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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective...

French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But no one there could be proud of its latest exclusive window display: the bloodstained corpse of the owner's wife. Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen, soon discover that this palace of commerce is a viper's nest of fear, jealousy, suspicion, and hatred, where love is cheap and the price of honor marked down. But worst of all is the mysterious mocking mastermind who is out to turn the glittering store into a bargain basement of murder.

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....

In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in blue blood. From the very beginning, the Khalkis case struck a somber note. It began, as was peculiarly harmonious in the light of what was to come, with the death of an old man. Georg Khalkis, internationally famous art dealer and collector, died of heart failure. After his funeral, his attorney found that the will was missing and immediately called in the district attorney. When Inspector Queen and his son, Ellery, are brought in to solve the mystery, Ellery mentions the one place they have not searched for the will: the coffin.

Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it's packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen.

Nachdem sie einen herben Rückschlag erlitten haben, beschließen Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson zunächst einmal in die Baker Street zurückzukehren. Holmes ist entschlossen, seine Recherchen zu dem Alchemisten Gordon Adrik noch einmal ganz von vorne zu beginnen. Tatsächlich erhalten die beiden bald einen entscheidenden Hinweis, der sie Gordon Adriks Vermächtnis näherbringt. Doch plötzlich gerät Dr.

Spenser fights to prove the innocence of a friend in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series. There has never been a more admired figure in the history of the Boston Police Department than Martin Quirk, Spenser’s friend. Now an unknown adversary has devised an elaborate...

Hunter and Clewe are back in the third Hunter and Clewe mystery, from acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert, when a closed case is reopened after another member of a prominent family is murdered. Cameron Clewe and Jane Hunter, lovers of all things bookish, are slowly cataloguing Cam’s private...

In this classic mystery, Holmes faces an opponent unlike any he has encountered before: the brilliant and independent Irene Adler, whose intelligence and resolve rival his own. Hired by the King of Bohemia to recover a compromising photograph, Holmes must navigate disguises, deception, and psychological strategy in a case where logic alone is not enough.

Unravel a chilling mystery with The Five Orange Pips, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most suspenseful Sherlock Holmes tales. When a series of ominous letters marked by five orange pips precedes sudden, unexplained deaths, Holmes and Dr. Watson race against time to uncover the truth behind a shadowy conspiracy.

Follow the exploits of amateur detective Lamont Cranston and his alluring companion Margo Lane. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove, to young and old alike, that crime does not pay!

In New York City in the early 1930s, a man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone sees Longstreet die - but no one sees the killer. Inspector Thumm's few clues all lead up a blind alley. He finally seeks the aid of Drury Lane - retired Shakespearean actor, master of disguise, and amateur sleuth. Seated amid the splendor of the vast medieval halls of his castle on the Hudson, Drury Lane hears the story from the inspector.

Um die zerstörerische Erfindung Dr. Paynes – eine Waffe, die Elektrizität in tödliche Strahlen umwandeln kann – ist ein erbitterter Kampf entbrannt. Zuletzt hatte sie der Verbrecher Baltimore Harmon in seinem Besitz, doch genau der ist mit einem Mal verschwunden. James Moriarty setzt Mata Hari auf den Fall an, die schon bald eine vielversprechende Spur findet. Doch bringt sie damit nicht nur sich, sondern auch andere in Gefahr. Zudem gibt es offenbar noch weitere Interessenten für die Waffe, die auch vor Mord nicht zurückschrecken.

If you’re on the list, someone wants you dead. From the New York Times bestselling author of Eight Perfect Murders comes the heart-pounding story of nine strangers who receive a cryptic list with their names on it—and then begin to die in highly unusual circumstances. Nine strangers receive...

When Ms. Stoner comes to Sherlock Holmes with a strange story that a mysterious whistle caused her sisters death, Holmes is ready to take on the case. After examining the clues, Watson is sure the gypsies are to blame. Can Holmes prove there is a more sinister plot in play? Follow the clues with Sherlock Holmes in the adventure of the speckled band!

'Holmes,' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city.

This final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories will have you leaving lights on and checking behind doors. All of these tales were published in the Strand magazine between 1903 and 1905....

Au cours d'un cambriolage chez le député Daubrecq, un crime est commis et deux complices d'Arsène Lupin sont arrêtés par la police. L'un est coupable du crime, l'autre innocent mais les deux seront condamnés à mort. Arsène Lupin va s'employer à délivrer la victime de l'erreur judiciaire, mais il devra lutter contre le député Daubrecq, maître-chanteur sans scrupule, qui détient un document compromettant, dissimulé dans un bouchon en cristal.

Gaston Leroux is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera. However, he also wrote some excellent detective stories. In fact,Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. In this, his most popular mystery, rival detectives try to crack a case.

Art student Maxine Lindsay, as the guest of her mentor, art dealer Colin Durant, attends a reception aboard the yacht of millionaire Otto Olney , who is unveiling his newest purchase, a $130,000 Gauguin. When Durant confides that the painting is a fake, Maxine becomes involved in a complicated series of deceptions. Soon gallery owner Leslie Rankin threatens Maxine.

Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen's visit.

When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine informs...

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls. In that time the criminals of London have been able to sleep safe in their beds. But the capital has never been in greater need of its protector.

El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd rompió todas las reglas de la novela policíaca y convirtió a Agatha Christie en un nombre reconocible. Roger sabe demasiado. Sabe que la mujer que ama envenenó a su brutal primer marido. También sospecha que alguien la ha estado chantajeando. Ahora, trágicamente, le llega la noticia de que se ha quitado la vida con una sobredosis de drogas....

Arsène Lupin revient sur le devant de la scène, en cabotinant avec une de ses victimes, puis en s'échappant sous le nez et la barbe de Ganimard, le vaillant inspecteur de la Sureté. Son nom réapparaît dans d'autres affaires mystérieuses : c'en est trop ! Les victimes en appellent à Herlock Sholmès, le célèbre détective anglais qui a déjà bataillé avec Lupin et remporté une demie-victoire.

The 13 mysteries in this collection were originally published in The Strand Magazine and Collier's in Great Britain and the United States. Published in 1905, this book was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes died in a confrontation with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem". The success of The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was published in 1901-1902 and is set before Holmes's death, created great pressure on Doyle to revive his famous character.

Everyone's favorite British detective is back! Listen to the newest and most thrilling stories about the most famous super sleuth in this new novel by critically acclaimed author Maxim Jakubowski.

If life in the Intelligence Service has taught John Bachelor anything, it's to keep his head down. Especially now, when he's living rent-free in a dead spook's flat. So he's not delighted to be woken at dawn by a pair of Regent's Park's heavies, looking for a client he's not seen in years. John...

Married Eva Griffin has been caught with a prominent congressman, and is ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid hush money to protect the politician. But first Perry Mason tracks down the publisher of the blackmailing tabloid and discovers a shocking secret, which eventually leads to Mason being accused of murder. This is the first Perry Mason mystery and our introduction to secretary Della Street, detective Paul Drake, and the great lawyer himself.

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t...