Private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are hired to prove a man's innocence in a burglary and become embroiled in a frantic search for a serial killer.
"Youthful chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce once again brings her knowledge of poisons and her indefatigable spirit to solve dastardly crimes -- but this time, she leaves behind her beloved English countryside, and takes her sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools!"--Provided by publisher.
Original British title: Sparkling cyanide. Rosemary took a glass of champagne and died--was it suicide? The six guests begin to remember things and the killer strikes again.
Five stories, written anonymously by Louisa May Alcott, prior to her success with Little Women, telling tales of mesmerism, feminism, and drug experimentation, with an introduction by an Alcott scholar.
Miss Jane Marple and Inspector Curry of Scotland Yard are both investigating a vicious, cold-blooded murder at Stoneygates, a home for juvenile delinquents.
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.
Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard investigates a vicious crime. But the evidence is too neat and the clues, incriminating as they are, do not reveal the killer.
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.
