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When DCI Lesley Clarke is called upon to investigate a death on the banks of the River Frome in Wareham, she initially suspects a straightforward drowning. But when she discovers that the victim went missing years ago and that his family have a dark past, the mystery deepens.

Georgia Fenchurch is a demure Victorian spinster and part of the secretive investigative group the Archivist Society. She is both a quiet antiquarian bookseller and adventurous hunter of killers and thieves. When a woman comes into Georgia's bookshop asking for the Archivist Society's help in finding her neighbor, she sends Georgia and her friends onto a perilous path where aristocrats lie to them, thugs attack, and the dashing, enigmatic Duke of Blackford appears to be involved in thwarting them at every step.

After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid temperatures, and endless winter nights. His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. As Cole's life unravels - and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation - he turns to Pitseolala's younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider.

Este livro reúne contos de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Émile Zola, H. G. Wells, Guy de Maupassant, M. R. James, Bram Stoker e Henry James, autores consagrados na arte do terror e do mistério. Nele você encontrará a presença sempre marcante do relato fantástico, que por vezes se enraíza em...

Una muerte extraña. Un reloj fuera de lugar. Un secreto demasiado peligroso para salir a la luz. Todo comenzó como una simple broma: ocho despertadores colocados para despertar a un joven remolón. Pero al amanecer, uno de ellos ha muerto… y sólo quedan siete esferas. Lo que parecía una travesura inocente desata una pesadilla. Detrás de la fachada de una mansión de lujo, opera una organización secreta tan meticulosa como mortal. Cada esfera representa a uno de sus miembros. Cada uno guarda un fragmento de la verdad.

প্রচেত গুপ্ত বাংলা সাহিত্যের একজন স্বনামধন্য লেখক। তাঁর বহু লেখা বিভিন্ন পত্রপত্রিকায় ছাপা হয়েছে ও তাঁর লেখা...

Der Winter rückt näher. Und nachdem zwei Bergwanderer in der berüchtigten Höllerklamm eine grausige Entdeckung machen, nimmt das Unheil Fahrt auf. Eine Serie bizarrer Morde versetzt die Menschen der kleinen Dorfgemeinschaft in Angst. Bald kommt es zu gegenseitigen Verdächtigungen. Und das schreckliche Ungeheuer aus einer uralten Tiroler Legende, das in früheren Jahrhunderten regelmäßig Menschenopfer forderte, scheint zum Leben erwacht zu sein.

Dr. Dörte Paulsen, Betreiberin des Edelbordells "Palais d'Amour" beauftragt ihn mit der Ermittlung eines Doppelmords in ihrem Etablissement. Eines der Mädchen und ein Freier wurden mitten im Akt ermordet. Die Identität des Freiers ist unbekannt, Dr. Paulsen weiß nur, dass er Mitglied der besseren Gesellschaft Hamburgs war. Mehr als willig macht sich Jeremias Voss an die Ermittlungen im "Palais" und stößt dabei schnell auf ungewohnte Hindernisse: Die Polizei, die sonst Hand in Hand mit ihm arbeitet, ist in diesem Fall auffällig schweigsam.

Confinato in un letto d'ospedale, Morse si lascia travolgere dal piacere della lettura. Tra le pagine di un volumetto scopre un enigma degno delle sue capacità investigative, un mistero venuto dal passato. Tra flebo e flirt inconcludenti con le affascinanti infermiere, Morse insegue la verità su un caso chiuso da più di un secolo.

Lord Bellington è morto, però ben pochi, a Carsely, se ne dispiacciono. Aveva infatti deciso di rivestire con una colata di cemento un'area che i pensionati dei Cotswolds usavano come orto e la cosa aveva suscitato più di un malumore. Pare inoltre che Damian, suo figlio ed erede, non abbia il minimo interesse nel portare a compimento i piani di sviluppo del padre. Ma la polizia è interessata a lui, perché – a quanto sembra – Lord Bellington non è morto di morte naturale e bisogna trovare l'assassino.

Returning to the Broads after nearly two years at sea, John Tanner moors up next to a boat to find the body of a man whose five-year-old daughter is nowhere to be seen. As a torrent of unwanted memories begins flooding through his mind, an attractive Broads Ranger arrives at the scene with a disturbing tale; one of children being taken by a ghostly figure, standing at the helm of an old wooden boat.

These six adventures of Sherlock Holmes' greatest rival will keep you guessing and listening.

It had been a typical New Year's Eve party. But as midnight approaches, Mr. Satterthwaite - a keen observer of human nature - senses that the real drama of the evening is yet to unfold. And so it proves when a mysterious stranger knocks on the door. Who is this Mr. Quin? Mr. Satterthwaite's new friend is an enigma. He seems to appear and disappear almost like a trick of the light. In fact, the only consistent thing about him is that his presence is always an omen - sometimes good, but sometimes deadly....

In the first of all the Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson, discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds, is at a loose end until a chance encounter leads him to take rooms with a remarkable young man. The arrogant, irascible Sherlock Holmes is a master chemist, a talented musician, and an expert on all aspects of crime.

From the Queen of Mystery, The Man in the Brown Suit, in which a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station, and in 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.

Helen Stoner consults Sherlock Holmes about the death of her twin sister, Julia, who died before her wedding, crying that: it was the Speckled Band!Holmes must investigate their mother's estate and the unpleasant Dr. Roylott, Helen's stepfather, who allows gypsies to camp on his estate and has both a cheetah and a baboon running amok in the grounds. But can Helen be believed? Is Dr Roycroft as bad as he seems?

Exclusive audio collection. Eleven Max Carrados stories - narrated by national treasure Stephen Fry. Max Carrados featured in a series of mystery stories that first appeared in 1914. Carrados featured alongside Sherlock Holmes in The Strand magazine, in which they both had top billing. The character often boasted how being blind meant his other senses were heightened. This exclusive audio collection features 11 Max Carrados stories.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturally." And 60 years later, Mary's enemies are still ready to kill....

So far, it had been a typical New Year's Eve house party. But Mr. Satterthwaite, a keen observer of human nature, sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold. So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr. Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?

The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire's granddaughter.