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Jerry Broadfield thinks he's a good cop. But now he's been charged with extortion - and his former buddies in the NYPD would like to see him laid out on a morgue slab for squealing to a committee on police corruption. Suddenly, he's got a lot of enemies, and when a dead call girl turns up in his apartment, his troubles get even bigger. Broadfield screams "setup," but nobody believes him - except ex-policeman, now unlicensed PI Matthew Scudder. Because Broadfield turned traitor no cop is going to give Scudder any help with this investigation, so Scudder's on his own.

Small-time stoolie Jake "The Spinner" Jablon made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients," he figured, the more money - and the more people eager to see him dead. So he's greedy but scared, and he turns to his old acquaintance Matthew Scudder, who used to pay him for information back in Scudder's days as a cop. Scudder's his insurance policy - if anything happens to "The Spinner," Scudder can check up on the people who wanted him dead. No one is too surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River....

"Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?" asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm of the supernatural. Miss Temple has been found guilty - but also insane - at her trial for murdering a child under her care. She is locked away in the Broadmoor lunatic asylum, and worse still, she believes fully in her own guilt....

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Inspired by the unsolved Peasenhall murder case of 1902, 'Blind Man’s Hood' shows Carter Dickson’s penchant for true crime. When Rodney Hunter and his wife, Muriel, arrive late to a Christmas party in rural Kent, they are unsettled to find the isolated stately home open and empty of guests. While they await the party’s return, they are welcomed in by a mysterious hostess who regales them with the dark legend of Jane Waycross.

Krindelsdorf bereitet sich auf die Kirchweih vor - mit Schmalzgebäck, Blasmusik und der traditionellen Kerbeliesel. Doch statt dieser Strohpuppe hängt am Morgen die Leiche der jungen Ballerina Alina Sattler am Kirchweih-Baum. Die ehrgeizige Tänzerin hatte viele Feinde. Für ihre Karriere stach sie ihre Konkurrentinnen gnadenlos aus, sogar ihre ehemals beste Freundin.

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words "Seven Dials" were to take on a new and chilling significance. . . .

In this newly unearthed journal, Sherlock Holmes offers his own account of the dark events on Dartmoor, with annotations by Mycroft Holmes. An investigation shadowed by secrets, moral ambiguity, and dangers Watson chose not to reveal. As Holmes navigates the spectral legends, a brooding landscape, and the troubled Baskerville legacy, the case proves more complex, and more human, than you the listener ever knew.

An aristocrat has been brutally murdered and the only suspect is a young footman who happens to be brother to Clara, a maid employed at 221B Baker Street. Clara begs Sherlock Holmes to prove her brother innocent. Holmes agrees, and, in unmasking the real culprit, he and Watson uncover a murky and depraved world lurking behind the bland and elegant façade of a London mansion.

Ein rätselhafter Suizid in Deutschland ruft Kommissar Roland Schwarz auf den Plan - doch bald ist klar: Es war Mord. Zur gleichen Zeit stößt Ermittlerin Adalena Jacobsen in Dänemark auf einen Cold Case, der sich auf erschreckende Weise mit seinem Fall verknüpft. Als ein skrupelloser Journalist geheime Informationen in die Hände bekommt, beginnt für Jacobsen und Schwarz ein tödliches Rennen gegen die Zeit.

Sir Henry Clithering returns to Mary Mead to dine with his friends the Bantrys and suggests inviting Miss Marple. Over dinner they discuss the peculiar case of a superstitious woman who is told that a Blue Geranium will bring about her death.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. Вниманию читателей предлагается роман «Окно Иуды», один из самых известных в творчестве Карра, а также романы «Смерть в пяти коробках» и «Читатель предупрежден», в которых мы снова встретимся с обаятельным и эксцентричным сэром Генри Мерривейлом, по признанию критиков одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

Poirot’s peace is disturbed when a local gentleman, Roger Ackroyd, is found murdered in his study. Clues include a vanished letter, a scrap of cambric cloth, a goose quill, and an elaborately tooled Tunisian dagger. We follow Poirot, aided by the village doctor, James Sheppard, as he traces his way through a tangle of suspects that include Ackroyd’s sister-in-law, niece, secretary, adopted son, and housemaids—all of whom appear to have motives for killing him.

Sherlock Holmes is furious on learning that Michael Draycott, a murderer who he has worked hard to bring to trial, has been acquitted. He knows that this is due to the efforts of a lawyer notorious for securing the release of criminals who should rightfully hang, and by means of paid 'witnesses' for the defence. Watson hopes a new case will form a welcome distraction, until it appears that both cases are linked. Holmes and Watson are now in a race against time to solve both.

Карр заманивает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, ложных подсказок, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. Вниманию читателей предлагается роман «Окно Иуды», один из самых известных в творчестве Карра, а также романы «Смерть в пяти коробках» и «Читатель предупрежден», в которых мы снова встретимся с обаятельным и эксцентричным сэром Генри Мерривейлом, по признанию критиков одним из самых неординарных сыщиков в детективной литературе.

Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, and Inspector Gregson, long out of touch with Sherlock Holmes, meet the great detective on 28 June 1914, the day of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The Germans have introduced a new code and it has baffled the British secret service. As international tensions increase and more messages in the new code are intercepted, the urgency to decrypt mounts, but Holmes is preoccupied with the events that form the narrative of His Last Bow.

It's almost summer in Cape Vincent, and ex-professional ice hockey superstar Mikko Helle arrives, ready to move into his extravagantly renovated waterfront home. Mikko is thirty, handsome, and wealthy. He's a stranger in town. There's no reason to suspect Mikko is anything other than he seems. Local married mother-of-two Nicole Durham works her connections hard to get hired as his cleaner. She needs this job—and not just because of the money. Nicole is desperate to expose a secret, and she's running out of time.

Holmes and Watson at the darkest place on earth in April 1945.

DCI Lesley Clarke is back in Dorset, and her world has turned upside down. One of the people she's closest to is to under arrest for the murder of DCI Mackie and a body has been found in the remote lighthouse at Portland Bill. And not just any body, but the body of someone she investigated before moving to Dorset. Can Lesley win the trust of the close-knit Portland community and find the killer? And can DI Zoe Finch of the West Midlands force help her track down potential suspects? Does Superintendent Carpenter know more than he's letting on about Mackie's death?

Who killed DCI Mackie? DCI Lesley Clarke thinks she’s close to solving her predecessor’s murder. But when the body of a police officer connected to the crime turns up in the abandoned village of Tyneham, the case steps up a gear. And when someone she's close to is threatened by the killer, Lesley’s quest for the truth becomes even more urgent. Can Lesley convince her senior officers of the truth, keep her team on track and protect her family?

Impossible crime stories have delighted people since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.