The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
Francis Flagg
Francis Flagg
Little did Prof. Reubens suspect what his atom-tampering would set loose upon the world.
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The Sharing of Flesh
Poul Anderson
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Historical Fiction
Won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1969. Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1969.
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Staircase 4
Helen Reilly
Helen Reilly
Death strikes down a man on the eve of his wedding to a lovely girl. The verdict is suicide, but the girl is certain it is murder—certain because of a closing door. Inspector McKee wonders, too, and soon both he and the girl have their hands full trying to catch up with an ingenious murderer who leaves a corpse-dotted trail.
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Rocket Jumper
John Blaine
Children's Books / Nonfiction
Rick invents a rocket belt at Spindrift Island. Rick and Scotty take it with them when they get summer jobs at a military base in Nevada. They integrate counterintelligence work with their regular duties and are involved in a forest fire.
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Three Act Tragedy
Agatha Christie
Mystery / Crime / Thriller
The novel opens as a theatre programme, with this telling credit: ‘Illumination by HERCULE POIROT.’ Light must be shed, indeed, on the fateful dinner party staged by the famous actor Sir Charles Cartwright for thirteen guests. It will be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, whose martini glass, sent for chemical analysis after he chokes on its contents and dies, reveals no trace of poison. Just as there is no apparent motive for his murder. The first scene in a succession of carefully staged killings, but who is the director?
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Sergeant Verity Presents His Compliments
Francis Selwyn
Francis Selwyn
The sinking of HMS Birkenhead opens a third adventure for Sergeant Verity. His search involves a man who stole away with the ladies to escape death in the sinking, the girl also survived to tell and the murders committed to hide his guilt.
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They Came to Baghdad
Agatha Christie
Mystery / Crime / Thriller
E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.They Came to Baghdad is one of Agatha Christie's highly successful forays into the spy thriller genre. In this novel, Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an underground organisation is plotting to sabotage the talks.
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