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When a sweet old lady disappears, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford come out of retirement to find out what happened to her.

A collection of short stories in which Sherlock Holmes defies death and goes on to solve mysteries with his faithful sidekick Dr. Watson; and includes "His Last Bow" in which Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the government fight the German threat at the beginning of the First World War.

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot sets out to investigate a baffling case when he arrives at Lady Angkatell's estate for a weekend house party to find a doctor lying dead in a puddle of blood and his timid wife standing over the corpse with a gun.

Suspecting a camouflaged octopus is behind mysterious sightings in the Natural History Museum's new coral reef exhibit, Sherlock Bones and his team are surprised to discover a long-haired, green beast of unknown origin hiding in the museum's swampy habitat.

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, Io, a descendant of the Greek Fates, must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.

"When townspeople start disappearing after the arrival of a magician who knows about his past, Henry must separate truth from sleight-of-hand to solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before they are all swallowed by darkness"--Provided by publisher.

Tommy and Tuppence decide to find a mysterious missing lady and nothing can stop them--not international espionage, kidnapping, or even murder.

"Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books, he's ending their collaboration. His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open in London's West End. The play is panned by critics--Sunday Times critic Harriet Throsby is particularly savage, especially about the writing. The next day she is stabbed in the heart by an ornamental dagger--one belonging to Anthony, and with his fingerprints all over it. When a second theatre critic is found to have died under mysterious circumstances, only one man can help him--but will Hawthorne take the call?--Adapted from jacket.

"It's time for the most important soccer match of the season, but when the trophy disappears and the tires get slashed on all the players' bicycles, Lasse and Maya find themselves in the middle of another mystery"--OCLC.

"At S.U.I.T. headquarters, Cilantro the Chameleon finally gets what she's been waiting for: a field assignment. Only...it's literally out in the middle of a field, and her orders are so vague, she can hardly tell what she's supposed to be investigating. But as she begins to uncover a sheep-led worker's rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy--not to mention a spooky haunting at the abandoned S.U.I.T. field outpost--Cilantro steps into her own V.E.S.T. as a valued member of the S.U.I.T. team. From InvestiGators mastermind John Patrick Green, the world of S.U.I.T. has never been more fun!"--Provided by publisher.