Indomitable detective Hercule Poirot is pitted against nine cunning adversaries in nine tales of murder, deception, terror, disappearance, and suspense.
Detective and mystery stories, English
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Auteur:Christie, AgathaSommaire: -
Auteur:Sommaire:Presents six short stories by the masters of mystery and horror.
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This collection of seventeen classic mystery stories, dating from 1837 to 1914, traces the earliest history of popular detective fiction.
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Auteur:Christie, AgathaSommaire:In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finest--Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne--and puts them each to the test in the most challenging cases of their careers.
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Auteur:Christie, AgathaSommaire:Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a...
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Auteur:Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, Paget, SidneySommaire:The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories, including the adventures of The Silver Blaze, The Musgrave Ritual, and The Final Problem. This collection not only introduces the term "smoking gun", it also introduces...
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Auteur:Doyle, Arthur ConanSommaire:'If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own.' In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the consulting detective's notoriety as the arch-despoiler of the schemes concocted...
- Auteur:Chesterton, G. K.Sommaire:
Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil? In The Innocence of Father Brown , G.K. Chesterton explores the darker side of human nature—the...
- Auteur:Black, JeremySommaire:
Through the enduring eye of Sherlock Holmes, noted historian Jeremy Black traces how Holmes and his milieu evolved in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books and how Holmes continues to resonate today. Black explores the context of Doyle...
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Auteur:Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, Paget, SidneySommaire:The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear, and thirty-seven short stories from the Adventures, Memoirs and Return of Sherlock Holmes....
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Auteur:Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, Paget, SidneySommaire:The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear. Included are illustrations by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, James Greig & Charles...
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Auteur:Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, Paget, SidneySommaire:The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear, and thirty-seven short stories from the Adventures, Memoirs and Return of Sherlock Holmes....
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Auteur:Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, Paget, SidneySommaire:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of the first twelve short stories based on the famous detective, including the cases of The Red-Headed League, The Speckled Band, and A Scandal in Bohemia. Holmes will need to use his...
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Auteur:Doyle, Arthur ConanSommaire:Sherlock Holmes doesn’t actually wear a deerstalker hat in the original. Other fun fact: he’s addicted to cocaine. Come see what else you don’t know about the world’s most famous violin-playing, chain-smoking detective as he solves...
- Auteur:Christie, AgathaSommaire:
Captain Arthur Hastings was an ongoing friend and adventure companion of the often exuberant Belgian investigator. In the tales related by Hastings, we soon discover the supremely confident little man lived up to his apparent...
- Auteur:Rendell, RuthSommaire:
Internationally celebrated novelist Ruth Rendell offers a collection of unforgettable stories evocative of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and other masters of the chilling touch.
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Auteur:Barnett, ColleenSommaire:Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs, as well as for the...
- Auteur:Aird, CatherineSommaire:
A collection of sixteen short mystery stories.
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Auteur:King, Laurie R., Klinger, Leslie S.Sommaire:The latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times bestselling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of eras and forms.
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Auteur:Carcaterra, LorenzoSommaire:Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay McInerney takes you on a wild ride through...
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