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Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Mr. Satterthwaite’s old friend Lady Barbara Stanleigh asks him to investigate her daughter Margery’s claim that the family seat is haunted. He and Mr. Quin set about solving the mystery.

Previously published in the print anthology Parker Pine Investigates. Reginald Wade goes to Parker Pyne when he learns that his wife has decided to leave him for another man. Reggie’s only hope is that his wife has declared a six-month grace period. If she still feels the same at the end,...

Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Mr. Satterthwaite has come to Corsica with his friend the Duchess of Leith. There they meet the Duchess’s cousin Naomi Carlton-Smith. Distraught that her fiancé has been accused of stealing, Naomi turns to Satterthwaite and the mysterious Mr. Quin for help.

Previously published in the print anthology Parker Pine Investigates. A party of tourists is traveling from Amman to a camp in Petra. The group includes an American magnate and his daughter Carol. When Carol loses one of her earrings, Jim Hurst, an ex-convict, becomes a prime suspect. But is he really guilty, and can Parker Pyne shed light on the theft?

Winner of the 2011 Costa First Novel Award When their mother catches their father with another woman, twelve year-old Blessing and her fourteen-year-old brother, Ezikiel, are forced to leave their comfortable home in Lagos for a village in the Niger Delta, to live with their mother’s family....

The cast-offs of modern urban society are driven out onto the edges of the city and left to make a life there for themselves. They are not, however, in any natural wilderness, but in a world of refuse and useless junk - a place which denies any form of sustainable life. Here, the unemployed, the homeless,...

Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin. While visiting the rather dull, conventional Denmans, Mr. Satterthwaite unexpectedly meets Mr. Quin on a road called Harlequin's Lane. Even he can't foresee the impact that Quin will have on the Denmans and, indeed, on all the neighborhood's residents.

Three deaths near the village of Santa Fe are seemingly unrelated, except they are so gruesome they just could be the work of witches. Governor Anza begs Nando to return to dampen the witch fear building in town; all very well except one of the women he is supposed to hunt down may be his own girl friend....

First published in issue 218 of The Novel Magazine in May 1923, this story has been previously published with the title of The Actress

Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Theodora Darrell is running away with her lover—and her husband's business associate—Vincent Easton, when she learns that her husband, Richard, is facing financial ruin. Old loyalties resurface, and she returns home to see if she can fix the situation.

A few well-chosen words can elicit smiles, inspire happiness, transform moods, and turn a bad day into a good one. Philosopher William James once said, “The deepest principle in human nature is the desire to be appreciated.” This is a fun, fabulous, reader-friendly book all about compliments-the history of compliments, how to use them, best-loved compliments, and how to take them.

Previously published in the print anthology The Golden Ball and Other Stories. Edward Palgrove has saved up to buy a small car, which he and his fiancée, Dorothy Pratt, are both proud of. But neither one is prepared for the journey it will take them on.

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Crete, Greece. Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and is in the Mediterranean Sea between the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea. Crete consists of four prefectures: Chania, Rethimno, Heraklion and Lasithi.  If there was a beauty contest for...