DescriptionKing Charles Island, a drowsily contented British Colony in the West Indies, came dramatically awake through the foul murder of its most influential citizen. But then banker sleuth Mark Treasure arrived on business to discover that his accident-prone assistant was the number one suspect. However, Treasure quickly volunteered to assist the daunted Chief Inspector Small in finding the real villain from among a bewildered bunch of runners.
DescriptionThe Interrogation is a desperate race against time and a gripping journey into the darkest corners of the human soul. One day in 1952, the strangled body of 10-year-old Cathy Lake is discovered in a public park. A homeless suspect, Albert Jay Smalls, is arrested and held for interrogation. Officers Norman Cohen and Jack Pierce have only 24 hours to make the sullen young man talk before he's released. How far are they willing to push him to get a confession? As the two policemen gather the many contradictory pieces of evidence, the boundaries between hunter and prey, guilty and innocent, begin to blur. Thomas H. Cook is a master of the surprise ending, and The Interrogation is sure to leave every listener stunned. Audie Award-winning narrator George Guidall's performance captures the dramatic urgency of this deeply disturbing tale.
DescriptionCatherine has become a victim in her own home. First a string of nuisance calls, then a vicious attack by a mysterious intruder. Now, as she struggles to come to terms with her injuries, two very different men seem anxious to uncover the truth. There is Terry Devlin, entrepreneur and fixer, the local boy made good from Catherine's almost forgotten past. And Simon Jardine, her husband's business partner. But do either of them really want justice?
DescriptionThe Mystery of the Yellow Room is a classic of detective fiction, a tour de force on the "least-likely-person" theme that revolutionized the genre in its time. At the heart of this novel is an enigma: How can a murder take place in a locked room that shows no sign of having being entered? Two characters rise to the occasion of the mystery: one, a renowned detective; and one, an upstart young reporter, who will scandalize Paris by suggesting that the detective is mistaken. In a suspenseful climax, Joseph Rouletabille recounts for the court, with the meticulous logic of a Sherlock Holmes, his own interpretation of the murder attempts on the beautiful but secretive Mlle. Stangerson. Told through the eyes of Rouletabille's older and somewhat skeptical sidekick, The Mystery of the Yellow Room withholds to the very end the revelation of who is the story's hero, and who its villain.
