"Samuel Bronston produced some of the greatest and most remembered epic films of the sixties. El Cid, King of Kings, Fall of the Roman Empire, John Paul Jones, and Circus World. With a literal 'cast of thousands', and the biggest and most historically accurate sets ever built, the films have become legendary. The Magnificent Showman tells the stories behind the making of these memorable films, and explores the ambitious and quixotic man ..."
"A mutilated corpse, its hands severed at the wrist, is found floating in a dinghy at sea. Investigating the bizarre death, Scotland Yard’s Commander Adam Dalgliesh is drawn into an increasingly macabre murder case and a multi-million dollar currency scam.He quickly discovers that the victim had many enemies, all of them with a strong motive for wishing him dead – and all with cast iron alibis. As the case deepens, Dalgliesh’s dedication ..."
"A complex web of lies, murder, international drug trafficking and passion.Scotland Yard’s Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate the murder of a drug dealer found strangled in the basement of a respectable London book club. His key witness in the case turns out to beautiful young single mother, Sally Jupp, on a day visit to London to "introduce" her eight-week-old son to former employers and co-workers at the book club.The investiga ..."
"Roy Marsden returns as Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh in a richly plotted mystery from P.D. James. Dalgliesh and his team are investigating an international drug ring when a major player turns up dead. The only witness, pretty single mother Sally Jupp, turns out to have some dark secrets of her own. Cover Her Face is an immensely entertaining mystery. The characters lead rich emotional lives, it seems like all of them and none of them c ..."
"Love for Lydia is almost inexplicably engrossing. The central character, Edward Richardson (Christopher Blake), is a young, would-be writer whose emotional immaturity and lack of worldly experience in the Roaring Twenties hamper his aspirations. Worse, he seems incapable of a selfless deed and at times is an outright brute, particularly toward women. Edward's obsessive longing for the beautiful Lydia Aspen (Mel Martin), a once-sheltere ..."
"Love for Lydia is almost inexplicably engrossing. The central character, Edward Richardson (Christopher Blake), is a young, would-be writer whose emotional immaturity and lack of worldly experience in the Roaring Twenties hamper his aspirations. Worse, he seems incapable of a selfless deed and at times is an outright brute, particularly toward women. Edward's obsessive longing for the beautiful Lydia Aspen (Mel Martin), a once-sheltere ..."
"Scotland Yard's detective Adam Dalgliesh gets tangled up in a web of complex web of lies, murder, international drug trafficking, and passion when he is called in to investigate a murder of a drug dealer found strangled in the basement of a respectable London book club."