Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007452144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062129813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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Mr. Parker Pyne is having trouble trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less-than-comfortable travelling arrangements. But, with the help of a German pilot, Herr Schlagel, he is soon able to get his bearings. Herr Schlagel confesses that his thoughts are dominated by the mysterious and sudden death of one of his last passengers, who was in the company of Lady Esther from the House of Shiraz. Taking the initiative, Pyne writes to Lady Esther offering his services. When he arrives at the House of Shiraz, he waits to see what the infamously mad Lady Esther has to say for herself, and the story begins to unravel….

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062006711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Agatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead. Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne." Equally adept at putting together the fragments of a murder mystery or the pieces of a broken marriage, Mr. Parker Pyne is possibly the world's most unconventional private investigator. Armed with just his intuitive knowledge of human nature, he is an Englishman abroad, traveling the globe to solve and undo crime and misdemeanor.

Author: Dalia Sofer
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061808660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known. As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger. A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home.

Author: Rita Jahanforuz
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782854797
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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Shiraz, a kindhearted young girl growing up in Tehran, has a miserable life at home with her stepmother and stepsister, who treat her like a servant. When the wind blows Shiraz’s ball of wool into the garden next door, she spends the day helping and caring for the old lady who lives there, with miraculous results. Then her stepmother sends her own daughter off on the same mission . . . but will the results be the same?

Author: Jill Lepore
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307948838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR • Time Magazine • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians—a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother’s fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world.

Author: Hank Phillippi Ryan
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1466821353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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When true love goes wrong, a woman's best friend may be her dog. Or—not. A twisty, diabolical, and unpredictable look at love, power, and revenge, On the House is the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-Winning short story by Hank Phillippi Ryan. BONUS: An exclusive excerpt from Hank Phillippi Ryan's much anticipated novel of suspense, The Other Woman. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author: Ryan Collett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913207397
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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From her apartment window, Doreen Durand witnesses a horrific accident. Officer Solloway wants to know what she saw. Doreen doesn't want to tell him - or anyone. But when she runs away it's straight into the fantastic world of the wealthy and mysterious Violet Cascade. With Officer Solloway in pursuit, and life becoming more bizarre by the day, Doreen is caught up in a surreal game of cat and mouse.

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000752658X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007452136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Book Description
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.