For Brother Cadfael in the autumn of his life, the mild November of our Lord’s year 1145 may bring a bitter — and deadly — harvest. England is torn between supporters of the Empress Maud and those of her cousin Stephen. The civil strife is...
Most of the translations from foreign languages in the text are my own, but for the quotation from Machiavelli’sThe Prince and the quotation from Virgil’s The Eclogues (though I have adapted the latter very slightly). I am indebted to the late...
Death knell in L.A. Beneath the golden glitter, Tinsel Town spawns sleaze, sickies, psychos, and wiseguys. Ex-cop Fritz Brown, sometime P.I., full-time Beethoven buff, sees it all as he walks the shady side of the streets. Now he’s got a client...
— Voyez-vous Kovask, depuis que le pasteur nous a alertés, j’ai des insomnies.
Son pouce passa par-dessus son épaule.
— Approchez-vous de la carte. Ces fameux brouillards s’étendent surtout sur les passes les plus...
The passing of the Hungarian prime minister before he could realize his dream of a fascist state has little effect on crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon. Life—and death—go on in the bustling old city, and a late-night tip soon leads him to a crime...
Chanson de salle de garde :
Non, non, non, Bérurier n'est pas mort
Non, non, non, Bérurier n'est pas mort
Car il bande encore
Car il bande encore.
Et pourtant ! Oui, pourtant !
Il a bel et bien trépassé à l'ombre
des montagnes...