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"Set entirely in the staid but often deadly English manor house, this murderous anthology features works by Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and others." -- Amazon.ca

"A collection of the stories of the greatest escapes of all time. The stories in this collection are pulse-pounding accounts of escape attempts by soldiers trapped on battlefields, outdoor adventurers facing nature's darkest hours, and POWs of all nationalities. The pain of wound...

"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective can...

Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise's police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.

Take my advice: Twin sisters Esther and Pauline were inseparable as children, teenagers, and adults until they both became advice columnists. Esther writing as Ann Landers, and Pauline for "Dear Abby." The competition for readers, success and fame led to a public, decades-long fe...

Northpole, the magical home to Santa and Mrs. Claus, has grown into a huge city powered by the magic of holiday happiness around the world. Yet as people everywhere get too busy to enjoy festive time together, the city is in trouble. Who can help save the cherished traditions of ...

Since WWII, Calvin Barr has lived with the secret that he was responsible for the assassination of Adolf Hitler. Now, decades later, the US government has called on him again for a new top-secret mission. Bigfoot has been living deep in the Canadian wilderness and is carrying a d...

Throughout WWII, thousands of Allied prisoners dreamed of outwitting their captors and returning to war against the Axis. Their ingenuity knew no bounds: they went over the barbed wire surrounding them and under it as well; they built tunnels of enormous length and complexity, of...

Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day. Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission.

Fully a third of all library supervisors are managing in the middle: reporting to top-level managers while managing teams of peers or paraprofessional staff in some capacity. This practical handbook is here to assist middle managers navigate their way through the challenges of mu...

Author Robert Barr makes a key contribution to the early canon of detective fiction with his character Eugene Valmont, a French master detective who eventually retires from his government role and sets up a private practice in London. This volume contains a number of the top-rank...

Get set for exciting swashbuckling exploits in this medieval action-adventure tale from Scottish-Canadian novelist Robert Barr. Prince Roland, who is next in line for the throne, has been kidnapped by a band of power-hungry politicos. Will he be able to escape captivity and assum...

Since WWII, Calvin Barr has lived with the secret that he was responsible for the assassination of Adolf Hitler. Now, decades later, the US government has called on him again for a new top-secret mission. Bigfoot has been living deep in the Canadian wilderness and is carrying a d...

Two-time Emmy-nominated composer Nathan Barr, (The Americans, True Blood, Hemlock Grove), helms the soundtrack to this AMC Original TV show starring Pierce Brosnan. The show is based on Phillip Meyer's same-titled best selling book. The soundtrack features three brand new vocal p...