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Strong Poison
by Dorothy L. Sayers
A murder mystery novel combining romance and suspense as a woman is accused of poisoning her lover.
The novel opens with mystery author Harriet Vane on trial for the murder of her former lover, Phillip Boyes: a writer with strong views on atheism, anarchy, and free love . Publicly professing to ... (Wikipedia)
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey investigates a murder case involving his brother, the Duke of Denver, and uncovers family secrets.
Lord Peter Wimsey's brother, the Duke of Denver , has taken a shooting lodge at Riddlesdale in Yorkshire . At 3 o'clock one morning, Captain Denis Cathcart, the fiancé of Wimsey's sister Lady Mary, ... (Wikipedia)
Unnatural Death
by Dorothy L. Sayers
A crime mystery involving the suspicious death of an elderly woman.
The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead–a trifle sooner than expected--but there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and refuses to let the case ... (Goodreads)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
A classic murder mystery, uncovering the truth behind a suspicious death.
On the morning of 18 July, the household at Styles Court wakes to the discovery that Emily Inglethorp, the elderly owner, has died. She had been poisoned with strychnine . Arthur Hastings, a soldier ... (Wikipedia)
Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters
An intrepid female archaeologist uses her wits to solve a mysterious murder in the Nile Valley.
Amelia Peabody is left a wealthy orphan after the death of her studious father, who has left her everything in his will because she is the only one of his children who shared his interests, namely ... (Wikipedia)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
by Laurie R. King
A young girl’s journey to becoming a detective apprentice, uncovering crime and solving mysteries.
After losing her family in a tragic motor accident in California, fifteen-year-old Mary Russell goes to live with her aunt in Sussex, England. Wandering the Sussex Downs in April 1915, she literally ... (Wikipedia)
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
A mystery novel, unraveling the secrets of an ancient Indian diamond.
Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam . Angry at his family, who ... (Wikipedia)
Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
A seemingly peaceful English village is shaken when its vicar is murdered.
The novel is narrated by Rev. Leonard Clement, the vicar of St. Mary Mead, who lives with his much younger wife Griselda and their nephew Dennis. Colonel Lucius Protheroe, Clement's churchwarden , is ... (Wikipedia)
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A masterful detective unravels a mysterious crime and its hidden motives.
In 1881, Doctor John Watson has returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War . He visits the Criterion Restaurant and runs into an old friend named Stamford, who had been a dresser ... (Wikipedia)
Shroud for a Nightingale
by P.D. James
Mystery novel set in a London hospital, involving a trail of murder and intrigue.
Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. As Scotland Yard’s Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh ... (Wikipedia)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection of mysteries solved by the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.
A study in scarlet – The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemia ; The red-headed league ; A case of identity ; The Boscombe Valley mystery ; The five orange pips ; The ... (Goodreads)
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie
A mysterious adventure to uncover a secret society, prevent a world war, and solve a murder.
In the Prologue, a man quietly gives important papers to a young American woman, as she is more likely to survive the sinking RMS, Lusitania, in May 1915. In 1919 London, demobilised soldier Tommy ... (Wikipedia)
A Man Lay Dead
by Ngaio Marsh
A classic murder mystery set in an English country house, where a game of "Murder" turns into a real-life crime scene.
At Sir Hubert Handesley's country house party, five guests have gathered for the uproarious parlor game of "Murder." Yet no one is laughing when the lights come up on an actual corpse, the ... (Goodreads)
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
A reverend's reflections on life in the Midwest, and the lessons of faith and family.
The book is an account of the memories and legacy of John Ames as he remembers his experiences of his father and grandfather to share with his son. All three men share a vocational lifestyle and ... (Wikipedia)
Venetia
by Georgette Heyer
A spirited young woman's thrilling adventure to win her true love.
The beautiful Venetia Lanyon, thanks to a reclusive and over-protective father, grew up in the country, away from the world with only her younger brother Aubrey, bookish and lame, for company. Her ... (Wikipedia)
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
Social satire exploring morality and class in 19th century England.
Fanny Price, at age ten, is sent from her impoverished home in Portsmouth to live as one of the family at Mansfield Park, the Northamptonshire country estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. There ... (Wikipedia)
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
Private eye investigates a complex case involving a wealthy family and blackmail.
Private investigator Philip Marlowe is called to the home of the wealthy and elderly General Sternwood, in the month of October. He wants Marlowe to deal with an attempt by a bookseller named Arthur ... (Wikipedia)
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
Animal characters embark on a series of adventures, learning important lessons along the way.
With the arrival of spring and fine weather outside, the good-natured Mole loses patience with spring cleaning. He has fled his underground home, emerging to take in the air and ends up at the river, ... (Wikipedia)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A detective's collection of cases, full of intrigue and suspense.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and ... (Goodreads)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
A young girl's detective journey to solve a murder mystery in a picturesque English village.
As the novel opens, Flavia Sabina de Luce schemes revenge against her two older sisters, Ophelia (17) and Daphne (13), who have locked her inside a closet in Buckshaw, the family's country manor home ... (Wikipedia)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Richard Lancelyn Green
A collection of classic detective stories featuring the iconic sleuth Sherlock Holmes.
This anthology of stories featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes follows on from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories which ended with Holmes at Reichenbach Falls. ... (Goodreads)
Five Children and It
by E. Nesbit
A group of siblings discovers a magical creature that grants wishes, with unexpected consequences.
Like Nesbit's, The Railway Children, , the story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent . The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, ... (Wikipedia)
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
A murder mystery solved by a crime-solving cat and his owner.
Jim Qwilleran is attempting to get his life back on track, starting with a new job; his old acquaintance, Arch Riker, is taking a chance. Qwilleran became known as a journalist for covering crime, ... (Wikipedia)
Still Life
by Louise Penny
A murder investigation leads to the discovery of secrets surrounding a small Canadian town.
Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards., Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a ... (Barnes & Noble)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
An empowering story of female friendship, courage, and detective work in Botswana.
Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, ... (Goodreads)
Singularity Sky
by Charles Stross
A post-scarcity society is disrupted by the arrival of a rogue AI and a group of time-traveling anarchists.
The Festival, a civilisation of uploaded minds , arrives at Rochard's World, an outlying colony of the New Republic. It begins breaking down objects in the system to make technology for its stay. ... (Wikipedia)
A Scandal in Bohemia
by Ronald Holt
Sherlock Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a compromising photograph from an actress, but she outwits him.
Dr. Watson recounts an adventure that started on 20 March 1888. While Watson is paying Holmes a visit, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, the hereditary King of Bohemia , enters his office. ... (Wikipedia)
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
by Susan Cooper
A young boy embarks on a quest to save the world from a powerful force of evil.
Cooper's highly acclaimed series—Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; and Silver on the Tree—is now available in its entirety for the first time in an attractive, ... (Goodreads)
Citizen of the Galaxy
by Robert A. Heinlein
A young slave's journey to find his place in a chaotic galaxy, discovering the power of friendship and freedom.
The novel is set in the future when the human race has developed interstellar spaceflight and is engaged in trade with a number of alien races. However human slavery has reappeared on some planets. ... (Wikipedia)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy
A daring rescue mission of victims of the French Revolution, under the disguise of a mysterious hero.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792, during the early stages of the French Revolution . Marguerite St. Just, a beautiful French actress, is the wife of wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney, a ... (Wikipedia)
