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THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequity. The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson’s adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers. Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle, and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes’ intellect alongside some of his most famous cases, including "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Red-Headed League."Stories:"A Scandal in Bohemia""A Case of Identity""The Red-Headed League""The Boscombe Valley Mystery""The Five Orange Pips""The Man with the Twisted Lip""The Blue Carbuncle""The Speckled Band""The Engineer's Thumb""The Noble Bachelor""The Beryl Coronet""The Copper Beeches"
The Endgame
It's been three years since Shahwaz Ali Mirza and Vikrant Singh foiled dreaded terrorist Munafiq's attempt to leak State secrets from a naval server in Lakshadweep. Now posted with RAW, they have the task of providing security for BSF Special Director General Somesh Kumar, on his way to visit former Prime Minister Parmeshwar Naidu, who has been hospitalized after a car accident. However, Kumar's convoy is attacked by terrorists. They manage to kill him before being gunned down themselves. A tip-off leads the duo to a hotel on Mira Road where the prime suspect, Al Muqadam, is hiding. Vikrant recognizes him as Ayyub, the brother of one of his long-time informants, Mazhar Khan. Just when it looks like things can't get more difficult, Major Daniel Fernando gets in touch claiming that there is more to Naidu's accident than meets the eye. Soon, the entire team from the Lakshadweep operation finds itself getting together for a new mission... Hussain Zaidi is back with his irresistible cast of characters in this sizzling story of politics, betrayal and unimaginable terror.
VERITY Special Collector's Edition with Exclusive New Chapter
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.
Eleventh hour
New Delhi, 2017. It is nine years since the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai and the wounds have still not healed. Especially not for Superintendent of Police Vikrant Singh, who ends up landing a slap on the High Commissioner of Pakistan's face when he meets him at an event. Meanwhile, in Bhopal, five members of the Indian Mujahideen, arrested by Vikrant, break out of the Central Jail. Vikrant, suspended for the diplomatic disaster, is unofficially asked to assist the team tracking the escaped terrorists. In another part of the country, a retired tycoon, a heartbroken ex-soldier and a young woman dealing with demons of her own embark on a journey of self-discovery aboard a cruise liner from Mumbai to Lakshadweep. Fate, however, has other plans, and the cruise liner is hijacked. Racy and riveting, this is Hussain Zaidi at his best.
Hardy Boys
While the two Hardy Boys are out, a strange man visits their home urgently wanting to see their father Fenton. He only gets to see Aunt Gertrude because Fenton and Laura Hardy have gone camping in the wilds of Maine.Raymond Dalrymple is reluctant to "entrust this business to boys," but eventually he gives in and asks them to visit the old, deserted Purdy estate which he has just purchased. Frank and Joe do just that and find strange happenings and a secret locked room.---For action, mystery and cliff-hanging suspense, read 'THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES'® featuring the thrilling adventures of America's favorite detective duo, Frank and Joe Hardy. Millions of young readers have teamed up with the Hardy Boys, helping them in their quest to bring criminals to justice. Be a part of the fun! Start your collection of original hardcover Hardy Boys® Mysteries today!
Hardy Boys (The secret of the old mill)3
Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance and become trapped. There they unravel two mysteries, one involving a counterfeiting case and the other, a national security case their father is working on.
Never lie freida mcfadden
Who Knows What I Am? Who Cares? I Don T Ever Step Into A Church And If I Go To The Temple It S Only To Look At The Bangle Stalls On The Big Festival Days. Without Warning A Family On Campbell Street Wakes Up To The Return Of A Long-Lost Member: Vasu. After Nearly Fifteen Years Of Unexplained Absence He Turns Up Suddenly, Accompanied By Anand, His Mysterious Caretaker. They Are Met By Vasu'S Family, Including His Long-Suffering Wife Shanti And Their Children, Priya And Vivek; Their Beautiful, Strong-Willed, Yet Insecure Neighbour Kathy; And The Feisty, Flirtatious Maid-Servant Rani. In The Days That Follow, The Two Men Become The Centre Of Attention And Conflict. The Residents Of Campbell Street Attempt To Understand The Mystery Of Their Companionship Even As Rumours Gather: Of Men Fleeing Justice Only To Regroup And Recover Their Strength Before The Next Onslaught On Religious Sanity, Of Money Being Collected To Fund Temples, And Of A Personal Obsession That Threatens To Destroy The Entire Community. In A Series Of First-Person Narratives, Unusual Characters Like Sapna, The Eunuch Queen Of A Touring Circus, And Railway Track, Who Alternates Between Bouts Of Insanity And The Occasional Moment Of Utter Lucidity, Take The Plot Forward Without Pause. Driven By Emotionally Charged Encounters Between Individuals On The One Hand And Unexpected Collisions Between Individuals And Society On The Other, Naked In The Wind Shows Us New Ways Of Understanding A Country In Transition, Where Religious And Communal Identities Have Begun To Define The Very Nature Of Existence.
Thea stilton and the blue scarab hunt story book
Geronimo's sister Thea Stilton narrates this action-packed adventure!The Thea Sisters have been invited to Egypt to participate in a fabumouse archeological excavation. They are helping to look for the legendary ancient Treasure of the Sun! A precious blue stone scarab may be the key to their search, and they work enthusiastically to uncover the past. But they also discover that thieves are after the hidden treasure. It's up to the Thea Sisters to stop them!
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Private investigator Cormoran Strike returns in a new mystery from Robert Galbraith, author of the #1 international bestseller The Cuckoo's Calling.When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days—as he has done before—and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives—meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before...
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Lapsing into unconsciousness after an accident, CC vividly dreams about life in the Song Dynasty 800 years earlier, where an art-loving emperor befriends an orphan boy and his master's daughter, in an adventure inspired by the famous Chinese painting, Along the River at the Qing Ming Festival. By the best-selling author of Falling Leaves.
Jeffrey Archer A Quiver Full of Arrow / Sons of Fortune
A marvellous collection of short stories from the world's biggest selling author.Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty - with quite unexpected results. An offhand remark is taken seriously by a Chinese sculptor, and a British diplomat becomes the owner of a priceless work of art. An insurance claims advisor has a most surprising encounter on the train home to Sevenoaks. The openings to three of this marvellous collection of stories that ends with a hauntingly-written, atmospheric account of two undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties, a tale of bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story.