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A collection of thrilling tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, including six full-cast dramas and a short story read by Benedict Cumberbatch In the first half of the 20th century, the detective story exploded in popularity. Innovative authors penned whodunits, whydunits and...

Now that their latest battle is over, the religious residents of Blister Creek are dealing with their losses and trying to heal - physically and spiritually. Their leader, Jacob Christianson, now feels the full burden of the responsibility and finds himself at a crossroads: keep the believers isolated, or see what lies beyond Blister Creek's borders.

Zwei Männer werben um Penelope Lane, die sehr reich sein wird, sobald sie fünfundzwanzig Jahre alt ist. Chief Inspector Milton Player von Scotland Yard und sein Cousin Roderick haben sich in die attraktive Schauspielerin verliebt. Doch können die beiden Rivalen sie vor dem skrupellosen Mörder beschützen, der ihr Leben bedroht? Edgar Wallace mit den traditionellen Elementen vom bekannten Krimi-Autor J. J. Preyer ins 21. Jahrhundert transponiert.

Pubblicato nel 1923 dal maestro del crimine Edgar Wallace, il thriller, ambientato in un castello inglese pieno di passaggi segreti e di nascondigli, si snoda con leggerezza e con suspense , un colpo di scena dietro l’altro, fino all’immancabile spiegazione finale dell’intreccio.

Environmental disaster, war, and government dissolution have plunged the outside world into chaos, leaving the embattled polygamist community of Blister Creek facing a host of dire challenges as their lifesaving resources grow treacherously low. When one of their beloved members gets lost in the desert, Dr. Jacob Christianson agrees to send out an expedition that includes his sister, Eliza. But danger follows the search group, literally.

An isolated religious sect in the desert confronts the collapse of civilization. Could this be the end of the world they’ve been waiting for? With the murderous Kimball clan’s evil plots finally crushed, Dr. Jacob Christiansen begins to embrace his role as leader of the polygamist community of Blister Creek. Then the world around them falls apart, plagued by international crop failures and global starvation, fuel and medicine shortages, and looming war. Blister Creek suddenly faces the very doomsday scenario they’ve been preparing for.

Thriller pubblicato nel 1932, e in seguito soggetto per due film, del 1940 e del 1962, che ne enfatizzarono i temi horror a scapito di quelli polizieschi, vede come protagonista il giovane Dick Martin, ex poliziotto in cerca di avventure. Londra è un necessario ingrediente della storia, insieme a sette chiavi e a un misterioso sepolcro.

Dal maestro del crimine Edgar Wallace, un romanzo dall’intreccio complesso e affascinante, ambientato a Londra. Seguiremo le avventure della protagonista e dell’ispettore Dick Shannon, di Scotland Yard, fino agli inevitabili colpi di scena finali. Un ascolto di “evasione” che porterà in galera i colpevoli e vedrà premiati gli innocenti.

Pubblicato nel 1932 col titolo originale di Angel Esquire, è stato pubblicato inizialmente col titolo di "L'oro di Satana", poi ristampato col titolo più disimpegnato di "Caccia ai milioni".

When Mark Cook walks into Northolme Police Station to report his wife missing, Detective Sergeant Catherine Bishop, still reeling from the repercussions of her previous case and her lover’s betrayal, has no reason to believe that Lauren is in danger. But then a horribly mutilated body of a young woman is discovered by Moon Pond, and the officers are drawn into the murky world of drug mules, where nothing is as it seems. Catherine and her colleagues are running a race against time to track down the traffickers and discover what has happened to Lauren.