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二人の「きたさん」が事件に翻弄されつつ成長していく物語で、著者が「生涯、書き続けたい」と願う捕物帖。 舞台は江戸深川。一人目の「きたさん」こと北一は、亡くなった岡っ引き・千吉親分の本業だった文庫(本や小間物を入れる箱)売りで生計を立てている。

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.

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.

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 50 BEST THRILLERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY DISCOVER THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON, WITH MORE THAN 85 MILLION COPIES SOLD—AND DON’T MISS DAN BROWN’S NEW THRILLER, THE SECRET OF SECRETS! “Blockbuster perfection . . . a gleefully erudite suspense novel.”...

Wolf hatte gehofft, sein Leben als Dieb hinter sich lassen zu können, als er unerwartet eine Grafschaft erbte. Jeremy Wolfson Chesterton – „Wolf“ – der neue Earl of Pembroke, wird wider besseren Wissens erneut in eine Untersuchung hineingezogen. Er weiß, dass er Tabitha, die Witwe...

A murdered clerk. A body at Waterloo. A letter with a deadly secret. London, 1889. In the gloomy Dead Letter Office at St Martin’s Le Grand, young clerk Andrew Peverell spends his days sorting through letters that never found their intended reader. When three anonymous notes cross his desk –...

Stemningsfuld ny historisk krimiserie fra efterkrigstidens England fuld af mysterier og spænding, af forfatteren til Ruth Galloway-serien. Liget af en ung kvinde dukker op i den idylliske kystby Brighton i det sydøstlige England. Hendes krop er blevet skåret i tre dele, en fremgangsmåde...

A powerful politician dies at an elegant dinner party. But was it murder? And if so, who wanted him dead? When a prominent Member of Parliament collapses during a private dinner attended by London’s elite, his personal physician swiftly attributes the death to a weak heart. But Detective...

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帝都・東亰、その誕生から二十九年。夜が人のものであった時代は終わった。人を突き落とし全身火だるまで姿を消す火炎魔人。夜道で辻斬りの所業をはたらく闇御前。さらには人魂売りやら首遣いだの魑魅魍魎が跋扈する街・東亰。

Im Wind der Zeit Glutroter Stahl vernichtet so gründlich, dass rein gar nichts mehr übrig bleibt - und für einen jungen Mann beginnt mit diesem Anblick das größte Abenteuer seines Lebens. Niederschelden, Siegerland, 1910 Der zwanzigjährige Edmund bekommt zufällig mit, wie in einem...

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice...

A pathologist, haunted by his service during WWI, investigates two murders in post-war London in this Bloody Scotland Debut Prize winner. Death is a lonely business . . . No one who meets Dr. Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, and brilliant, the Scottish pathologist is the best that...

1867: For commoners and nobility alike, the Isle of Wight is an ideal holiday destination. Queen Victoria and her family frequently spend time at Osborne House, their stunning coastal residence. For the next few days the island will also be home to Dr. Julia Lewis, who is traveling with her...

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-World War II London...

As England recovers from its costly involvement in the Great War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find the steady comforts of their lives unsettled by a local case of murder … Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and...

Young Dot Allbones is the runt of a large Midlands family. Blessed with none of her sisters' beauty, she'll be lucky even to find a man to marry her. Whatever shall be done with Dot? When Kate Eddowes comes up from London and moves in next door, no one expects the pretty and popular orphan to take any notice of the plain-faced and provincial Dot, five years her junior. But against the odds, the girls strike up an unlikely friendship.

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.

When a famous guest goes missing from one of San Francisco’s most luxurious hotels, mayhem and murder ensue in this witty historical mystery. This second book in the Murder Most Fowl Mysteries is perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building. San Francisco, 1905. Renowned for its daily duck...

'Eske Litle. Byfoged i Assens' er første bind i en kriminalromanserie fra den danske middelalder. Året er 1330, og Danmark er i panthavernes vold. Greverne af Holsten, Den kullede Gerd og Johan den Milde, kroner og afsætter konger efter forgodtbefindende, og Kristoffer den Anden intrigerer...