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Against the backdrop of the subcontinent's independence and the origin of People's Republic of China, Imran enjoys his stay in the UK as a young student, works on his mental and physical abilities and discovers new ways to bring the biggest criminal of the new era to justice.

शिकारियों जैसी टोपी, टोपी लगा ओवरकोट और पाइप। गैस बत्तियों से रोशन, छोटे गोल पत्थरों वाली सड़कें और इंग्लैंड के शाही समंदर से 221-बी बेकर स्ट्रीट तक उड़कर आती धुंध। सर आर्थर कॉनन डॉयल की कल्पना से साकार विख्यात डिटेक्टिव शेरलॉक होम्स किसी परिचय के मोहताज नहीं हैं। 'ए स्कैंडल इन बोहेमिया' कहानी में शेरलॉक होम्स जब पहली बार सामने आए, तब से लेकर उनके कार्यकलापों का सिलसिला अनवरत जारी रहा। कई पीढि़यों से उनके प्रशंसक उन्हें पढ़ते आए हैं, और बेहद मामूली से सुराग से मुश्किल-से-मुश्किल केस को सुलझाने में वे अपनी जिस असाधारण बुद्धि और सहज ज्ञान का प्रयोग करते हैं, उससे पाठक अभिभूत हो जाते हैं।

Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads all 12 stories from this last collection to feature Holmes and Watson.

Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.

It is 1916. Captain Hastings has been invalided out of the Great War and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a...

Seit Salem denken kann, gilt sie als das schwarze Schaf ihrer wohlhabenden Familie. Doch als ihre Schwester unter mysteriösen Umständen an der renommierten Mortimer-Universität stirbt, glaubt Salem als Einzige nicht an einen Unfall. Fest entschlossen, die Wahrheit hinter dem rätselhaften Tod ihrer Schwester aufzudecken, beginnt sie auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Auf ihrer Suche nach Antworten trifft sie auf Caz – einen düsteren, charismatischen Künstler, der selbst zahlreiche Geheimnisse verbirgt und eigene Motive verfolgt.

Read by Dan Stevens A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick One of the most famous and beloved mysteries from The Queen of Suspense—Agatha Christie—now a Lifetime TV movie. "Ten . . ." Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U. N. Owen."...

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and gives to his heartsick daughter, Ruth Kettering, the 'Heart of Fire', one of the world's legendary jewels that once adorned the crown of the Tsars. Legend has it that the possession of the jewel leads to death - but despite her...

Read by Hugh Fraser Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time" Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie’s ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had...

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunnit in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series, Detective Hawthorne is once again called upon to solve an unsolvable case—a gruesome murder in an idyllic gated community in which suspects abound. Riverside Close...

सहा फूट उंचीचा, सडपातळ शरीराचा , गोरापान , चेहऱ्यावरून एखाद्या नाटकातील हिरोसारखा, भावनाप्रधान दिसणारा ! एकदम साधा वाटायचं. पण प्रतिस्पर्ध्याचा अंदाज नेहमी इथेच चुकायचा. अन चूक उलगडायची जेव्हा मंदारची मगरमिठी त्याच्या भोवती असायची.मंदार पटवर्धन ! सुहास शिरवळकरांचा आणखीन एक लाडका मानसपुत्र ! तो गुप्तहेर आहे हुशार आहे अन तितकाच तल्लख बुद्धीचाहि . डॉ.बंकिम एका टॅब्लेट फॉर्म्युल्याचा शोध लावतात, तो फॉर्मुला विकत घेण्यासाठी चीनची तयारी असते, पण हा फॉर्मुला मिळवण्याची कोणा दुसऱ्याचीच धडपड सुरु असते आणि तिथेच डॉ.

Read by Dan Stevens The most widely-read mystery of all time, now a major motion picture directed by Kenneth Branagh and produced by Ridley Scott “What more…can a mystery addict desire?” —New York Times “The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the...

"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie is one of the most famous mystery novels ever written and a masterpiece of detective fiction. In the quiet English village of King's Abbot, wealthy businessman Roger Ackroyd is found murdered shortly after receiving a shocking letter connected to the recent death of a woman named Mrs. Ferrars. As secrets begin to surface, the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement to investigate the crime. Narrated by Dr.

Read by Emilia Fox Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook The Man in the Brown Suit The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station...

Read by Hugh Fraser Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency. Tommy and...

An ordinary village A shocking announcement One morning the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn wake to find a strange notice in their papers: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm.’ Suspecting this is just a joke, they gather for some...

Frances Celane has good reason to pout. Thanks to a provision in her late father's will administered by her uncle, she's caught in the middle of a family feud between matrimony and money. If she chooses marriage, she loses a million. But beautiful young Frances has a strong will of her own that she's not afraid to use. One way or another, she means to hear wedding bells and cash registers making beautiful music together. Her first move: hire Perry Mason to orchestrate things.

They’re making a major feature film of the first Hawthorne/Horowitz mystery novel. Except—they’re behind schedule, they’ve run out of money and . . . oh! The star has just been murdered. Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne is dead. Or, rather, the actor playing him in the film...

Six short stories from the Queen of Crime, featuring our favourite young detectives, Tommy and Tuppence. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant...

Read by Hugh Fraser and Emilia Fox Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook What is The Secret of Chimneys? A young drifter finds out when a favor for a friend pulls him into the heart of a deadly conspiracy in this captivating classic from Agatha Christie. Little did...