A second case for the intrepid Mrs Pargeter – sixtysomething and a little bit more. She has moved to a prosperous housing estate, but something rankles about her new neighbours. She soon learns that the estate might be perfect for social...
Even Sherlock Holmes needs help sometimes...
Londoners are turning out for the unveiling of the Malabar Rose-a rare and remarkable ruby-and the British debut of the Great Salmanazar. A magician and illusionist extraordinaire, Salmanazar is the talk...
Entering into service as housekeeper for the distinguished investigator Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. Watson, Mrs. Hudson expands her duties beyond keeping things tidy.
The great detective's latest client is a traveler recently returned from...
Mrs. Pargeter doesn't much like diets. She never felt any need to change her own pleasingly ample figure, but she's happy enough to accompany her slimming-obsessed friend Kim Thurrock for a few days' stay at the exclusive Brotherton Hall health...
Fledgling playwright Will Shakespeare and Symington Smythe, ostler and would-be thespian, are firmly ensconced in their theatre company. But due to the plague, all of London 's theatres have been closed. The players are broke, and our intrepid...
Fledgling playwright Will Shakespeare and Symington Smythe, ostler and would-be thespian, are firmly ensconced in their theatre company. But due to the plague, all of London 's theatres have been closed. The players are broke, and our intrepid...
Shanghai, 1990, el asesinato de la joven Guan «Hong Ying», una celebridad política y estandarte nacional, se convierte en un caso delicado un año después de los acontecimientos de la Plaza Tiananmen. El recién ascendido...
Poirot realiza un viaje de placer por la deslumbrante tierra de los faraones. Pero, como de costumbre, el crimen le sale al paso. En el barco a bordo del cual recorre el Nilo, alguien asesina a Linnet Ridgeway, la mujer más rica de Inglaterra,...
En La hora de la verdad, el diario que P. D. James comenzara a escribir en su 77 cumpleaños, leíamos cómo la publicación de su primera novela, Cubridle la cara, allá por 1962, había supuesto uno de los momentos más...