This is a vintage murder mystery. Private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is invited to address the Maiden Astbury literary society. The picturesque Dorset town is home to Bunnett's Brewery, run by the much disliked, and feared, Eustace Bunnett and shortly before Nigel's visit, Bunnett's dog Truffles, was found dead in one of the brewery's vats. The culprit was never caugh...(展开全部)

At the start of the eighteenth century London had almost 200 breweries producing close on 2 million barrels of beer every year, making the mighty metropolis the brewing capital of the world. By 1976,

《西西里岛的守望》编辑推荐：英国二战后最伟大的作家之一，亲身经历过人类最惨烈的两场战役，用深沉冷静的理性和澎湃的感情，讲述一段痛彻心扉的“倾城之恋”。爱情，不单在青春明媚的岁月中肆意绽放。胆怯、微小的爱的火光，也会照亮暗夜里的绝望。全民“致青春”缅怀爱情的夏日里，《西西里岛的守望》给你讲述一个不一样的爱情故事。 一个亲身经历过惨烈战役的战士，一个曾被低估的大师级作家，一段真实的“倾城之恋”，一组战场后各类女人的群塑像。 爱情的向往，等待的绝望。一个不一样的爱情故事！ 穿越时空，穿越人类最惨烈的战争，给你讲述一段痛彻心扉、刻骨铭心的亲身经历！ 女人的柔韧、坚强、软弱，犹豫、虚荣……一组真实的战后女人群塑像！

当代法国侦探小说作家，硕果仅存的坚持本格侦探小说创作的欧美作家，被誉为“黄金时代侦探小说最后的捍卫者”。 霍尔特一九五六年出生于法国东北部亚尔萨斯省的阿格诺。一九八七年以《第四扇门》一书获得干邑侦探小说奖而正式出道。之后陆续创作以“阿兰•图威斯特博士”为主人公的系列作品及其他系列作品，代表作有《第七重解答》、《达特穆尔的恶魔》、《恶狼之夜》等。霍尔特的绝大多数作品都是描写不可能犯罪的正统解谜之作，以密室、不在场证明、足迹消失等核心诡计为卖点，凭借异想天开的构思、缜密的逻辑推导以及意料之外、情理之中的解答征服了广大读者，成为当代欧美侦探小说作家中最为“古典”、“另类”的一位，是当之无愧的当代本格侦探小说的领军人物。

Unanimous 5 Star ratings! Scott Rao takes on all other forms of coffee brewing and gives them their day in the sun. Broken up into three main parts, and supported by a thorough reference bibliography for folks that want to read more, Everything but Espresso covers the following: Part One: Coffee extraction, measurement and methods on improving flavor by changing the brewing par...(展开全部)

Unanimous 5 Star ratings! Scott Rao takes on all other forms of coffee brewing and gives them their day in the sun. Broken up into three main parts, and supported by a thorough reference bibliography for folks that want to read more, Everything but Espresso covers the following: Part One: Coffee extraction, measurement and methods on improving flavor by changing the brewing par...(展开全部)

If you could do it all over again, would you? Should you? One man finds out in this finely observed, compulsively readable, and occasionally raunchy novel of marriage, sex, and dating for readers of Jonathan Franzen, Lauren Groff, and Tom Perrotta. Recently separated Toby Fleischman is suddenly, somehow—and at age forty-one, short as ever—surrounded by women who want him: women...(展开全部)

Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. He could not have predicted that one day, in the middle of his summer of sexual emancipation, Rachel would just drop their two children...(展开全部)

David doesn't mean to get in trouble. It's not his fault most of the time, it's just an accident! or maybe he forgot something. Or some furniture got in the way. Once again, David Shannon proves he knows every excuse in the book-especially when faced with the age-old problem of dealing with grown-ups.

"When David gets in trouble, he always says . . . 'NO! It's not my fault! I didn't mean to! It was an accident!'" Whatever the situation, David's got a good excuse. And no matter what he's done "wrong," it's never really his fault. Soon, though, David realizes that making excuses makes him feel bad, and saying he's sorry makes him feel better. Once again, David Shannon entertai...(展开全部)