Ten brief cases in which the reader pits his wits against those of Encyclopedia Brown, an ingenious twelve-year-old detective.

Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years, is raped, and the detective finds himself caught between the media, local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow the trail of evidence.

Brunetti struggles to find a connection between the death of a powerful attorney, who was supposedly murdered during an attempted robbery, and the alleged suicide of an accountant.

A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, it resonated with millions of readers across the world-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains...

One morning at Styles Court, an Essex country manor, the elderly owner is found dead of strychnine poisoning. Arthur Hastings, a soldier staying there on sick leave from the Western Front, ventures out to the nearby village of Styles St. Mary to ask help from his friend Hercule Poirot, an eccentric Belgian inspector. Thus, in this classic whodunit, one of the most famous characters in detective fiction makes his debut on the world stage. With a half...

A boring vacation turns into another spellbinding adventure for intrepid elderly sleuth Miss Jane Marple. Every day seems the same in the warm West Indies sunshine-until Major Palgrave dies, suddenly thrusting Miss Marple into a most exotic murder investigation.

"Clouds of Witness" by Dorothy L. Sayers is the second novel featuring the charming and intelligent amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey. The story is set in the English countryside, where a family scandal erupts into a gripping murder mystery. The plot centers around the death of Captain Denis Cathcart, who is found shot outside the country house of the Duke of Denver, Lord Peter's elder brother. The Duke, Gerald Wimsey, is immediately implicated...

"Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmed Miss Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme . . ."--Provided by publisher.

The colorful Belgian detective with the waxed mustache and the egg-shaped head uses his little gray cells to solve fourteen of his most baffling cases, ranging from country house murders to an adventure in an Egyptian tomb.

Richard Jury is pulled into the investigation of a wealthy bachelor's murder and finds himself in over his head as he is thrown into London's nightlife to learn more about the victim's mysterious past.