Excerpt: "e;In the 'argot' of the underworld, Chester Fay, alias Edward Letchmere, an expert on other people's strong-boxes, had lammistered to Short Hills, California, where an excellent golf-links surrounds a half-hotel, half-clubhouse of the superior order.
The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career.
Excerpt: "e;Bare-Faced Jimmy, so-called gentleman crook, expert cracksman, and a master criminal in any department of the underworld to which he cared to devote his attention, leaned backward in his chair until it tilted against the wall behind him, blew a cloud of Perfecto smoke ceilingward, and remarked: "e;It will be the easiest thing in the world, Juno.
Excerpt: "e;We have heard a great deal of late concerning "e;the march of intellect"e; for which the present age is supposed to be distinguished; and the phrase has been rung in our ears till it has nauseated us by its repetition, and become almost a proverbial expression of derision.
In a Glass Darkly (1872), a collection of five short stories in the horror and mystery genres, presented as the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Hesselius.
A Canadian governor's daughter has been kidnapped, documents are missing, a murderous old friend appears, somebody's shooting up a saloon, a preacher falls to his death, an oil company dupes a farmer out of his land, and everybody knows that Nick Carter is on the case!
Auszug: »Das geht leider nicht«, sagte Kapitän Grady ruhig, mit freundlicher Bestimmtheit, wie ein Mensch, der es gewöhnt ist, dass die Passagiere mit den sonderbarsten Anliegen zu ihm kommen.
Dieses Buch versammelt die berühmtesten Erzählungen und phantastischen Geschichten Edgar Allan Poes in einem Band:Der Goldkäfer/ Eine Geschichte aus dem Felsengebirge/ Der schwarze Kater / Das Faß Amontilladowein / Die Maske des roten Todes / Die Rache des Zwerges / Der alte Mann mit dem Geierauge / Die Mordtat in der Rue Morgue/ Der gestohlene Brief/ Bericht über den Fall Valdemar / Der Untergang des Hauses Usher/ Metzengerstein / In der Tiefe des Maelstroms / William Wilson/ Ligeia.
The world's premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure in these tales of his outrageous exploits It has been a fortnight since the baroness Repstein disappeared from Paris, taking with her a fortune in jewels stolen from her husband.
Embark on a journey through the extraordinary with "e;Amazing Tales Volume 101"e;, where the boundaries of reality blur in a collection of stories that explore secrets, discoveries, and the unexpected.
Excerpt: "e;High up in the pale Flemish sky aeroplanes were wheeling and darting like bright-coloured insects, catching from one moment to another the glint of sun on metallic body or translucent wing.
Excerpt: "e;It has not happened to many men, as I think, to have fallen into the hands of as cruel and bloodthirsty a monster as ever defiled God's earth, and to have escaped to tell the tale.
Maurice Wallion, journalist and detective, sets out to solve another intricate mystery full of surprising problems in this fast-paced and atmospheric mystery-thriller from the Swedish writer Julius Regis.
