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A thrilling full-cast adaptation bringing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell universe to life Veteran Fourth Echelon agent Sam Fisher has a new mission recruiting and training the next generation of Splinter Cell operatives for the National Security Agency's covert action division. But when a lethal...

A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system takes down a passenger jetliner in the skies over Belarus, showering the fields below in burning scrap. As the world begins to mourn the horrific accident, one man–new CIA director, George Lawrence–knows it is anything but. Three hundred innocents were sacrificed in order to snuff out the life of one man: Professor Alexey Sokolov, a senior adviser to the Russian government. As well as a CIA asset recruited by a ghost known as the Hangman... Trapp doesn't know any of this.

転地療養のため美しく平穏な西インド諸島を訪れたマープル。一週間は何事もなく穏やかにすぎていった。だが、まもなく彼女を相手に懐古談をしていた少佐が死体となって発見される。以前から少佐は何かを憂いていたようなのだが……。

Carla Lemarchant was a child of five when her mother was accused and convicted of poisoning her father, the famous painter Amyas Crale. After Caroline Crale dies in prison, Carla is sent to live with her uncle and aunt in Canada. Only on her twenty-first birthday does Carla learn of her family...

The very first Inspector Morse novel adapted for radio, plus two bonus short stories A must-listen for fans of Colin Dexter’s famous detective, this never-before-published 1985 dramatisation marks Inspector Morse’s first ever appearance on radio – preceding the hit TV series by a full two...

Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone—leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter—but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up.

The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series Set during the reign of Henry VIII, these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking...

Paul Temple swings into the '60s with five complete radio dramas featuring the writer-cum-amateur detective and his wife, Steve, plus bonus archive material. Between 1938 and 1968, Paul and Steve's exploits enthralled generations of radio listeners around the world. Here, presented in chronological order, are 'The Gilbert Case' (1960 remake), 'The Margo Mystery' (1961), 'The Jonathan Mystery' (1963 remake), 'The Geneva Mystery' (1965) and 'The Alex Affair' (1968). This set also includes the bonus radio feature 'Peter Coke and the Paul Temple Affair'.

They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice. Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in these powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's novels.

In the Western Australian wheatbelt, refugees Anushey, Shahab and their daughter find safety in the sleepy town of Nunich. But when their daughter disappears without a trace and the town is plunged into chaos and violence, their newfound sense of security is shattered. Suspicions flare, slurs are hurled and tensions rise. Suddenly, Nunich and everyone in it find themselves caught in a storm of media frenzy, political corruption and even terrorist threats.

Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly...

A collection of four blackly humorous crime mysteries featuring the fictional BBC Radio crime correspondent, George Cragge. Adapted from the novel by Mark Tavener, In the Red sees the anarchic George Cragge investigate a spree of bizarre murders in the world of City finance, a small political...

A collection of the BBC’s dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh’s most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. Includes 'A Man Lay Dead', 'A Surfeit of Lampreys', 'Opening Night' and 'When in Rome'.

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...

Brilliant detective Sam Spade is the quintessential private eye, with his own code of ethics. When a standard stakeout goes wrong and Spade’s partner is killed, he finds himself drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure of dubious origin—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. But he’s not the only one on the trail of the falcon. Hot on his heels are Joel Cairo, a perfumed grifter; an oversized adventurer named Gutman; and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful but treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a hat.

Ein ganzes Dorf unter Mordverdacht! In Herring St. George, einer idyllischen englischen Gemeinde, passiert normalerweise nie etwas. Während eines mittelalterlichen Fests wird jedoch der Buchprüfer Wilmslow ermordet aufgefunden – getötet wie einst der Heilige Sebastian. Zollinspektor Bognor und seine Ehefrau, die gerade auf der Durchreise in Herring St. George sind, versuchen gemeinsam mit Inspektor Wapping den Fall zu klären. Verdächtig ist jeder und die meisten Einwohner haben etwas zu verbergen. Vor den Bognors tun sich unerwartete Abgründe auf.

Nach dem Tod seines Großonkels Iggie Ephrussi erbt Edmund de Waal eine Sammlung japanischer Miniaturschnitzereien – so genannte Netsuke. Auf der Suche nach ihrer Herkunft und jenen Menschen, die sie einst besaßen, begibt er sich auf die Reise nach Paris, Wien, Odessa und Tokio. Dabei lernt er die bewegende Geschichte seiner Vorfahren kennen und erzählt sie. Die Ephrussi gehören im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu den einflußreichsten und wohlhabendsten jüdischen Bankiersfamilien. In den Zeiten des aufkeimenden Antisemitismus wird der Familie ihre Herkunft zum Verhängnis. Sowohl Einfluß als auch Reichtum schwinden schnell – ein Existenzkampf beginnt.

Die Sicherheit Europas scheint in Gefahr, weil ein wichtiges Staats-Dokument verschwunden ist. Der englische Premierminister sitzt persönlich auf Sherlock Holmes' Sofa, um ihn mit dem Fall zu betrauen. Im Verlauf seiner Ermittlungen stößt Holmes auf einen ermordeten Spion, eine eingeschüchterte Ehefrau und schlussendlich auf den gesuchten Brief.

Der ehrbare Mr. John Scott Eccles übernachtet bei seinem Bekannten Aloysius Garcia. Als er des Morgens erwacht, findet er das Haus verlassen vor. Selbst die Dienerschaft ist nicht auffindbar. Wenig später erfährt er von der Polizei, daß sein Gastgeber in dieser Nacht auf freiem Feld ermordet wurde. Natürlich gerät Eccles in Verdacht. Nur Sherlock Holmes verfolgt eine ganz andere Spur.

Der Sohn des reichen und angesehenen Duke of Holdernesse ist aus seinem Internat verschwunden. Obwohl es anfangs Hinweise auf eine freiwillige Flucht gibt, deuten alle neu auftauchenden Spuren auf eine Entführung hin. Als der in derselben Nacht verschwundene Deutschlehrer tot aufgefunden wird, steht Sherlock Holmes vor einem wahrhaft kniffligen Problem.