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Martingale, la belle propriété des Maxie dans la campagne anglaise, est une bien grande maison et, avec un mari paralysé sur les bras, Mrs. Maxie est soulagée lorsque son amie, la directrice du Refuge St. Mary, lui propose une de ses pensionnaires, Sally Jupp, pour servir à table. Certes, la jeune femme est ce qu'il convient d'appeler une mère célibataire et elle a insisté pour ne pas être séparée de son enfant, mais par ailleurs, elle est si jolie, si reconnaissante, si docile...

Hans-Åke Lilja, founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand-new anthology of horror stories to celebrate 20 years of running the number-one Stephen King news website on the web! This anthology includes both original stories like a brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In), very rare reprints like The Blue Air Compressor by Stephen King, and at least one classic tale that inspired Lilja's love of the macabre at a very young age! Now, let's join Lilja....

It begins, dramatically enough, with a trial for murder. The distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of having brutally killed his aunt. For Aldridge the trial is mainly a test of her courtroom skills, one more opportunity to succeed - and she does. But now murder is in the air. The next victim will be Aldridge herself, stabbed to death at her desk in her Chambers in the Middle Temple, a bloodstained wig on her head. Enter Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team, whose struggle to investigate and understand the shocking events cannot halt the spiral into more horrors, more murders....

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 6 is an exciting addition to this series, featuring the most acclaimed writers, past and present. This unique collection of master writers, including Wilkie Collins, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, edited by multi-award winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation and a pleasant week recuperating. Two days later she was dead, the victim of murder.

Al posto di Cordelia Gray, un'altra donna si sarebbe probabilmente ritirata dall'attività dopo quella terribile mattina in cui, entrando nella sede della sua agenzia investigativa, ha trovato il socio Bernie Pryde con le vene tagliate, ormai cadavere. Ma Cordelia é una ragazza testarda, e continua nelle sue indagini. Così quando il celebre biologo Sir Ronald Callender le chiede di indagare sull'oscuro suicidio del figlio Mark, Cordelia non si tira indietro. Che cosa può avere indotto il serio e tranquillo Mark Callender a impiccarsi a un gancio del soffitto nel suo cottage?

Dopo essere stata adottata dai Palfrey, per dieci anni Philippa ha continuato a fantasticare sui suoi veri genitori. Tormentata dal desiderio di far luce sul suo passato, appena raggiunge la maggiore età cerca di ritrovarli. E non si arrende, anche se le sue scoperte sono sconvolgenti. E l'incontro con sua madre sarà il preludio di una nuova tragedia... Colpa e vendetta, legami di sangue e ragioni del cuore. Un dramma di famiglia che diventa un imprevedibile thriller.

Una barca si arena sulle coste del Suffolk. A bordo c'è il cadavere del famoso giallista Maurice Seton. Le mani gli sono state mozzate: un macabro dettaglio che lo stesso Seton aveva inserito nel progetto del suo nuovo libro. Suo malgrado l'ispettore Adam Dalgliesh, in vacanza nella regione, viene coinvolto nel caso dagli amici e dai vicini di casa del morto. Un gruppetto di persone rispettabili. In apparenza. Ma con troppi segreti e troppi rancori nascosti. Una nuova, inquietante sfida all'acume investigativo di Dalgliesh.

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hatte sich auf ruhige Ferien im Cottage seiner Tante an der einsamen Küste von Suffolk gefreut. Lange, windumtoste Spaziergänge, Tee vor knisterndem Kaminfeuer, heißer Buttertoast - das war seine Vorstellung von einer wohlverdienten Pause. Doch alle Hoffnung auf Ruhe wird schnell durch einen Mord erschüttert. Die verstümmelte Leiche eines ortsansässigen Krimi-Autors wird in einem kleinen Boot an der Küste angetrieben - und schon ist Adam Dalgliesh in eine weitere, besonders makabre Ermittlung verwickelt.

Ein durchdringender Schrei stört die abendliche Ruhe. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh verlässt überstürzt sein Literaten-Treffen, um in die nahegelegene psychiatrische Klinik zu eilen - wo er eine Frauenleiche mit einem Meißel im Herzen entdecken muss. Hinter der unauffälligen Fassade stellt sich die vornehme Nervenklinik bald als Intrigennest heraus. Und der erfolgsverwöhnte Dalgliesh beginnt an sich zu zweifeln, als sich der Mörder als intellektuell ebenbürtig - und mehr als bereit zu weiteren Taten - erweist.

