In his stunning twenty-eighth novel, Dick Francis again proves he has no equal.
As Derek Franklin, an injured steeplechase jockey, nears the end of his career, he is thrust into trouble and mayhem by the accidental death of his older brother,...
When orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann leaves the brownstone indefinitely to tend to his sick mother, Nero Wolfe goes out — in the snow and on foot — into the raging wilds of Westchester to find a replacement. He and Archie find a corpse in the...
His name was Tixe Ylno…
The U.N.C.L.E files could tell nothing about him except for that code name. He could be anyone — a cab driver, a corporation executive, a scientist, a storekeeper…ANYONE! And he might be anywhere in the United...
Elena shocked anyone meeting her for the first time. In her skimpy dresses and bright jewellery, she exuded intelligence and sexuality, challenging all preconceptions. Until one morning, while out jogging, she is bludgeoned to death. Detectives...
When Mrs Bradleys grandson finds an old diary in her rented cottage it attracts the interest of this most unconventional of detectives, for the books now deceased owner was once suspected of the murders of both her aunt and...
In this collection of short stories, the Saint intervenes to teach a motley bag of criminals the error of their ways. Crooked financiers, bookies, fake inventors, dodgy bankers, dealers in pornography, unethical businessmen, murderers, thieves and...
About the Author
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1908, Harry Kemelman was the creator of perhaps one of the most famous religious sleuths: Rabbi David Small. His writing career began with short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine...
The famous revolutionary Rosa Luxembourg was arrested and taken into custody. In the women's prison, she has to endure meticulous searches, other procedures, humiliation and serious...