Traditional Detectives

James and Johnny Golden were once inseparable. For as long as she can remember, James shared an almost supernatural connection with her twin brother, Johnny, that went beyond intuition—she could feel what he was feeling. So, when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that her brother is gone and that she’s alone—truly alone—for the first time in her life.

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.

Neuf personnes, sans aucun lien apparent entre elles, reçoivent simultanément une liste de neuf noms, dont le leur. Une simple liste, sans la moindre explication. Certains y voient une mauvaise blague, d'autre une erreur, en tout cas rien de vraiment digne d'intérêt. Mais lorsque deux d'entre eux sont retrouvés mort, un terrifiant compte à rebours s'enclenche. De nouveaux meurtres s'enchaînent mais aucun rapport entre ces neuf individus ne se dessine. Jessica Winslow, agent du FBI, est bien décidée à tirer tout cela au clair, d'autant que son nom figure également sur la liste.

Un pueblo tranquilo, tres muertes misteriosas y preguntas sin respuesta: Roger Ackroyd aparece muerto, dejando tras de sí una red de secretos. Solo un peculiar detective recién llegado, amante de los calabacines y la verdad, podrá desvelar el enigma oculto tras las apariencias.

Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker, consults Holmes about a job, gained only because of his red hair, which took him away from his shop for long periods each day; the job for to simply copy the Encyclopædia Britannica. After eight weeks, he was suddenly informed that the job ended. After some investigation at Wilson's shop, Holmes contacts a police inspector and the manager of a nearby bank. With Watson, they hide in the bank vault and catch two thieves who had dug a tunnel from the shop while Wilson was at the decoy copying job.

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet".

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.

O assassinato brutal de um conhecido de Holmes deixa todos suspeitando uns dos outros e com mil e uma teorias do que poderia ter acontecido e deixado o corpo do homem como ficou.

8 femmes isolées, un meurtre : un huis clos à la Agatha Christie par l'auteur plébiscité par 1 million de lecteurs au Royaume-Uni. Addictif. Un groupe de jeunes femmes va enterrer la vie de jeune fille de l'une d'elles sur une île isolée de tout. Elles se sont connues à différentes périodes de leurs vies. Leur séjour s'annonce luxueux et agréable jusqu'au moment où l'une d'elles trébuche sur le cadavre du cuisinier. Les communications avec l'extérieur sont coupées. Et nous découvrons des relations ambigües et plus complexes qu'il n'y paraissait.

The newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts has a staffing problem - one minister dead within six months of its inception, his successor snuffed out shortly before the General Election. When a third victim, Permanent Secretary Edwin Pompfret is fatally crushed by the fall of a giant bust, Inspector Julian Rivers is drawn into a case of murder of artistic devilment.

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.

Das Böse sprengt jede Grenze – der fünfte Band der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Serie um das deutsch-österreichische Ermittlerteam Alexa Jahn und Bernhard Krammer ...

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson besuchen "Buffalo Bill's Wild West"-Show, die sich für einige Wochen auf Englandtournee befindet. Während der Vorstellung stürzt jedoch einer der indianischen Darsteller unter rätselhaften Umständen von seinem Pferd und stirbt an seinen Verletzungen. Colonel William F. Cody beauftrag Holmes, den Vorfall zu untersuchen.

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.

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.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem".

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.

La prima indagine del commissario Ponzetti, un intricato mistero da risolvere nel cuore di Roma. Disincantato, eppure lucido e attento a cogliere ogni dettaglio, il commissario indaga sulla sorte dell'eccentrica sora Giovanna, colpita da un’auto in assenza testimoni. Nel mirino dell’indagine finiscono Arturo, il senzatetto della zona, e Alex, il giornalaio di via Principe Amedeo. Ma anche i condomini del palazzo della vittima sembrano nascondere qualcosa.

Disgraced Detective Dave Slater is stuck on gardening leave, down in the quiet Hampshire town of Tinton, with just one last chance to redeem himself. He must search for mousy young journalist Ruth Thornhill. Months ago, she vanished from her home, her London job, her life. But the Met don't want to know. Now Slater's boss slips him the file, asking him to investigate discreetly, with the help of an unlikely new assistant. Bedraggled fifty-something Detective Norman Norman.

