Detective Stories Anthology

Five Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one book collection. Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, who has won numerous awards for television documentaries and radio theater.

Quelle chaleur ! Pendant que La Puce allume le ventilateur, Super-Ouaf fixe un bocal d'un air rêveur.

Quel calme dans le bureau des détectives ! Super-Ouaf observe La Puce, étonné.

Este libro de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrado en castellano y producido por Booka Audiobooks te estremecerá. No solo por la historia, también por como te la contamos. Con una de las mejores voces del doblaje en castellano y para sumergirte aún más en la historia, también con música original. Conan Doyle no solo creó a Sherlock Holmes y al Doctor Watson, también imaginó a Abercrombie Smith.

Seguramente un sentimiento de inquietud se apodera del oyente y lo empuja a seguir con la escucha. Un sentimiento que se alimenta de un homicidio terrible, y se convierte en el motor que crea el suspense propio de toda narración de estas características.

Escritor, poeta y crítico estadounidense, más conocido como el primer maestro del relato corto, en especial de terror y misterio. Nació en Boston el 19 de enero de 1809. Sus padres murieron siendo niño y fue criado por John Allan, un rico hombre de negocios de Richmond. En 1836 se casó con su joven sobrina y durante la década siguiente Poe trabajó como redactor para varias revistas en Filadelfia y Nueva York.

Arthur Conan Doyle agreed with Sherlock Holmes fans that The Speckled Band was his best Holmes story. The narrative moves along at a rapid pace, with Holmes making many witty and spot-on points based on evidence that only Holmes could deduce.

New faces don’t go unnoticed in small Cornish fishing villages, but when two strangers turn up in Pendennick, they soon make their presence known when they attempt to steal a boat, holding a local at gunpoint....

Mila and James are 12-year-old twins that are "exiled" for the summer to a small...sleepy...boring Ohio town with their Aunt Dharma and Uncle Jim. The only thing halfway cool is that the town is the home of the last tree some guy named Johnny Appleseed planted. The two become more intrigued when they learn from Lyle, the local museum curator, that Johnny Appleseed hid a treasure with this last tree. Determined to help their parents (and get out of this sleepy little town), Mila and James set off to find the treasure.

"Dusted": Being a highly skilled predator doesn't necessarily put you at the top of the food chain at Club Nexus. A southern vampire with a hankering for blood and wanton violence may have bit off more than he can chew. "Demonized": The demon attorney we love to hate has his eye on a certain rockabilly human. Too bad she's brought a crossbow loaded with holy-water-dipped bolts for this night on the town. "Jinxed": Just when Jinx needs a carefree girl's night out with Ivy, a smoking-hot demon tries to buy her a drink. She really is the unluckiest human on the planet.

When men are plotting to assassinate European leaders, some take justice into their own hands. A train never makes it to its destination, in this short story penned in the 1890's.

New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular series featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan as well as three critically lauded stand-alone novels, Lippman now turns her attention to short stories - and reveals another level of mastery.

Jarred is haunted by a mask in his mirror, visions of a past he doesn't remember, and love for a woman he can't recognize. As he feels he is about to crack from the stress, the mask in the mirror begins to crack as well. Jarred wonders if he is haunted, insane, or is he perhaps the only sane person left in the world.

An FBI homicide detective with psychic abilities has been able to crack every cold case he has worked on. His last cold case and a recent string disappearance of three tourists have left him on edge, unable to solve it. He must connect the dots before it's too late and more bodies are discovered on the bayou.

A phantom haunts The Pole-Star, a whaling ship stranded in the north Atlantic ice, as the ship's captain slips into madness....

A second marriage after the first ended in tragedy is bound to have its challenges. In the case of DI Peter Johns, his new wife, "Our Bernie", is very different from Angie, the love of his life. This short story plots the path of their friendship from first encounters to final commitment.

Detective Sergeant Peter Johns is resentful of the young PC who catches the attention of his friend and boss, DI Richard Paige. Richard encourages his new protégé to apply for promotion and Peter fears that he is being left behind. They go their separate ways, but then fate throws them together again. Peter now has the upper hand. How will he treat his erstwhile rival?

New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular series featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan as well as three critically lauded stand-alone novels, Lippman now turns her attention to short stories - and reveals another level of mastery.

Aristide Valentin, head of the Paris Police, is on the trail of the ingenious criminal and master of disguise Flambeau. Valentin suspects that the Flambeau is going to London to attend a conference of clergymen to steal the precious religious articles on display there. While traveling to London, Valentin encounters a Catholic priest, and he overhears Father Brown tell a lady that he is carrying the "Blue Cross", a sterling silver cross covered in precious blue stones. Valentin warns Father Brown that it is dangerous to tell anyone that he is carrying an object of immense value.

Bullion! is the ultimate locked-room mystery. A ship transporting gold bullion is travelling from Melbourne to London. The gold is packed into chests and stored in a separate locked and sealed room. But mysterious whispering is heard in the night and chests seemingly disappear and return, leading the crew to think they’re losing their minds. Can the second mate get to the bottom of the mystery?