Showing results for "Oranges" in Traditional Detectives

A puzzling publishing murder attracts the eye of Ellery Queen. Mandarin Press is a premier publishing house for foreign literature, but to those at the top of this enterprise, there is little more beautiful than a rare stamp. As Donald Kirk, publisher and philatelist, prepares his office for a banquet, an unfamiliar man comes to call. No one recognizes him, but Kirk’s staff is used to strange characters visiting their boss, so Kirk’s secretary asks him to wait in the anteroom.

THE MYSTERY OF THE FIVE ORANGES. THE KIDNAPPING OF A YOUNG WOMAN LEADS SHERLOCK HOLMES INTO A DEADLY BATTLE WITH THE KKK. On a miserable rainy evening a desperate father enters 221B Baker Street. His daughter has been kidnapped and spirited off the North America. The evil network who has taken her have spies everywhere. Years ago in America they murdered his father and his wife. They set fire to his home and burned them to death. Now, if he goes to Scotland Yard he knows that they will kill his beloved daughter. There is only one hope - Sherlock Holmes.

Der Mann in Orange versetzt Paris in Angst und Schrecken. Niemand weiß, wer er ist. Niemand weiß, woher er kam. Nur dass er plötzlich auftaucht, Menschen angreift und sie umzubringen versucht. Auguste Dupin kommt nur zufällig an den Fall. Und als er zu ermitteln beginnt, konzentriert sich der Mann in Orange plötzlich auf zwei gute Freundinnen Dupins. Zufall? Der geniale Ermittler muss schnell kombinieren, denn sonst drohen Todesfälle.

Der Mann in Orange versetzt Paris in Angst und Schrecken. Niemand weiß, wer er ist. Niemand weiß, woher er kam. Nur das er plötzlich auftaucht, Menschen angreift und sie umzubringen versucht. Auguste Dupin kommt nur zufällig an den Fall. Und als er zu ermitteln beginnt, konzentriert sich der Mann in Orange plötzlich auf zwei gute Freundinnen Dupins. Zufall? Der geniale Ermittler muss schnell kombinieren, denn sonst drohen Todesfälle. Ein Fall mit Auguste Dupin.

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed. What is K.K.K and who are the real killers?

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

Un jeune homme, John Openshaw, vient supplier Sherlock Holmes de l'aider à déjouer une implacable vengeance dont il est la victime. John Openshaw est en effet persuadé qu'une dangereuse société secrète ultraviolente, le Ku Klux Klan, veut sa mort. Tout cela pour une sombre histoire de famille qui implique son oncle, planteur en Floride... Sherlock Holmes et le Docteur Watson résoudront-ils cette sombre énigme dans laquelle un homme risque sa vie ?

Un jeune homme, John Openshaw, vient supplier Sherlock Holmes de l'aider à déjouer la vengeance dont il est victime. John Openshaw est en effet persuadé que le Klu Klux Klan veut sa mort. Tout cela pour une sombre histoire de famille qui implique son oncle, planteur en Floride. Sherlock Holmes est une des plus grandes figures de la culture populaire et son seul nom est synonyme de mystère policier, de brouillard londonien et de crimes énigmatiques.

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

A young man comes to Holmes for help, fearing that the unknown forces that have brought the deaths of his uncle and father will soon visit death upon himself as well.

In The Five Orange Pips, a young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw tells the strange story of his uncle Elias Openshaw, who came back to England after living in the United States as a planter in Florida and serving as a colonel in the Confederate Army. His uncle begins receiving threatening letters inscribed “KKK” and including five orange pips. He is killed shortly thereafter. The job of unraveling this sordid transatlantic mystery falls to Holmes and his trusty companion, Dr. Watson.

A tale of mystery, scandal and murder that may have been committed by the Ku Klux Klan in London. A young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw has a strange story: in 1869 his uncle Elias Openshaw had suddenly come back to England to settle on an estate at Horsham, West Sussex, after living for years in the United States as a Planter in Florida and serving as a Colonel in the Confederate Army....

Sherlock recibe a un joven, John Openshaw, que quiere contratar sus servicios para ayudarle a resolver un caso familiar, que parece tener que ver con una carta en la que venían 5 semillas de naranja y un papel con las letras KKK. Unos días después de recibir la carta la polocía ha encontrado un hombre muerto en un estanque. Al no haber pruebas de lo contrario el veredicto fue de suicidio cerrándose el caso. Pero Sherlock va a abrirlo de nuevo y desvelar la verdad que no se supo encontrar entonces.