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A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict Cumberbatch In the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and...

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Hamish's new constable, Dorothy McIver, may be the most beautiful woman...

When a series of deaths within the small Cotswolds birdwatching community begins to unravel her village, Agatha and her team at Raisin Investigators are certain there has been foul play involved. Now, they must dig up decades’ worth of tempestuous relationships and simmering secrets among the birdwatching enthusiasts of the village in order to prevent any further deaths.

Private detective Agatha Raisin, having recently taken up power-walking, is striding along a path in Mircester Park during her lunch break when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, in the middle of the green — with the body of an old man lying at their feet.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin television series, travel to the Scotland Highlands with a classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery. All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable...

In this addition to a New York Times bestselling mystery series, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—investigates the disappearance of a local woman who is more than she seems. Kate Hibbert is all too eager to lend a hand to her neighbors. Although...

From a New York Times bestselling author, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth faces a string of mysterious robberies that are only the beginning of an international threat to his sleepy Scottish village of Lochdubh. Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant...

A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha’s old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes, declares the death a tragic accident, believing the victim has been hit by a stray arrow from an archery demonstration. Agatha is convinced of foul play, however, and is shocked when Wilkes eventually agrees … with her as his prime murder suspect.

Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency is working flat out on a series of shop burglaries. The break-ins seem to have taken a violent turn when a friend of Agatha’s is murdered during a raid on his shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous, promotional event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.

When Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is sent to investigate reports that the wealthy new laird of the remote Naglar House has disappeared, northwest Scotland is hit by the worst storm in living memory. The road is washed away, phone lines are down, mobile reception is dead, and his police radio is out of order. He is trapped with the laird's high-class house guests. Then he discovers the laird's body.

The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in order to bring a new quality to the experience and learning of music.

Rise Up! Poems of Protest, Poems of Praise is a poetry collection of powerful imagery braided together from the poems of a grandfather born to parents who were slaves and his granddaughter, who have linked the travesties of racism and slavery, and the devastation and waste of war, with hope, grace, and peace. The underlying themes of the beauty and awe of creation, the wonders of nature and stars, and mankind's sense of place and belonging are spun throughout the book.

Critically acclaimed memoirist Wade Rouse has gathered some of America's best known humorists-authors, comedians, and actors-to offer biting commentary on what it means to share a life, and a heart, with a dog. From battling for bed space to trying to transform a pampered NYC pup into a Texas rawhide, and from helping a shelter rescue navigate through her new life to interpreting dog run dynamics (and politics), being a canine companion has challenges as tough as any agility course, but laughter is just a tail-wag away.

Time travelers, Ethan Callan-Wright and Zak Newman are back from their flight to 1932, but they don’t have Emma with them. Dangerously ill, Ethan’s twin sister was left behind. Now the duo has landed in an unknown time and place. Their first task is to survive brutal winter weather conditions. Next, they must find a way to return home. It’s a long and dangerous trek. But they get help from a new friend, and they find out some surprising information about their world of 2032. Things are worse than they believed. Not only is MOM continuously spying on them, but she is also working to ...

Squad 7 is an elite anti-terrorism team comprising FBI agents and Chicago cops. Mike Buck, a veteran FBI Special Agent is the driving force of the Squad 7 team. He’s calm and efficient, but his past weighs heavily on him—wartime guilt, a failed marriage, and his partner’s recent on-duty death. As the new millennium begins, Buck’s investigation of the possible murder of an old Vietnamese immigrant, a simple, seemingly innocent man, unravels a twenty-five-year-old mystery with international political implications. The local Vietnamese community is closed to outsiders, but an opening ...

While death is a natural event, modern end-of-life experiences are shaped by new medical, demographic, and cultural trends. People who are dying are kept alive, sometimes against their will or the will of their family, with powerful medications, machines, and "heroic measures".

A scary tale of second-chance love and heartless murder-one. In response to his younger brother's desperate plea, and after a ten-year absence, 33-year-old Alex Reinhart, an unemployed writer, explorer, and cable TV personality, reluctantly agrees to return to his childhood home, the boring but All-American Midwest town of Naperville, Illinois. Alex, the prodigal son, broke and broken by tragedy, is approaching a dead end or a new beginning in his life. He has financial issues, his father is dying, his brother Otto is seriously ill with a heart condition requiring an immediate heart ...

[Contains explicit content] Audible Comedy presents some of its favorite comedians from the San Francisco Bay area. What says bay area more than more than 4 hours of hilarious, non-stop comedy action? Sure, maybe a hemp necklace and some tie-dyed vegan ice cream. But other than that, not much.

Maya, Michelle et Océane ont toutes en commun le désir de se redécouvrir et d'assouvir une passion nouvelle, un fantasme. Si les unes succombent aux charmes de l'océan turquoise et de ses habitants, les autres fondent de plaisir pour les conférences érudites qui se terminent en repas joyeux.

C'est la Saint-Valentin et Armelle s'apprête à rejoindre sa meilleure amie pour leur traditionnelle soirée pyjama. Mais ce soir, c'est différent. Ce soir, elle va enfin révéler ce qu'elle a sur le cœur. Ce soir, elles vont fêter la Saint-Valentin comme il se doit - dans un bain parfumé, à la lueur des bougies... Flora W. Green, est une écrivaine de fiction érotique née à Versailles en 1969. Elle rédige des nouvelles érotiques aussi délicates que surprenantes par lesquelles elle souhaite offrir un espace où chacun peut explorer ses désirs sans peur ni complexe.