Classic Detective

A desaparición de una importante carta de un monarca europeo está a punto de tener consecuencias imprevisibles, cuando Lord Bellinger, dos veces presidente del Consejo de Gran Bretaña, y el muy ilustre Trelawney Hope visitan a Holmes en Baker Street.

During the last part of the nineteenth century, the detective story took off as a popular genre as literary magazines vied with each other to draw in readers with gripping page-turners by the likes of Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Guy Boothby and Wilkie Collins. This collection brings together some of the great detectives of the Victorian era, from the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes, to the mild mannered Father Brown, to the feisty J. G. Reeder.

Revolutionary terrorists, a dead British agent, a man-eating tiger, and the Commander of the British Army cavorting with a Russian spy. Now it's a national emergency. Monarchies are collapsing daily and the world is on the brink of revolution, but most importantly--the game is afoot!

Hercule Poirot, il celebre investigatore belga, ha deciso di ritirarsi dalle scene: per questo motivo si trasferisce a King's Abbott...

Sir Daniel Denton was NOT a nice man, and when his body is found in his study at Bywater Grange, shot through the back with his own pistol, no one sheds many tears. Scotland Yard Inspector Pinkey is sent to the country estate to investigate the crime, and quickly focuses his efforts on three suspects: the dead man's widow, Lady Adelaide Denton; his half-brother, Gerard Denton; and his secretary, Redwin, who'd recently been dismissed for "cooking" the accounts.

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most talented investigators in the world, and has solved case after case with his intelligence and intuition. When he is sent a mysterious coded message from a spy working for his enemy Professor Moriarty, Sherlock takes it upon himself to crack the code and begin investigating a crime that has yet to happen against a man named John Douglas.

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection Final Acts. The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel sees A .E. W. Mason's famous detective, Inspector Hanaud, and amateur detective Ricardo investigate the theft of a pearl necklace and the murder of its owner, set within the world of opera.

Hur gick det egentligen till när miss Mary Morstan förlorade sin far? Omständigheterna är minst sagt mystiska och ingen verkar kunna reda ut vad det var som faktiskt hände. Men när Mary flera år senare plötsligt mottar ett underligt brev, tillsammans med 6 stycken pärlor, så står det klart att det kalla fallet behöver få en lösning. Till hennes undsättning kommer mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes som även denna gång fått en riktigt svår nöt att knäcka.

This is a new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles. It’s the same story. Mostly. That is, it contains the same characters, the same action, and much of the same dialogue. What’s different? Well, it’s a little shorter, a little leaner, a little less verbose in some sections. But the chief difference is that it’s now narrated by a dog. A greyhound, in fact, named Septimus. In this new edition, he tells his story of how he became “The Greyhound of the Baskervilles.”

In “Tom Sawyer, Detective,” Mark Twain combines detective work and adventure to create a classic quest that captures the spirit of youth and the excitement of uncovering mysteries. An electrifying, non-stop detective story that everyone will love.

Los crímenes de la calle Morgue, también conocido como Los asesinatos de la calle Morgue o Los asesinatos de la rue Morgue, es un cuento del género policíaco y de terror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado por primera vez en la revista Graham's Magazine, de Filadelfia, en el mes de abril de 1841. Se trata del primer relato de detectives propiamente dicho de la historia de la literatura, es decir, la primera historia sobre detectives que reúne todos los elementos que más tarde van a retomarse como característicos de las novelas policiales.

Ten years ago, Mary Morstan’s father, an officer in an Indian regiment, vanished. Four years later, elegant pearls began to arrive, six in total, and now she holds an invitation to meet her mysterious anonymous benefactor. As Miss Morstan shares this peculiar tale with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, she urges the detectives to accompany her. Her only clues to her father’s disappearance: a map of a fortress with the names of four strangers and an assertion that she’s been dreadfully wronged.

Sherlock Holmes viaja al valle de Sussex, donde John Douglas, un caballero americano que reside en Inglaterra, ha sido violentamente asesinado en su mansión, una antigua fortaleza aparentemente inexpugnable. En esta obra de Arthur Conan Doyle, encontramos todas las características del género detectivesco: un muerto que plantea infinidad de interrogantes, un despacho repleto de sangre y de pistas desconcertantes, una servidumbre aterrada, una viuda y un amigo de confianza sobre los que recaen sospechas de infidelidad.

No case is too slight for the mental powers of the Great Detective, in this second selection from The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

The novel begins as a man, who we later learn is John Jasper, leaves a London opium den. The next evening, Edwin Drood visits Jasper, his uncle, who is the choirmaster at Cloisterham Cathedral. Edwin confides that he has misgivings about his betrothal to Rosa Bud.

Woran starb Sir Charles? War es ein Herzanfall oder ist er dem Höllenhund von Baskerville zum Opfer gefallen? Sherlock Holmes schenkt der Familienlegende wenig Glauben. Er schickt seinen Freund Dr. Watson als Begleitschutz für Sir Henry, den letzten noch lebenden Nachfahren der Baskervilles, auf eine gefährliche Reise ins Dartmoor. Dort reiht sich ein Rätsel ans andere: Wieso sendet der Butler Barrymore nachts am Fenster Lichtsignale? Warum verhält sich der Naturforscher Stapleton so merkwürdig eifersüchtig, als Sir Henry seiner Schwester Avancen macht?

Der russische Geschäftsmann und Philosoph Ivan Dragomiloff hat in New York eine geheime Organisation aufgebaut, die für Geld Attentate ausführt. Doch er nimmt nur solche Aufträge an, die dem Gemeinwohl dienen. Als der Gelehrte Winter Hall hinter die Machenschaften der mysteriösen Agentur kommt, beschließt er, diese zu zerschlagen: Für 50.000 Dollar erteilt er Dragomiloff den Auftrag, sich selbst töten zu lassen. Getreu seinen eigenen Regeln lässt sich Dragomiloff von der Rechtmäßigkeit des Auftrags überzeugen – eine blutige Hetzjagd durch die USA beginnt.

Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 19th January 1809. Poe is also one of a number of authors credited with inventing the detective genre with his Parisian sleuth C. Auguste Dupin. He's featured in three stories, including the legendary ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’, and by sheer deduction, logic and a touch of Gallic arrogance revealed what was hidden to the rest of us.

"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes works illustrated by Sidney Paget. The story is notable for introducing the character of Irene Adler, often used as a romantic interest for Holmes in later derivative works. Doyle ranked "A Scandal in Bohemia" fifth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.

Der Hotelportier Peterson findet nach einem Überfall, den er beobachtet hat, zufällig einen Hut und eine Weihnachtsgans, in der sich ein wertvoller Edelstein (der blaue Karfunkel) befindet. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass dieser vor wenigen Tagen aus dem Hotelzimmer der Gräfin von Morcar gestohlen wurde. Als Anhaltspunkt hat Sherlock Holmes nur den gefundenen Filzhut. Dieser reicht ihm allerdings aus, um dem Dieb auf die Spur zu kommen.