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Lettice Galbraith is as mysterious as the stories she wrote. She appeared on the literary scene in 1893 with a rash of short stories and one novel, published another story four years later, and then disappeared without a trace. Yet despite the brevity of her presence on the literary stage, her supernatural stories have remained popular to this day. 'The Ghost in the Chair' tells the story of a strange shareholders' meeting at a troubled mining company.

Lettice Galbraith is as mysterious as the stories she wrote. She appeared on the literary scene in 1893 with a rash of short stories and one novel, published another story four years later, and then disappeared without trace. Yet despite the brevity of her presence on the literary stage, her supernatural stories have remained popular to this day. "The Missing Model" is a strange tale - a cross between a ghost story and a crime mystery.

A gripping collection of Victorian supernatural stories from the greatest ghost story writers of the age. 'Room Number Ten' by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor, 'Kerfol' by Edith Wharton, 'A Child of the Rain' by Elia W. Peattie, 'The Cold Embrace' by Mary E. Braddon, 'The Mummy of Thompson-Pratt' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'When I Was Dead' by Vincent O'Sullivan, 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray, 'The Story of the Spaniards' by E & H Heron, 'The Staircase' by Hugh Walpole....

When the body of a retired sheriff is discovered in his grand house in the New Town of Edinburgh, Detective Sergeant Alice Rice finds herself hunting his killer. The search leads her to an unfamiliar world where wind-farm developers - with millions of pounds at stake - and protesters face each other with daggers drawn.

Lettice Galbraith is as mysterious as the stories she wrote. She appeared on the literary scene in 1893 with a rash of short stories and one novel, published another story four years later, and then disappeared without a trace. Yet despite the brevity of her presence on the literary stage, her supernatural stories have remained popular to this day. 'The Ghost's Revenge' is a classic gothic horror story about a vengeful ghost which visits a terrible curse upon anyone who attempts to live in the ancient Ravenshill Hall.

In the house of a Roman Catholic bishop a man lies in a pool of blood. Out in the bishop’s diocese the quiet life of parish priest Father Vincent Ross is about to be thrown into turmoil by a terrifying revelation. There are ugly scandals being hidden by the church, and a murderer is on the prowl. The police and the authorities are groping in the dark, but Father Ross has been given special information that he cannot disclose to anyone.

Called by New York Times columnist David Brooks the "smartest and most devastating" critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policies, Peter W. Galbraith was the earliest expert to describe Iraq's breakup into religious and ethnic entities, a reality that is now commonly accepted.

Als das berühmte Model Lula Landry von ihrem schneebedeckten Balkon im Londoner Stadtteil Mayfair in den Tod stürzt, steht für die ermittelnden Beamten schnell fest, dass es Selbstmord war. Der Fall scheint abgeschlossen. Doch Lulas Bruder hat Zweifel - ein Privatdetektiv soll für ihn die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen.

Scharfsinnig, packend, teuflisch klug... Nachdem Robin Ellacott ein mysteriöses Paket in Empfang genommen hat, muss sie zu ihrem Entsetzen feststellen, dass es ein abgetrenntes Frauenbein enthält. Ihr Chef, Privatdetektiv Cormoran Strike, ist nicht überrascht. Ihm fallen vier Menschen ein, denen er eine solche Tat zutrauen würde. Während die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt, wagen sich Strike und Robin vor in eine düstere und verstörende Welt.

A young, disabled girl is lost on a winter's night in Leith, unable to help herself or find her way home. Someone is combing the streets, frantically searching for her. Within hours of her disappearance, a body is washed up on Beamer Rock, a tiny island in the Forth being used as part of the foundations for the new Queensferry Bridge. No sooner has DI Alice Rice managed to discover the identity of that body than another one is washed up on the edge of the estuary, in Belhaven Bay.

The United States invaded Iraq with grand ambitions to bring it democracy and thereby transform the Middle East. Instead, Iraq has disintegrated into three constituent components: a pro-western Kurdistan in the north, an Iran-dominated Shiite entity in the south, and a chaotic Sunni Arab region in the center. The country is plagued by insurgency and is in the opening phases of a potentially catastrophic civil war.

