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  Hercule Poirot: Book 10

  Three Act Tragedy

  by Agatha Christie

  Also published as" Murder in Three Acts ".Thirteen guests arrived for dinner. In retrospect Sir Charles should have taken his secretary up on her offer to be the fourteenth. At the end of the evening one of the guests is dead – but when his glass is sent for analysis it is found to contain nothing but an excellent dry martini. It is just as Hercule Poirot predicted. What causes the famous detective... (more)
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  Hercule Poirot: Book 8

  Lord Edgware Dies

  by Agatha Christie

  Alternate title: Thirteen at DinnerSure, actress Jane Wilkinson wants out of a miserable marriage, but is she guilty of stabbing her way out of it? She claims she's innocent. Hercule Poirot wonders if she's giving the performance of a lifetime.
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  Inspector Bonaparte: Book 15

  The New Shoe

  by Arthur William Upfield

  (aka: The Clue of the New Shoe)
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  Inspector Bonaparte: Book 9

  Death of a Swagman

  by Arthur William Upfield

  In an isolated hut not far from the sleepy country town of Merino, stockman George Kendall is found dead and it looks very much like murder. Six weeks later, when the murderer is still at large, another stockman turns up in the township and, as a first move, provokes the local sergeant to lock him up. This particular stockman is Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, and there's method in his seeming madness.... (more)
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  Hercule Poirot: Book 11

  Death in the Clouds

  by Agatha Christie

  Alternate title: Death in the AirIn this "crime puzzle of the first order" (New York Times), an ordinary flight to London turns extraordinary when a female passenger is shot to death with a venom-tipped dart. Even more bizarre is that the murder went unnoticed by everyone on board-- including the brilliant Hercule Poirot.
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  Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Sherlock Holmes)

  by Val Andrews

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  Albert Campion Mystery: Book 10

  The Fashion in Shrouds

  by Margery Allingham

  Among the beautiful George Wells's suicide was last wiles gossip. But Campion stubbornly refused to close his personal books on the affair. It came down to professional ethics, a commodity rare in aristocratic circles. He had barely scratched the surface before Campion found himself vest-deep in a deadly game of cat and mouse, chasing through a maze of adultery, blackmail and espionage, that led to a bizarre... (more)
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  Inspector Bonaparte: Book 12

  The Mountains Have a Secret

  by Arthur William Upfield

  A Napoleon Bonaparte mystery
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  Dr. Thorndyke Mysteries: Book 4

  The Mystery of 31 New Inn

  by R. Austin Freeman

  At the turn of the 20th century, Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943) emerged as an author to be reckoned with in the world of detective fiction, introducing the highly memorable scientific detective Dr. Thorndyke, an early forensic sleuth. Armed with his little green case full of scientific detection aids, Thorndyke unravelled murders and mysteries using logic and material evidence. Freeman's most important... (more)
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  Albert Campion Mystery

  Mr. Campion's Farthing

  by Youngman Carter

  Mr Campion's Farthing is worth considerably more than a quarter of an old penny. For Farthing is the code name of Vassily Kopeck - missing diplomat. Kopeck was last seen at Inglewood Turrets where Lottie Cambric sells a vision of Victorian culture and luxury. And now the vultures are gathering around the Turrets. Outside - all sorts of spies, greedy developers and strangers in the summary. Inside - an arsonist and... (more)
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  Inspector Bonaparte: Book 2

  The Sands of Windee

  by Arthur William Upfield

  A man named Marks visits Windee Station then vanishes. The local police assume he was lost in the bush but Bony has reason to think differently. This mystery is populated with a host of interesting outback characters, aborigines, blackmailers, secondary mysteries, and an awe-inspiring fire. This story is set in1930's Australia.
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  Inspector Bonaparte: Book 1

  The Barrakee Mystery

  by Arthur William Upfield

  (American Title: "The Lure of the Bush")Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) is a half-caste who attributes his superior powers to his mixed blood. Being half white, he's extremely logical. Being half Aborigine, he's a fabulous tracker. He sees through the stratagems of both races. No criminal, black or white, can escape him.In this book, an Aborigine named King Henry has been murdered on... (more)
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  The Book of the Lion

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  Hercule Poirot: Book 14

  Cards on the Table

  by Agatha Christie

  It was the match-up of the century. Four sleuths -- Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service, and the incomparable Hercule Poirot -- invited to play bridge with four specifically invited rivals, each of whom had once gotten away with murder. For the host it was irresistible entertainment -- until his own murder became part of the game. Now... (more)