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Undoubtedly the best-known detective in literature, Sherlock Holmes was the creation of British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), who endowed his super sleuth with an extraordinary facility for solving crimes. Drawing on his remarkable powers of observation and deduction, coupled with an encyclopedic knowledge of crimes and criminals, Holmes seeks out his prey in the London underworld, where no evildoer is safe from his keen wits and tenacious pursuit.

Read the best mystery and adventure short stories. Be it cozy, historical, detective or murder mystery stories; our collection includes them all: The Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Arrow of Heaven by G. K. Chesterton, The Sign of the Broken Sword by G. K. Chesterton, The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, The Master of Mystery by Jack London.

Contents: - Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Edgar Allan Poe. The Gold Bug - Herman Melville. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Bret Harte. The Luck of Roaring Camp - Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Rudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper - Anton Chekhov. The Lady with the Dog - D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer - James Joyce. Araby - Ivan Turgenev. First Love.

A child’s body surrounded by candles in misty woodland, scripture stuffed in his mouth. A jockey pinned down by horseshoes on desolate fenland, linked to a secret society called The Horsemen. A university student in black robes drifting on a river, dead, Satanic symbols carved into their flesh. As head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit, Harrison specialises in murders others can't solve. Secret societies. Occult practices. Religious obsession turned deadly.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha. In his introduction, guest editor S. A. Cosby observes that writing short stories is “a special skill that...

The oldest mystery specialty bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers. Written exclusively for the store, the stories were given as a holiday gift to its customers as a thank you for their business, handed out or mailed between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Fourteen stories, all in classic style, introduce Holmes to new clients with strange and quirky problems. Clues to a fortune are hidden in a ludicrous painting, a modern mummy walks, and a novel tourist attraction holds the key to why an unattractive lady is suddenly pursued by an amorous admirer.

LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCATION 2025 DAGGER AWARDS From the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries, an eclectic, thrilling collection of short stories, featuring many characters that readers have come to know and love. Elly Griffiths has always written...

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories.

Hope Walker is a big city investigative reporter who finds herself back home in the quirky and lovable town of Hopeless, Idaho. Along with getting reacquainted with her Granny and her best friend Katie, Hope finds herself investigating dead bodies. It appears that murder has arrived in Hopeless!

Das idyllische Kleinstadtleben in Glastonbury gerät aus den Fugen, als der junge Straßenmusiker Rusty plötzlich verschwindet. Whalley, der ihn oft mit Kaffee versorgt und sich mit ihm angefreundet hat, macht sich Sorgen. Doch als Rustys Hund Otis plötzlich allein durch Glastonbury streift, ist für June klar, dass mehr hinter seinem Verschwinden steckt, als sie zunächst vermutet. Denn Rusty hätte seinen Hund niemals im Stich gelassen... June, Whalley und Pomona stellen Nachforschungen an und ahnen nicht, dass sie sich damit selbst in große Gefahr begeben.

Zwei kriminelle Organisationen, die um ihre Machtposition in Marseille kämpfen. Nur eine kann als Sieger hervorgehen. Und schon wird einer der Bosse ermordet. Wird es nun zu einem Krieg zwischen beiden Verbrecherorganisationen kommen? Oder steckt etwas ganz anderes dahinter, denn weitere Morde werden verübt. Hat jemand einen Entschluss gefasst und lebt nur noch für die Rache? Die Ermittler Pierre Marquanteur und François Leroc folgen der Blutspur, die sich durch Marseille zieht.

Welcome to Brighton, England, the home of local crime reporter, Colin Crampton. Brighton is a great town on the south coast of England. There are long beaches, seaside piers, quaint lanes, and an ornate palace, the Royal Pavilion.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Buch enthält 12 seiner schönsten Fälle. Inhalt: Das blaue Kreuz, Der geheime Garten, Die verdächtigen Tritte, Israel Gows Ehre, Der Unsichtbare, Missgestaltet, Die Sternschnuppen, Die Sünden des Prinzen Saradin, Der Hammer Gottes, Das Auge des Apoll, Das Zeichen des zerbrochenen Schwertes, Die drei Todeswerkzeuge.

As a scientist, Sherlock Holmes would have certainly been familiar with the famous dictum attributed to Aristotle: Nature abhors a vacuum. In that same vein, fans of the Great Detective must look at 1885 and 1886 and see a somewhat similar void.

The wilds are unforgiving, but Beth Rivers has already faced worse. Join her as she uncovers Alaska's mysteries and escapes into the wilderness in the first three books of the Alaska Wild series: Thin Ice, Cold Wind, and Dark Night.

Brought to you by Penguin. I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. A drug-dealing...

Mitzy Moon is hitting her stride as a psychic sleuth, and now she has to go undercover! The cases are piling up as Mitzy infiltrates a Ren Faire, boards a gambling boat, and travels back to Arizona. Warnings from the sexy sheriff, her meddling Ghost-ma, and a spoiled feline all fall on deaf ears, while the list of greedy suspects grows. She’ll have to play her cards just right or end up on a fatal losing streak!

Eifelige Kurzkrimis - In diesem heiteren Kurzkrimi-Band nimmt Andrea Neven die Leser und Hörer mit auf ihren tödlichen Schreibfeldzug, der durch ihre Heimat, die Eifel, führt. Die Kurzgeschichten und Gedichte sind in sich abgeschlossen und können unabhängig voneinander gehört werden. Dies gilt für beide Teile dieses Hörbuches. Auch wenn darin nicht alle Ortschaften real existieren, sind doch alle Begebenheiten und Schauplätze herrlich eifelig. Mit Hinterlist und trockenem Humor lässt sie so manchen Dorfbewohner in die Falle tappen.

Bandenmitglieder aus dem Dealer-Milieu in Marseille werden umgebracht, nachdem sie einen Drohbrief erhalten hatten. Ein Mann macht sich verdächtig, ein obdachloser Clochard, der in einer besonderen Mission unterwegs ist.