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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.

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

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 sweeping family saga that follows the Wellwood children and their parents from Victorian England through World War I, where secrets, betrayals, and the looming war reshape a renowned children's author’s life.

A family’s idyllic summer party at a grand estate in Cornwall turns into a desperate search when six‑year‑old Theo vanishes, leaving the house abandoned and the siblings torn apart.

A war‑torn Eastern European village becomes the backdrop for an iconic photograph of a young girl escaping a fiery blast, setting off a chain of obsession and tragedy for an American photographer and her writer friend.

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story--of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school's tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder--but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse....An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions--and a rich literary delight.From the Hardcover edition.

In the quiet English village of Sawrey, Beatrix Potter faces a mystery that brings together humans and animals to uncover a crime.

In the village of Holly How, Beatrix summons the fairies of Cuckoo Brow Wood to help three children and tackle local troubles, blending human and animal allies.

A charming historical mystery set on Hill Top Farm in England, where Beatrix Potter, a beloved animal lover, uses her wit and animal companions to solve local puzzles and win the hearts of townfolk.

Little Precious Ramotswe, an eight‑year‑old schoolgirl in Botswana, becomes an unlikely detective when she tracks a snatch‑shop thief stealing classmates' snacks.