The new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st Century. Sir Claud Amory has discovered the formula for a new powerful explosive, which is stolen by one of the large household of relatives and friends. Locking everyone in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula on the table, no questions asked. When the lights come on, h...(展开全部)

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. She has the chance to find out when she discovers a body ... in her drawing room. Desperate to dispose of it, she attempts to persuade her house guests to become accessories and accomplices. Now, a...(展开全部)

Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. She has the chance to find out when she discovers a body ... in her drawing room. Desperate to dispose of it, she attempts to persuade her house guests to become accessories and accomplices. Now, a...(展开全部)

Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, "Black Coffee" brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his "little grey ce...(展开全部)

威廉·S.霍尔兹沃思（1871-1944），英国法律史学家，1922年任剑桥大学瓦伊纳法学教授，代表作为十六卷本的《英国法律史》。这部巨著讲述了从盎格鲁—撒克逊时代至1875年司法改革时期的英国法历史，被誉为该领域最全面，也是最出色的作品之一。霍尔兹沃思还著有《盎格鲁—美国法律史》（1928）、《作为法律史学家的狄更斯》（1928），后者是他在耶鲁大学法学院斯托尔斯讲座的授课内容。 何帆，最高人民法院法官，中国人民大学刑法学博士。著有《刑事没收研究：国际法与比较法的视角》（法律出版社，2007）、《刑民交叉案件审理的基本思路》（中国法制出版社，2007）；译有《九人：美国最高法院风云》（上海三联书店，2009）；合著《国际法院新近案例研究：1990-2003》（商务印书馆，2006）；另著有小说《一个伪知识分子的警察生涯》（广西师范大学出版社，200...(展开全部)

威廉·S.霍尔兹沃思（1871-1944），英国法律史学家，1922年任剑桥大学瓦伊纳法学教授，代表作为十六卷本的《英国法律史》。这部巨著讲述了从盎格鲁—撒克逊时代至1875年司法改革时期的英国法历史，被誉为该领域最全面，也是最出色的作品之一。霍尔兹沃思还著有《盎格鲁—美国法律史》（1928）、《作为法律史学家的狄更斯》（1928），后者是他在耶鲁大学法学院斯托尔斯讲座的授课内容。 何帆，最高人民法院法官，中国人民大学刑法学博士。著有《刑事没收研究：国际法与比较法的视角》（法律出版社，2007）、《刑民交叉案件审理的基本思路》（中国法制出版社，2007）；译有《九人：美国最高法院风云》（上海三联书店，2009）；合著《国际法院新近案例研究：1990-2003》（商务印书馆，2006）；另著有小说《一个伪知识分子的警察生涯》（广西师范大学出版社，200...(展开全部)

威廉·S.霍尔兹沃思（1871-1944），英国法律史学家，1922年任剑桥大学瓦伊纳法学教授，代表作为十六卷本的《英国法律史》。这部巨著讲述了从盎格鲁—撒克逊时代至1875年司法改革时期的英国法历史，被誉为该领域最全面，也是最出色的作品之一。霍尔兹沃思还著有《盎格鲁—美国法律史》（1928）、《作为法律史学家的狄更斯》（1928），后者是他在耶鲁大学法学院斯托尔斯讲座的授课内容。 何帆，最高人民法院法官，中国人民大学刑法学博士。著有《刑事没收研究：国际法与比较法的视角》（法律出版社，2007）、《刑民交叉案件审理的基本思路》（中国法制出版社，2007）；译有《九人：美国最高法院风云》（上海三联书店，2009）；合著《国际法院新近案例研究：1990-2003》（商务印书馆，2006）；另著有小说《一个伪知识分子的警察生涯》（广西师范大学出版社，200...(展开全部)

A full-length Hercule Poirot novel, adapted from Agatha Christie's stage play by Charles Osborne Sir Claud Amory's revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Capta...(展开全部)

Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend how their deep love could be defeated by ideological differences Bernard and Jun...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past—a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a w...(展开全部)