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Many others in the village have said that they would like to see the colonel dead, but a number of people have a more specific interest in his death: the colonel’s young wife, Anne; her lover, the artist Lawrence Redding; Archer, a local man given a harsh sentence by the colonel for poaching. Even the colonel’s daughter, Lettice, desperate for money, says, “If only father would be decent and die, I’d be all right.” These complexities lead to any number of dead ends for investigators. The only one able to see through the blinds and obscurities is Miss Marple, an elderly but sharp-eyed spinster.

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti ( The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo ( After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan ( Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast.

They know the house can’t be haunted… or can it? What is going on at an old mansion? Shadows appear, music plays, and odd noises keep two older women on edge until they decide there’s only one solution. Nancy Drew must come and discover what is going on. Shortly before Nancy promises to come, a man appears demanding an audience with her father about an important property purchase. While Nancy goes to discover the secrets in the sisters' mansion, her father does not return as promised from a business trip.

The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths is the latest collection from legendary murder mystery editor and writer Maxim Jakubowski. Filled with impossible murders and puzzling plot twists that keep your brain on the mysteries until the last minute. Clever fictional crime stories. Some of mystery fiction's most inventive talents from the USA and UK offer a series of brand-new ingenious murder stories that will have you scratching your brow until the very last minute and delighting in Machiavellian solutions.

She’s determined to find something that may not even exist! When a missing will threatens to leave several people without their expected inheritances, Nancy Drew embarks on her first case. But the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes—someone wants the truth to stay buried. Clues vanish. Stories don’t add up. And every step forward puts Nancy in the path of those willing to deceive, sabotage, and worse to protect their secrets. With time running out and the stakes rising, Nancy must outwit her rivals and uncover the truth—before the will disappears forever.

‘Baldacci is the master’ – Jeffrey Archer The start of a pulse-pounding original series from international number one bestselling author David Baldacci. * * * * * Walter Nash is a mild-mannered, happy and successful businessman with a loving family. He has never lifted a weight or fired a...

For very nearly eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, the discovery of a dead snipe on the doorstep of Buckshaw, the crumbling de Luce country seat, was a marvellous mystery - especially since this particular snipe had a rather rare stamp neatly impaled on its beak. Even more astonishing was the...