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Agatha Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater, and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Plays—including the title piece, the longest running play in history, still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years!
On an isolated island, ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the desert heat
...2) Black coffee
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"This little known mystery will surprise and delight Christie fans. Written in 1934, the story concerns a physicist named Sir Claude Amory who has come up with a formula for an atom bomb. In the first act, Sir Claude is poisoned (in his coffee, naturally) and Hercule Poirot is called in to solve the case. He does so after many wonderful twists and turns in true Christie fashion."--Amazon.com.
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A gripping Australian murder mystery series. After years of solving serious crimes, Detective Sergeant Eve Winter has grown weary of the brutality and resigned herself to a quieter life. But when the search for a missing girl in a small Australian town uncovers five dead bodies in a field, Eve is convinced by her old partner and ex-flame, Lachlan McKenzie, to join the case.
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Ten houseguests, trapped on an isolated island, are the prey of a diabolical killer. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine ... When they realize that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, terror mounts. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale?
5) I, Anna
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The lives of a beautiful divorcee (Charlotte Rampling, Melancholia, 45 Years) and a troubled detective (Gabriel Byrne, The Usual Suspects, Millers Crossing) intersect during the investigation of a vicious murder on the grimy, rain-soaked streets of London, sparkling a tangled web of passion, intrigue and deceit. An absorbing film-noir told from the perspective of an intriguing woman, a key suspect in a murder case, who becomes an obsession for the...
6) Don't let go
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Jack Radcliff, a homicide detective, picks up his niece Ashley from a theater. It is revealed that Ashley does not like her father Garret due to his bipolar disorder and history with drug abuse. A day after Jack has a serious talk with his brother about getting his life together, he receives a crying call for help from Ashley. Jack rushes to her house but is too late, finding the dead bodies of Ashley, his brother Garret, and Garret's wife in an apparent...
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Gourmet Detective: A culinary whiz uses his mastery of food, drink and cooking to solve crimes of the culinary world. Whether it's the theft of a valuable recipe or a suspicious murder in the middle of a five-star restaurant, his insight, skills and encyclopedic knowledge of all things edible always lead him to the culprit.
A Healthy Place To Die: Henry is a guest presenter at a gourmet food conference and Maggie is, reluctantly, taking a much-needed...
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London's Chelsea neighborhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed, and murder. Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem. DI Max Arnold and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie, must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
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Death Al Dente: San Francisco homicide detective Maggie Price and former world-class chef Henry Ross are on the case once again. The crime-solving odd couple investigates the murder of Henry?s friend, a well-known local chef found dead in his kitchen.
Eat, Drink and Be Buried: Henry is catering his friend David's birthday party. During an enactment of a scene from the eighteenth century, a fake gun ends up killing one of David's four children.
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Join the party that is Cherif because homicide detective Kader Cherif from Lyon, France puts the fun in dysfunctional! He's an overgrown kid doing an adult job: he gets investigative inspiration from vintage TV cop shows, receives advice and baked goods from his mother constantly, and interviews suspects over tea in his apartment across from the police station. His methods are eccentric but they work; the results win the admiration and loyalty of...
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Join the party that is Cherif because homicide detective Kader Cherif from Lyon, France puts the fun in dysfunctional! He's an overgrown kid doing an adult job: he gets investigative inspiration from vintage TV cop shows, receives advice and baked goods from his mother constantly, and interviews suspects over tea in his apartment across from the police station. His methods are eccentric but they work; the results win the admiration and loyalty of...
14) Blood
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When a shocking murder is committed in their small town, the Fairburn brothers are detectives who will do whatever it takes to catch the killer and try to live-up to the reputation of their tough-as-nails ex-police chief father. But when a suspect's interrogation spins violently out of control, the brothers must deal with the consequences.
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A Cannes detective collaborates with a con artist to clear her father of corruption and uncover a conspiracy.
"No-nonsense French detective Camille Delmasse has a fierce love for her job and her family. After her father, former police chief Philippe, is accused of corruption, Camille is determined to clear his name. Then, during a murder inquiry, she meets suave con man Harry King who is in Cannes on a secret quest of his own. Camille offers him...
17) The reckoning
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A detective discovers a mysterious video while investigating the roadside execution-style murder of his partner. The footage, shot by two teenagers, reveals murky details behind the death of their sibling in an unsolved hit and run case. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey to find them, he quickly uncovers a bloody trail of murder, that leads all the way back to him!
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It's 1999, and freshly minted detective Jay Swan arrives in a dusty Outback town. Although he's the new copper on the beat, he grew up nearby, and his estranged family still lives here as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary. Before Jay can even report for duty, he finds himself in the middle of an armed holdup, one of a series being perpetrated by a masked gang. The heists seem to be random: a cattle truck is stolen, a popular pub...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of master mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most accomplished stories. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson confront one of their most difficult cases ever: is there truly a curse on the old Baskerville estate? Is there truly a ghostly beast lurking on the dark, eerie moors? A masterful concoction of plot and mood, this story is guaranteed to give you the shivers.
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Four more two-part murder mysteries take the duo from a private zoo where they unearth a possible organ-trafficking racket, to a community hospital where patients are dying and staff are being attacked. And crimes of passion and chance occurrences bring a past murder case back to haunt Dalziel.
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