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What made Sherlock Holmes a household name and cultural icon? This very first collection of stories featuring the astute sleuth and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson. In these twelve ingenious mysteries, Holmes is embroiled in betrayal, abduction, thievery, deception, and murder. Relying on logic, driven by instinct, and employing his uncanny powers of observation, Holmes cracks the cases that elude Scotland Yard. This Baker Street dozen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is all the evidence listeners will need to understand why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring legend in detective fiction.

Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery. In a small cafe in Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life. In the face of cyber-bullying, the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun and great-grandmother, and the joy and heartbreak of family, Nao is trying to find her own place - and voice - through a diary.

私は自分がどこで生まれたのか知らない。記憶にあるのはおのれの住む古い城のなかのことのみ。いつからどれくらいここにいるのかもわからない。ここは暗く光がない。外へ出たい、何としても光を浴びたい。「空を一目見てから死んだ方が、日を見ることなく生き延びるよりもずっといい」 そう考えた私は危険を顧みず、いまだ知らぬ外界の空へと続く壁に手を掛けた…

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge.

Adapted from the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he knows what question the stranger will ask.

In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street – visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

The FBI is alarmed by the rash of killings on trains throughout the country, and they realize they have to put together a joint task force to tackle it. Through a partnership with the rail police, FBI Special Agent Cailtin Dare is chosen to spearhead the new unit designed to hunt killers using trains across the country.

私の脳裏に繰り返し浮かぶことがある。夢と、夢の属する形のない世界が、時として計り知れない意味を持つことについて、人類の大多数が立ち止まって思いを馳せることはあるのだろうかと…。施設でインターンを務める私のところへ、一人の患者が運ばれてくる。彼が寝ぼけて言うのは不思議な話ばかりだが、私はどうしても彼に何か知性を感じずにはいられない。そこで私は、大学時代に作った心を読み取る器械(失敗作)を 出してきて、ものの試しにつないでみることに……。宿望の精神伝達はやって来るのか…!?

大沢在昌、宮部みゆき、京極夏彦、人気作家3人が自作を朗読するチャリティーイベント「リーディングカンパニー」。3人が所属する「大沢オフィス」の設立10年と、公式ホームページ「大極宮」開設1年を記念して2002年に始まった催しです。以降、読者への感謝を込めた恒例イベントとして年に1度のペースで開催され続けています。単独の朗読あり、3人が共演した朗読あり。遊び心満載の貴重な朗読会をお楽しみください。このオーディオブックは、2012年10月28日、東京中央区・浜離宮朝日ホールで開かれた、第11回公演を収録したものです。【前編 収録内容】・京極夏彦「髻設尼(けしに)坂」(書下ろし/後に『眩談』収録)パーカッション:渡辺亮・大沢在昌「区立花園公園」(『鮫島の貌 新宿鮫短編集』収録)・宮部みゆき「悪い本」(『悪い本』収録)、「いるの いないの」(京極夏彦『いるの いないの』収録)音楽:森脇一雅、森脇美佐/演出:河野治彦

Als der Pfarrer eines Nachts mit Schmerzen in der Magengegend erwacht, hat das leider nichts mit einem aktuellen Fall zu tun, sondern mit dem Blinddarm! Heiland landet im Kreiskrankenhaus Bad Blümchen - und das kurz vor dem wichtigen Erntedank-Gottesdienst! Während seine Gemeinde unter dem Aktionismus eines überambitionierten Vertreters leidet, stolpert der erkrankte Geistliche ausgerechnet im Hospital über einen Mord. Zwischen Weißkitteln, Ultraschall und Instantkaffee nimmt Heiland die Fährte des Mörders auf.

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

「・・・・ あれほど同情した白雪姫の不幸な身の上が何だかひどくばかばしく思へてきました。 ・・・・」

After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now. For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined.

When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet unassuming, Katie is determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community. But even as Katie starts to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts her….

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti ( The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo ( After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan ( Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast.

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own family. He employs journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history.

The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012’s critically acclaimed The Thief—another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity—and the powerful human instinct to resist evil.

When Fuminiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic father calls him into his study for a meeting. “I created you to be a cancer on the world,” his father tells him.

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.... The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives - presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle, the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe.