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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1987, 1971
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Is it a gesture of goodwill or a sinister trap that lures Rupert St. Vincent and his family to a magnificent estate? How desperate is Joyce Lambert, a destitute young widow whose only recourse is to marry a man she despises? What unexpected circumstance stirs old loyalties in Theodora Darrell, an unfaithful wife about to run away with her lover? In this collection of short stories, the answers are as unexpected as they are satisfying. The Queen of...
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by Agatha Christie written in 1916, and first published in 1920 to rave reviews. Christie's first published novel, it introduced Hercule Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, who is settling in England near the home of his wealthy, recently widowed friend Emily Inglethorp. When the widow is found murdered via the administering of poison, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery....
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Just after World War One, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money. With few jobs available, they decide to form a partnership, hiring themselves out as "young adventurers, willing to do anything, go anywhere". In their first assignment, Tommy and Tuppence must use all of their ingenuity to save not only their own lives, but the life of a mystery woman named Jane. Where is Jane Finn? The mere mention of her name produces...
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