Un pastor anglicano se pone en contacto con el detective Wexford para investigar un caso resuelto quince años atrás. Arthur Painter, chofer y jardinero de una acaudalada dama, asesinó a su anciana patrona por dinero. Aunque el...
El inspector William Monk, ahora miembro de la Policía Fluvial del Támesis, se enfrenta a un enemigo muy peligroso: Jericho Phillips, sospechoso de dirigir una extensa red de prostitución infantil. Sin embargo, tras el juicio,...
Alison thinks she knows her Fire Island roommate Linda well until the young woman is found murdered and the ensuing probe reveals more than Alison ever could have...
The guests ranged themselves at both sides of the door, like the chorus in a grand opera, A figure appeared in the entrance. It was not Mary Bellamy, but Florence. As if to keep the scene relentlessly theatrical, she began to cry out in a small,...
What does a lawyer do when she discovers her client may be a liar, or worse?Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of his...
Dix Dodd rides again! This time, to rescue her mother.A resident of a Florida retirement community, Katt Dodd is a person of interest in not only a rash of jewel thefts, but in the disappearance of her boyfriend, Frankie Morell. Dix, the...
All families have secrets, but some secrets are more dangerous than others. Lane Parker expected an uneventful night when she went to the movies alone to see her daughter, Jess’s debut on the big screen. What Lane got was a killer headache and a...
John Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. They stand out as one of the pinnacles in the critically neglected but perennially popular tradition of weird writing that includes E.T.A. Hoffmann...