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Oshiro Mariko è l'unica detective donna del Dipartimento della polizia metropolitana di Tokyo, ed è costretta a lottare per guadagnarsi ogni grammo di rispetto. Decisa a investigare sul narcotraffico della yakuza, si trova invece assegnata a un caso che sembra il meno promettente della sua carriera: il tentato furto di un'antica spada. Il proprietario della spada, il professor Yamada Yasuo, sostiene che sia stata forgiata dal leggendario maestro Inazuma: le sue lame, secondo alcuni, possiedono qualità magiche e hanno il potere di incidere sul destino di chi le impugna.

L’Ombra della Stella è un romanzo giallo/noir, il primo nel quale appare la nuova protagonista Stella Spada. Stella passa da una comoda vita da segretaria ad un impiego presso una società di investigazioni, di cui diventa socia. Da questo momento la sua vita prende una piega estremamente avventurosa. Sullo sfondo Bologna. Una città sempre più misteriosa e pericolosa.

Just two years ago, the media turned Detective John Spader into a hero. He'd caught a twisted serial killer terrorizing Massachusetts, and the "Jack of Spades," as the media dubbed Spader, was born. But when the murderer walked free on a technicality - free to kill again - the public turned on Spader. Now a new serial killer is on the loose. He wears the silly, gap-toothed, grinning mask of Galaxo, Starboy Avenger! - a cartoon alien of unparalleled popularity with children.

When the body of a man is discovered in woodlands outside Manchester, a ten-year missing-persons investigation can finally be filed away. But this was no ordinary death: gagged, bound and buried alive, he was the victim of a sophisticated and sadistic killer. And there is something else that has the National Crime Agency puzzled. A single character carved into a nearby tree.

When Howard Duff, radio’s regular Sam Spade, was dropped from the show, Steven Dunne donned the trench coat. Finding his own brash and boyish style with the role, Dunne’s Spade was much like creator Dashiell Hammett himself - a grown-up teenager who loved a put-on, but could be depended on to be loyal and true despite his own troubles. In these digitally remastered capers, Hammett’s hard-boiled hero delves in to the domains of daytime serials, journalism, the waterfront, and international intrigue.

Terra Santa, le Crociate. Il racconto si snoda fra Gerusalemme ed Acri e ne è protagonista Bertrand, cavaliere templare incaricato di investigare su dei misteriosi omicidi che sembrano opera di un giustiziere, ma che rivelano una mano da professionista: forse un adepto della setta musulmana degli Assassini.

No bigger fad swept across postwar radio than that of the hard-boiled private detective - and nobody had more fun with their wink-and-nudge take on the genre than the producers, writers, and cast of The Adventures of Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett's legendary private eye had a sardonic sense of humor, which wavy-haired, rugged-voiced Howard Duff played to perfection.

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The radio series ran from 1946 through 1951.

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a radio show starring newcomer Howard Duff.

Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played Sam Spade in the third and most famous film version of the story. In 1946, William Spier, one of radio's top producers, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves.

The detective character, Sam Spade, was created by Dashiell Hammett for his crime novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character is most closely associated with Humphrey Bogart who played Sam Spade in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946, one of radio’s top producers (William Spier) brought “Sam Spade” to CBS radio starring newcomer Howard Duff with Lurene Tuttle.

With a quick mind and a quicker tongue (occasionally planted firmly in cheek), Dashiell Hammett's daring detective takes the case, takes a few punches, takes the dough (when there is any), and takes advantage of Effie's...good nature, in eight digitally restored and remastered capers.

Sandro Serino è un giovane in cerca di un futuro migliore. La sua vita non lo soddisfa. Ritiene che le sue doti di obiettivo osservatore, capace di freddi ragionamenti, non siano valorizzate. È appassionato di indagini poliziesche ed ha frequentato la nota scuola per corrispondenza "Phil Marlowe". Quando finalmente si troverà ad interessarsi della scomparsa dell'amico Giovanni, si sentirà nel suo ambiente. Ma la matassa non si dipanerà facilmente.

An eccentric artist is murdered in the proverbially locked room on a strange island in San Francisco harbor. Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle.

A young woman hires Sam to help her fiance... who doesn't want any help. He's already behind bars, but did he commit the crime? There are many contradictions and paradoxes in this caper!

Sam causes a stir at a San Francisco school for girls when he comes to investigate a string of thefts.

Sam's quiet evening with a western novel is rudely shattered. Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle.

Murder on skis at a rich man's winter home. Steve Dunne, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad.

A wealthy man hires Spade to protect him from his former employee, who is just out of prison after five years. Sam is at the morgue. Someone has been killed, and Sam knows who did it. But, he wishes that he didn't.

At a construction site, Bill Woods, the foreman, is shot dead while he's on the 20th floor. For the second week, Richard Kollmar is not heard during the program. Blackie does manage to croak a few words while sick in bed (possibly voiced by Jackson Beck).