Too many murderers. White Priory was a beautiful old mansion outside London. Its owner, a playwright, had invited some people down to discuss his new play, among other things…But someone had come not to talk, but to kill. When Scotland Yard...
Dr. Fell, detective extraordinary, is back again, more amusing and omniscient than ever. In The Eight of Swords he is faced with the sort of problem in which his acute and devious mind delights.
When a gay spirit took to playing strange...
The Starberths die of broken necks. That was the legend in the village where Chaterham Prison, abandoned for a hundred years, had kept its secrets of death and terror. Scotland Yard learned of the legend when Martin Starbeth was murdered. But it...
Ngaio Marsh's most popular novel begins when a young New Zealander's first contact with the English gentry is the body of Lord Wutherford — with a meat skewer through the eye. The Lampreys had plenty of charm — but no cash. They all knew they...
Ein Fremder verunglückt im dichten Nebel mit seinem Wagen und kommt auf der Suche nach Hilfe zu einem nahegelegenen Haus, in dem offfensichtlich gerade ein Mord geschehen ist. Er überrascht dort eine Frau bei ihrem toten Mann - eine...
From a manuscript believed to be the work of John H. Watson, MD. The summer of 1897 brings visitors flocking to London for Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. With them comes a Russian nobleman, as well as an English lady from Canada. This lady calls on...
Sherlock Holmes und Doktor Watson versuchen das Rätsel um den Untergang der Titanic im Jahr 1912 zu lösen. Dabei lernen sie Überlebende des Unglücks kennen, darunter den Kopf einer gefährlichen Verschwörung. Ihm ist die...