While staying in post-World War II Paris with her grandfather, Tabitha Knight becomes friends with her neighbor and fellow American, Julia Child, and must clear both their names when a woman they both knew is murdered with a knife from Julia’s kitchen and a note from Tabitha in her pocket.

Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

"Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort...until Jane receives a chilling note warning her to "Beware of the couple at the table nearest to yours." At dinner that night, five other couples are present, and none of their tables is any nearer or farther away than any of the others. It's almost as if someone has set the scene in order to make the warning note meaningless--but why would anyone do that? Jane has...

"This critical study analyzes the development of the hard-boiled detective novel from the 1920's to the present. It shows that while the genre has undergone many changes it still employs a recognizable form and thematic focus throughout. The book covers three main periods, the Early (1927-1955), the Transitional (1964-1977), and the Modern (1979-present)"--Provided by publisher

In a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer has been bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die with a noose around her neck. Before the old woman dies, she utters the word foreign, which may be the only real clue the police have to go on. And they need to work fast. The press has reported the dying word, and white supremacists have threatened a nearby refugee camp, vowing to take justice into their own hands. Recently divorced, overweight, drinking...

In Nice to recover the Queen's stolen snuff box, Lady Georgiana Rannoch participates in a Coco Chanel fashion show where a necklace also belonging to the Queen goes missing, forcing her to search for both priceless items and solve a murder. -- NoveList.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of the Inspector Lynley series, hailed as “queen of the mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), presents an extraordinary collection of short stories that deftly explore the dark side of everyday people—and the lengths to which they will go to get what they want most. . . .
“[I, Richard] will leave you dizzy, dazzled and dying for more.”—People
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"Yorkshire, 1952. Christmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the snow-covered village of Elderby. Is he a simple thief, or a would-be killer? A mystery that can't be solved. Inspector Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. But as is often the way for him, things don't go according to plan. When the local doctor's husband is murdered, Grasby begins to realize that everyone in Elderby is hiding...