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1) Towards zero
Author
Series
Superintendent Battle mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan-for murder.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Harper pbk. [ed.].
Language
English
Description
"Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton's wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work in the quiet English village of Wychwood and that her local doctor is next in line. But within hours, Miss Pinkerton has been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke is inclined to think so--until he reads in the Times of the unexpected demise of Wychwood's Dr. Humbleby..."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st William Morrow pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
When a number of leading scientists disappear without a trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. And the one woman who appears to hold the key to the mystery is dying from injuries sustained in a plane crash. Meanwhile, in a Casablanca hotel room, Hilary Craven prepares to take her own life. But her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die. . . . This...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012, c1925
Edition
1st William Morrow pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman who once belonged to a ring of international jewel thieves makes known to her former associates the location of certain gems, thereby triggering a number of people to recover them at any cost.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes ... As each of her guests is mystified by the sinister tales they tell one another, the company is inclined to forget their elderly host. But there is a ruthless precision in Miss Marple's pursuit of the killers in each tale ... and a few surprises in store for 'The Tuesday Night Club'.
6) Spider's web
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Bookspan large print ed.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First William Morrow paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys -- their isolated estate. But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in death -- indeed, in cause for alarm.
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