Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Poirot as he investigates Murder in Mesopotamia.

The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...

True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 cash. Filled with an unwavering urge to avenge her father's blood, Mattie finds and, after some tenacious finagling, enlists one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, as her partner in pursuit, and they head off to Indian Territory after the killer....

The Vengeance Trail - Brent Hollister rode it into the outlaw town of Destiny. Among the bandits who used the helpless town as a base lurked the man he sought - the killer who had cold-bloodedly gunned down Brent's father and brother! There was only one way Brent could track the man he was out to kill -- and that was to join forces with the outlaws he despised, ride and robe with them, and stake his life on the masquerade!

"First published in 1998 ... and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the ... talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen ... tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down--pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers"--Dust jacket flap.

"Medicine Road" is a story from the time of the mountain men. As a boy, Jesse Callahan was raised by the Miniconjou Sioux. He now transports guns and powder for Jim Bridger, who has a string of trading posts in southern Wyoming Territory. "Orphans of the North, " in Will Henry's own words, is a story in which you will meet no purely instinctive, so-called dumb animals, but only those sensitive wilderness folk who are able, in their mysterious unknown...

On the outside, Gretchen Rubin had it all--a good marriage, healthy children and a successful career--but something was missing. Determined to end that nagging feeling, she set out on a year-long quest to learn how to better enjoy the life she already had. Each month, Gretchen pursued a different set of resolutions--go to sleep earlier, tackle a nagging task, bring people together, take time to be silly. She read everything from classical philosophy...

If ever a town institution needed rescuing, it's the beloved Dog and Cow diner. Once it was Henry Adam's social center, now it's in danger of becoming duct-tape central. There are plenty of distractions pulling Bernadine from the task at hand-- including the return of her troublemaking ex-husband, looking for a second chance. "On the heels of Bring on the Blessings, bestselling author Beverly Jenkins gives readers a second helping of the beautiful...

Edgy characters such as a gambling addict whose secret tape threatens the lives of everyone who hears it, a corrupt judge involved in a mob murder case, a disillusioned pastor hungry for power, and a cynical reporter sniffing for a scandal are woven into an intricate thriller set in a gleaming, suburban megachurch, a big-city newspaper struggling for survival, and the shadowy corridors of political intrigue.

"Based on the true story of Henry "Box" Brown's amazing escape from slavery, a gripping tale about the lengths to which people will go in seeking freedom brings to light one of the heroes of the Underground Railroad"--