検索キーワード： 古典的探偵

When Mick is almost killed by Oxford's influential chief planner Conrad, the near-miss and ensuing violence awaken his sense of justice. Conrad colludes with venerable St Mark's College in their sale of a 650-acre farm for development. Strategically located in the OxCam Growth Arc, the development will involve bulldozing a nature reserve and its dormice. Mick joins in the protest. Meanwhile Conrad's wife Kimberly demands a divorce and extends a helping hand to Mick. But tragedy strikes when two people, believed to be Conrad and Kimberly, die in a suspected arson attack on their home.

Enthält: Maigret und die Affäre Saint-Fiacre (13. Fall) / Maigret bei den Flamen (14. Fall) / Maigret und der geheimnisvolle Kapitän (15. Fall) / Maigret und der Verrückte von Bergerac (16. Fall) / Maigret in der Liberty Bar (17. Fall) / Maigret und die Schleuse Nr. 1 (18. Fall) / Maigret und sein Neffe (19. Fall) / Maigret und die Keller des Majestic (20. Fall). In seinem 13. Fall, Maigret und die Affäre Saint-Fiacre, führt es den Kommissar zurück in seinen Geburtsort. Ein anonymes Schreiben weist auf ein Verbrechen in der Kirche von Saint-Fiacre hin.

Ein geheimnisvoller Mord im Antiquariat. In der antiquarischen Buchhandlung in der Charing Cross Road könnte alles seinen gewohnten Gang gehen. Zwischen den zahlreichen Raritäten und Bücherschätzen arbeitet die Buchhändlerin Sally noch zu später Stunde. Doch schon bald überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Bücher verschwinden und rätselhafte Begebenheiten führen das Ermittlerduo Sally und Johnny zum Tatort eines Verbrechens. Das Tagesgeschäft im Antiquariat steht plötzlich still, als der unbeliebte Mr. Butcher tot an seinem Schreibtisch aufgefunden wird.

The year is 1888. A pall of fog blankets London, obscuring the gaslit streets and lending an air of sinister mystery to the unfolding events. The city, a labyrinth of opulent mansions and impoverished slums, is gripped by fear. A killer stalks the shadows, leaving behind a single red rose as their chilling calling card the Rose Killer. Their victims, plucked from the diverse tapestry of London life from the women of the night to unsuspecting patrons are found with a horrific brutality that sends shockwaves through the metropolis.

تبدأ أحداث القصة في أحد أيام شهر أبريل حينما يقوم المحقق شارلوك هولمز بايقاظ صديقه الدكتور واطسون في الصباح ليخبره بقدوم سيدة تدعى هيلين تطلب المساعدة في حل قضية ما . تحكي هيلين بعض الأحداث الغريبة التي وقعت بالمنزل الريفي في ستزك موران ، والتي كانت تعيش فيه هي وأختها جوليا مع زوج والدتهم الدكتور رويلوت ، وفي إسهاب عن شخصية الدكتور رويلوت تحكي هيلين أنه رجل ذو شخصية عنيفة ، عاش لسنوات بالهند قبل زواجه من والدتها الأرملة ، والتي توفيت منذ بضعة سنوات لتتركها هي وأختها جوليا في عهدة زوجها الثاني رويلوت. .

ذهب متعهد العروض المسرحية «كليفورد بارومان» غاضبًا إلى المحقق الشهير «شيرلوك هولمز» وصديقه دكتور «واطسون»؛ فقد تسلل أحد اللصوص إلى مكتبه في منتصف الليل وسرق ساعةً ذهبية لا تُقدر بثمن كان يملكها الروائي الفرنسي الشهير جوستاف فلوبير. وما زاد من سخطه هو أن الشرطة أخبرته أنها حادثة سرقة كغيرها وأنهم سينظرون في الأمر.

Inspector Yash had just retired from the police force and moved to a quiet place nestled in greenery. But no one told the criminals that! When the house he moves into, proves to be haunted, Yash is in great danger.

Um Homem atormentado por dívidas e pela perda de um parente de grande importância, levando-o a realizar ações questionáveis e extravagantes para evitar a falência. Surge a questão: conseguirá nosso estimado SHERLOCK HOLMES desvendar os planos que ele está tramando?

When a young woman’s body is found at a cave entrance by the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. A trail of footprints leads from the body on the shore to the nearby youth hostel. But the killer’s identity is far from clear as the picturesque façade of Robin Hood’s Bay conceals more than it reveals.

This collection contains nine early stories featuring the Continental Op, an un-named middle-aged detective working for the San Francisco branch of the fictional Continental Detective Agency. The stories are narrated in the first person. The “hardboiled detective” voice was later used by author Dashiell Hammett in The Maltese Falcon (Sam Spade) and the Thin Man series of stories.

