The 12 short stories featured in this volume were the catalyst for the first literary fandom, the success of The Strand Magazine, and Arthur Conan Doyle's lifelong career as the writer of the Sherlock Holmes adventures.
Fenton Hardy, the famous private detective and father of the Hardy Boys, asks his sons to help him with his latest case involving the illegal drug trade.
Read the short story that shocked Sherlock Holmes fans across the globe and discover how the renowned detective got away with his greatest coup yet: surviving death.
Immerse yourself in the mysterious life of 221B Baker Street's resident detective in this complete collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
La historia tiene lugar en una mansión en Cornualles, al sudoeste de Inglaterra, cuyo propietario, el squire Vane, es un hombre racional al que incomoda que los lugareños y sus empleados atribuyan poderes maléficos a unos árboles algo extraños que no son propios del lugar y que encima rompen su uniformidad boscosa, pero que le añaden una exótica nota a ojos del propietario: «Uno podría imaginárselos como un dragón de tres cabezas en medio de un rebaño de vacas asustadas.
- Best of the West 2019 - 1st Place in Mystery by True West Magazine- 2018 - CIPA EVVY Winner for Mystery/Crime/Detective- 2018 - CIPA EVVY 2nd Place for Historical FictionIn the next book in the Silver Rush mysteries, Inez Stannert struggles to solve the murder of a young musician.
"e;Parker's deft evocation of a lost era in Western American history-the life of the mining boom town-and her complex characterization make Leaden Skies an absorbing read.
A smart debut sends Jackson Oliver, head of online gambling casino VegasVegas, headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, to a New England village where he suspects someone has gotten away with murder-and used VegasVegas as part of the clever con.
2012 - Florida Book Award Bronze Medal Winner for General Fiction2012 - Florida Book Award Bronze Medal Winner for Popular Fiction"e;Details of archaeology, pirate lore, and voodoo complement the strong, sympathetic characters, especially Amande, and the appealing portrait of Faye's family life.
Agatha Christie's disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Mord gibt es in den besten Familien: Knives Out meets Agatha Christie und den DonnerstagsmordclubEine mörderisch nette Familie: Ernie Cunningham, passionierter Krimi-Liebhaber, nimmt nur widerwillig am ersten Familientreffen seit Jahren teil.
An artist's legacy lives on-through murder in this Albert Campion mystery masterpiece from "e;one of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists"e; (The Sunday Telegraph).
*** A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ***'A BLOOMING GOOD READ' - THE TIMES'A MUST FOR LOVERS OF CRIME FICTION THAT'S JUST A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM' - HEAT magazine'[THIS IS LIKE] SHERLOCK HOLMES MEETS GARDNER'S QUESTION TIME' - NISH KUMAR on BBC2's Between the Covers'WITH EUSTACIA ROSE, JILL HAS CREATED AN UTTERLY UNIQUE CHARACTER AND HAS ENSURED THAT THE DETECTIVE GENRE TURNS A NEW LEAF.
Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Fragile, returns with Black Thorn, a slow-burn psychological mystery set against the abandonment of an exclusive housing development and devastation of the families that lived there .
A New Mexico nun helps her private eye father solve a movie director's murder in this "e;well-paced, entertaining whodunit"e; series debut (Publishers Weekly).
