A tale of the sinister afterlife of Sir Robert Depard, a local magnate who lived a dissolute life in Yorkshire. The story is told by an unnamed gentleman who travels around Holland with his brother...
Dr. Thorndike is a physician and lawyer who lectures on medical jurisprudence. He is also a Grade A detective with a first-rate brain and excellent powers of observation, as well as a talent for sc...
The idea behind this book is that before going to bed, Yorkshire farmer Mr. Poskitt liked to tell a little story or „nightcap”. Thus, J.S. Fletcher recorded and collected these stories ...
Jacob Herapat, wealthy real estate developer and Member of Parliament. found dead. With a gun at my side. But, it seems, an hour later the coachman brings him home. And what according to his will, ...
This is a short story about a young English boy whose cousin is kidnapped by a Spanish nobleman. He ends up in Mexico and finds himself on a galley bound for Spain. Francis Drake raids a galley and...
The author gives a satirical view of village life, which is so present in the work of her famous predecessors. The moral here may well be that swearing to keep someone else’s secret safe is t...
A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less ...
The author draws attention to the catastrophe of the future – the destruction of the world as a result of careless and deliberate poisoning by human beings of the atmosphere, earth, seas and ...
Thieves Wit is a detective story. Aspiring Confidential Agent in search of a pearl necklace. The villain sets up her lover, but the detective foils the evil plot. A story that keeps you in suspense...
On the same night, two brothers were killed at a distance of 400 miles from each other. Their bodies were apparently searched by the killers, but money and valuables were left on the corpses. What ...
Joseph Smith Fletcher is an English journalist and writer. He wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English mystery writer...
This book is a collection of short stories about one of Sherlock Holmes’ most prominent rivals: Dr. Thorndyke and Jervis. Doyle’s characters may be better, but Freeman spins a lot of my...
Dr. John Thorndike is a fictional detective in a series of novels. He is a medical lawyer – a doctor by origin, he turned to the bar and became one of the first, in modern terms, forensic exp...
Każde miasto skrywa jakieś zbrodnie. Do czasu. Tuż przed Bożym Narodzeniem znikają bez śladu dwie aktorki warszawskiego teatru. Ciało jednej z nich zostaje wkrótce znalezione w ...
Szokująca zbrodnia w świecie ludzi bez skrupułów. Czy któryś z tropów doprowadzi do mordercy?Na tyłach budynku kina znalezione zostają zwłoki Oliwii Wajdzik. Młodą, luksu...
Czy ktoś mógł go jeszcze uratować? Czy nie lepiej byłoby skończyć te cierpienia i pozwolić swojemu okaleczonemu ciału odejść z tego świata?W okolicach Warszawy policja znajduje resztki...
Las, noc i porzucona walizka. Mazury, jakich nie chcielibyście poznać.Klara porzuca swoje olsztyńskie życie, by podjąć wymarzoną pracę. Jednak etat w wiejskiej szkole okazuje się pułapką, z k...
Jezioro wyrzuca na brzeg martwe ciało zgwałconej dziewczyny. Wkrótce bez śladu ginie kolejna. Obie pracowały w położonym na pustkowiu luksusowym hotelu Odonata na Mazurach, którego go...
Zuzanna i Adam to para, jakich wiele. Mieszkają w niewielkim miasteczku nad jeziorem i pracują w tym samym gabinecie stomatologicznym. Żyją z dnia na dzień. Pewnego dnia dzieje się jednak coś stras...
PIĘĆ MINUT, TAK NIEWIELE, A WYSTARCZYŁO, ŻEBYM STRACIŁA WSZYSTKO: IDEALNIE POUKŁADANE ŻYCIE, SZCZĘŚLIWE MAŁŻEŃSTWO, CÓRKĘ.Na bałtyckiej plaży, w środku lata, ginie dwuletnia Marysia. W...