When the murdered body of a contractor is discovered at a Halloween murder-mystery fundraiser, detective Luke Richards reluctantly investigates Windy Corner's single-mother housekeeper, Katie; while owner Emily Cavanaugh identifies common traits shared by the victim and St. John Rivers from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

A game of charades ends in coldblooded murder in this entertaining cozy mystery, third in the Crime with the Classics series. Having finished transforming Windy Corner, the grand Victorian mansion she inherited from her great aunt, into a writers’ retreat, widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is ready to receive her first set of guests. But her careful planning is thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of outrageous true-crime writer, Cruella Crime, whose unpardonably rude behaviour is causing great offence. As a ferocious ice storm rages outside, the guests entertain one another with a game of charades. But their revelries are brought to a sudden halt by the discovery of a body in one of the guest bedrooms. When it transpires the victim was poisoned, Emily decides to take a leaf out of the book of her favourite detective writer, Agatha Christie, and investigate. But as she pursues her enquiries, it becomes chillingly clear that she herself may have been the intended victim...

"Emily travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony Beach, Oregon, to claim her inheritance, centered in a beautiful Victorian estate called Windy Corner but also including a substantial portion of the real estate of the whole town. As she gets to know the town's eccentric inhabitants--including her own once-and-possibly-future love, Sheriff Luke Richards--she learns of a covert plan to develop Stony Beach into a major resort. She also hears hints that her aunt may have been murdered. Soon another suspicious death confirms this, and before long Emily herself experiences a near-fatal accident"--

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person. These books have been around for decades, and sometimes centuries, for the time they recreate, the values they teach, the point of view, or simply the beauty of words. This volume includes famous works: Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden Homer - The Iliad Homer - The Odyssey Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Charles Dickens - Bleak House Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Lyman Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne - The House Of The Seven Gables Thomas Hardy - Jude The Obscure Robert Louis Stevenson -The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island Henry Haggard - King Solomon's Mines Wilkie Collins - The Woman In White H. G. Wells - The Island Of Doctor Moreau Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone A Romance Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne Of Green Gables Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Henry Fielding - Amelia Mary Shelley - Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina Euripides - Medea Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiot Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime And Punishment Alexander Pushkin - Eugene Onegin A Romance Of Russian Life In Verse James Fenimore Cooper - The Last Of The Mohicans Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe Joseph Conrad - Heart Of Darkness Jonathan Swift - Gulliver’s Travels William Shakespeare - Romeo And Juliet William Shakespeare - Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark William Shakespeare - Othello Oscar Wilde - The Picture Of Dorian Gray John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come Charles Darwin - The Origin Of Species Or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life Alfred Tennyson - Idylls Of The King Bram Stoker - Dracula James Joyce - Ulysses Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy Howard Pyle - Robin Hood Jane Austen - Emma Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Thomas Hardy - Tess Of The D'urbervilles A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book

E. F. Benson's ULTIMATE COLLECTION is a literary treasure trove, featuring 30 novels and over 70 short stories that showcase his versatile writing style and keen observations of society. The collection includes works from the beloved Mapp and Lucia Series, the whimsical Dodo Trilogy, and haunting tales like 'The Room in the Tower' and 'Paying Guests'. Benson's ability to seamlessly switch between genres and capture the nuances of human behavior make this collection a must-read for fans of classic literature. His use of wit and satire adds depth to his narratives, providing readers with a rich reading experience that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. In a literary context, Benson's works stand out for their unique blend of humor, drama, and social commentary, making him a significant figure in early 20th-century literature.

Emily Cavanaugh walks into a family drama that recalls Forster's classic work while honeymooning at an English country house in the gripping fifth Crime with the Classics cozy. Retired professor Emily Cavanaugh and her husband, Luke, are taking a much-needed break from Windy Corner and spending their honeymoon five thousand miles away as paying guests at Fizhugh Manor in Oxfordshire. Quaint nearby villages and the manor's impressive turrets and arches capture Emily's Anglophile heart, but when she meets its dashing young heir, James Fitzhugh and his American wife, Allison, James's cousin Penelope, his dithering uncle Roger and the manor's formidable dowager, Lady Margaret Fitzhugh, it's clear that class prejudice, resentment and secrets threaten to tear the family apart. Is there more to a fatal accident than meets the eye? Emily soon finds herself in the middle of a family drama redolent of Forster's classic novels, but can she pull off her own masterstroke to catch a killer?