DescriptionDetective Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, D.C. Police Force when his partner shows up at his door with a case he can't refuse. One of John Sampson's oldest friends, from their days together in Vietnam, has been arrested for murder.
DescriptionDuring his years of reporting from the world's most savage and turbulent regions, Fergal Keane has witnessed the violence of the South African townships and the terror in Rwanda, the most extreme kinds of human behaviour, the horror of genocide, and the b…
DescriptionIn 1996, a small Irish press approached Nuala O'Faolain to publish a collection of her opinion columns from the Irish Times . She offered to write an introduction to explain the life experience that had shaped this Irish woman's views. Convinced tha…
DescriptionWhen Los Angeles novelist Tony Cohan and his artist wife Masako visited central Mexico one winter, they fell under the spell of a place where the pace of life is leisurely, the cobblestone streets and sun-splashed plazas are enchanting, and the sights and…
DescriptionA witty, intelligent, and delectable mystery from Georgette Heyer. This British "cozy" mystery has eccentric characters, sparkling dialogue, and an intricate plot that is just plain fun. Take one rambling country house whose owner is found dead, supposedly poisoned. Add one ill-assorted family circle of very odd people, all with excellent motives for murder. Introduce the one and only Superintendent Hannasyde facing the deadliest test of his career. It all adds up to a classic novel of detection from the incomparable Georgette Heyer. A perfect thriller, one which some say is Heyer's best of all her great classical mysteries.
