Books like The third door by Ellen Tarry

An orphan named Lewis Barnavelt discovers that his new home is a magical mansion guarded by a hidden timepiece that could end the world, and only a family secret can stop it.

Hercule Poirot boards Le Train Bleu for a quiet trip to the Riviera, only to investigate the murder of American heiress Ruth Kettering in her luxury compartment.

A dark New England mansion, the House of the Seven Gables, casts an ancestral curse over the Pyncheon family, revealing secrets, mysterious deaths, and a complex mix of gothic, historical, and moral themes.

A 19th‑century tale of poverty, family, and the perils of a fraudulent antique dealer, centered on the young orphan Nell and her loyal grandfather.

Sonia, Rye, and their brothers face perilous trials behind golden and silver doors, while Weld remains threatened by the skimmers. They must brave an ancient wooden door in a desperate attempt to save their world.

An autobiographical memoir by Sarah Louise Delany that reflects on race relations and her life as an African American woman.

A thrilling adventure in a walled city under siege by ferocious monsters, where young brothers must set out to find their missing brothers before it's too late.

Alex Banayan’s memoir follows his quest as a college freshman to interview the world’s most successful people—Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Warren Buffett, Maya Angelou, and more—to uncover the common secret that drives achievement: the ‘Third Door’ approach to opportunity.

Clarence King, famed 19th‑century explorer, covertly led a double life as a Black Pullman porter named James Todd, revealing a hidden family of biracial children and a complex struggle with identity, race, and love.

"Mary Ellen Pleasant arrived in Gold Rush-era San Francisco a free black woman with abolitionist convictions and an aptitude for entrepreneurial success. Behind the convenient and innocuous disguise of a mammy, she transformed domestic labor into enterprise, amassed remarkable real estate, wealth, and power, and gained notoriety for her work in fighting Jim Crow.". "Pleasant's legacy is steeped in scandal and lore. Was she a voodoo queen who traded in sexual secrets? A madam? A murderer? In The Making of "Mammy Pleasant," Lynn M. Hudson examines the folklore of this remarkable woman's real and imagined powers. Emphasizing the significance of her life in the context of how it has been interpreted or ignored in American history, Hudson integrates fact and speculation culled from periodicals, court cases, diaries, letters, Pleasant's interviews with the San Francisco press, and various biographical and fictional accounts.". "Through Pleasant's life, Hudson also interrogates the constructions of race, gender, and sexuality during the formative years of California's economy and challenges popular mythology about the freewheeling sexual culture of the American West."--BOOK JACKET.