SUMMARY:
According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonment. But when Dr. Arthur Calgary arrives with the proof that confirms Jacko’s innocence, it is too late — Jacko died...
Dr. Fell, detective extraordinary, is back again, more amusing and omniscient than ever. In The Eight of Swords he is faced with the sort of problem in which his acute and devious mind delights.
When a gay spirit took to playing strange...
Perry Mason has been batting around the Orient, taking a well-earned vacation. (Yes, Della Street is along.) We pick up on his way to the roar of the city, the jangle of telephones, the blast of automobile horns, to clients who lie to him and yet...
Here Lies Gloria Mundy. When Anthony Wotton and his wife, Celia, hold a weekend gathering of friends and relatives at their home in the Cotswolds, they little suspect that Gloria Mundy will show up. Unheralded and uninvited, Gloria Mundy is a...
When an unpleasant member of the Barnard's Crossing congregation dies mysteriously, placing a troubled young man under suspicion, Rabbi Small tackles the case with Talmudic reasoning and...
The Rant sisters have gathered a reputation in their coastal village of Abbots Crozier. As daughters of a deceased--and, in his time, far from beloved--medical doctor, Morpeth and Bryony Rant decided to remain in the family house and try their...
Depending on how one looks at it, Mr. Theddeus E. Lawrence manages to incur either terrible misfortune or celebrated windfalls. Relatives and family members have a habit of dying, but Lawrence is often compensated for his loss. His father (who...