: A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman! Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' office when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of the said cereals. Yet, it was another incident, this time in the parlour at his home, which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme!
: Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with an urgent cry for help. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the investigator finds the man who penned the letter, the South American millionaire Monsieur Renauld, stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly-dug, open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room.
: The curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale, a newlywed's fear of her ex-fiance, a strange encounter on a train, and a wild man's sudden personality change are just some of the twelve stories offered in this collection. Read by Hugh Fraser.
: A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples... At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...
: The Reverend Stephen Babbington seldom imbibes, but at a gala thrown by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, he indulges in a cocktail and falls over dead. Since there is no trace of poison or foul play, the case is closed . . . until an identical death at a London party arouses the suspicions of Hercule Poirot. Also published as Murder in Three Acts.
: Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real!
: There is a Tide - A Herule Poirot Mystery (No:7023)
: Agatha Christie
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: Warmsley Vale. To all appearances, it was just another sleepy English village shaken up by a series of bizarre coincidences ...or were they cunningly deliberate crimes? A young bride--just two weeks a widow--was made sole heir to an enormous fortune. A mysterious stranger met a brutal end ... and that dapper detective Hercule Poirot found himself on a trail as baffling as any he had ever encountered.
: Party Summer (Fear Street Super Chiller #1) (No:25021)
: R.L. Stine
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: Cari Taylor and her three friends look forward to a “party summer,” working at The Howling Wolf Inn, an old hotel on a tiny island off Cape Cod. But to their dismay, the hotel is completely deserted, and someone warns them to leave immediately.
The mysterious owner, Simon Fear III, allows Cari and her friends to stay, giving them the run of the hotel. The four teenagers are thrilled…until they realize they have been put up in the “haunted wing”…until Simon's weird and frightening brother appears…until they hear a woman screaming, “No party—please, no party!”…until the walls and faucets begin to drip blood!
: Geeta Ramanujam grew up in the 1960s: a different time than today. India was still a very young country. It was a serious place, dealing with serious issues. Growing up in Bombay, such thoughts never crossed Geeta's mind. She was concerned only with play. And friends. And fun. And mischief.
: Cracking The Code: Women Who Have Changed the Way We Look at Computers (No:15251)
: Alisha Sadikot
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: What do 19th Century English mathematician Ada Lovelace, new-age fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht, and the current Digital Minister of Taiwan Audrey Tang have in common. They have all impacted the way we look at computers and coding. This book introduces some inspiring women from the world of technology, from across a century.