Sleep No More

Sleep No More
Author: P. D. James
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0571339891

The acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', P. D. James, was a past master of the short story, weaving together motifs of the Golden Age of crime-writing with deep psychological insight to create gripping, suspenseful tales. The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories contained four of these perfectly formed stories, and this companion volume contains a further six, published here together for the first time. As the six murderous tales unfold, the dark motive of revenge is revealed at the heart of each. Bullying schoolmasters receive their comeuppance, unhappy marriages and childhoods are avenged, a murder in the small hours of Christmas Day puts an end to the vicious new lord of the manor, and, from the safety of his nursing home, an octogenarian exerts exquisite retribution. The punishments inflicted on the guilty are fittingly severe, but here they are meted out by the unseen forces of natural justice rather than the institutions of the law. Once again, P. D. James shows her expert control of the short-story form, conjuring motives and scenarios with complete conviction, and each with a satisfying twist in the tail.

Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table

Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table
Author: Leslie Darbon
Publisher: Samuel French , Limited
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1982
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Mr. Shaitana is a strange and wealthy collector of snuff boxes and other objets d'art. One evening he invites two specialists, Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard and crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, to a dinner party to view his special collection: four people who have committed murder and gotten away with it. As they play bridge after dinner, Shaitana is daringly murdered by someone at the party. Battle sets out to solve the crime aided, of course, by the eager Mrs. Oliver who begins with psychological deductions from the bridge score cards. After many red herrings, skeletons in the cupboard and two more deaths, Battle lays his cards on the table.

Gridiron Girl

Gridiron Girl
Author: Tamara Girardi
Publisher: Wise Wolf Books
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953944658

Fun friendships, high school romance, and intense competition are at the heart of book one in Tamara Girardi's swoon-worthy, young-adult contemporary series. Julia Medina, dubbed Jules by her closest friends, wants to be the new, starting quarterback of Iron Valley High School's football team, and no one is going to stand in her way. That is-until her boyfriend, Owen Malone, steps up to the challenge. Wanting to maintain her relationship with her boyfriend, Jules is torn. But while Owen is in her heart, football is in her blood. Once the idea takes root to quit her championship volleyball team and join the leagues of Iron Valley's toughest teenage boys, there's no stopping Jules from pursuing her dream. In her mind, expectations that the position will go to a male player have gone on long enough, and, even as her decision creates controversy among the booster parents, school coaches, family members, and team members themselves, Jules holds strong in her beliefs. Which is good-because when parents hear that Jules plans to participate in overnight pre-season camp with a staff of male coaches and eighty high school boys, her tryout is threatened more than ever before. Yet, nobody can deny Jules' skills. As the youngest sister of three former high school quarterbacks, Jules knows the game. She knows what it takes to outsmart opponents, and she's not about to let anyone count her out for being a girl. But as the competition intensifies, Jules must choose what she wants more-to embrace girl power and lead her team on the field, or be a girlfriend on the sidelines. Gridiron Girl will inspire you to follow your vision, instead of those dictated by others. Perfect for fans of Better than Perfect by Simone Elkeles and On the Fence by Kasie West.

Cards on the Table

Cards on the Table
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062073737

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s “private collection.” Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.…

Murder in the Mews

Murder in the Mews
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 0007234481

How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? And who destroyed the "eternal triangle" of love involving renowned beauty, Valentine Chantry?

The Four Suspects: A Miss Marple Short Story

The Four Suspects: A Miss Marple Short Story
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007526490

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Poirot

Poirot
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007190670

Dead man's folly: Eccentric mystery lover Ariadne Oliver's weekend game of mock murder is a big hit. But if it's just a game, then why all the blood? Luckily, one of the players is Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

Hercule Poirot at Large

Hercule Poirot at Large
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 1872
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780008280956

A new paperback slipcase featuring six of Hercule Poirot's very best cases. 'My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' This new boxed set of paperbacks collects six of Hercule Poirot's most famous and best-loved cases, perfect for readers who who would like to be introduced - or introduce their friends - to some of the twentieth century's most iconic murder books. This boxed set contains six quintessential Poirot classics: Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Appointment with Death, Murder in Mesapotamia, The Hollow, and Cat Among the Pigeons.

Cards on the Table

Cards on the Table
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780006162810

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Cards on the Table

Cards on the Table
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 10
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007119348

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players... Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether...