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În „Omul necinstit”, Sherlock Holmes investighează un caz în care reputația, șantajul și trădarea se împletesc într-o intrigă plină de suspans. Pornind de la indicii aparent lipsite de importanță, celebrul detectiv descoperă adevărul ascuns în spatele unei dispariții și al...

The narrative begins on a bench at the Monte Carlo casino, where an incredible similarity leads to the accidental swap of two small black handbags. One belongs to Veronica Steyning, a young English governess, and the other to a mysterious woman of Spanish appearance. Inside the mistakenly taken reticule, Veronica discovers a coded message, setting off a chain of unpredictable events.

Aventura coroanei de beril este una dintre cele mai captivante anchete ale lui Sherlock Holmes. Un bancher respectat îi cere ajutorul celebrului detectiv după ce o coroană de mare valoare este găsită deteriorată, iar suspiciunile cad chiar asupra propriului său fiu. Prin observație...

Aventura de la Fagii de Aramă este o povestire memorabilă din seria Sherlock Holmes, în care o tânără guvernantă îi cere ajutorul detectivului după ce acceptă un post bine plătit, dar plin de cerințe bizare. Holmes bănuiește că în spatele comportamentului ciudat al angajatorilor...

Semnul celor patru este al doilea roman din seria aventurilor lui Sherlock Holmes și una dintre cele mai apreciate opere ale lui Arthur Conan Doyle. Pornind de la dispariția misterioasă a unui tată și de la apariția unor perle enigmatice, Holmes și doctorul Watson pornesc într-o...

In den Gassen der Buchmessestadt Leipzig erwacht ein Schatten zum Leben, der flüstert, täuscht und tötet. Eine Frau eilt durch die Dunkelheit, ahnungslos, dass ein harmloses Treffen der Auftakt zu einem Albtraum ist, der die Grenzen zwischen Fiktion und blutiger Realität auflöst. Während der Messetage versetzt ein skrupelloser Mörder die Stadt in Angst. Er wählt seine Opfer bewusst aus und arrangiert sie mit der kalten Präzision eines Psychopathen – nicht nur, um zu töten, sondern um der Öffentlichkeit zu zeigen, dass er ein Meister seines grausamen Werks.

Aventura degetului cel mare al inginerului este una dintre cele mai tensionate și misterioase investigații ale lui Sherlock Holmes. Când un tânăr inginer ajunge în cabinetul doctorului Watson cu degetul mare retezat, începe să relateze o întâmplare stranie petrecută într-o casă...

Aventura burlacului nobil este o povestire captivantă din seria Sherlock Holmes, în care celebrul detectiv este chemat să dezlege misterul dispariției unei mirese chiar în ziua nunții. Pe măsură ce investighează cazul, Holmes descoperă că aparențele pot ascunde adevăruri...

„Aventura rubinului albastru” este o povestire polițistă scrisă de Arthur Conan Doyle, în care Sherlock Holmes investighează dispariția unui prețios rubin albastru, furat în condiții misterioase. Cazul începe cu descoperirea pietrei ascunse într-o gâscă de Crăciun, iar...

„Aventura benzii pătate” este una dintre cele mai cunoscute povestiri polițiste scrise de Arthur Conan Doyle, avându-l în prim-plan pe Sherlock Holmes. O tânără îi cere ajutorul detectivului după moartea misterioasă a surorii sale, care înainte de a muri a rostit cuvintele...

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre.

SHERLOCK HOLMES WORKS BESIDE THE GREAT LADY DETECTIVES OF THE VICTORIAN ERA! There was a rich plethora of female sleuths in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, solving mysteries throughout the world at the same time as Sherlock Holmes. Imagine if these sleuths worked together to fight crime and stop master criminals! See Sherlock Holmes partner with Loveday Brooke, Judith Lee, Kitty Winters, Lois Cayley, Ruth the Betrayer and many, many more in FOURTEEN ALL-NEW ADVENTURES!! Edited and with an introduction by Derrick Belanger, BSI.

A captivating audio-exclusive collection of short stories from No. 1 international bestselling author Karin Slaughter. In this riveting anthology, Slaughter brings together seven stories that range from darkly comic to deeply unsettling, all exploring the darkness lurking beneath everyday life...

Two action-packed archaeological adventures filled with deadly secrets, relentless danger, and pulse-pounding thrills. If you love fast-paced, globetrotting romps with amazing characters, then you'll love Charlee's story! Charlee Flynn discovers that her parents aren't really antiquities experts, they're "black market acquisitions specialists." They're thieves! And now, after an old enemy forces them to flee their Costa Rican home, Charlee must become one too.

Mr. Edward Nutt, the industrious editor of The Daily Reformer, sat at his desk, opening letters and marking proofs to the merry tune of a typewriter, worked by a vigorous young lady. He was a stoutish, fair man, in his shirt-sleeves; his movements were resolute, his mouth firm and his tones final; but his round, rather babyish blue eyes had a bewildered and even wistful look that rather contradicted all this. Nor indeed was the expression altogether misleading.

Two men appeared simultaneously at the two ends of a sort of passage running along the side of the Apollo Theatre in the Adelphi. The evening daylight in the streets was large and luminous, opalescent and empty. The passage was comparatively long and dark, so each man could see the other as a mere black silhouette at the other end. Nevertheless, each man knew the other, even in that inky outline; for they were both men of striking appearance and they hated each other.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at Carnival time, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative follows a person being buried alive – in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story from the murderer's perspective.

The Paradise of Thieves was published in The Wisdom of Father Brown. This mystery is a real cliff-hanger. The great Muscari, most original of the young Tuscan poets, walked swiftly into his favourite restaurant, which overlooked the Mediterranean, was covered by an awning and fenced by little lemon and orange trees. Waiters in white aprons were already laying out on white tables the insignia of an early and elegant lunch; and this seemed to increase a satisfaction that already touched the top of swagger.

"William Wilson" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in The Gift, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London. The tale features a doppelgänger. The story follows a man of "a noble descent" named William Wilson. Although denouncing his profligate past, he does not accept full blame for his actions and says that "man was never thus ... tempted before".

The Head of Caesar is a short story by Gilbert Keith Chesterton: There is somewhere in Brompton or Kensington an interminable avenue of tall houses, rich but largely empty, that looks like a terrace of tombs. The very steps up to the dark front doors seem as steep as the side of pyramids; one would hesitate to knock at the door, lest it should be opened by a mummy. But a yet more depressing feature in the grey facade is its telescopic length and changeless continuity.