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  • A History of Birds

    by Simon Wills ...
    "Intriguing stories from the history of the human relationship with birds, including their symbolism in art, literature, religion, and folklore" ( Booklist ).Even the most well-informed wildlife enthusiast will be entertained by the stories and fascinating facts in this beautifully illustrated book.Our ancestors hunted, tamed, worshipped, and depicted birds, and even bestowed magical properties ... Read more

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  • The Box Office Murders

    A girl employed in the box office of a London cinema falls into the power of a mysterious trio of crooks. A helpful solicitor sends her to Scotland Yard. There she tells Inspector French the story of the Purple Sickle. Her body is found floating in Southampton Water the next day. French discovers that similar murders have taken place. After gathering evidence he learns the trio s secret and runs ... Read more

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  • Mystery in the Channel

    The cross-channel steamer Chichester stops half way to France. A motionless yacht lies in her path. When a party clambers aboard they find a trail of blood and two dead men. Chief Constable Turnbill has to call on Inspector French for help in solving the mystery of the Nymph. ... Read more

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  • The Ponson Case

    Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was one of Canada's formost mystery authors. The Ponson Case, which features Inspector Tanner, is a complex mystery sure to appeal to fans of J.S. Fletcher and other Golden Age authors. ... Read more

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  • The 12.30 from Croydon

    1930s, somewhere over the English Channel: a family from Yorkshire is on the 12.30 flight from Croydon to Paris - but by the time the plane lands, Andrew Crowther, a wealthy retired manufacturer, is already dead... Inspector French shows up on the scene. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antidote to Venom

    In an English city zoo a murderer plans to use snake venom to kill an old professor, hoping to inherit a fortune. In this unusual detective story we are shown the planning of the crime. When Inspector French is called in to solve the mystery we learn how an ingenious murder has been committed and follow the actions of the guilty men. ... Read more

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  • Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.

    A Memoir

    **Winner of the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionA beautiful and haunting memoir of kinship and culture rediscovered.**Jenny Heijun Wills was born in Korea and adopted as an infant into a white family in small-town Canada. In her late twenties, she reconnected with her first family and returned to Seoul where she spent four months getting to know other adoptees, as well as her ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Inspector French's Greatest Case

    Inspector French's Greatest Case is a 1924 mystery detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts. It in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a Scotland Yard detective of the Golden Age known for his methodical technique. Like much of the following series the plot mixes the traditional form of the puzzle mystery with that of a police procedural. French has to carefully study railway and ... Read more

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  • The Hog’s Back Mystery

    The Hog's Back is a ridge in Surrey and the setting for the disappearance of several locals. A doctor vanishes, followed by a nurse with whom he was acquainted, then a third person. Inspector French deduces murder, but there are no bodies. ... Read more

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  • Once Upon a Summer

    An enchanting tale of star-crossed lovers and second chances.It’s the last summer for the renowned Westwind Inn, which has been “making holiday wishes come true since 1882”, according to its weathered signpost.But be careful what you wish for.Traumatized by a tragic canoeing accident a decade earlier and tormented by nightmares, Paige Latimer returns to Westwind in 1997 to come to terms with the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Cheyne Mystery

    In a country hotel Maxwell Cheyne sits down to lunch with the pleasant stranger he has just met. Then, as the meal ends, he sinks into a drugged sleep and, on waking, learns that his house has been burgled (though nothing is missing)... This is only the first of his encounters with a gang of very persistent criminals. But what are they after? It falls to Inspector French of Scotland Yard to expose ... Read more

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  • The Pit Prop Syndicate

    THE SAWMILL ON THE LESQUE Seymour Merriman was tired; tired of the jolting saddle of his motor bicycle, of the cramped position of his arms, of the chug of the engine, and most of all, of the dreary, barren country through which he was riding. Early that morning he had left Pau, and with the exception of an hour and a half at Bayonne, where he had lunched and paid a short business call, he had ... Read more

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