Showing results for "The Hand" in Traditional Detectives

The April Fool’s Day had been a roaring success for all, it seemed - except for poor Mr. Cartell, who had ended up in the ditch - forever. Then there was the case of Mr. Percival Pyke Period’s letter of condolence, sent before the body was found - not to mention the family squabbles. It was a puzzling crime for Superintendent Alleyn.

In the pretty little town of Sibley, NY, the court has adjourned for lunch, and Judge Evans and some of the leading lawyers of the district stand outside the courthouse discussing the limitations of the criminal classes. A stranger describes to them just how a man might commit a murder and avoid detection - and only minutes later, the widow Clemmens is discovered struck down in her parlor by an unknown hand in circumstances eerily similar to those described by the stranger.

1920s Stirling, and Chief Pathologist Dr Wallace is the town's acknowledged expert on all matters forensic. But he's not the only detective in the family - his daughter Barbara, a medical student, also has quite a talent for investigating. In these six one-off dramas, the two amateur sleuths join forces to tackle a string of tricky cases, each involving a suspicious death.

The murder of Sarah Culdrose is just the first in a series of mysterious and often gruesome deaths that London's subterranean trains will witness. The deceased - all women - pile up quickly. There is a maniac at large, and Inspector Sholto Lestrade of Scotland Yard is detailed to work with the Railway Police. The detective plunges through a tangled web of deviants to solve a string of murders so heinous that every woman in London fears for her life. Will the London Transport System survive? Or will Lestrade run out of steam?

In this brief crime novel, set in the days of Lincoln's presidential election, a man responds to a cry for help from a woman who lives in the same block of apartments. She claims that a ring has been stolen from her finger and asks the man to assist her in recovering it.

Ein Halstuch-Mörder, der seine Opfer stets mit einem indischen Seidentuch stranguliert, treibt sein Unwesen auf dem düsteren Schloss Marks Priory. Die adelsstolze Lady Lebanon, ihr Sohn Lord Willie und ihre Angestellten, scheinen eine Menge vor Scotland Yard zu verheimlichen ... Wer von ihnen ist der unheimliche Halstuch-Mörder und wer das nächste Opfer? und: Gerade erst hat die junge Eunice Weldon ihre Stellung als Sekretärin von Jane Groat angetreten, als jemand nachts in ihr Zimmer schleicht.

Sir Reuben Astwell mördas brutalt i Tornrummet i hans hus. Allt pekar på att den skyldige är hans systerson Charles Leverson; hans fingeravtryck finns i Tornrummet, betjänten Parsons har sett Leverson lämna Tornrummet strax efter ett gräl och en hög duns, Leverson hade blod både på kavajärmen och i tvättfatet dagen därpå, Leverson hade usel ekonomi och skulle ärva sir Reuben efter dennes död. Bevisen är verkligen övertygande. Ändå blir Hercule Poirot uppsökt av Lily Margrave, sällskapsdam till lady Astwell, den mördades änka.

Kaum hat Eunice Weldon ihre Anstellung als Sekretärin im Hause von Mrs. Groat angetreten, gerät ihr Leben in Aufruhr. Ein nächtlicher Eindringling hinterlässt ihr eine mysteriöse Karte mit einem blauen Handabdruck und der Warnung, sie solle das Haus sofort wieder verlassen. In einem Labyrinth aus versteckten Andeutungen, geheimnisvollen Hinweisen und düsteren Drohungen stellen sich viele Fragen.