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Recognised as the ultimate dramatisation of Conan Doyle's famous stories, these recordings have been acclaimed since their reissue by Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks in 1995. They have been carefully remastered so that the sound is as good as possible without destroying the unique ambience of the original performances.

गरुडाचार्य उर्फ सली सलढाणाच्या खुनाच्या आरोपाखाली ताराला अटक करण्यात येतं..... अमर विश्वास........एक अवलिया ! वेगवेगळे पैलू मांडत शेवटी एका वेगळ्याच क्लूनं आपल्या अशिलाची फासात अडकलेली मान सोडवतो......... या प्लॅन मागचं डोकं कोणाचं होतं ? उत्कंठा वाढवणारी एक अनोखी कादंबरी ....... थ्रिलर आणि सस्पेन्सने परिपूर्ण अशी ....... सुहास शिरवळकर लिखित कादंबरी " मर्डर हाऊस " कृणाल आळवे यांच्या आवाजात.

The second volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

The Arsène Lupin & Sherlock Holmes Collection offers the extraordinary – and often perilous – stories of two of the most intriguing and iconic fictional characters in crime fiction, brilliantly narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Rupert Degas.

Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, has dealt with small-town crime throughout his long, storied career. Now, contemplating retirement after years on the job, Tully is faced with perhaps his most perplexing case yet. When area bald eagles start getting picked off by a ghost-like killer, and when a prominent local rancher is murdered by an arrow with eagle fletching, things gets complicated fast. In this fast-paced whodunit, Tully has a vast array of suspects to choose from, including the rancher's gorgeous, bird-loving wife, who mysteriously leaves for a ranch in Mexico the day of the murder.

Narrated by Samantha Bond Don’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! ""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York Times New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best...

The New York Times bestselling novel from Dennis Lehane is a gripping, unnerving psychological thriller about the effects of a savage killing on three former friends in a tightly knit, blue-collar Boston neighborhood. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were...

Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She's undeniably attractive. She drives a red Corvette with tinted windows. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed, and devoted to her. But Celeste's devotion lies elsewhere. She has a singular sexual...

Prescient and chilling, DeMille's #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs. After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task...

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1936, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir...

All three BBC radio dramatisations of Edna O’Brien’s coming-of-age trilogy set in 1950s Ireland Now a much-loved modern classic, The Country Girls Trilogy was fiercely controversial when first published in the 1960s. Banned by the Irish censors and burned by the Church, the books nonetheless...

Wer ist dieser seltsame Fremde, der in der kleinen Hafenstadt in Norwegen auftaucht? Johan Nilsen Nagel nennt er sich, er trägt gelbe Anzüge, gibt vor Agronom zu sein - und ist ein brillianter Unterhalter. Dieser Sonderling mischt die kleine Stadt gehörig auf, denn die Regeln der kleinen Gemeinschaft stören ihn wenig. Der Titel ist Programm - zahlreiche Mysterien ziehen sich durch die Handlung, die zu einem der faszinierendsten Werke der Literatur gehören.

Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, struggles with burnout as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point-blank range and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances.

Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon--Private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic...

Maurice Leblanc, a writer of detective fiction during the same period as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, created Arsene Lupin, a sort of French Robin Hood. An inventive genius, a master of disguise, and an accomplished actor, Lupin operates in the choice chateaux and salons. He scorns sham and with great disdain leaves his card in a baron's residence. The card reads, "Arsene Lupin, gentleman-burglar, will return when the furniture is genuine."

Zufällig stolpert Detective Kit McKittrick eines Abends regelrecht über eine verstümmelte Leiche – ausgerechnet während ihres zweiten Dates mit dem Polizeipsychologen Sam Reeves. Nach und nach kommen Kit und Sam hinter die finsteren Machenschaften des Ermordeten. Dabei dringen sie immer tiefer in die ebenso abgeschottete wie gefährliche Welt der reichsten und mächtigsten Bürger San Diegos ein. Gleichzeitig läuft Kit und Sam die Zeit davon, denn jeder ihrer Informanten wird grausam ermordet.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Two sensational unsolved crimes—one in the past, another in the present—are linked by one man’s memory and self-deception in this chilling novel of literary suspense from National Book Award finalist Dan Chaon. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall...

A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard. Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest crime writers of all time, the author of dozens...

In this electrifying sequel to the crowd-pleasing thriller Angel Killer, magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood must channel her past to catch a killer consumed by a desire for revenge. When a church combusts in rural Appalachia, the bizarre trail of carnage suggests diabolical forces are...

The Lost Victory perfectly captures the cultural essence of 1942 and the urgency of this colourful and moving pageant of a nation about to throw off the yoke of foreign rule. Essentially, it is the story of Buta Singh, a shrewd and wily official working with the British, and of Sher Singh, his...