Mystery Books
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Without Fail (Jack Reacher)Jack Reacher takes aim at the White House in the sixth novel in Lee Child’s New York Times bestselling series.
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McCone & FriendsCreator of the modern female private eye story, Marcia Muller has been writing novels and short stories about Sharon McCone since
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Singing The Sadness (CH) (Charnwood Large Print Library Series)'Reginald Hill is one of the few English crime writers who can hold their own against the Americans...there is a wonderful wit and
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ChokeA standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and
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The Unquiet: A Charlie Parker ThrillerNEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOHN CONNOLLY DELIVERS A RIVETING THRILLER FEATURING PRIVATE DETECTIV
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Diamond Solitaire (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery)“The chase, which includes a friendly Sumo wrestler and adventures in Japan, is a pleasure to follow, and Lovesey makes the r
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Brain Child: A NovelAlex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma, California. Until the horrifying car accident. Until a brillian
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Mystery Movies
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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, d
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ExamLike Saw for corporate go-getters, in EXAM eight young people vying for a sought-after job are locked together in a room and given
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Shutter IslandAcademy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr
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The GameThere are no rules in "the game." And that will make life very difficult for Nicholas Van Orton, a successful businessman who is a
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A Beautiful Mind (Widescreen)(2001)Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced b
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Author: Charles Dickens
Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his jealous uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Rosa, is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, leaving its tantalising mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. This edition contains an introduction by David Paroissien, discussing the novel's ending, with a chronology, notes, original illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes, appendices on opium use in the nineteenth century, the 'Sapsea Fragment' and Dickens's plans for the story's conclusion.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