మల్లాది వెంకట కృష్ణమూర్తి నవలలు అంటే కచ్చితగా ఎదో ఒక కొత్త ప్రయోగం తో కథలు ఉంటాయి అనే అభిప్రాయం పాఠకుల్లో ఉంది. ఎప్పటికప్పుడు మంచి ప్రయోగాలతో కథలని అల్లి చదువరులను అలరింపజేయడం లో మల్లాది వారు దిట్ట. ఈ పున్నమి అనే నవల లో కథ అంతా పున్నమి డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ చుట్టూ తిరుగుతుంది. అయితే ఈ డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ హత్యలు చేసేవారిని కనిపెట్టదు. దూరం అయిన ప్రేమికులని వెదికి కలిపే కేసులని మాత్రమే ఈ ఏజెన్సీ పరిష్కరిస్తుంది. సరికొత్త గా గమ్మత్తయిన కథ కథనం లో ఈ నవల అందరినీ తప్పక అలరిస్తుంది.

זוהר בר, פרוד טרי מאשתו, מרצה מן החוץ לספרות אנגלית בקולג' נידח בקליפורניה, מקבל הצעת עבודה: לבלות את חופשת חג ההודיה בבקתה של ישראלים אמידים בהרי הסיירה, ולהעביר סדרת הרצאות בנושא התמחותו - הספרות הבלשית. אבל העיסוק בבילוש, מתברר, לא יהיה אקדמי בלבד. הרחק בהרים המעצורים נפרצים, והאמת, אותה ניסו להסתיר משך שנים, מאיימת לצאת לאור. האם ייתכן כי אחד מהאורחים הוא רוצח?

הרוצח עכשיו בינינו – ברכבת..." סמוך לחצות הליל רכבת האוריינט אקספרס המפורסמת נעצרת על המסילה מפאת השלג הכבד. עם בוקר מתגלה גופתו של המיליונר סמואל אדוארד ראצ'ט בתאו הנעול, הוא נדקר תריסר פעמים. הרכבת מבודדת בשלג, איש לא עלה לקרון בסּופה - אחד מן הנוסעים האחרים מוכרח להיות הרוצח. הבלש הרקול פוארו, שנמצא ברכבת בדרכו מאיסטנבול ללונדון, חייב לפתור את התעלומה לפני שיהיה עוד רצח - מי משנים עשר הנוסעים ירצה לפגוע בראצ'ט? מתברר כי לכל אחד ואחד מהם עשוי להיות מניע משלו. ספרה הנודע של אגתה כריסטי רואה כעת אור בעברית בתרגום חדש ועדכני של מיכל אלפון.

רוצח סדרתי מסתובב באנגלייה, והארץ כולה אחוזה בהלה. את קורבנותיו, מתברר, הוא בוחר לפי סדר האלפבית: אל"ף – גברת אליס אשר באנדובר, בי"ת – בטי ברנרד בבקסהיל, וגימ"ל - סר ג'פרי גלדסטון בגמפטון־און־סי. מרצח לרצח הוא צובר ביטחון, אבל שובל הרמזים שהוא מותיר אחריו כדי להתגרות בבלש המהולל הרקול פוארו יהיה כנראה טעותו הראשונה, והיא שתביא עליו את סופו.

When Abby Carlson’s job as a dietitian comes to mind now, it’s accompanied by a looming threat: the Minneapolis serial killer who's been targeting women based on the first letter of their jobs, and who's ripe to pick a “D” victim. He follows his gruesome routine—preserving and posing the corpses per their professions, then posting his exploits on social media. But the threat is abstract in a city as big as Minneapolis...until Abby finds herself drugged in the back of a van, the latest potential viral hit.

From the Queen of Crime, a Golden Age detective mystery featuring friends sharing a country house and the practical joke that becomes a heinous crime. During a weekend party at The Chimneys, a historic English country house, a group of friends decide to play a prank on a friend infamous for oversleeping. Only the eight alarm clocks they set up in his room don't wake him up and, in the morning, they discover Gerald isn't just dead asleep. He's dead. Was it an overdose of the sleeping draught beside his bed? Or is there a murderer afoot? Led by Lady Eileen Brent, the houseguests investigate.

The first three mysteries in the Inspector Marco series: The Cardiff Bay Murders, The Cardiff City Murders and The Roath Park Murders. Have you met Inspector Marco? He’s a detective in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. He loves his mother and football - not always in that order. And he loves to lock up the bad guys.

Nick Cardillo (author of The Feats of Sherlock Holmes) presents seven improbable adventures of the World's Greatest Detective collected for the first time in one place. These tales of mystery and suspense will test the minds of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson like never before as they confront a wide array of monsters, madmen, impossible crimes, and the wildest aberrations of nature beyond their wildest nightmares.

A Vampira de Sussex conta a história de um homem viúvo que casa-se novamente com uma mulher latina. A nova esposa não se dá muito bem com o filho de seu primeiro casamento, chegando a maltratar o menino. Mas até ai, o ex-viúvo não se preocupa muito, pois acredita ser mais uma situação comum entre madrastas e enteados.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases.