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Marcus Hardman, an antiques collector, hires Poirot to investigate the theft of some valuable jewels that disappeared from his safe while he was offering a little tea party. Only his close friends attended the meeting and Hardman doesn´t want to involve the police to avoid a scandal. Will the Belgian detective manage to recover the jewels and discover the thief?
A dying millionaire hires historian Cameron Thorne to help raise what he claims is a Roman-era ship wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts' Plum Island. Roman coins and artifacts scattered around New England and the Ohio River Valley appear to confirm legends of early Romans crossing the Atlantic. It seems like a harmless assignment until a sultry Mossad agent threatens Cam's life. Why would the Mossad care about ancient Roman artifacts? The answer, it turns out, could destabilize the Middle East for generations to come.Mostra libro
Brad Frame is invited to the execution by lethal injection of Frank Wilkie, one of two men responsible for the death of his mother and sister. Afterward the prison chaplain thrusts the condemned man’s Bible into his hands. Within hours another man is anxious to get his hands on Wilkie’s Bible and Brad suspects the motivation could involve the still missing ransom money from the kidnapping. Brad’s world is once again turned upside down as he and Sharon unravel an eleven-year-old mystery.Mostra libro
Another murder. Another burger. And Christie Watson is back on the case! Suspended detective Christie Watson has decided not to get involved in any more murder cases. She's got to keep her nose clean in case her old boss checks in on her. There's plenty of fun to be had in Sleepy Creek--delicious double cheeseburgers, hilarious antics from the terrible twins, and... mysterious strangers hanging around? When another resident of the town dies, Christie realizes that staying out of this case might be the one thing she can't afford to do. Especially, when her best friend's innocent cousin becomes suspect number one. Can she solve the case before another Sleepy Creeker is killed? Tuck into an afternoon of burgers and mystery. One-click purchase your cozy mystery caper now!Mostra libro
'Full steam ahead' Daily Mail April 1867. Amid the usual bustle at King's Cross, a large wooden box is loaded onto a train bound for Lincoln, its watchful escort insistent it remain in sight. But a daring robbery derails those plans, leaving behind a dead man and a vanished treasure. Detective Inspector Colbeck is called in after a plea from the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral to find the killers and recover a priceless silver model of the cathedral. With the annual Horse Fair flooding the city with visitors, Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming must navigate a web of confusion to track the culprit, although Colbeck grows certain the thief is still close at hand. But time is short, and the Railway Detective faces one of his most complex cases yet.Mostra libro
Charles Portis’s quintessential comic masterpiece centers on Lamar Jimmerson, leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It’s the Codex Pappus—the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in its lore, convinced that his mission on Earth is to extend the ranks of this noble brotherhood. Taking us through the publication of Jimmerson’s own Gnomic texts, to the schism that rocks the Gnomic community, to Jimmerson’s disastrous bid to become the governor of Indiana, and finally to the fateful gathering of the Gnomons in a mobile-home park in East Texas, Masters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits, con men, and innocents.Mostra libro
🗿 The grand reopening of the prestigious Willow Creek Sculpture Garden should have been a triumph for curator Clara Clay. But the evening turns tragic when the guest of honor—a notoriously ruthless art critic—is found dead, posed to look like one of the garden's own abstract sculptures. The murder weapon? A valuable bronze statue from Clara's newest exhibition. With her career crumbling and the police convinced the killer is someone on her staff, Clara must chisel away at the polished surface of the art world to uncover the truth. With help from her art-snob poodle, Picasso, and a security guard with a hidden past, Clara uncovers a gallery of motives among the garden's elegant paths. From forged sculptures and secret auctions to bitter rivalries and stolen masterpieces, every clue reveals that in the art world, some people would kill for the perfect composition. Can Clara unmask the killer before her exhibition becomes a permanent collection of evidence?Mostra libro
