A Mets fan with a phony name and a millionaire client arrive just in time to provide a case for Nero Wolfe to pay the rent. The bizarre visitors are in a frenzy about a death trap explosion in the discreet whiskey drawer of a top TV executive. To crack this case of bombs and bourbon, the indolent genius and his energetic assistant must pick their way though corporate chicanery, vile ambition... and a healthy swig of murder."It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore." (New York Times Book Review) Views: 58
This is based on the original and unrevised 1926 edition of CLOUDS OF WITNESS first published in the United States by Harcourt (copyright unrenewed) and then in the UK by Unwin. Since this book was first published in the US and not later renewed in the 28th year, the expired copyright is not eligible for GATT restoration. However, what became known as the standard edition was revised and published in 1935 by UK publishers and remains in copyright under the limitation of claim; new matter (revisions and additions).The fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire. Peter's and Mary's older brother, the Duke of Denver, is charged with wilful murder and put on trial in the House of Lords. How can detective Lord Peter proceed when it's a murder in his own family potentially by his own brother?Review"One of the best mysteries obtainable in the world today." -- The New York PostAbout the AuthorDorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957. Views: 58
Product DescriptionWhen a 3,000-year-old mummy begins to whisper strange words in an ancient Egyptian tongue, the Three Investigators are determined to find out is an ancient curse is about to be fulfilled. From the Inside FlapWhen Ra-Orkon, a 3,000-year-old mummy, begins to whisper strange words in an ancient Egyptian tongue, the Three Investigators are determined to find out the facts: Why is he speaking? What is he saying? And how is the horrible curse of Ra-Orkon about to be fulfilled? Views: 58
Abigail Wendover, on the shelf at 28, is kept busy when her niece falls head over heels in love with a handsome fortune hunter and Abbie is forced into a confrontation with his scandalous uncle. Miles Calvery is the black sheep of his family- enormously rich from a long sojourn in India, disconcertingly blunt and brash. But he turns out to be Abbie's most important ally in keeping her niece out of trouble. But how can he possibly be considered eligible when she has worked so hard to rebuff his own nephew's suit for her niece? And how can she possibly detach from an ailing sister who needs her? This is a heroine who has to be, literally, swept off her feet... Views: 58
The four Robinson children, 12 year old Rex, 10 and a half year old twins Guy and Elizabeth, and Martin, who is 7, are about to go on an astonishing adventure. Their sleepy life in a quiet London suburb will be exchanged in an instant for a dangerous sea-voyage, a battle with pirates, an encounter with cannibals, and a very serious mission to find an iced cake on a desert island. Views: 57
THE TENANT
Trelkovsky rented the small and shabby apartment—even though the former tenant had hurled herself screaming through the window. Even though her presence—and her madness—seemed to seep through the damp walls. Even though the dead woman still lived in that apartment. A superstitious person, a fearful person, would not have rented it. But Trelkovsky did. For better, or for worse, he was The Tenant. Views: 57
It takes place after the occupation when Paris is in the hands of ""the rats that take over a city after the plague has wiped out most of the population."" What's left, or so it appears here, is a marginal world of demimondaines, derelicts, shams, and ruthless arrivistes like Khedive (he will become Police Commissioner) or Mr. Philibert who are killing off as many as possible. Working for them is the narrator; he's an informer, a traitor with ""not enough backbone for a hero. Too detached and too easily distracted to be a real villain."" He knows all his frailties, his queasiness, his compliance, and finally his total willlessness when he's recruited by tire other side. To redeem him, there's his protective concern for a sightless old man and a wisp of a waif who appear now and again. And to redeem the book which is altogether special -- particularly in view of some writing you might call rococo pop (""great telluric waves. . . incantatory paneurhythmics"") there's the author's feeling for the city of light in the dark with its ""whiff of rot in the air. Especially at dusk."" One is caught in the haze -- spectral, sad, solitary. Views: 57
Sir Waldo Hawkridge, known in London society as 'the Nonesuch' for his sporting abilities and perfect manners, is obliged to go into Yorkshire to inspect a property that he has just inherited. Sir Waldo is a very wealthy and philanthropic man, and intends to renovate the house to turn it into yet another of his charity orphanages. While there, he meets Tiffany Wield, a positively dazzling young heiress who is entirely selfish and possessed of a frightful temper, as well as her far more elegant companion-governess, Ancilla Trent. While Waldo's young cousin, Lord Lindeth, falls in and out of love with the young ladies of the neighborhood, Waldo must convince the practical Miss Trent that it is not above her station as a governess to fall in love with him . Views: 57
Review"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction." Observer "When she really hits her stride, as she does here, she is hard to surpass." Saturday Review of Literature "Her gift is pure genius." Observer Product DescriptionAgatha Christie's first ever Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. 'Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, 'would be doing the world at large a service!' It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later. From seven potential murderers, Miss Marple must seek out the suspect who has both motive and opportunity. Views: 57
When the S.S. Southern Queen encounters a life boat marked Valparaiso a boat that had been sunk by the Japanese a year earlier, a strange mystery begins. More interestingly the sunken ship carried gold. There was a man in the life boat and despite his 'amnesia' he still wants to go back to the Pacific. Rains and Jones follow close behind. Views: 57
The Waltons: The Easter Story
It was a bitter winter on the mountain. Olivia lay stricken with a desperate illness that crippled her legs and sent the whole family into a crisis.
Money was scarce. Doctor bills piled up. There was nothing to pay for food or gas.
Then, as Olivia struggled to walk by Easter—the season of renewal and hope—John stood suddenly accused of a crime, and the whole mountain wondered how the family would survive this winter ordeal. Views: 57
From The Inside FlapHis name was Taggart and he rode with a price on his head through the bloodred canyons of Apache country. Behind him was a ruthless bounty hunter--the deadliest lawman in the West. In front of him was a fortune in gold--and a pretty young woman hell-bent on carrying that fortune to safety. Suddenly Taggart was faced with a choice. He could either keep riding and leave the stubborn lady to fate and the Apaches. Or he could stay and help her make it out alive. But for a man like Taggart the answer was simple. He would stay. Even if it meant cutting off his own escape--even if it meant doubling his chance of death. Views: 57
