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Cambridge, October 1933. Inside the old All Hallows Church on All Hallows' Eve, Doctor Adelaide Hartest bears witness to the final moments of a dying stranger. Despite the dagger plunged into the stranger's chest, the death is ruled a suicide, compounded by a formal confession before death. The victim, it is revealed, is known to Scotland Yard, and Assistant Commissioner Joe Sandilands is sent all the way from London to investigate.

Welches Geheimnis verbirgt sich hinter den Mauern von Schloss Dunkinhouse? Der Familienfluch – nur eine Legende oder steckt tatsächlich mehr dahinter? Ein nächtlicher Einbruch endet tödlich für die Einbrecher. Die junge Gloria of Dunkinhouse ahnt, dass ihre Familie sie vor der grausigen Wahrheit beschützen will. Aus Neugierde und Angst um ihr Leben wendet sie sich an Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson.

Chi sostiene che il golf è uno sport tranquillo e rilassante non si è mai trovato nella situazione di Bobby Jones che, per un tiro maldestro, scopre uno sconosciuto morente precipitato da una scogliera. Da quel momento, la vita di Bobby si trasforma in un susseguirsi di disavventure provocate dalla sua curiosità e dall'intraprendenza di Frankie, la sua graziosa amica. Ma chi vuole uccidere i due giovani? Chi è la donna ritratta nella fotografia trovata nella tasca dello sconosciuto? E, soprattutto, chi è il misterioso Evans nominato dallo sconosciuto prima di morire?

Un debut literario que arde en las manos: Jorge Enrique Abello transforma el thriller en un manifiesto sobre la identidad, el deseo y los límites de la materia. En el corazón del edificio Parnaso, una mujer aparece ardiendo sin fuego. Su cuerpo, consumido por completo, se convierte en el...

When a colleague becomes seriously ill, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman delays her retirement to oversee an investigation into a recent spate of "happy slappings". Initially, she takes a back seat, but it is not long before she is close to the action again.

Althea Graham's hypochondriac mother seldom visits the gazebo - yet she is found dead in it one morning. The Graham estate had once enjoyed a rural view, but now the grounds are part of suburban London and the gazebo is an anachronistic summerhouse. Scotland Yard becomes suspicious of Althea and her fiancé, the dashing foreign correspondent Nicholas Carey, because the death of her mother frees them to be married at last.

Hired to trace Anna Ball, who has vanished, Miss Maud Silver encounters an eccentric art colony, bank robberies, and counterfeiting. As with other Miss Silver mysteries, the story relies on character development. Nadia May reads clearly and distinguishes individuals well; her British voice is ideal for this genteel period thriller (1951). Agatha Christie fans will enjoy this one.

The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janette, think its unwise to leave their fine ancestral home, Pilgrim's Rest. When their brother suffers a fatal fall only days after talking about selling it, and his son barely escapes two near-fatal accidents, they suspect it's deadly to leave. Surely Miss Silver can determine why the house hates to be empty.

A young woman goes to the country to reconnect with old relatives, and stumbles on a murder only Miss Silver can solve. An orphan of the Second World War, Candida Sayle has gotten so used to life with her guardian that she never considered that she might have a family somewhere. When her guardian dies, a letter appears from an unheard-of aunt, informing Candida that it is time for her to return to the Benevent family fold. The young woman ventures to the country, and finds a strange pair of spinsters who spend their days obsessing over family lore.

The first of the classic mysteries featuring governess-turned-detective Miss Silver, who investigates a deadly conspiratorial ring. Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, the hardy young man returns to the manor of his birth, where generations of Morays have lived and died. Strangely, he finds the house unlocked, and sees a light on in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime.

Tanis Lyle was one of those passionate women who always get their own way. Her cousin Laura hated her. Most women did. But men found her irresistible and she used them mercilessly. So when Tanis was found murdered there seemed to be any number of suspects on hand. But Miss Silver had her own suspicions…