Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

• 

  The Adventure of the Second...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  "The Adventure of the Second Stain", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Second Stain" eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.
  Lord Bellinger, the Prime Minister, and the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work. If divulged, this document could bring about very dire consequences for all Europe, even war. They are loath to tell Holmes at first the exact nature of the document's contents, but when Holmes declines to take on their case, they tell him that it was a rather injudicious letter from a foreign potentate. It disappeared from the dispatch box one evening when Hope's wife was out at the theatre for four hours. No-one in the house knew about the document, not even the Secretary's wife. None of the servants could have guessed what was in the box.

  Mostra libro

• 

  The innocence of Father Brown -...

  G.K. Chesterton

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Never underestimate the deductive prowess of a simple parish priest. 
  Beneath a shabby umbrella and an unassuming exterior lies one of the sharpest minds in Europe. The innocence of Father Brown introduces a detective unlike any other—a mild-mannered cleric whose profound understanding of human sin allows him to outwit mastermind thieves, solve gruesome, locked-room murders, and untangle baffling conspiracies. From a desperate chase through London's chaotic streets to a bloody beheading in a perfectly sealed garden, Father Brown confronts a labyrinth of crime with pure, astonishing logic. Pitted against his notorious rival, the towering phantom thief Flambeau, and Paris’s greatest police chief, Valentin, Father Brown’s only weapons are his razor-sharp intellect and deep empathy. The stakes are immense, but nothing stays hidden forever in the light of reason. 
  Why you will love this audiobook:If you crave elite Mystery/Detective Fiction, you will be utterly captivated by these foundational locked-room mysteries and mind-bending whodunits. Fans of classic literary giants will adore the brilliant deduction, the atmospheric Edwardian settings, and the masterful use of the amateur sleuth archetype. With intricate puzzles, shocking plot twists, and unforgettable character dynamics, this thrilling compilation is an essential listen for true crime solvers. 
  About the Author:G. K. Chesterton was a prolific English writer, philosopher, and literary critic whose towering genius shaped the modern mystery genre. Renowned for his sharp wit, paradoxes, and profound philosophical insights, his legendary creation of Father Brown secured his legacy alongside the greatest architects of detective fiction.

  Mostra libro

• 

  Now Entering Silver Hollow - The...

  Lucienne LeBeau

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Could a basement be a portal to Perdition? How many heads can fit in a duffel bag? Where did the family living at Dubbs House go? What’s the difference between waking from a nightmare and waking into a nightmare? Now Entering Silver Hollow answers these questions, and questions these answers as the residents and visitors of the town are tormented by forces at Dubbs House that they cannot comprehend and may never understand.

  Mostra libro

• 

  A Week on Mount Olympus - and...

  Peter Murphy

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Charlie Walden is the Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, where he had hoped for a quiet life, but has found it to be anything but. With the job of balancing the needs of prosecutors, judges, 'Grey Smoothies', the humourless grey-suited civil servants, and the overall needs of a Crown Court he soon finds himself struggling to keep the peace and his own delightful humour.
  Charlie is confronted by a number of topical issues he hadn't anticipated; invited to join the Court of Appeal he finds himself faced with a case involving the 'confusion' of one of his team. In another a teacher must be penalised for defacing a statue, a huge and mysterious cat comes to the rescue in yet another case, and so the harassed Judge must pick his way through this minefield of exasperating cases in order to keep everyone from the cannabis lobby to the anti-slave traders happy with his judgements.
  No hope of a quiet life for Charlie then, but, as ever, he deals with the issues of the day with satirical good humour, insight and wit. Another entertaining and insightful look at the British court system and the long-awaited sole Walden novel.

  Mostra libro

• 

  Intrigue in Istanbul

  Erica Ruth Neubauer

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  When vibrant American widow Jane Wunderly arrives in 1920s Turkey in search of her father, she finds a country redefining itself after the fall of the Ottoman Empire—and a deadly criminal who can't escape the past . . . 
   
   
   
  Istanbul, 1926: After her archeologist father makes a clandestine journey abroad, Jane and the dapper Mr. Redvers trace his footsteps while signs of danger loom back home in the United States. They're greeted at their destination by Aunt Millie and unsettling news: Professor Wunderly was on a mission to locate the lost heart of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent—a legendary relic from the Ottoman Empire said to possess potent mystical powers—then vanished completely, leaving behind his unpacked luggage, a perplexing riddle, and an eerie mystery Jane must solve to keep her loved ones safe. 
   
   
    
  What starts off as a clear-cut investigation becomes an intercontinental game of cat and mouse as Jane realizes a gang of nameless figures have been stalking her every move from Turkey to Hungary. And it seems even helpful friends can't be trusted for long when a man is stabbed to death on the Orient Express to Budapest. With Redvers by her side and few clues to rely on, Jane's desperate search for her father leads to centuries-old secrets and an unidentified enemy who could make her disappear like the missing Sultan's heart . . .

  Mostra libro

• 

  Callander Square

  Anne Perry

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Callander Square is the second of Anne Perry’s Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries. Full of well-drawn and convincing characters, it offers a finely crafted re-creation of Victorian England. 
   
  The bodies of two newborn babies have been found in a park in the fashionable London neighborhood of Callander Square. While Inspector Thomas Pitt is fighting to get the square’s aristocratic residents to speak with him, his pretty, well-born wife, Charlotte, decides to do some detective work of her own. 
   
  Soon she is unearthing secrets in every house on the square, while Thomas tries to discover what would drive a person to murder.

  Mostra libro