In what is considered to be one of her most controversial mysteries, Agatha Christie breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. "The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seeker after it." - Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd When the widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of veronal, the residents of King's Abbot are shocked. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd-the man she had planned to marry-is...

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturally."...

Tells the story of two sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the South, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."

It was a land where nothing was small, nothing was simple. Everything, the lives of men and the stories they told, ran to extremes. Shanghaied into forced labor on a merchant vessel, Charles Rodney dies aboard ship from repeated beatings-but not before deeding part of his ranch to Rafe Caradec, whom he hopes will protect his family. The Trail to Crazy Man is one of Louis L'Amour's finest short novels, originally serialized in early "pulp" Western...

Jim Qwilleran and his two sleuthing companions, Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum, attempt to solve a series of murders that have rocked the town of Pickax.

Young, innocent and strikingly beautiful Crystal Wyatt was an outcast, envied and resented by all but her devoted father, with whom she shared a deep love for their remote California ranch. When her father dies, Crystal is alone and unprotected. Devastating events shake the once peaceful valley. With nothing but her dreams, her beauty, and her awe-inspiring voice, Crystal escapes to embark on the career that will ultimately make her a star. But stardom...

A Southern lawyer with political aspirations defends a white man accused of raping black woman and finds himself the target of a fiery TV evangelist and murderous white supremicist group.