• ThetranquilityofaluxurycruisealongtheNilewas

  shatteredbythediscoverythatLinnetRidgewayhadbeen

  shotthroughthehead.Shewasyoung,stylish,and

  beautiful.Agirlwhohadeverything...

  untilshelostherlife.HerculePoirotrecalledan

  earlieroutburstbyafellowpassenger:“I’dliketo

  putmydearlittlepistolagainstherheadand

  justpressthetrigger.”Yetunderthesearingheat

  oftheEgyptiansun,nothingiseverquitewhat

  itseems.Asweepingmysteryoflove,jealousy,and

  betrayal,DeathontheNileisoneofChristie’s

  mostlegendaryandtimelessworks.
  Death on the Nile
• Piranesishouseisnoordinarybuilding:itsroomsareinfinite,

  itscorridorsendless,itswallsarelinedwiththousands

  uponthousandsofstatues,eachonedifferentfromall

  theothers.Withinthelabyrinthofhallsanocean

  isimprisoned;wavesthunderupstaircases,roomsareflooded

  inaninstant.ButPiranesiisnotafraid;he

  understandsthetidesasheunderstandsthepatternof

  thelabyrinthitself.Helivestoexplorethehouse.
  Piranesi
• NewYorkCitygirlClaudia,ameremonthshyof

  beingatwelve-year-old,hasresolvedtorunawayfrom

  homewithheryoungerbrother,Jamie.Sheknowsthat

  shecouldneverpullofftheclassicspur-of-the-momentdeparture

  withoutadestination(inevitablyinvolvinghavingtoeatoutside

  withtheinsects,andcupcakesmeltinginthesun);

  sosheplanseverythingtoperfection,includingtheirdestination:

  thegrand,elegant,beautiful,all-encompassingMetropolitanMuseumofArt.

  However,nosoonerhaveClaudiaandJamiesettledinto

  theirnewhome,thantheyarecaughtupin

  themysteryofanangelstatueboughtbythe

  museumforthebargainpriceof$225.
  From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• CuriosityjustmightbethedeathofMrs.Murphy--andher

  humancompanion,MaryMinorHaristeen.Smalltownsarelike

  families:Everyonelivesveryclosetogether...andeveryonekeeps

  secrets.Crozet,Virginia,isatypicalsmalltown-untilits

  secretsexplodeintomurder.Crozetsthirty-somethingpost-mistress,MaryMinor

  Haristeen,hasatigercat(Mrs.Murphy)anda

  WelshCorgi(Tucker),apendingdivorce,andabad

  habitofreadingpostcardsnotaddressedtoher.When

  Crozetscitizensstartturningupmurdered,Harryremembersthat

  eachreceivedacardwithatombstoneonthe

  frontandthemessage"Wishyouwerehere"on

  theback.
  Wish You Were Here: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
• InTheSeventhFunctionofLanguage,Laurent-Binetspinsamadcap

  secrethistoryoftheFrenchintelligentsia,starringsuchluminaries

  asJacquesDerrida,UmbertoEco,GillesDeleuze,MichelFoucault,

  JudithButler,andJuliaKristeva—aswellasthehapless

  policedetectiveJacquesBayard,whosenewcasewillplunge

  himintothedepthsofliterarytheory(startingwith

  theFrenchversionofRolandBarthesforDummies).Soon

  Bayardfindshimselfinsearchofalostmanuscript

  bythelinguistRomanJakobsononthemysterious“seventh

  functionoflanguage.”
  The Seventh Function of Language
• 1997.ShannonMossoftheNavalCriminalInvestigativeServiceis

  assignedtosolvethemurderofaNavySEALs

  family-andtolocatethesoldiersmissingteenage

  daughter.WhenMossdiscoversthattheSEALwasan

  astronautaboardthespaceshipU.S.S.Libra-aship

  assumedlosttothedarkestcurrentsofDeepTime

  -shecomestobelievethattheSEALsexperience

  withthefutureissomehowrelatedtothisviolence.

  Determinedtofindthemissinggirlanddrivenby

  atroublingconnectiontoherownpast,Mossmust

  travelforwardintimetoseekevidencethatwill

  uncoverthetruth.Toherhorror,thefuturereveals

  thatitisnotonlythefateofa

  familythathingesonherwork;forwhatshe

  witnessesistheTerminus:theterrifyingandcataclysmicend

  ofhumanityitself.
  The Gone World
• ThevillagersofChippingCleghorn,includingJaneMarple,areagog

  withcuriosityoveranadvertisementinthelocalgazette

  whichread:Amurderisannouncedandwilltake

  placeonFridayOctober29th,atLittlePaddocksat

  6:30p.m.Unabletoresistthemysteriousinvitation,a

  crowdbeginstogatheratLittlePaddocksatthe

  pointedtimewhen,withoutwarning,thelightsgoout...
  A Murder is Announced
• AmrapaliAnnaSinghisanhistorianandanalystcapableof

  discerningthemostcrypticandtrivialdetailsfromaudio

  recordings.Oneday,amysteriousmanappearsather

  officeinDutchHarbor,Alaska,havingtraveledagreat

  distancetobringherthreeTypeIVaudiocassettes

  thatbearthestampofalibraryinBuenos

  Airesthatmayormaynotexist.
  Found Audio