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Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

When eccentric millionaire Samuel W. Westing dies, sixteen heirs race through riddles, blizzards, burglaries and bombs to solve his will and claim a mysterious $10 million inheritance.

Miss Jane Marple investigates the mysterious shooting of magistrate Colonel Protheroe in St. Mary Mead, uncovering secrets that ordinary villagers could not.

A pioneering English detective story in which a priceless diamond, once stolen from a Hindu idol and presented to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, disappears again, sparking intrigue and danger.

On a luxury Nile cruise, the glamorous Linnet Ridgeway is found murdered, and intrepid detective Hercule Poirot must uncover the truth amid intrigue, secrets, and false leads.

An action-packed thriller about a sports agent who rescues a missing teen golfer during a major golf tournament and uncovers a web of lies and secrets.

Elvis Cole, a Los Angeles private investigator, unravels a tangled web involving a missing husband and child, Hollywood crime, and drug trafficking.

James Sallis’s hard‑boiled crime thriller Drive follows a relentless driver‑turned‑private‑investigator in the underbelly of Los Angeles and Phoenix, where auto stunts and danger collide.

TRAVIS MCGEE #1

Travis McGee: The Turquoise Lament

A mystery involving a department store detective, a lost and found, and a samurai sword in Dalton, Georgia.

A relentless assassin's hunt in the North, centering on a ruthless killer, a woman he loves, and a beloved mayor hired to kill him with extreme prejudice.

Travis McGee #13

A series of murder mysteries by Agatha Christie featuring the detective Hercule Poirot.

Her twin sister Jenine had been murdered, and Jeanette Boyington wanted St. Louis-based private eye Alo Nudger to help find the killer. Nudger knew he shouldn't take the case, knew it wasn't a good idea to get involved in an active police investigation. But he needed the work, and so he agreed to take it—and soon found himself caught in a web of deceit and danger.A murderer is stalking the streets of the Gateway City, and the only connection between his victims are the nightlines—special phone lines used by the phone company to test equipment. At night, lonely people use them to make contact with each other: to talk, to meet, perhaps, to have someone who will care, even if just for a moment, anonymously. But something has gone horribly wrong, and people are dying.Nudger is part of the network now, and discovers the very special lure of the nightlines when he falls in love with a woman he meets over them. A woman who may be the next victim...

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Travis McGee #21

A purple place for dying is a private investigation novel by John D. MacDonald featuring Travis McGee.