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「かわいそうに。あの人、今日死ぬね」 心の闇には、魔が棲む。 明治後期、神戸で起きた凄惨な怪事件。 帝大心理学者と県警警部、そして千里眼の女が迫る、 戦慄の怪異ミステリー、開幕!! 明治三十四年の神戸市――。 実業家・渋沢栄一を後ろ盾とする敷島家の屋敷で、娘たちが始めた「こっくりさん」。

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

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Miriam Voss knows how to read a book. Not the story inside it —the paper, the ink, the history it carries. So when a minor Kelmscott pamphlet lands on her stand at a rare book fair, she knows exactly what she’s looking at. Or she thinks she does. A name on the subscriber list catches someone’s attention. A provenance researcher starts asking questions. A rival dealer makes a quiet offer —before the truth has time to surface. Because something was removed from this book. Carefully. Deliberately. And the paper still remembers.

A fiendishly clever puzzle mystery starring the beloved detective Judge Dee, whom the Los Angeles Times ranked with Sherlock Holmes Necklace and Calabash finds Judge Dee returning to his district of Poo-yang, where the peaceful town of Riverton promises a few days' fishing and relaxation. Yet a...

A Compass for the DeadBook 2 in the Thorne & Linus: Cartographic Mysteries SeriesA dead lighthouse keeper. A village with too much French wine. And a harbor where the charts lie. Surveyor Silas Thorne has followed his missing father's trail from the gold camps of the High Sierras to a fog-bound fishing village on the Mendocino coast. His commission is to map a new coastal road. His real purpose is to understand why a brass marker stamped with his father's initials bears a bearing that points to Sentinel Point — a place where the lighthouse burns true and the ships still die.

Zonenrandgebiet 1974 – ein düsteres Dorfgeheimnis, eine verhängnisvolle Liebschaft und die erste große Liebe. Eine tiefe Schuld, auch wenn wir sie nicht bewusst auf uns laden, verfolgt uns ein Leben lang. Wenn wir sie endlich tilgen wollen, machen wir es oft nur noch schlimmer. So ergeht es Fritz Tiedemann. Fritz bewegt sich zwischen den Welten. Als Einziger aus seinem Dorf geht er aufs Gymnasium in Wolfenbüttel und macht sich damit selbst zum Außenseiter.

England, 14th century. The brutal double murder of Lady Vivienne Harlowe’s parents has haunted her for seven years. When a new series of killings terrorizes Mablethorpe—each body marked by a white goose feather and a gold florin—Vivienne fears the murderer who destroyed her family has returned.

Miss Sampford ist verzweifelt. Jemand will sie tot sehen, und sie ist überzeugt, dass die Gefahr aus den eigenen Reihen kommt. In ihrer Angst wendet sie sich an Clara Fitzgerald, um sie vor ihrer Familie zu schützen, die sich ausgerechnet zu den Feiertagen zu Besuch kommen. Clara ist immer bereit zu helfen, doch was sie im Haus der Sampfords erwartet, übersteigt selbst ihre schlimmsten Befürchtungen.

Ein toter Gauner, gefährliche Gangs aus dem Untergrund ein großer Karneval in der ganzen Stadt: In ihrem neuesten Fall ermittelt Clara inmitten zwielichtiger Gestalten und bringt sich dabei selbst in Gefahr. Brighton im Karnevalsrausch: Masken, Musik und tausend Möglichkeiten, jemanden verschwinden zu lassen. Genau das hat jemand mit Mervin Grimes getan, einem der berüchtigsten Gangster der Stadt. Nur Privatdetektivin Clara ist fest entschlossen, herauszufinden, was wirklich passiert ist.

A young man died, consumed by fire. There was no evidence of crime, but suspicions persist. Julian Courtauld had raised hackles, not that he cared. Rich, confident and handsome, he saw a glittering future for himself. He was a budding playwright, he had girls swooning at his feet despite just becoming engaged to a dazzling heiress. And then the fire ended it all. Five years later a parcel arrives on Miss Busby's doorstep. The anonymous letter begs for her help.

Father Brown (Chesterton's sharp-witted detective priest) and Flambeau (the reformed master-thief and Brown's constant companion) are on a little vacation in Norfolk, invited to visit the mysterious Prince Saradine. It doesn't go well. Sure, Flambeau gets some good fishing in, but there's also a duel with rapiers, a couple of murders, a hanging, a case of mistaken identity, an awkward family reunion, and a gang of surly Sicilians.

"The Hammer of God," readers are surprised to learn from Father Brown that the murderer is not a violent madman but rather a very respected member of the community. The Reverend Wilfred Bohun could no longer stand the scandalous behavior of his alcoholic brother Norman, who blasphemed God and humiliated the Reverend Bohun in the eyes of his parishioners. Chesterton states that Wilfred and Norman Bohun belong to an old noble family whose descendants are now mostly "drunkards and dandy degenerates." Rumor has it that there has been "a whisper of insanity" in the Bohun family.

This bundle includes The Thief of Blackfriars Lane, The Bride of Blackfriars Lane, and The Sleuth of Blackfriars Lane.

A London season is the last thing bright, beautiful Emmaline Devereux wants. Her grandfather knows he is dying and insists that she find herself a husband and secure her future. The only husband Emmaline would consider is her friend’s dark and imposing brother. But Emmaline has a past that, if revealed, will undoubtedly bring disgrace to her and those with whom she associates. Dare she risk pursuing her heart’s desire? Lucius, Earl of Avondale, with a secret of his own, has sworn to not marry until he is forty but fate brings Emmaline to his door.

Many others in the village have said that they would like to see the colonel dead, but a number of people have a more specific interest in his death: the colonel’s young wife, Anne; her lover, the artist Lawrence Redding; Archer, a local man given a harsh sentence by the colonel for poaching. Even the colonel’s daughter, Lettice, desperate for money, says, “If only father would be decent and die, I’d be all right.” These complexities lead to any number of dead ends for investigators. The only one able to see through the blinds and obscurities is Miss Marple, an elderly but sharp-eyed spinster.

When Harriet White rebuffs the advances of her boss at the Baker Street building society where she works, she finds herself demoted to a new position… a very unusual position. Deep in the postal department beneath the bank, she is tasked with working her way through a mountain of correspondence addressed to Baker Street’s most famous resident: Mr Sherlock Holmes.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

The story follows Edmond Dantès, a young merchant sailor who is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. After escaping from a notorious prison and discovering a hidden fortune, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and sets out to exact revenge on those who wronged him. With themes of justice, revenge, and forgiveness, this timeless adventure delves into the complexities of human emotions and the consequences of actions.