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Золотой век детектива подарил нам множество звездных имен. Произведения таких писателей, как Агата Кристи, Гилберт Честертон, Эрл Стэнли Гарднер, Рекс Стаут, развивали и совершенствовали детективный жанр, их романы, безоговорочно признанные классикой, по сей день любимы читателями и являются эталоном качества для последующих поколений авторов детективных историй. Почетное место в этой плеяде по праву принадлежит Джону Диксону Карру (1906–1977) — виртуозному мастеру идеально построенных «невозможных преступлений в запертой комнате».

Головокружительное расследование убийства, жертва которого обнаружена в тумане недалеко от знаменитой лондонской улицы. В числе подозреваемых оказываются представители родовитой британской аристократии, и детектив Даукер едва не отправляет на виселицу невиновного.

Карр вовлекает читателя в сети ловко расставленных ловушек, обманных ходов и тонких намеков и предлагает принять участие в решении хитроумной головоломки. Захватывающее путешествие во времени, сделка с дьяволом и романтическая любовная история сочетаются с расследованием загадочного преступления, которое произошло несколько веков назад, в эпоху поздней Реставрации.

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests 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 had backfired with tragic consequences.

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.

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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.

Isabella, l'amata figlia di Shasa Courtney, gode di tutte le libertà che la Londra degli anni Sessanta può offrire. E quando conosce un uomo affascinante e bellissimo, che le fa una corte spietata, non ha dubbi: perché resistergli? Ma quell'uomo non è un semplice ammiratore: è Ramon de Santiago y Machado, una spia del KGB nota come Volpe dorata, e la sua missione è reclutarla come agente segreto e carpirle preziose informazioni sugli affari segreti di suo padre.

La famiglia Sancasciano è stata sterminata a Collegno, in provincia di Torino, senza un apparente movente. L'Ispettore Milani viene chiamato a indagare sul delitto in quanto la scena del crimine, raccapricciante e complessa, è la copia esatta dell'assassinio che sterminò la sua famiglia venti anni prima. Si tratta del medesimo killer o di un segreto ancora più terribile? Per scoprirlo dovrà confrontarsi con il suo passato trovandosi di fronte a inaccettabili segreti, morti improvvise e ritrovamenti inspiegabili.

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?