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A classic from the queen of mystery: Agatha Christie...

Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one morning full of gloom. Their brothers and sisters are away, the house seems forlorn and empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up their spirits. Will they have to face a long and lonely winter?

In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles. Spiderweb Capitalism takes you inside this shadow economy, uncovering the mechanics behind the invisible, mundane networks of lawyers, accountants, company secretaries, and fixers who facilitate the illicit movement of wealth across borders and around the globe. Hoang reveals the strategies and examines the moral dilemmas of making money in legal, financial, and political gray zones.

A gripping and powerful memoir that takes readers deep into the life of Harold, a man who seemed to have it all—good health, a beautiful girlfriend, and a promising future. But what looked like a perfect life quickly spirals into a world of torment, as he finds himself trapped in an abusive relationship that shakes him to his core. This raw, unflinching account of domestic abuse is told from an Indigenous male perspective, offering a rare and essential insight into the complexities of abuse, masculinity, and cultural identity. As Harold struggles to break free from the emotional and ...

The Austrian writer Joseph Roth's first novel, 'Das Spinnennetz', 1923, intensely chronicles the development of a fascist and the first steps in his rise to power. It is a vivid portrait of the nationalist fervor and the struggle between Right and Left in Germany during the years immediately following the end of the Great War, or First World War.

“Flies in the Spiderweb is a remarkable book, a powerful denunciation and a harbinger of everything we are experiencing in today's world.” Boaventura de Sousa Santos Flies in the Spiderweb analyzes the narrative hijacking of the modern world from the origins of capitalism to the current post-capitalism. In this journey, the author revisits the birth of private property as a particular and exclusive civilizing paradigm and the commercialization of human and environmental existence as dominant traits of the contemporary individual, passing through the exportation of a northwestern “new ...

A slow-burn psychological thriller where unease builds quietly before everything unravels. Rachel drifts into a quiet Cotswolds village in England, longing for a fresh start. With her warmth and charm, she’s quickly welcomed by the tight-knit locals, especially Eileen and Michael, a seemingly perfect couple who take her under their wing. But when Michael suddenly disappears, Rachel is drawn into the search. At first, she’s just trying to help. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more unsettling things become. Stories don’t add up. Smiles don’t reach eyes. Kindness turns ...

Twenty-year-old Kendele Byers is savagely killed and buried in a shallow grave. She had a violent past, a bizarre, kinky line of work, and the suspect list grows longer every day. But when another woman is murdered, Detective Mitchell Lonnie realizes that there's something much more sinister afoot: a connection between the two murders. Both victims had received a clue hinting at their oncoming demise several minutes before they were attacked. There's a serial killer in Glenmore Park.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO IS BACK. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return to the Girl in the Dragon Tattoo series in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Also known as the Millennium series “Rest easy, Lisbeth...

Best-selling author Earlene Fowler has garnered critical acclaim for her Agatha Award-winning Benni Harper series. In this 15th entry, Benni and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are enjoying San Celina, California’s first-ever Memory Festival—when a sniper guns down a local cop. Fearing for the safety of her community—and for her family—Benni determines to root out the sniper before the once peaceful streets become a killer’s free-fire zone.

In the spring of AD 666, Sister Fidelma is summoned to the small Irish village of Araglin. An advocate of the Brehon law courts as well as a religieuse, she is to investigate the murder of the local chieftain. While she is traveling there with her friend, Brother Eadulf, a band of brigands attacks the roadside hostel in which they are staying and attempts to burn them out. While Fidelman and Eadulf manage to beat back their attackers, this incident is only the first in a series that troubles them.

Aja’s frustration boils over when a new child trafficking network is discovered. She feels like the team is fighting a losing battle. For each predator they get off the streets, 10 more take their place. But when Aja suggests what sounds like an outlandishly impossible solution, she is surprised when the powers that be agree to marshal the necessary resources to investigate its viability.

A yacht captain is on trial for murdering a woman he hired with more than the boat's cooking in mind. Circumstantial evidence abounds, so the slick defense attorney coaches his client in ways to influence the jury. Millar is more interested in developing engaging, three-dimensional characters than in solving the crime here. The judge, the lawyers, the clerk, and several witnesses all have different reasons for being concerned with the outcome, and the listener gets to see that justice can be very fragile in a realistic courtroom setting.

The silence was supposed to be a cure. For Ava Delaney, a solo hike into the dense wilderness of the Pacific Northwest is a desperate attempt to prove she isn’t the fragile person her ex claims she is. She craves a silence so complete it will scour her clean. But the silence in this forest is different. It is a heavy, listening quiet. A quiet where sound is absorbed, where birds don't sing, and where the only tracks to be found are not made by anything that appears in a biology book. A brutal storm cuts her off from the world, shattering her gear and her plans. Lost and injured, Ava ...

It begins with an ordinary horsefly biting Samantha Moon in her garden—except Sam isn’t exactly ordinary. She’s an energy vampire, and her cold, supernatural blood does something very strange to the hungry insect. Soon the fly feels faster, stronger, smarter, with a gnawing new hunger for blood. As her instincts warp and evolve, she fights for survival against a spider’s web, her own primal needs, and the creeping awareness of what she is becoming. Vampire Fly is a weird, darkly atmospheric, and surprisingly moving tale that turns the natural world on its head—told from the point ...

A new ‘Christie for Christmas’ – a full-length novel adapted from her acclaimed play by Charles Osborne. Following Black Coffee and The Unexpected Guest comes the final Agatha Christie play novelisation, bringing her superb storytelling to a new legion of fans. Clarissa, the wife of a...

Sherlock Holmes relates a story from his earliest days before Dr. Watson had become his friend and chronicler. In this tale Holmes is drawn to Hardwick Hall in the south of England, which has an eerie sobriquet: The Spider Web. The young detective matches wits with a wily and dangerous criminal. Holmes first demonstrates the skills that would do him in good stead in the future. The Sherlock Holmes Uncovered Tales are a series of original stories based upon the immortal characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The McCarthy-era witch hunts marked the culmination of an anticommunist crusade launched after the First World War. With Bolshevism triumphant in Russia and public discontent shaking the United States, conservatives at every level of government and business created a network dedicated to sweeping away the "spider web" of radicalism they saw threatening the nation. In this groundbreaking study, Nick Fischer shines a light on right-wing activities of the time, showing that the term "spider web" far more accurately described the anticommunist movement.

Scarlett's mother raised a good girl, telling her things she needed to know to survive this world. The most important was simply, “Never let them kiss you. Never let them love you. It will end in disaster.” Carrying that target imagined on every female freshman’s butt, she managed to waltz through the first year at the University of Georgia in Atlanta unscathed, then the second, and for some reason, people believed she might be an Ice Queen. Delightful to look at, impossible to hold. They had no idea how right they were…