It had to happen. Paul W. Stetson finally killed one of his vice-presidents. Each of them was kind of a pain, and Stetson was a notoriously nervous and violent man. No surprise indeed. There is only one little problem: which of them has he killed? A stunning tour de force, from a then-debutant author. Reversing whodunit's priorities in a revolutionary fashion, Mc Gerr reveals t...(展开全部)

<CENTER> Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiancÉ died in the manner prescribed in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman's noose in mind. But Lord Peter Wimsey was determined to find her innocent--as determined as he was to make her his wife. </P></CENTER>

Theocritus Lucius Westborough, mild and meddlesome little professor of Roman history, is asked by world-famous perfumer to a dinner where a murder takes place to the accompaniment of seven rose candles, a scent of violets, a taste of almond and a candle that suddenly burned green. First published in 1940.

Ramble House continues to publish the works of Rupert Penny (pseudonym of Ernest Basil Charles Thornett, 1909-1970) and 1940's SWEET POISON is one of the best. Murder comes slowly to prep school Anstey Court, but when a young student is poisoned by candy, Chief-Inspector Edward Beale and his sidekick, Tony Purdon, are on hand to investigate. They learn about life and sports at ...(展开全部)

Sophie Passmann hat mit »Pick me girls« nicht nur ihr persönlichstes Buch geschrieben, sondern auch eine kluge Auseinandersetzung mit dem männlichen Blick. Ihr Memoir zeichnet ein stellvertretendes Frauenleben nach und wirft die Frage Welche Version von ihr selbst hätte Sophie Passmann sein können, wenn das Patriarchat nicht existieren würde? »Ich bin nicht so wie andere Frauen...(展开全部)

伊恩•凯丽（Erin Kelly）1976年生于伦敦，毕业于沃里克大学英文专业。从事自由撰稿记者十余年，写作题材多涉及女性、健康，两性关系及生活方式等方面。曾在多家刊物上定期发表文章，如：《每日邮报》（The Daily Mail）、心理（Psychologies）、《星期日泰晤士报》（The Sunday Times），女性时尚杂志Elle、嘉丽（Marie Claire）、英国Glamour杂志、镜报（The Mirror）等。另外，凯丽通过笔名还著有十六本探讨两性关系的非虚构类作品，以及六本成人小说。

"A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of Du Maurier's "Rebecca." I wish I had written it." -Stephen King With its hip London backdrop and expert pacing, Erin Kelly's masterful debut, "The Poison Tree," delivers all the way through to its shocker of an ending. London, 1997. Karen meets exotic, flamboyant Biba and, spellbound, she moves into the crumbling mansion Biba share...(展开全部)

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a straight-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world -- but something terrible is about to happen, and someone's going to end up dead. Already drawing com...(展开全部)

From an incredible new voice in psychological suspense, a novel about the secrets that remain after a final bohemian summer of excess turns deadly. This taut psychological thriller begins when Karen and her nine-year- old daughter, Alice, pick up Rex from a ten-year stint in prison for murder. Flash back to the sultry summer in 1990s London when Karen, a straight-A student...(展开全部)