Abducted by a shadowy figure he never sees, chloroformed and taken to a remote mountain cabin, the Nameless Detective is told by that figure before he is deserted, that the mission is one of revenge. Nameless has destroyed his mysterious...
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As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” June 1, 1933.
Lamont Cranston (one of The Shadow's identities — indeed, the best known — a "wealthy young man about town") first meets Commissioner Weston, setting up the friendship that...
A Deceptive...
The newspapers call them the Savages: a band of home invaders as merciless as they are stealthy. Usually they don't leave a clue—but this time, they've left a body. The first victim is found sprawled on her kitchen floor, blood soaking the...
Mahu...
Автор: Джеймс Филлис Дороти
Серия: inspector adam dalgliesh #2
Язык: английский
Год: 2011
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When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires...
Moving into Chawton Cottage, Jane Austen gets an unexpected and mysterious Bengal chest as a legacy. But before she has time to study its contents, a corpse is...
Farrell Brannigan, President of the National Californian bank, builds yet another bank at Sharnville, an up-and-coming town on the pacific coast. Using the brilliant know-how of a young electronics expert, Brannigan feels justified in calling his...
Carmine Canucci (“Ganooch” to his friends) was a retired soft-drinks magnate with a nice estate in Larchmont and influence in, well, certain circles. Which was precisely why Nanny Poole, the English governess he had hired to look after his...
Автор: Фрейзер Маргарет , Пальвер Мэри Моника
Серия: Sister Frevisse #4
Язык: английский
Год: 1994
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Prime crime from the Edgar-nominated author of The Servant's Tale. In London to mourn the passing of her uncle, Sister Frevisse is taken aback when a scoundrel at the funeral dares God to strike him down-and he summarily collapses and dies. Bishop...