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A brand new Poirot omnibus, featuring four of the world-renowned detective’s most challenging cases from the 50s and 60s: After the Funeral, Hickory Dickory Dock, Cat Among the Pigeons and The Clocks As the bleak years of the 1940s and early 50s give way to optimism and the swinging sixties, Hercule Poirot finds himself in a world which bemuses him. But human nature remains the same whatever the decade, and Poirot can console himself in the knowledge that he is still an expert of human...

Alfonso Zamra is an aging Mexican senior tour player who discovers he's going blind. Rita Shaugnessy is a hard-drinking, down-on-her-luck golfer on the women's pro tour. billy Sprague is a country club pro with the most beautiful golf swing -- except when there's money on the line. All three receive an invitation from Phillip Bates, the richest man in the world, to play in a mysterious golf tournament held on a never-before-seen course in Scotland. There, the three will play in what will be the...

In The Tennis Player from Bermuda, Fiona Hodgkin tells the story of her short but spectacular career as an amateur tennis player in the early 1960s. Fiona met Claire Kershaw, the number one woman tennis player and twice a Wimbledon champion. Claire was an imp. To get Fiona into the qualifying round for Wimbledon, Claire makes a comical, tongue-in-cheek offer to the mysterious Committee that runs the Championships at Wimbledon. Fiona and Claire quickly become best friends - as well as rivals on t...

Even the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade B...