.” —Times Literary Supplement
The night after the Guggenheim Museum’s fête, art collector Arthur Wordell takes a 20-story plunge from the window of his Times Square office. If anybody can solve a seemingly unsolvable murder, it’s Nero Wolfe—from an author who “does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy” (Booklist).
Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up. The Getaway is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos.
Baker Corinna Chapman enjoys her routine life in Melbourne until she bites into a tampered chocolate from her friends' shop. Suspecting foul play, she reluctantly investigates. Meanwhile, her lover Daniel returns injured from a clash with a "messiah," raising questions about the chocolate sabotage and a mysterious new neighbor.
When wealthy and popular reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. This shake-up is bad for business for private investigator Nero Wolfe.
Ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. It’ll be a deadly day at the races.
In this classic novel by the Queen of Crime, a young woman sails to South Africa and attempts to unravel a scheme of murder, betrayal, and stolen diamonds.
“The book, like all Miss Christie’s work, is written with spirit and humour.” —The Observer
The author of the two-million-copy classic Be Here Now and its influential sequel Still Here is joined once more by Rameshwar Das—a collaborator from the Love Serve Remember audio recordings—to offer this intimate and inspiring exploration of the human soul.
Religion, Self-help, Health, Mind Body & Spirit, Philosophy
A Southern town scandalized by the murder of its most prominent citizen uncovers a mystery even more shocking in this ironic suspense story from a great American master.
A bored socialite becomes a cunning amateur sleuth in this wildly entertaining, Agatha Christie-inspired mystery of murder and mayhem set in nineteenth-century Poland
“An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.” —Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and author of the Man Booker International Prize winner Flights
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