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The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated.

The Adventure of the Red Circle is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology His Last Bow. Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed.

January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.

What If You Could Solve a Murder This Christmas One Clue at a Time? Welcome to Mayberry Mansion, where snow falls softly, secrets whisper through the halls, and a killer hides behind the Christmas cheer. Each day from December 1 to 24, you'll uncover a new chapter, clue, riddle, or recipe - all leading to the shocking truth behind the death of glamorous socialite Melina "Mel" Bock.

Bloomsbury presents The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson, read by Anna Bentinck 'A class above' IAN RANKIN. Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children's lives were changed for ever. The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith...

Fifteen years ago a teenage boy, Teddy Bartlett, left a mysterious note and went to a wood on the outskirts of London. In the forest twilight he was beaten to a pulp and left damaged for life. The police never discovered who did it or why he was attacked. Now, the boy's father, recently returned from Australia, wants to find out what really happened to his son. He hires private detective Tyrone Swift to investigate the tragic crime.

American ex-pat Logan Bishop is a war-damaged, morphine-dependent private investigator. When his estranged father, Reverend Daniel Bishop, arrives from Chicago, Logan refuses to see him-until his father is brutally attacked. Before slipping into a coma, Daniel leaves Logan with a desperate plea: find Greta Matas-a woman tied to his past-before she's killed.

Carmen Langborne is a woman who no one seems to like very much, and now she's gone missing. But there is no body, no leads and no real suspects. And the police have given up. Carmen's stepdaughter Florence hires private detective Tyrone Swift to find the missing woman. If the body is found, Florence will inherit half of a very valuable house. As Swift delves deeper into the family’s affairs, he discovers dark family secrets that threaten the reputations of powerful people. Will Swift get to the truth before those with much to hide stop him?

"Elvis ist verschwunden!" Mit diesen Worten erhält Freddy Spieker, Blues-Musiker und Detektiv aus dem Ruhrgebiet den Auftrag, den vermissten allseits bekannten Straßensänger wiederzufinden. Bei seinen Recherchen glaubt er auf ein großes Geheimnis zu stoßen. Aber die eigentliche Frage ist: Warum entführt man einen Obdachlosen? Freddy fährt mit seiner Band nach Bad Nauheim, wo Elvis Presley während seiner Armeezeit in Deutschland gewohnt hat und ermittelt.

Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone—leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter—but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up.

The King of Bohemia engages Holmes to recover an indiscreet photograph showing him with the renowned beauty, adventuress and opera singer Irene Adler – the revelation of which would derail his marriage to a daughter of the King of Scandinavia. In disguise, Holmes witnesses Adler marry the man she truly loves, then by means of an elaborate stratagem discovers the photograph's hiding place. But when Holmes and the king return to retrieve the photo, they find Adler has fled the country with it, leaving behind a letter for Holmes and a portrait of herself for the King.

Um sich in Edinburgh einen neuen Freundeskreis auch außerhalb der Detektei aufzubauen, hat sich Ùna einem Chor angeschlossen. Als Vorbereitung auf das neue Konzert findet ein Probenwochenende in einem alten Herrenhaus im Tweed Valley statt. Doch wird die Harmonie der Sängerinnen und Sängern empfindlich gestört, als eine von ihnen nach einem Sturz stirbt. Schon bald kommt das Gerücht auf, dass dies kein Unfall gewesen sei. Zwischen Chorproben und nicht immer ganz gemütlichem Beisammensein entdeckt Ùna Hinweise, die darauf hindeuten, dass jemand die Mitsängerin aktiv ins Jenseits befördert ...

More than a million dollars in government bonds have vanished from a locked bank vault—and the only visible clue is a tiny disk of steel. New York lawyer Lawrence Duncan is drawn into the mystery after receiving an urgent telephone call from wealthy real estate dealer Martin Anderson. George...

Antony Depin è un giovane investigatore privato alle prime armi, pronto a iniziare la sua carriera con stile e ambizione. Il primo incarico, affidatogli da una donna affascinante e ambigua, lo trascina subito in un’indagine pericolosa tra sospetti, criminali e figure dell’autorità. Dopo aver chiuso il caso, però, la situazione si complica: la sua cliente viene uccisa e tutto riparte da capo. A quel punto Depin deve capire chi abbia davvero orchestrato il delitto, in un’atmosfera da noir classico.

Sam Spade, a street-wise private detective working the streets of San Francisco, takes a job from a gorgeous but desperate woman and soon finds himself wrapped up in a shady conspiracy to acquire a one-of-a-kind, priceless purloined artifact—The Maltese Falcon. Full of twists and turns, questions and answers that create more questions, rabbit trails and red herrings, The Maltese Falcon is the quintessential hardboiled detective story.

The 13th Valve. When the old city exhales, the streets whisper secrets. In the fog-wrapped lanes of Victorian London, a reclusive clockmaker is found dead—his final creation, a gleaming brass valve, stolen from his workshop. Inspector Rupert Ashcroft, a man with one foot in Scotland Yard and the other in the city’s underbelly, is drawn into a mystery where time itself feels bent. As he follows a trail through gaslit alleys, underground steam tunnels, and the opulent drawing rooms of those who think themselves untouchable, Ashcroft finds every answer only unlocks another question.

A surprise wedding invitation. A cliffside villa on the glittering Amalfi Coast. And a murdered guest before the celebrations even begin. Posie Parker has just landed in her most glamorous case yet. Amalfi Coast, Italy, Spring 1926. Posie Parker—London’s premier female sleuth—is abroad and moments from boarding her train home when an urgent telegram stops her in her tracks. An old friend is getting married in Italy, and Posie heads to the sun-soaked, secretive Villa Amalfi, a clifftop paradise with a dark past and a dazzling roster of American guests.

THE HEART-POUNDING NEW BOOK IN THE KAREN PIRIE SERIES, NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES STARRING LAUREN LYLE __________ Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint...

The fourth instalment in Alyssa Maxwell’s A Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery series. A Murderous Marriage is sure to please fans of historical cozy mysteries. Despite being the granddaughter of an earl, Julia Renshaw is under pressure to marry for money—and has settled for the wealthy, and...

In Dianne Freeman's charming Victorian-era mystery series, Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, finds her sister's wedding threatened by a vow of vengeance. London is known for its bustle and intrigues, but the sedate English countryside can host--or hide--any number of secrets...