Lady Camilla Tressilian lives with her companion and secretary, Mary Aldin, at Gull's Point. As the late summer approaches, Lady Tressilian is hosting a series of guests. Tennis player Nevile Strange has brought his beautiful young wife Kay to Gull's Point to meet the woman who helped raised him. As it happens, Audrey, his ex-wife, arrives for her annual visit. No one can quite understand why either party would agree to this rather awkward reunion,...

The Leonides family live together in a large and crooked house in a wealthy London suburb. When the elderly millionaire Aristide Leonides is murdered with a fatal injection, the family reluctantly suspect his glamorous, young second wife. Charles Hayward, the fiance of Sophia Leonides, the late millionaire's granddaughter observes the family closely, and makes a terrible and shocking discovery.

The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. Bagdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an organization...

Miss Marple, enjoying a well-earned rest on the Caribbean Island of St. Honore, far from her busy life in the village of St. Mary Mead, meets Major Palgrave. He tells her the strange story of a suspected double murderer. Just as Major Palgrave is about to show the murderer's picture to her, he looks over her shoulder, appears startled, and changes the subject. The next morning, a servant finds him dead in his room. As rumors begin to circulate, Miss...

A collection of fifteen short mystery stories which deal with a mysterious benefactor, a young woman in hiding, switched cars, an unusual job listing, a secret test for suitors, and a stolen emerald

Considered one of the greatest mysteries of all times, ten strangers, each with a dark secret, are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, they die, and before the weekend is out, there will be none.

When a priceless ancient Greek coin is lost while being transported to the auction house, Mary Lou Dunk, the supervisor of the transfer comes under suspicion. An insurance sleuth and a cop, both rivals for her heart, aid in clearing her name.

After one of journalism professor George Albert Brown's senior students is murdered, the others, determined to find the killer themselves, turn up clues of their own--including a tie to the South African government.

Brother Juvenal has the Touch, the miraculous power to heal the sick. Booted out of a monastery for curing too many of the afflicted, he works miracles in a Detroit alcoholic treatment center. About to lose his soul to sinners and hucksters, and about to lose his heart to a woman, the ex-monk adds an unexpected touch to the whole ungodly business.

A British commando and a Wall Street lawyer team up to avenge the murders of their loved ones at the hands of a grisly international drug conspiracy Sean Egan and Sarah Talbot are united by tragedy when his sister and her son are both murdered, their corpses used to smuggle heroin by members of Europe's bloodiest drug ring. Now Egan, an Irish-born British Special Forces operative, and Talbot, a well-connected Wall Street lawyer, will stop at nothing...