Auf Martingale Manor, dem Herrenhaus der Maxies, wird das traditionelle Sommerfest gefeiert. Als wäre dies nicht genug Aufregung, muss sich Mrs. Maxie an diesem milden Julitag auch noch mit der Nachricht herumschlagen, dass sich ihr Sohn mit dem neuen Hausmädchen verlobt hat, der ledigen Mutter Sally Jupp. Hinter ihrer Maske aus Tüchtigkeit und Ergebenheit versteckt Sally Gefühle der Verachtung - was den meisten auf Martingale verborgen bleibt. Am nächsten Morgen jedoch wird Sally ermordet aufgefunden.

Pemberley, le domaine ancestral de la famille Darcy, dans le Derbyshire, abrite le bonheur conjugal d'Elizabeth Darcy. Elle est la mère de deux charmants bambins ; sa sœur préférée, Jane, et son mari, Bingley, habitent tout près ; et son père adulé, Mr Bennet, vient régulièrement en visite. Mais cette félicité se trouve soudain menacée lorsque, à la veille du bal d'automne, un drame contraint les Darcy à accueillir la jeune sœur d'Elizabeth et son mari, que leurs frasques passées ont rendu indésirables.

My only regret is that I shan't be alive to savour my retrospective triumph. But that is of small account. I savour it every day of my life. I shall have done the one thing I resolved to do when I was 12 years old - and the world will know it. Follow the 'Queen of Crime' as she takes us into the mind of a man who has waited decades to enact his patient, ingenious revenge on a school bully.

Cordelia Gray er en af Londons få kvindelige privatdetektiver. Hun får et tilsyneladende let job. Hun skal ledsage den berømte skuespillerinde Clarissa Lisle til en formodentlig fredelig optræden på slottet Courcy Castle på en ø ud for Dorsets kyst. Den fejrede primadonna har modtaget trusselsbreve, men er de mon alvorligt ment? Næppe er de mange prominente gæster ankommet til øen, førend det viser sig, at truslerne er alvorligt ment. Opholdet bliver hurtigt et mareridt for Cordelia. Had mistanke og uhygge spreder sig blandt de mange mennesker.

The inevitable is understood by each and every one of us who faces the final calling. So too are the effects on those left behind. The memories are there but the empty space, the void can never be refilled. It remains a dark, unreliable pit of loneliness. The sadness and often depression, the lack of will to continue may swamp us all. Unquenchable, undeniable. But loss can, after mourning, give the opportunity to reappraise the lost and how we can each move forward. In the literary world an accessible balance can be given.

"List og længsler" er ottende bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard. Adam Dalgliesh ferierer ved Nordsøkysten i Norfolk, men dumper lige ned i problemerne omkring et nærliggende atomkraftværk og en bestialsk kvindemorder, som huserer på stedet. "List og længsler" udkom første gang i 1989.

En form for retfærdighed er tiende bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard.

Advokaten Venetia Aldridge påtager sig at forsvare den unge Gary Ashe, som står anklaget for at have myrdet sin tante med koldt blod. Hun opfatter opgaven som rent rutinearbejde, en triviel lejlighed blandt mange til at brillere i retten og til at fremme sin i forvejen lysende karriere. Men sagen mod Gary Ashe udløser en kæde af frygtelige begivenheder, ingen havde kunnet forudse.

"Mord på laboratoriet" er sjette bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard. En ung pige findes stranguleret i nærheden af det retsmedicinske laboratorium. Kort efter finder endnu et mord sted, men denne gang inden for laboratoriets mure. Kriminalkommissær Adam Dalgliesh tilkaldes, og snart kommer han på sporet af spændte modsætninger og barske forhold mellem laboratoriets mennesker. "Mord på laboratoriet" udkom første gang i 1977.

"Indviet til mord" syvende bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard. Onsdag den 18. september lidt før klokken ni om morgenen går ugifte, femogtresårige frøken Emily Wharton og Darren Wilkes, ti år gammel, hjemmefra, for at Miss Wharton, som hun altid gør onsdag og fredag, kan ordne blomster og lys i St. Matthew’s kirken i Paddington, London. Da det umage par når kirken, fornemmer de, at noget er galt. Kirkens sakristi har været rammen om et frygteligt blodbad. To mord er begået, og politiet bliver tilkaldt.

The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind.