Phora, die ruhmreiche dunibische Hauptstadt, im Jahr 713 neuer Zeit: Mysteriöse Todesfälle erschüttern die Öffentlichkeit. Die Opfer wurden allesamt schrecklich zugerichtet - Stammhirn und Rückgrat der Leichen sind spurlos...
"Van Dine's last two full-length novels show his storytelling talent operating at full force. The Kidnap Murder Case (1936) adds more physical action than the usual Van Dine cerebral plotting allows, perhaps as an attempt to keep up with...
It's 1958, and the party's over for Wendy Appleyard: she finds herself penniless, jobless and on the brink of divorce. Who better to come to her rescue than her oldest friend, Janet Byfield? So Wendy goes to stay with Janet, who seems to have...