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A fugitive seeking redemption, a son avenging his father's murder, a servant, and a murderous criminal all cross paths, with tragic results.

An angry mob kills a man after a popular rancher is murdered.

Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series...

When beautiful starlet Shelah Fane is murdered in Hawaii, suspicion points to a psychic advisor with a spirited nature. But when Chan uncovers a link to the unsolved murder of screen heartthrob Denny Mayo, the Chinese supersleuth soon discovers that, in Hollywood, fame can be murder.

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sits the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist is the only sign of the fatal injection that killed her. With only twenty-four hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: "You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" Mrs. Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met....

Colombia is in chaos, caught in a bitter war between its government and insurgent guerrillas. A team of U.S. Navy SEALS are sent on a secret mission to observe a meeting between the factions and ensure peace is the end result. But when the meeting is attacked and the leaders of both sides are murdered, the SEAL team is framed for the assault. Abandoned by their own government and trapped behind enemy lines, the group must survive long enough to find...

Three hour-long mysteries. "The kidnapped prime minister": Poirot is called to solve the case when Britain's prime minister vanishes on the eve of important international negotiations. "The adventure of the western star": Poirot is called to investigate when a Belgian film star's priceless diamond disappears after she receives threatening letters. "How does your garden grow?" : An alleged Communist conspiracy casts suspicion on the Russian servant...

A New York nightclub gal is turning from singer to canary, with a tell-all diary about her mobster ex-boyfriend. But when she winds up breaking more than a leg and Chan's Number One Son is accused of the murder, Charlie is determined to unmask the culprit, even if it brings down the house.

"The Case of the Missing Will: Poirot is the executor of a revised will that disappears when its author dies suddenly. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: Hastings' decision to buy an elegant Italian car coincides with a case involving an Italian count. The Chocolate Box: A trip home to Belgium with Japp causes Poirot to reopen a case that he failed to solve 20 years earlier."--Container.