In The Man Who Was Thursday we are transported to a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard.
Doyle, unsuccessful in his medical practice, in need of money and a more satisfying career, had already sold a number of magazine stories when he wrote the novella, "e;A Study in Scarlet,"e; the first Sherlock Holmes story, which, after many rejections, was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887.
On the surface, this novel is a simple tale of a young man who encounters a shape-shifting devil, an early manifestation of a doppelganger, and the various misadventures that follow.
In a fictionalization of Burroughs' own difficulties in finding a job prior to becoming a best-selling writer, Jimmy Torrance attempts to make a career for himself in 1921 Chicago, where criminals seem to be everywhere!
*A Luxurious Cruise, A Mysterious Death*Join Agatha Christie's iconic detective, Hercule Poirot, on a luxurious Egyptian cruise where the sun beats down, the champagne flows, and the tension builds.
Mehrere Fälle von Betrug, Diebstahl und Einbruch, verbunden durch eine gemeinsame Rahmenhandlung, werden von dem aufgeweckten Detektiv Robert Brewer aufgedeckt oder verhindert.
Marjorie Stedman, die Sekretärin von Rechtsanwalt Vance hört einen Schuss und als sie ins Nachbarzimmer stürmt, findet sie Sir James tot auf dem Boden liegen.
Die junge Penelope würde am liebsten aus dem kanadischen Edmonton, in dem sie aufwuchs, zurück in ihre Geburtsstadt London, aber zunächst reicht das Geld nur für eine "Flucht" nach Toronto.
