“...this locked-room classic... as in the best such novels, the solution is both plausible and surprising. This fair-play gem reinforces the publisher’s raison d’être.” Publishers WeeklyIs Breule Manor cursed? Can a strange incantation predicting the time of death release an occult spirit to murder time and time again in impossible circumstances and with no clues? As the terror...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

Karen Blixen (who wrote under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen) knew the African countryside as intimately as her own face in the mirror. "The civilized people," she wrote, "have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it." From her own wild heart she wrote this achingly beautiful book.

Jack Foley was busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he ran head-on into Karen Sisco with a shotgun. Suddenly the world-class gentleman felon was sharing a cramped car trunk with a disarmed federal marshal--whose Chanel suit cost more than the take from Foley's last bank job--and the chemistry was working overtime. Here's a lady Jack could fall for in a big way, if she we...(展开全部)

Jack Foley was busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he ran head-on into Karen Sisco with a shotgun. Suddenly the world-class gentleman felon was sharing a cramped car trunk with a disarmed federal marshal - whose Chanel suit cost more than the take from Foley's last bank job - and the chemistry was working overtime. Here's a lady Jack could fall for in a big way, if she ...(展开全部)

In his latest work， the unrivaled master of the crime novel once again breaks all the rules as he redefines the standards of the art. Out of Sight crackles with originality and wicked brilliance， displaying all the razor-sharp dialogue， inimitable wit， and memorable characters who have become the signature of "our greatest crime novelist...the best in the business" (The Washing...(展开全部)

From one of the top class writers of the classic mystery genre, Death of Jezebel was first published in 1949, and is the second Christianna Brand title in the British Library Crime Classics series. It's a pleasingly over the top mystery involving a knightly pageant show in London. “A very neat version of the ‘sealed room’ mystery ... provides [Miss Brand] with excellent opportu...(展开全部)

Johnny Wise came to London from Malaya in 1940, met a girl and, when she was unfaithful to him, committed suicide. Retribution came in 1947, catching up with the principals in Johnny Wise’s death in the course of an Exhibition’s pageant. Which of the eleven visored knights killed the maiden in the tower—and how? Inspector Cockrill is baffled. And his task is not made any easier...(展开全部)

Written by various; Art by various The story that drew national media attention when DC Comics killed their greatest hero is collected here. When a hulking monster emerges from an underground resting place and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop the colossal force of nature. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand agains...(展开全部)