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Miss Marple – Miss Marple and Mystery: The Complete Short Stories

An omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order.Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ‘ the typical old maid of fiction’, Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature – and used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: ‘She’s just the finest detective God ever made.’ – and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film and television appearances.Here, for the first time, more than 50 of Agatha Christie’s mini masterpieces have been collected together in one volume, perfectly illustrating the true breadth of her talent. As well as every story featuring Miss Marple, the book includes additional stand-alone tales, from macabre tales of the supernatural, through suspense-ridden mysteries, to heart-stopping cases of murder.

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Агата Кристи

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection.First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest… next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder… the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits… and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide.What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!

Black As He’s Painted

Ngaio Marsh

One of Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations – Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.When the exuberant president of Ng’ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to persuade him otherwise.Consequently, on the night of the embassy’s reception the house and grounds are stiff with police. Nevertheless, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn finds he has no shortage of help, from Special Branch to a tribal court – and a small black cat named Lucy Lockett who out-detects them all…

Paul Temple and the Front Page Men

Francis Durbridge

The detective novel ‘The Front Page Men’ is a resounding success, but its author Andrea Fortune keeps herself hidden from the public. When a series of robberies are committed, a calling card is left bearing the legend of ‘The Front Page Men’.Then the murders begin.Paul and his wife Steve assist Scotland Yard in finding the murderers, but Steve is in grave danger and the clock is ticking.

Petra's Ghost

C.S. O'Cinneide

A grieving Irish ex-pat starts a journey on the Camino de Santigo seeking redemption, but finds himself haunted by a past that refuses to be left behind Examines the haunting cyclical nature of guilt Inspired by a real-life abduction and murder of an American woman who walked the pilgrimage in 2015 The novel reads as accurately as a guidebook with detailed descriptions of places, artifacts, and culture. All the details in the book are geographically and historically accurate Author walked the Camino de Santiago in 2015; her familiarity with the route shows up in her detailed descriptions of the architecture and landscapes, and the underlying uneasiness of having walked alone during a time when there were several reports of attempted abduction Author hosts a book blog called She Kills Lit, where she interviews and reviews books by female-identifying authors of thriller and noir

The Long Good-Bye

Raymond Chandler

Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

Playback

Raymond Chandler

The last Philip Marlowe mystery novel completed by Chandler, set in a resort town on the coast of California. Marlowe is to follow a woman named Eleanor King, newly arrived in Los Angeles. Whether this is her real name is only one of the mysteries in store for Marlowe.

Country Tales of Arkham, Massachusetts and Beyond

H.P. Lovecraft

Celebrate the works of H.P. Lovecraft with this mammoth volume, collecting all of the master's stories of Arkham, Massachusetts and the Cthulhu Mythos in one place. Included are not only all of the well-known tales, but a few of Lovecraft's revisions (stories he was paid to rewrite, which did not originally carry his name) that are set in the same universe. Here are 28 stories, a long poem, and an essay by Lovecraft on the Necronomicon…more than 1,100 page in total! Included are: INTRODUCTION, by John Gregory Betancourt DAGON THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE NYARLATHOTEP THE NAMELESS CITY HERBERT WEST—REANIMATOR AZATHOTH THE HOUND THE UNNAMABLE THE FESTIVAL THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST THE CALL OF CTHULHU THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH THE SILVER KEY THE DUNWICH HORROR THE CURSE OF YIG THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS THE MAN OF STONE THE HORROR IN THE MUSEUM THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME OUT OF THE AEONS AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK THE TREE ON THE HILL THE MOUND FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH (poem) THE HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON (essay)

Nick Carter in A Battle for Right

Carter Nicholas

Nick Carter is a fictional character that began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. The character was first conceived by Ormond G. Smith and created by John R. Coryell. The character headlined its own magazine for years, and was then part of a long-running series of novels from 1964 to 1990. Films were created based on the character in France, Czechoslovakia and Hollywood. Nick Carter appeared in many comic books as well, and in radio shows. " A Battle for Right," first published in 1916, is one of the Nickel Weekly adventures.

Blind Corner

Yates Dornford

Chandos, 22 years old and eager for any alternative to joining his uncle's firm in London, learns of a treasure hidden in an Austrian castle and resolves to find it. But he faces some dangerous enemies! "Mr. Yates's narrative style is an unfailing delight." –The Bookman Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist Cecil William Mercer (1885–1960), whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars.