The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is the story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote. It is a strange and frightening tale . . .

    The combination of Wu, pretender to the Imperial throne of China, and Quincy Durant, who has his own colorful past, makes for a heady experience. After starting with the deceased pelican on a California beach, the plot mixes in the disappearance of a large sum of money that should have been buried in Vietnam, and the search for the missing member of a trio of singing sisters from the Ozarks. Only Thomas could have stirred this concoction with the style, humor, and suspense that captures the reader at the very beginning and doesn't let go until the last word.

    Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author, he ends up on the trail of a girl missing in Haight-Ashbury for a decade. The tense hunt becomes obsessive as Sughrue takes a haunting journey through the underbelly of America's sleaziest nightmares.

    A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college a thriller which Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway hit. Sidney's plan, which he devises with his wife's help, is to offer collaboration to the student, an idea which the younger man quickly accepts. Thereafter suspense mounts steadily as the plot begins to twist and turn with devilish cleverness, and with such an abundance of thrills and laughter, that audiences will be held enthralled until the final, startling moments of the play.

    Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

    It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who defends any and all clients. The original show has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.Contents:“Rumpole and the Younger Generation”;“Rumpole and the Alternative Society”;“Rumpole and the Honourable Member”;“Rumpole and the Married Lady”;“Rumpole and the Learned Friends”;“Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade”

    

    When an evening of fun and games turns to murder, Miss Marple plays by her own rules to solve the whodunit.

    

    Anatomy of a fisherman

    

    

    Cats' missing son.

    Boxleton House, built by an ancestor over 400 years ago, has changed little. Fallen upon hard times, cold, damp, gardens neglected, but a secret room reminds them of Grandpa's rhyme about treasure. Mary Queen of Scots, ghosts, mazes, midnight rides, time slips, embroidered tapestries ...

    

    A scandal in Bohemia--The red-headed league--A case of identity--The Boscsombe Valley mystery--The five orange pips--The man with the twisted Lip--The adventure of the blue carbuncle--The specked band--The engineer's thumb, The noble bachelor--The Beryl coronet--The copper beeches.

    While vacationing on a California ranch, three boys decide to investigate strange wails that come from a mysterious cave where a famous outlaw disappeared.

    

    

    Tomboy Peggy Patrick and her family move into the house and soon find out that not only is the ghost real, but it's their Great-Aunt MatildalWith their friends and a flop-eared dog as conspirators, Peggy and her brother set out clear the name of Aunt Matilda's long-dead fiance, Calvin, wrongly accused of suicide. What follows is a deliciously creepy, often hilarious, rousing good mystery as the Walnut Hill gang plunges deeper into the fascinating past of Aunt Matilda.Along the way they discover an amazing fact: the first electric light may have been invented in 1857 -- when Thomas Edison was still a little boy -- their great-great-great-grandfather (in real life, Dr. Alexander Means of old Emory College at Oxford, Georgia).The location of the lost invention, the secret of the missing diary, and the truth behind Calvin's death are just some of the many mysteries of Aunt Matilda's Ghost.