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London, 1899: When a mysterious packet is stolen from a diplomatic courier, Sherlock and Lucy are called upon to recover it before its ominous contents fall into the wrong hands. The Baker Street gang uncovers a dark, tangled web of intrigue and an evil plot that could very well bring all of England to its knees. When a notorious criminal is found dead in the bookstore basement, and the bookseller is arrested for the crime, the danger becomes very real, and very personal. Can Holmes and Lucy find the perilous packet, catch the murderous mastermind, and foil the fiendish plot?

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti ( The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo ( After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan ( Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast.

January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again Come Death and High Water is the second mystery novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. The picturesque privately-owned island...

Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peters and Saint Paul, in September of the year of our Lord 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive 19-year-old novice. Brother Cadfael has never seen two men more estranged than the Lord of Aspley and Meriet, the son he coldly delivers to the abbey to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howls earn him the nickname the Devil's Novice. Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priest's dreadful fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Meriet's innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boy's pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose.

In the late 1920s in England, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is recruited to help her cousin Edgar - i.e. the Lord Dalrymple. About to turn 50, Lord Dalrymple decides it is time to find out who would be the heir to the viscountcy. With the help of the family lawyer, who advertises Empire-wide, they have come up with four potential claimants. For his fiftieth birthday, Edgar invites those would-be heirs - with Daisy and the rest of the family - to Fairacres, the family estate.

Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well. For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks?

A touring theatre company in New Zealand forms the basis of one of Marsh’s most ambitious and innovative novels. New Zealand theatrical manager Alfred Meyer wanted to celebrate his wife’s birthday in style. The piece de résistance would be the jeroboam of champagne which would descend gently into a nest of fern and coloured lights on the table, set up on stage after the performance. But something went horribly wrong. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn witnessed it himself.

It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from "the enemy within": Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man and a woman from among the colourful guests at Sans Souci, a seaside hotel. But this assignment is no stroll along the promenade.

DCI Harry Grimm hates getting sick. Fighting a terrible cold, the under-the-weather detective is already pushing his limits by going house hunting with his girlfriend. So, when he’s called out to investigate a body gruesomely displayed in a field as a scarecrow, he can’t see how his day can get any worse. That is, until another body turns up.

Gregor Jack, MP, well-liked, young, married to the fiery Elizabeth - to the outside world a very public success story. But Jack's carefully nurtured career plans take a tumble after a 'mistake' during a police raid on a notorious Edinburgh brothel. Then Elizabeth disappears, a couple of bodies float into view where they shouldn't, and a lunatic speaks from his asylum...

The best of the golden age crime writers, praised by all the top modern writers in the field including P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers created the immortal Lord Peter Wimsey. The 11th book featuring Lord Peter, set in a country church, is often named as the best detective story ever written. When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how he came to be there.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Here, fudge-making and quaffing real ale in the local pub are matched by an undercurrent of passion, jealousy, hatred and murder - laced with a welcome dose of humour. This compilation contains episodes 13 - 15. LOST AND FOUND. Life is looking up for amateur sleuth Alfie McAlister. He has found relatives he never knew he had, and at long last, he has replaced the avocado suite in his bathroom. But he is shocked to get a plea for help from his niece Ruby.

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile – puts his little grey cells to work solving a baffling Christmas mystery.

A brutal attack at Fakenham Racecourse plunges DI Ashley Knight into the competitive world of horse racing, where fortunes are won and lost in the blink of an eye. As the investigation unfolds, a chilling discovery reveals a darker side to this glamorous sport. In these high-stakes arenas, where winning is everything and everyone has something to hide, a few are willing to cross the ultimate line.

युरेनियम -२३५. जगातला एकमेव दुर्मिळ धातू ! युरेनियम -२३५ चा लॉट विकला जातो ! तीन चार दिवसांनी प्रेत सापडतं . सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या लेखणीतून अवतरलेली भन्नाट मंदार कथा ...... 'हाय ओल्ड फ्रेंड्स' ऐका , कृणाल आळवे यांच्या आवाजात !

रझा फरिहादच्या टोळीला फाशीच्या तख्त पर्यंत नेऊन सोडण्याचा भक्कम पुरावा इन्स्पेक्टर प्रमोदच्या हाताशी येतो , तो मिळवण्याच्या नादात इन्स्पेक्टर प्रमोदचा खून होतो आणि सुरु होते निरनिराळ्या घटनांची मालिका...... मंदार , डॅनी आणि इन्स्पेक्टर दिनेश सायगल, रझा फरिहाद आणि त्याच्या टोळीचा खात्मा कसे करतात ? याचे थरारक चित्रण ......

आयुष्यात पहिल्यांदाच अमरला केस सॉल्व्ह केल्याचं दुःख होत होतं ! बॅरिस्टर अमर विश्वास , मुंबई-पुणे महामार्गावर प्रवास करताना फायनान्सर श्रियाळांचा अपघात होतो , पण केलेल्या निरीक्षणांवरून हा अपघात नाही तर खून आहे, असं अमरचं ठाम मत आहे. या खुनाचा गुंता अमर कसा सोडवणार ? खरा खुनी कोण ? सर्वात महत्त्वाचे म्हणजे - हा खून का केला ?

मेजर पंजवानीचा खून कोण करते ? या खुनामागे खून्याचे काही कटकारस्थान तर नाही ना ? मिसेस लोलिताला टार्गेट करण्यात आले आहे का ? चाणाक्ष अमर विश्वास खुन्याचा शोध कसा घेतो ? या असंख्य प्रश्नांची उत्तरे घऊन आहे .......सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी - "नॉट गिल्टी " कृणाल आळवे , यांच्या आवाजात........

सनी खंबाटाचा खून होतो आणि खुनाच्या आरोपात गोवली जाते रुना..... के के उर्फ कुंदन कटारिया ची बायको ! रुना जवळ जवळ फाशीच्या तख्तापर्यंत पोहोचलीच होती , पण अमर विश्वास ! सुशिंचा लाडका मानसपुत्र, जो एकमेव व्यक्ती आहे रुनाला फाशीपासून जो वाचवू शकतो . खरा खुनी कोण ? के के, रुना कि आणखी ........... ? ऐका , सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी "सराईत" कृणाल आळवे यांच्या आवाजात