The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Yet despite being familiar to millions, Poirot himself has remained an enigma - until now. From his first ap...
The Hired Man (Dick Hardesty Mystery S., #4) (Dick Hardesty Mystery, #4)
by Dorien Grey
Grand Sommeil La Grand (Bibliotheque Noire, A72819)
by Raymond Chandler
When 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm descends. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm is Bella's beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, whose apparently easygoing nature conceals hard-won wisdom and the kind of street-smarts that only experience can bring.
72 Hours (Harlequin Large Print Intrigue, #1055) (Thriller, #1055)
by Dana Marton
He had 72 hours to rescue a beautiful hostage... After being taken hostage, Kate Hamilton had faced her share of pain and confusion. But it was nothing compared to learning that undercover agent Parker McCall had come to her rescue. This secretive man with whom she'd once spent long days and hot nights was plotting their escape. His skill at securing her safety was impressive and incredibly sexy to watch. The closer they got to freedom the more dangero...
Fearless in High Heels (High Heels Mysteries, #6)
by Gemma Halliday
Venom House (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, #16) (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte)
by Arthur Upfield
The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of Venom House - perhaps because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aboriginals slaughtered by the Answerth ancestors. Whatever the reason, most people are content to give Venom House and its occupants a wide berth...until a couple of corpses turn up in the lake. Inspector Bonaparte ha...
After a hard life on a farm in northwestern Minnesota’s Red River Valley, Doris Connor buries her philanderer husband and moves her century-old Sears and Roebuck farmhouse into the small Scandinavian community of Hallock, located on the edge of nowhere. She longs for a retirement heavy on solitude and serenity, but her plans are put on hold when her flamboyant sister and a ninety-year-old friend of the family move in. To further complicate matters, the local pharmacy is robbed, the suspect is mu...
The ghost of a soldier turned writer joins a quest to save a human life. The ghost of Ambrose Bierce, American writer and civil war Union soldier, has been displaced from the home he had been haunting. Enlisting the aid of a "haunting agent," he finds a new residence that has the requisite dark history and terrible secret that makes it appropriate for haunting. Here he meets new spirits who reside in this version of the afterlife, a middle place between life and the ultimate destination. Agai...