Philadelphia. Marsha O’Shea is eager to reclaim her mojo. So when the dedicated FBI agent receives intel on a Russian gangster consolidating power throughout the city, she digs deep into covert plans threatening to fill the streets with bullet-ridden terror. But she’s devastated when her investigation leads to the torturous death of a crime-beat reporter with evidence.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.

Segovia, marzo de 2022. Una nueva pista reabre el caso de Leticia Santos, una chica desaparecida hace veinte años en los alrededores del Alcázar. Su madre está segura de que Leticia encontró su destino fatal en un frondoso valle que protege el castillo y lucha para que el proceso no se cierre en falso. Entra entonces en juego el periodista Jean Ezequiel, quien en compañía de la detective privada Teresa Trajano se vuelca en dar con el homicida. En medio de las pesquisas, el atroz asesinato de la joven Isabella Meyer siembra la investigación de dudas...

Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes, erschienen 1893 unter dem englischen Originaltitel The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, ist die zweite Sammlung von Detektivgeschichten um Sherlock Holmes von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In sämtlichen Geschichten des Bandes fungiert, wie auch in fast allen übrigen Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten, Holmes' Freund Dr. Watson als Ich-Erzähler.

Die Apfelernte in St. Applewood war vielversprechend und Barrington macht sich auf den Weg in die Cider-Brauerei Ainsley. Er leiht sich den alten Lieferwagen seines Onkels John aus, der bereits unterwegs seltsame Geräusche von sich gibt. Auf der Rückfahrt von der Brauerei versagt der Motor ausgerechnet in einem dunklen undurchdringlichen Wald. Barrington findet tief im Wald verborgen das Mädcheninternat Crossbill-House. Die Rektorin des Hauses erlaubt ihm, dort zu übernachten.

Summer Thomas questions her own sanity when violent patient, Lucy Clark, disappears from a locked hospital ward. Because no one else will admit that Lucy exists. As Summer digs deeper into the disappearance, it becomes apparent that Lucy is looking for her too, but Summer should have stayed away. Now, Lucy is coming for her...

A collection of stories from the most famous Western author of all time! Desert Death-Song is a compilation of some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which might otherwise be difficult to find. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals, and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.

He is the Virginian-the first fully realized cowboy hero in American literature, a near-mythic figure whose idealized image has profoundly influenced our national consciousness. This enduring work of fiction marks the birth of a legend that lives with us still.

There will never be another Western writer like Louis L’Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L’Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories. Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring nine of L’Amour’s earlier short stories, sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo, that exemplify the rugged morality of the best Western writing.

Webb Calder fought the newcomers who rushed to claim grasslands where Calder cattle grazed. But he could not resist Lilli - a proud and lovely young immigrant, loyal to the homesteader's cause, and to her husband.Still, a Calder kept what he had and got what he wanted. Where a man stands for what he believes, there Stands a Calder Man.

The definitive volume in Jakes’s best-selling series finds the Kent family reaching to finally embrace its legacy - and its futureIn the final installment of the Kent Family Chronicles, the remaining Kents seek to fulfill Philip Kent’s original American dream. As Gideon Kent’s health deteriorates, he fears for the future of his family.

November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly 20 years, the notorious thief known as the Ridgerunner has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the border to Montana, the solitary drifter, impoverished in means and aged beyond his years, is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son’s future.

The end of the colonies' fight for independence ushers in a fresh and even more glorious struggle to build the new nation. It is an epoch ripe with the energy of a country in its springtime. Two young heirs to a family dynasty turn their eyes west - the frontier beckons. It took a special breed to give up the comfortable life along our eastern seaboard. Who knew what lay beyond? But when Abraham Kent fell in love with his beautiful stepsister, he knew that leaving was the only course open to him.

The great Calder empire stretched across the Montana plains as far as the eye could see. Everyone knew a Calder's word was law, and that one day Chase Calder would carry the family name to new glories. But for handsome, arrogant Chase Calder there was also beautiful Maggie O'Rourke. She came to him in innocence and stirred in him a deep, insistent longing.

On his first trip to the West Zane Grey became friends with Buffalo Jones the "last of the plainsmen" as he called him in the book he subsequently wrote about him. Jones had been witness to the great herds of buffalo that had once ranged on the Great Plains and he had been a participant in the destruction of those herds. In early 1923 Grey decided that he would write the epic story of the thundering herds of buffalo the great hunt that decimated them and the battle between the Plains Indians and the buffalo hunters.