Hercule Poirot sets out to solve one case for each of the 12 labors performed by his namesake of Greek mythology.
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Library lovers will revel in the historical fiction of ‘The Lions of Fifth Avenue’
Living inside a library sounds like a dream. But the social tumult of the early 1900s can’t be kept outside the walls forever. What really happened to the Lyons family all those years ago?
A deaf woman lip-reads her way into danger in ‘The Listening Eye’
Miss Silver has her hands full when she is hired by a deaf woman who learns via lip-reading about two men planning a robbery and murder.
Homage or sendup? ‘The Eighth Detective’ is above all a puzzle
A mathematician “proves” that all mystery stories fall into just seven types. But before a publisher can print his work, she must figure out what he’s hiding.
Don’t let the sun go down on you in small-town Maine
Return with me to a more innocent time, when the only bloodsuckers you had to worry about were actual vampires.
‘Neither Here Nor There’ is neither terrible nor great
Bill Bryson made his name with witty travelogues that spanned the world. But does the shtick ever get old?
Uncovering family secrets in seaside Ireland
Her mother’s death leads Elizabeth on a journey to discover her father’s true identity and why her mother refused to talk about her life before Elizabeth was born.
Who is the pawn in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’?
An orphan finds her sense of self in an unexpected talent for chess, but can the game also vanquish her demons?
Complicated family dynamics drive the action in ‘Bonecrack’
Neil Griffon gets more than he bargained for when he temporarily assumes management of his estranged father’s stable. Along with the horses, he has to deal with a villain whose inexperienced son wants to be an apprentice jockey — whatever the cost.
Birth and death in the midst of a pandemic
in 1918 Dublin, a young nurse works desperately to save her influenza-wracked maternity patients while trying to find some sliver of hope in the midst of so much illness and death.
