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From December 1961 through early March 1962, I participated in the 16th Chilean Expedition to the Antarctic. In recognition of my work, the US Board of Geographic Names in October, 1964, named the geographical feature Cohen Islands, located at 63° 18' S. latitude, 57° 53' W. longitude in the Cape Legoupil area, Antarctica, in my honor. I think the 4 months I spent “on the ice” were perhaps the most exciting—and challenging—of my life.

A murder at a crime writers' conference. The method is entirely literary, the motive seems obvious – but can the detective who was first on scene puzzle out what's between the lines? An intelligence analyst has the chance to get out from behind the desk and do some real spy work. But as he enters the field, he begins to realise just how out of his depth he is. A brilliant sleuth, obsessed with Sherlock Holmes’s mysteries, turns his attention to a serial killer targeting women in New York's Central Park.

Do you love to listen about family and friendships? Do you enjoy holidays, festivals, and celebrations? This series has all of that and more along with twisty turn mysteries that will have you rooting for the entire town of Honey Springs.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year," the old song tells us. But that doesn't mean the people celebrating it are always so nice. Criminals get the Christmas spirit, too! In this collection of hilarious short stories, you'll see what the thieves, killers, psychos and scumbags are up to come the holidays...and it's not caroling door to door. Well, not unless they're casing the neighborhood for a break-in, as a rag-tag gang does in the title story.

Have you met Roxy Reinhardt? Roxy believed that life never gives you more than you can handle. But when she's fired from her wage-slave job, bullied by her co-workers, and her boyfriend abandons her, she decides she’s handled quite enough. Eager for a change of scene, Roxy heads off to New Orleans and embarks on an adventure that challenges and transforms her as she invests in a culture that is far and away different from anything she has experienced before.

Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. This charming, feel-good series has it all: A magical town with an enchanting secret. A feisty heroine with a heart of gold. A fallen angel with a redemption arc. A snarky owl. And, of course, cozy mysteries galore. Grab your latte with a shot of sparkle, settle into a comfy chair, and escape to Spellbound. This collection includes A Touch of Magic, A Drop in the Potion, Hemlocked and Loaded, and All Spell Breaks Loose.

Mitzy Moon is a psychic sleuth with a knack for stumbling onto corpses! Coming up empty on love and leads pushes Mitzy to unnecessary risks. Now her otherworldly helpers, a nosy Ghost-ma and a fiendish feline, are the only ones who can save her bacon. But with break-ins, Bingo, and big storms stalling out her investigation, she may not be able to keep her dad out of jail.

If you love sweet mysteries and even sweeter French Bulldog puppies, you will love this amazing value complete collection of all 20 books in the Bakers and Bulldog Mystery Series.

The third collection in the Music and Murder Mystery Series, Back in Black features one story for each song from the seminal hard rock album of the same name. This book showcases ten brilliant mystery writers at the top of their game, including Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Tori Eldridge, Ward Larsen, and Andrew Child, among others.

Dive into the thrilling world of the O'Connell family with three gripping favorites in this collection. In 'The Stalker,' a small-town girl meets a seemingly perfect man with chilling secrets. 'The O'Connell Family Christmas' turns a festive gathering into a holiday thriller filled with love and dark mayhem. In 'The Girl Next Door,' a blast from Luke's past brings danger and secrets that could jeopardize the O'Connells.

Poe tells the story of a nervous character, alleged to be “crazy” refusing all claims. He believes that his disposition arises from a heightening of the senses: "Above all was the sense of hearing acute" (74). The narrator takes care of a rich old man whose diseased eye he becomes obsessed with. He becomes so obsessed with this EvilEye that eventually, he decides to kill the old man. But what and how he will do it, is a mystery for you to find out.

Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. This charming, feel-good series has it all: A magical town with an enchanting secret. A feisty heroine with a heart of gold. A fallen angel with a redemption arc. A snarky owl. And, of course, cozy mysteries galore. Grab your latte with a shot of sparkle, settle into a comfy chair, and escape to Spellbound. This collection includes Lucky Charm, Better Than Hex, and Cast Away.

The Big Four In this official edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot gets caught up in an international scheme. Now with a beautiful new series look. Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot’s bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a...

Meredith & Hodge are excellent detectives, but often secretive and conflicted in both their working and personal relationship. However, nothing gets in the way of them solving a case.

Join Meredith & Hodge in the murky world of crime, in this three-book boxed set full of mystery, murder and intrigue.

Tin Soldiers–Who is snatching young girls off the streets of Bristol and why? One Secret Too Many–A forty year old mass murder in Eastern Europe entwines the cases of Meredith & Hodge. Why are the SIS involved, and who will survive the ultimate showdown with the Russians? Mistaken Beliefs–Meredith puts everything on the line to prove his oldest friend is innocent of murder. Ignoring his ill health, the risk to his career, and his relationship with Hodge. Will justice be done, was it worth the risk?

Едгар Аллан По — американський письменник, поет, есеїст, драматург, літературний редактор і критик, один із провідних представників американського романтизму.Найвідоміший своїми макабричними і містичними оповіданнями.Едгар По був одним із перших американських професіоналів короткого оповідання і засновником детективу. Шанований за внесок у народження жанру наукової фантастики. Він був першим відомим американським письменником, який намагався заробляти винятково творчістю, тому упродовж життя По потерпав від матеріальної скрути, тому що його твори не були адекватно оцінені сучасниками.

John Meredith & Patsy Hodge are a detective duo who are excellent in their jobs but often secretive and conflicted in both their working and personal relationship. However, nothing gets in the way of them solving a case. Discover them and their world in this three book box set, full of murder, mystery, twists and turns and find out why over 60,000 readers have downloaded M K Turner’s popular series.

For all we know, or think we know, about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, what we don't know is far, far greater. In one of the duo's most exciting cases, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, we know when Helen Stoner arrives "in a considerable state of excitement" at the door of 221B Baker Street, seeking the assistance of Holmes and Watson: "It was early in April in the year '83..." But what happened during the rest of 1883? Or all of 1884?

Mr Fortune Explains is HC Bailey's sixth collection of eight golden-age mysteries for the eclectic surgeon-detective Mr Reginald Fortune. Including a child kidnapped from a picnic; a milliner's assistant vanishing from home without a word to her friends; a strange visit, followed by a violent attack on Mr Fortune himself; a raid on a jeweler's shop, and the theft of a photograph; an ill-situated rock garden, and a haunted man; a rigidly saintly clergyman suspected of a trivial theft; a dead policeman and a broken bicycle lamp; and a curiously disturbing picture in the Paris salon.