Quando un misterioso pacco viene consegnato a Robin Ellacott, la ragazza rimane inorridita nello scoprire che contiene la gamba amputata di una donna. L'investigatore privato Cormoran Strike, il suo capo, è meno sorpreso, ma non per questo meno preoccupato. Solo quattro persone che fanno parte del suo passato potrebbero esserne responsabili - e Strike sa che ciascuno di loro sarebbe capace di questa e altre indicibili brutalità. La polizia concentra le indagini su un sospettato, ma Strike è sempre più convinto che lui sia innocente.

Quando il giovane Billy, in preda a una grande agitazione, irrompe nella sua agenzia investigativa per denunciare un crimine a cui crede di aver assistito da piccolo, Cormoran Strike rimane profondamente turbato. Anche se Billy ha problemi mentali e fatica a ricordare i particolari concreti, in lui e nel suo racconto c'è qualcosa di sincero. Ma prima che Strike possa interrogarlo più a fondo, Billy si spaventa e fugge via.

Londra. L'eccentrico scrittore Owen Quine non si fa vedere da giorni. Non è la prima volta che scompare improvvisamente, ma non è mai stato via così tanto tempo e la moglie ha bisogno di ritrovarlo. Decide così di assumere l'investigatore privato Cormoran Strike per riportare a casa il marito. Ma appena Strike comincia a indagare, appare chiaro che dietro la scomparsa di Quine c'è molto di più di quanto sua moglie sospetti.

IL PRIMO ROMANZO DELLA SERIE NOIR SCRITTA DA ROBERT GALBRAITH, OVVERO J.K. ROWLING, AUTRICE DI HARRY POTTER È notte fonda quando Lula Landry, leggendaria e capricciosa top model, precipita dal balcone del suo lussuoso attico a Mayfair sul marciapiede innevato. La polizia archivia il caso come...

Under et besøg hjemme i Cornwall bliver privatdetektiven Cormoran Strike antastet af en kvinde, der beder ham hjælpe med at finde hendes mor, Margot Bamborough - som forsvandt under mystiske omstændigheder i 1974. Det er nyt for Strike at arbejde med en henlagt sag - for slet ikke at tale om en fyrre år gammel, uopklaret én af slagsen. Trods den spinkle chance for succes, bliver han interesseret og påtager sig opgaven, oven i den stribe sager han og hans partner på detektivbureauet, Robin Ellacott, allerede arbejder med.

"Ondskabens høst" er tredje bind i den anmelderroste serie om privatdetektiven Cormoran Strike og hans kvikke assistent Robin Ellacott. En djævelsk velkonstrueret kriminalroman med stadig nye forviklinger og samtidig en medrivende historie om en mand og en kvinde, der står ved en skillevej i deres personlige og professionelle liv.

Eigentlich wollte Strike nur seine schwer erkrankte Tante in Cornwall besuchen, doch dann kommt alles anders: Als er mit einem alten Freund in einem Pub zusammensitzt, wird er von Anna angesprochen, einer schüchtern wirkenden Frau, die sein Gesicht aus Zeitungsberichten kennt und ihn um Hilfe bittet: Vor fast vier Jahrzehnten, als sie noch zu klein war, um sich an irgendetwas zu erinnern, verschwand ihre Mutter spurlos. Die Polizei legte den Fall bald zu den Akten. Bis heute hat Anna das Gefühl, dass man ihr etwas verschweigt.

When the body of a half-clothed woman is discovered in an Edinburgh park, a murder investigation is launched. The victim has not been reported missing and there are few clues to her identity. Soon after, the naked corpse of a prominent clergyman is found, also in a park. DS Alice Rice wonders if the same killer is at work, and if so, what is the connection between the apparently motiveless attacks? The Road to Hell, the fourth in the series, takes the policewoman to new personal depths.

As Heather Brodie kisses her lover goodnight, her disabled husband lies dead, his throat cut from ear to ear. Who wanted Gavin Brodie dead? Many people, including Gavin Brodie himself. Crushed by an incurable illness, he pleaded to be allowed to die. When Alice Rice is brought in to investigate, another terminally-ill man is found murdered. Is it just a coincidence? Or is there a serial killer with a mission to get rid of the sick and infirm?