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An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Commander Adam Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death.

Alexander Kinloch, artist, has worked out a good pattern for his life. His home is a small bothy on a remote mountain in Scotland; he paints on commission, from which he derives both pleasure and a decent income; he lives alone and likes it. One day, however, Alexander's peace is violently shattered when he returns home to find a group of strangers waiting for him. Afer a scuffle, he is left for dead with only the wind and the words "Where is it?" ringing in his ears.

1957 - A young woman is found dead in a mews house a mile from Buckingham Palace, wearing only silk underwear and a a diamond tiara. An older man is discovered nearby, garrotted and pierced through the eye with a long, sharp implement. According to the police, a high society card game was going on downstairs that night. One of the players surely committed the murders, but each of them can give the others an alibi.

This mystery novel follows Anthony Cade, a man who unknowingly finds himself in the middle of an international conspiracy and a murder investigation after accepting a simple delivery job from an old friend. As Cade slowly begins to realize his predicament has potentially put him in danger, he begins his own investigation into the strange series of events just as Inspector Battle of Scotland Yard begins the main, official investigation.

After the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls, now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end. Detective Sergeant John Rebus, smoking and drinking too much, his own daughter spirited away by his estranged wife, is one of many policemen hunting the killer. Then, the messages begin: knotted string and matchstick crosses taunt Rebus with a puzzle only he can solve.

Когда Джорджа Эббершоу приглашают на уик-энд в Блэк-Дадли, он видит в этом шанс сделать предложение Мегги Олифант. Но безобидное развлечение гостей превращается в смертельную игру, и поиск преступника теперь занимает Джорджа больше, чем будущая помолвка.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. В настоящем сборнике представлены романы «Убийства единорога», Убийства в стиле Джуди и Панча и «Десять чайных чашек, или Убийство павлиньими перьями», которые продолжают серию о великолепном сэре Генри Мерривейле — обаятельном, эксцентричном, взбалмошном толстяке, ставшем, по признанию критиков, одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

Til en ungdomsfest praler den unge Joyce Reynolds af at have været vidne til en forbrydelse: ”Jeg så et mord,” siger hun … Hercule Poirot tror dog ikke på hendes historie. Og heller ingen andre tror tilsyneladende på hende, men det koster hende livet, og da festen er slut, finder man hendes lig. Poirot bliver overtalt til at påtage sig opklaringen, og han opdager snart, at livet i denne lille forstad til London ikke er nær så fredeligt som først antaget.

Der sker mærkelige ting på plejehjemmet Ömheten: Et mystisk indbrud efterfulgt af et dødsfald vækker mistanke hos den pensionerede politimand Tore Lindahl. På Norrtelje Dagblad keder ferieafløseren, journalist Veronika Wiklund, sig, så da Tore kontakter hende om sin mistanke, begynder de straks at efterforske sagen sammen. Dødsfaldet på Ömheten fører dem ind i et virvar af forbrydelser. Spørgsmålene vokser i takt med, at de graver dybere i sagen.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. Роман «Убийства единорога» продолжает серию о великолепном сэре Генри Мерривейле — обаятельном, эксцентричном, взбалмошном толстяке, ставшем, по признанию критиков, одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

Марджери Луиза Эллингем — английская писательница, принадлежащая «золотому веку английской литературы», признанная «королева детектива» наряду с Агатой Кристи, Дороти Сэйерс и Найо Марш. Наибольшую известность приобрели книги Эллингем о сыщике-джентльмене Альберте Кэмпионе. В этот том вошли первые три романа ее главного цикла. В романе «Тайны Мистери-Майл» сыщику Альберту Кэмпиону предостоит распутать непостое дело. В руках судьи Крауди Лоббетта — улики, раскрывающие личность преступного гения. Четыре покушения на жизнь вынуждают судью обратиться за помощью к Альберту Кэмпиону.

«Può un omo, arrivato oramai alla fine della sua carriera, ribellarsi a uno stato di cose che ha contribuito a mantenersi?». Il commissario Montalbano sente il peso degli anni. E della solitudine. A meno che delitto cruento non venga considerato lo splendore di vite costrette a consumarsi e a sprecarsi nell'odio.

Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three LAPD detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. The novel takes these cops on a sprawling epic of brutal violence and the murderous seedy side of Hollywood.

Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his anxious niece, Mavis, who is just one of the 10 people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having just cause to dislike Warrenby intensely. Only Chief Inspector Hemingway can uncover which of the 10 has turned hatred into murder.

For decades, bestselling author J. R. Alastor, king of the murder mystery, has hidden in the shadows. His novels adorn countless bookshelves across the world, but no one knows his real name. One day, event coordinator Mila del Angél gets a message: Alastor wants her help to host a murder mystery retreat on his private island. It’s the perfect cover for Mila to finally carry out her long-held plans for revenge on one of the authors, a ghost from her past. But when a different guest turns up dead, she finds herself in a lethal game she didn’t plan for.

When a number of leading scientists disappear without a trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? Brainwashed? One woman appears to have the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.

Tommy and Tuppence embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are "willing to do anything, go anywhere". But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

A gripping collection of 15 BBC Radio full-cast dramas written by Bert Coules, inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories. In the 56 short stories and four novels Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his great detective, how many times did Dr John Watson tantalise us with references to cases which were never written about in full? These original adventures flesh out those unrecorded cases to wonderful effect. Clive Merrison plays the great sleuth himself, with Andrew Sachs in the role of Doctor Watson.

Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in her distinguished career as a criminal lawyer. But just four weeks later, Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk.

Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.