Even if Hercule Poirot had been born a Frenchman, not a Belgian, he would have to take second place in detection to Joseph Rouletabille, the brilliant young sleuth created by Gaston Leroux. Here, in his first and most baffling case, the eighteen...
Rachel Syms is a beautiful actress, and one of her latest movies was inspired by the legend of Ulysses. Filmed on location on the isle of Corfu, she fell in love with her co-star Anthony Stamp, just as their respective characters, Nausicaa and...
"Fer-de-lance" on esimene Rex Stouti kirjutatud Nero Wolfe´i romaan, mis avaldati aastal 1934. Maria Maffei, ühe Wolfe´i kaastöötaja perekonnasõber, palkab Wolfe´i otsima enda kadunud venda Carlot. Kuigi juhtum Wolfe´ile eriti ei meeldi,...
Chelion Piper has been arrested under suspicion of murder. One of the tenants of his country apartment house, an unsocial and secretive old lady named Miss Minnie, was found by Chelion and two other men in her bungalow, dead in her bed. Suicide or...
“Gas!” Parry Percival said under his breath. Martyn, who thought the Doctor was doing well, glanced indignantly at Parry and was astonished to see that he looked frightened. “ ‘—therefore,’ ” the Doctor was saying arrogantly,...
“Gas!” Parry Percival said under his breath. Martyn, who thought the Doctor was doing well, glanced indignantly at Parry and was astonished to see that he looked frightened. “ ‘—therefore,’ ” the Doctor was saying arrogantly,...
A murdered blackmailer haunts a captain of industry.
When Ross Harte gets into a screaming match with his fiance’s father, millionaire Dudley Wolff, the old man cuts Harte’s beloved out of his will. As far as Wolff is concerned, this is an...