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A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard. Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest crime writers of all time, the author of dozens of bestselling books--many adapted for the big screen--as well as a master of short fiction. A superb stylist whose crisp, tight prose crackled with trademark...
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Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories-a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater. A blinding snowstorm-and a homicidal maniac-traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned...
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In the dimly lit alleys of Victorian London, a dense fog cloaks the city, wrapping its secrets in an enigmatic shroud. The air is thick with anticipation as a mysterious letter arrives at 221B Baker Street, the famed residence of the unparalleled detective, Sherlock Holmes. The sender, a shadowy figure known only as "The Midnight Scribe," beckons Holmes and his ever-loyal companion, Dr. John Watson, into a web of intrigue that will test the limits...
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A thief targets a local bookstore and it will take a bibliophile PI to save the shop.
Tess Monaghan wants to like the Children's Bookstore. It's bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner's attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children's bookseller hates children? What's eating Octavia,...
Tess Monaghan wants to like the Children's Bookstore. It's bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner's attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children's bookseller hates children? What's eating Octavia,...
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Extrait : "Le mariage de M. Robert Darzac et de Mlle Mathilde Stangerson eut lieu à Paris, à Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, le 6 avril 1895, dans la plus stricte intimité. Un peu plus de deux années s'étaient donc écoulées depuis les événements que j'ai rapportés dans un précédent ouvrage, événements si sensationnels qu'il n'est point téméraire d'affirmer ici qu'un aussi court laps de temps n'avait pu faire oublier le fameux Mystère...
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Une édition de référence du Mystère de la chambre jaune de Gaston Leroux, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« "Est-ce qu'elle va encore nous empêcher de dormir, cette nuit ?" pensai-je, car il faut que je vous dise, monsieur, que, jusqu'à fin octobre, j'habite dans le grenier du pavillon, au-dessus de la chambre jaune, à seule fin que mademoiselle ne reste pas seule toute la nuit au fond du parc. C'est...
« "Est-ce qu'elle va encore nous empêcher de dormir, cette nuit ?" pensai-je, car il faut que je vous dise, monsieur, que, jusqu'à fin octobre, j'habite dans le grenier du pavillon, au-dessus de la chambre jaune, à seule fin que mademoiselle ne reste pas seule toute la nuit au fond du parc. C'est...
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Based on the popular Netflix series!
In the early 20th century, esteemed writer Maurice Leblanc created Arsène Lupin, a French Sherlock Holmes-type who became known as the gentleman thief. Lupin's exploits, in pursuit of the rich, have been documented in more than twenty stories and books, as well as in film. In January 2021, Netflix released a major hit in the entertaining Lupin mystery-comedy series based on the stories.
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In the early 20th century, esteemed writer Maurice Leblanc created Arsène Lupin, a French Sherlock Holmes-type who became known as the gentleman thief. Lupin's exploits, in pursuit of the rich, have been documented in more than twenty stories and books, as well as in film. In January 2021, Netflix released a major hit in the entertaining Lupin mystery-comedy series based on the stories.
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The writer of several hundred stories and novels, English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his writing career in 1879. While he introduced the world to his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in the 1887 novel "A Study in Scarlet", it would not be until the 1891 publication of "A Scandal in Bohemia" that his illustrative career in writing would truly begin. With this Sherlock Holmes short story, the imagination of the reading public was instantly...
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Extrait: "Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchère se présentaient au bureau de police de Bougival. Elles racontaient que depuis deux jours personne n'avait aperçu une de leurs voisines, la veuve Lerouge, qui habitait seule une maisonnette isolée. A plusieurs reprises, elles avaient frappé en vain. Les fenêtres comme la porte étant exactement fermées, il avait été impossible de jeter un coup...
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This early work by Anna Katharine Green was originally published in 1880 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'A Strange Disappearance' is one of Green's novels of crime and mystery. Anna Katharine Green was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1846. She aspired to be a writer from a young age, and corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson during her late teens. When her poetry failed to gain recognition, Green produced her first...
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Extrait : "La vérité est qu'il font les deux choses à la fois. Ils veulent atteindre avant d'être atteints !... - En avant ! en avant ! crie Rouletabille. Que fait donc, "entre deux feux", le jeune reporter de l'Epoque et quelle est cette sorte de rage qui l'anime ?"
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In Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale's newest Hap and Leonard story collection, the boys are back with more righteous ass-kickings, highly improbable adventures, and disastrous fishing trips. These never before collected tales showcase the popular not-so dynamic duo who are little bit older, but not a whole lot wiser—Hap and Leonard were truly born for trouble.
"You could call Born for Trouble a collection of stories. But that's...
"You could call Born for Trouble a collection of stories. But that's...
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Scobie Malone mysteries volume 10
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When local solicitor Will Rockne is found in his car by his wife-shot through the head-it seems a baffling and motiveless murder. However, Scobie Malone, newly assigned to the case, has his suspicions. Despite his daughter Claire's shy romance with young Jason Rockne, Scobie and his wife Lisa's encounters with Will and Olive Rockne at school functions have always been a little disconcerting ... Will had been determined to convince them that he was...
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The Saga of Thor's Hammer MCSix Books 558 pages of pure HeatAjax/ President of Thor's Hammer MCI've been waiting for eight years for this day, the day my brother's killer comes home from prison. Now I'll get justice for my brother. But when I go to confront her, she surprises the hell out of me.For eight very long years, I believed she did the deed but what she's got to tell me makes sense. Her side was a story she never got to tell before in the...
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Can you survive greed?I've committed every sin in the book.Spent years killing and stealing and doing whatever it takes.Anything to reach the top.Damn the consequences to my soul.I'll deal with those when I'm dead.This three-book collection includes Greed, Capturing Greed, and Amassing Greed, books 16-18 in the Deadliest Sin Series. Dive into the world of organized crime in this dark mafia romantic suspense collection.***This series DOES need to be...
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Never say die to save your soul...ArrowWhen I come to try and find my stepsister, I find more questions than answers and someone in the town doesn't want those questions answered. Then I find something else as well.BeauI have a history with the Savage Souls…once upon a time I was one of them, then I lost my way. I left rather than be kicked out, but I left to find myself again. And I did. I found my old self but I found that I had changed over the...
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A Unique Boxed SetThe badass women who stand beside thier men. Trudy: Of Hell's Fire Riders MC SeriesBratva Women: Of Bratva Blood Brothers SeriesGirl's Night: Of Sin's Bastards MC SeriesMother's Day: Of Spawn & Spitfire MC SeriesCome and Dare to take the ride with these badass females.
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