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Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery – an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever. Roger Ackroyd was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First...

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish. Deadly Games: DCI Whitney Walker’s in trouble. She’s threatened with demotion if she screws up another case. When a killer starts murdering female students, it’s a chance to redeem herself. Forensic psychologist, Dr Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the books, putting her skills to the test. The two headstrong women join forces to stop the killer.

Agatha Christie è riconosciuta come autrice di straordinari gialli ambientati in fascinose dimore di campagna o in paesi lontani. Eppure molti dei suoi romanzi e racconti hanno come sfondo la città che per anni ha chiamato casa: Londra. Dall'appartamento di Poirot a Scotland Yard, dall'Old Bailey alle linee della metropolitana, la scrittrice conosceva e amava la capitale britannica e ne sfruttava le ricche opportunità narrative. Questa raccolta include dodici gialli londinesi con tutti gli amatissimi detective: Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Harley Quin, Parker Pyne e Ariadne Oliver.

Trick I - The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear - each as dead as the other. Trick II - From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of 12 feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back - a feat utterly impossible to perform yet brazenly and undeniably done.

Detective Jack Mackinnon’s career is in serious trouble. Still in the Detective Chief Inspector’s bad books and excluded from the Major Investigation team, Mackinnon is assigned the case nobody wants. As Mackinnon investigates, he discovers a horrifying link to a crime committed a decade ago...

L'affaire du sept de cœur débute lorsqu'un jeune homme ouvre le courrier suivant : "à partir du moment où vous aurez ouvert cette lettre, quoiqu'il arrive, quoique vous entendiez, ne bougez plus, ne faites pas un geste, ne jetez pas un cri. Sinon, vous êtes perdu".

Aus der Bibliothek des Trinity Colleges in Dublin wird ein wertvolles Artefakt gestohlen. Holmes und Watson machen sich auf den Weg nach Irland, um den Fall aufzuklären und den Gegenstand wiederzubeschaffen. Ein Erfolg ist unbedingt notwendig, andernfalls drohen erhebliche politische Konsequenzen, die den Zusammenhalt des Vereinigten Königreiches gefährden könnten.

In The Best Cases of The Continental Op, an original compilation of eight stories from Skyboat Media, the Op walks, stalks, and runs down the steep streets of San Francisco to solve crimes of blackmail, murder, stolen identities, and arson, and each story contains so many twists and turns you’ll be hooked until the very (surprising) end....

Eine grausame Mordserie erschüttert Köln. Scheinbar wahllos entführt ein Unbekannter ältere Menschen, fesselt sie und lässt sie dann unbarmherzig verhungern. Kommissarin Anna Melcher wird auf den Fall angesetzt.

Ein Geburtstagsdinner unter Freunden, das der Gastgeber leider nicht überlebt. Er soll einer Herzattacke erlegen sein. Unter den geladenen Gästen die stadtbekannte Kräuterhexe aus der Baker Street. Als sich ein weiterer Todesfall aus der Geburtstagsrunde anhäuft, ruft das Inspektor Wolfford auf den Plan. Eines ist sicher: Es handelt sich hierbei um Mord. Auf der Stirn des Opfers prangt zudem ein aufgemaltes Pentagramm. Inspektor Wolfford wendet sich hilfesuchend an Sherlock Holmes.

Read by Hugh Fraser In Agatha Christie’s classic puzzler Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. A few weeks after marrying an attractive widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz...

명탐정의 대명사 셜록 홈즈가 처음 등장하는 작품. 아프가니스탄에서 막 돌아온 예비역 군의관 존 H. 왓슨 박사는 요양을 위해 하숙집을 찾던 중 베이커 가 221B번지에서 셜록 홈즈라는 인물과 같이 하숙을 하게 된다. 

Colin Dexter’s Chief Inspector Morse - the cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Police - has become one of the most beloved detectives in fiction. Now, with this collection of 11 short stories, we can savor choice examples of his dry wit, devious cunning, and psychological insight at its best. Colin Dexter tantalizes us with six Inspector Morse adventures, ranging from bite-size morsels of intrigue to longer stories for listeners to sink their teeth into.

Read by Hugh Fraser Tommy and Tuppence Beresford return in Agatha Christie’s classic Postern of Fate, to investigate a deadly poisoning sixty years after the fact. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property...

Read by Hugh Fraser “Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best.” --Agatha Christie Described by the queen of mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published work, Crooked House is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving...

A unique offering from the Queen of Crime. This Agatha Christie Signature Edition features the hero the world-famous author was most fond of – Mr Harley Quin, the enigmatic friend and counterpart of the rational Mr Satterthwaite. So far, it had been a typical New Year’s Eve house party. But...

THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES—NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! “From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible.”—People Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just...

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...

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

The scene begins in a courtroom, where the judge sums up the arguments against Harriet Vane, a crime novelist accused of poisoning her ex-lover, Peter Boyes. Vane turns out to have bought arsenic at drugstores near her, supposedly to research a novel that she is writing. Lord Peter, watching the trial, is convinced that Harriet Vane is not the real killer. The jury trying her is hung, giving him time to investigate the murder while Harriet waits in prison for a retrial.