Charles Armstrong
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 2
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English
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"Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the investigator finds the man who penned the letter, the South American millionaire Monsieur Renauld, stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Apparently,...
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"When Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy owner of Styles Court, falls victim to strychnine poisoning, suspicion lands on her caddish new husband. Captain Hastings, who is convalescing at Styles, calls on his friend Hercule Poirot to investigate, and the Belgian sleuth is soon on hands to help Inspector Japp solve the case. Published in 1920, Agatha Christie's sparkling debut novel set her on the path to becoming the undisputed Queen of Crime" -- Page [4]...
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In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction.
"The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded...
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The Inspector Cutter volume 1
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English
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"London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world of Paraic O'Donnell's Victorian-inspired mystery, the story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar...