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First published in 1937, this classic mystery shines on today as one of the great masterpieces of the impossible crime genre."There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W.8, on Wednesday, July 31st, at 5 p.m. Precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested."The note was delivered to New Scotland Yard, its words evoking a cold murder case and its unsolved mystery of the ten teacups found beside the body. Scrambling to prevent a secon...

"[A] beautifully written" account of the Bard's global influence "is at once travelogue, history, literary analysis and love song . . . wonderfully atmospheric"( Wall Street Journal ).Ranging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwright's own fascination with travel, foreignness, and dis...

James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight – and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murder...

A sea captain's marriage ploy leads to unexpected adventure with a Caribbean heiress in this sexy historical romance.Caribbean Islands, 1800. When Captain Zack Fitzgerald sails into the island of Santamaria, the arrival of his ship causes a stir among the inhabitants. For Shona McKenzie, whose father rules the island—and her life—with an iron fist, the ruggedly handsome captain offers an appealing ticket to freedom. But her sister-in-law's scheming places t...

Life at her vicious stepfather's house is more than Eleanor Collingwood can bear. With celebrations underway for her stepsister's wedding, no one will see Eleanor flee. That is until Lord William Marston storms in…He's the man who betrayed her father to Queen Mary. The man thought banished to the Americas… The most dashingly gorgeous man she's ever set eyes on!Lord Marston is forbidden! But he can offer her freedom…at a cost. Is marriage and a baby too high a price to pay?

A businessman dies in an elevator in such a way that it seems as though no one could have committed the murder. A seemingly impossible murder in a private elevator draws two sleuths to the case. Inspector Hornbeam and Dr. Horatio Glass are at odds from the beginning, each dismissive of the other's theories, thus creating an atmosphere as much of competition as cooperation.

SHE WAS NO MAN’S PROPERTY!To the dismay of his daughter Eve, Lord Somerville bequeathed his property to his business partner, Marcus Fitzalan. However, Marcus will only inherit it on one condition-he must marry Eve. Eve can hardly believe her father has sold her into the arms of a man she despises, a man who ruined her reputation three years ago! But the attraction between Eve and Marcus cannot be denied, and soon Marcus convinces Eve to agree to a marriage of conv...

Against all advice, Juliet Lockwood is intent on working in the household of Lord Dominic Lansdowne-a notorious society rake. Rumor has it a different woman warms his bed each night. But that is of no concern to prim, proper Miss Lockwood!Dominic Lansdowne may have a hardened heart, but contrary to popular belief he has always been a man of principle-doe-eyed innocents are not for him. But this new addition to his staff is pure forbidden temptation….Honor binds him from sed...

An arrogant English lord and an innocent young woman have a battle of wills on the Yorkshire moors in this Regency romance.Few defy Lord Rockford and come away unscathedVictoria Lewis has grown up in the long, dark shadows cast by Stonegrave Hall. Yet when the master takes her sick mother into his care, she must finally confront the man whose presence is as brooding as his windswept Yorkshire lands.Men quake at Lord Rockford's mere command, y...

Only young James Answell could have committed the murder. After all, he was found unconscious in the locked room next to the body of the murdered man. His clothes were disheveled from an apparent struggle. The whiskey decanter containing the liquor he said was used to knock him out was full to the brim. All the glasses on the table were clean. His fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, an arrow from the victim's collection. Furthermore, he was heard arguing with the dead man, whose ...

One of the greatest locked-room murder mysteries of all time, hailing from 1938, returns to baffle a new bevy of armchair detectives. James Answell, visiting his father-in-law Avery Hume in his locked study, has the misfortune to wake up from a drugged-Whisky swoon to find his host dead, skewered with an arrow. He is, of course, prime suspect. After setting up this devilish scenario, unravels an ingenious courtroom thriller, in which the razor-sharp amateur detective (and barrister) Sir He...

Vocational Guidance for Girls by Marguerite Stockman Dickson is a pioneering early 20th-century work dedicated to helping young women navigate the world of work and career choices. Written at a time when women’s roles in society were rapidly changing, the book offers practical advice, encouragement, and insight into the various professions and trades available to girls and young women. Dickson addresses the importance of self-knowledge, education, and the development of personal qualities ...