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Pub. Date
2005, 1989.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. The disappearance of Mr. Davenheim -- The veiled lady -- The lost mine -- Disc 2. The Cornish mystery -- Double sin -- The adventure of the cheap flat -- Disc 3. The kidnapped Prime Minister -- The adventure of the Western Star -- How does your garden grow -- Disc 4. The million dollar bond robbery -- The Plymouth Express -- Wasps' nest -- Disc 5. The tragedy at Marsdon Manor -- The double clue -- The mystery of the Spanish chest -- Disc 6....
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Three episodes of the impeccably turned-out diminutive Belgian sleuth. With his razor sharp mind and the aid of Captain Hastings, Poirot unravels the thorniest cases without mussing a hair of his famously sculpted mustache. Set in elegant 1930's England, the series also includes Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Poirot accompanies Hastings to Lake Windermere where Hastings's friend Charles is attempting to set a world speedboat racing record. The atmosphere of their holiday turns from frolic to foreboding when two sisters watching the race tell Poirot they have had premonitions that both Charles and his Aunt Emily are in danger.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In the squad room, the cops on the Manchester murder investigation unit call Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis, "Boss." At home, the kids call her mum. In both places, she manages to keep everyone in line, but only just barely. Janine is a chief detective and a single mom who is trying to balance the demands of both her career and her family.
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Newly widowed, he now returns to Oxford and soon finds himself in charge of his own murder case. But it is notes that Morse made on an earlier case which help Lewis solve his case.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the squad room, the cops on the Manchester murder investigation unit call Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis, "Boss." At home, the kids call her mum. In both places, she manages to keep everyone in line, but only just barely. Janine is a chief detective and a single mom who is trying to balance the demands of both her career and her family.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
It's spring 1948 and Inspector Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall. The host, Sir Hubert Handesley, tries to liven up the scene with a game of murder but one guest really does end up dead. Alleyn has to solve more than one mystery when he finds that, in addition to the murder, an enormously valuable silver chalice has gone missing.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the squad room, the cops on the Manchester murder investigation unit call Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis, "Boss." At home, the kids call her mum. In both places, she manages to keep everyone in line, but only just barely. Janine is a chief detective and a single mom who is trying to balance the demands of both her career and her family.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The British Home Secretary dies after an operatin for abdominal pains, but his wife insists he's been murdered. When Alleyn investigates her claim, he finds a great many things at the nursing home are not as they should be. He also finds a great many suspects, including a surgeon with a grievance, a nurse crossed in love, a betrayed wife, and a bewildering array of political enemies.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Featuring ingenious deceptions and black magic, The Pale Horse sees Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie) investigate the brutal murder of an old friend. The day after Father Gorman is found dead she receives a mysterious letter from him containing a list of names. His final act was to administer the last rites to a dying woman, Mrs Davis, so Miss Marple starts by visiting her boarding house. It turns out to be a good hunch. Lodger Paul Osborne describes a...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. Follow Fitz as he investigates an accused commuter train killer with amnesia, a couple who share love and murder, and the killing of a young boy that shakes a community to its core.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.
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