{"product_id":"secondhand-crime-mystery-bargain-book-box-sp2993","title":"Secondhand Crime \u0026 Mystery Bargain Book Box SP2993","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Bargain Book Box SP2993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-one crime and mystery classics — twelve Agatha Christie, three Raymond Chandler, three Nicolas Freeling, plus Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Wentworth, and Josephine Tey. The golden age of crime fiction in one box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mystery of the Blue Train — Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a wealthy American on the famous Blue Train to the Riviera: jewels, red herrings, and a cast of splendidly suspicious passengers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy the Pricking of My Thumbs — Agatha Christie — Tommy and Tuppence Beresford investigate a sinister village and a disturbing painting: one of Christie's most atmospheric late novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarewell, My Lovely — Raymond Chandler — Philip Marlowe searches for Moose Malloy's lost love through the nightclubs, gamblers, and corrupt cops of Los Angeles. Many consider it Chandler's finest novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lady in the Lake — Raymond Chandler — Marlowe heads to the California mountains to investigate a missing wife and finds a body in the lake: the twisting, brilliantly plotted fourth Marlowe novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath on the Nile — Agatha Christie — A glittering cast of suspects on a Nile steamer, a beautiful woman shot dead, and Hercule Poirot to untangle the consequences. One of Christie's very best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gazebo — Patricia Wentworth — Miss Silver investigates a murder at a country house: one of the classic cases of Wentworth's formidable elderly detective.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Franchise Affair — Josephine Tey — Two women stand accused of abducting and imprisoning a young girl. Solicitor Robert Blair investigates — and discovers that the truth is more complex and disturbing than anyone supposed. Inspired by a real 18th-century case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Big Knock-Over and Other Stories — Dashiell Hammett — Short stories from the creator of Sam Spade: the Continental Op at his hardest and most brilliant, drawn from the pulp magazines of the 1920s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMurder is Easy — Agatha Christie — Luke Fitzwilliam thinks an old lady on a train is confused when she claims to know who the village murderer is. Then she is killed too. A classic Christie puzzle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man in the Brown Suit — Agatha Christie — A young woman witnesses a man fall under a tube train, picks up a paper he dropped, and finds herself aboard a ship to South Africa in the middle of a diamond conspiracy. An early Christie adventure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostern of Fate — Agatha Christie — Tommy and Tuppence, retired and moving house, find an old book with a hidden message: one last mystery for Christie's oldest detective pair.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCat Among the Pigeons — Agatha Christie — Murder at a girls' boarding school: a gym mistress, a princess in disguise, stolen jewels, and Hercule Poirot arriving in the final third to make sense of everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrdeal by Innocence — Agatha Christie — A man proves he has an alibi for a murder — two years after the wrong man was convicted and died in prison. One of Christie's darkest and most unsettling novels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Long Silence — Nicolas Freeling — Van der Valk's wife Arlette picks up her husband's investigations after his death: a strikingly original novel in the Van der Valk series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is the Castle — Nicolas Freeling — A psychological thriller from the creator of Van der Valk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGun Before Butter — Nicolas Freeling — Van der Valk investigates a case of jealousy and violence in Amsterdam: one of the Dutch detective's tightest cases.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDumb Witness — Agatha Christie — Poirot receives a letter from an elderly woman who suspects someone is trying to kill her — and arrives to find she has already been murdered. Features the immortal dog Bob.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHercule Poirot's Christmas — Agatha Christie — The most locked of locked-room mysteries: a miserly patriarch is murdered in his sealed room on Christmas Eve, with the whole family under one roof.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHallowe'en Party — Agatha Christie — A girl at a Halloween party says she once witnessed a murder — and is drowned in the apple-bobbing tub before the evening is out. Poirot investigates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side — Agatha Christie — A film star comes to St Mary Mead and a woman dies at her garden party: Miss Marple at her most precise and poignant, inspired by a real Hollywood tragedy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Little Sister — Raymond Chandler — Marlowe is hired to find a missing brother from Kansas and finds himself in the middle of Hollywood's blackmail, murder, and moral corruption.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49304739348699,"sku":"SP2993","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2993.jpg?v=1789352359","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-crime-mystery-bargain-book-box-sp2993","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}