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Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again – and runs straight into trouble. Ben encounters a dead man on a London bridge and is promptly rescued from the same fate by a posh lady in a limousine. But like most posh ladies of Ben’s acquaintance, this...

Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible...

There is no detective in fiction as shrewd as Sherlock Holmes. An accomplished violinist, adept at a dozen obscure sciences, and possessed of an acerbic wit, Holmes's adventures with Dr. Watson have delighted readers for more than a century. This collection features some of the most celebrated stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon: "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League", "The Man with the Twisted Lip", "The Adventure of the Crooked Man”, "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”.

The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidentally on a sultry Friday evening towards the end of June. The industrial and financial tycoon, and former stalwart of the British Cabinet, was shot in the head and left in the quiet Vale of Health. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now missing artist Matt Caldwell.

Like Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Henry Howarth Bashford was a doctor. He wrote widely but The Man on Ben Na Garve is a classic example of Golden Age crime fiction and recounts an incident in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands.

A super spy, a mysterious death and a world of yachts, private planes and underground bases - but only one question – who really is Aldrich Kemp? Enjoy this fast-paced, action-packed series, available for the first time as a complete download. Featuring a stellar cast including Phoebe Fox, Tim McInnery and Nicola Walker.

Ben the tramp’s uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon. On a grey afternoon he was destined never to forget, Ben sat down on a park seat and proceeded to think, not of cabbages and kings, but of numbers, lucky...

Drei Pater Brown-Hörspiele in einer Box: "Heiteres Pfarrfest", "Todbringende Eucharistie" und "Penelope"...

Ein Abend in der Runde alter Bekannter sollte eigentlich kaum für besondere Überraschungen gut sein...

Eigentlich sollte es ein beschaulicher Nachmittag bei Kaffee und Kuchen werden, doch es kommt alles ganz anders...

Im Oak-Moor machen Spaziergänger einen schrecklichen Fund: Die Leiche des Gutsbesitzers Masterson senior...

Die Zeitungen nennen ihn nur den "Todesengel von Salisbury". In regelmäßigen Abständen schlägt der Killer aus dem Hinterhalt zu...

Pater Brown ist zum Pfarrfest nach Glastonbury eingeladen worden. Im Schlepptau: Ein ganzer Bus voll Waisenkinder...

Mord oder Selbstmord? Die Polizei ist sich sicher, Mimi hat jedoch so ihre Zweifel und nimmt eigene Ermittlungen auf...

Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel is the most famous vampire tale ever told. British solicitor Jonathan Harker finds himself imprisoned in a castle in Transylvania and begins to believe his host, Count Dracula, is not entirely human. As his horror mounts, he suspects that Dracula plans to invade and conquer England, one victim at a time.

Als sich Scott Eccles wegen seiner merkwürdigen Erlebnisse der vergangenen Nacht hilfesuchend an Sherlock Holmes wendet, ahnt er noch nicht, dass die Polizei bereits nach ihm sucht. Es geht um Mord. Mord an einem Mann, der zum augenscheinlichen Zeitpunkt seines Todes noch quicklebendig gesehen worden ist. Das behauptet zumindest Mr. Eccles. Viele verwirrende Aspekte tauchen nach und nach auf, nur ein Motiv scheint daraus nicht greifbar. Bis Holmes eine bemerkenswerte Theorie aufstellt.

Who would imagine a little gold ring could lead to kidnap, torture and even murder? How could the curse of the Pharaohs come to Falmouth? The year is 1923, and a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth. Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she's harmless enough - until she and they are caught up in a seemingly endless cycle of mayhem and deceit.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the first published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

Sherlock Holmes liegt im Sterben. Eine unheimliche Krankheit scheint dem Meisterdetektiv seiner Lebenskräfte zu berauben. Dr. Watson muss machtlos mit ansehen, wie sein Freund immer mehr verfällt, denn die fremdartige Krankheit übersteigt auch sein medizinisches Wissen. Holmes nennt im Delirium den Namen Culverton Smith. Kann er Holmes das Leben retten?