Hinata is a shy fifth grader who ends up caring for his grandfather's former police dog, Chris, but soon finds out the great detective dog can be more scared than brave.

"Detective Roger LeCarre. Scourge of crime. Guardian of Exeter. Amateur squash player. And now, party guest at Powderham, the manor house owned by mysterious billionaire tech genius Eli Quartz. It is a small and unconventional gathering: the Bishop, a fading radio star, a desperate aristocrat, the aging butler and his absurdly beautiful daughter - and Detective Roger LeCarre. Then a snowstorm blows in and the group realise they are trapped. And when,...

It's been quite a week for Joe Grey. First the large, powerful feline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! It's a nightmare for a cat who'd prefer to sleep the day away carefree, but Joe can handle it. That is, until he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly's Deli -- and worse, to be seen witnessing it....

Three cozy novellas that take place on St. Patrick's Day include the tale of a killer green milkshake at a New Jersey luncheonette and another murderous milkshake that takes out a wedding guest on a ferry trip to Inis Mór.

"When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, a true icon of literature was born. Since then, their humble address at 221B Baker Street has become almost as famous as the great detective himself, with the incredible popularity of Sherlock Holmes's adventures never wavering over the last 130 years.Bound in a rich, collector's cover, this deluxe and expansive edition, produced in association...

A master of the genre presents twenty of the best examples of the form published the previous year.

State trooper Mae Montgomery investigates a murder at her former sister's wellness retreat center Halcyon Hall, now run by the father of her sister's child who she believes contributed to her sister's death.

"Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out. Dead silent. Memory gone. No trace of her friends. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide - a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls....

Evelyn Perry is delighted to be reunited with her old college friend, Julianna, after so many years apart. However, the circumstances are less than ideal when Evelyn learns that Julianna's husband, Charles, was admitted to Mercy Hospital after a terrible car accident that has put him in a medically induced coma. Evelyn can only be there for the woman and pray that he will get better. However, the morning the doctors decide to wake Charles, Julianna...

Detective Donut and his partner, Mouse, set out to find Professor Drake, the world-famous archaeologist who has mysteriously disappeared.