„Titan” is the second part of Theodore Dreiser’s famous „Trilogy of Desire”, which is based on the life story of the American millionaire C. Yerkes, who played a signi...
The heroes of the novel love each other since childhood, but evil fate separates them for many years. Having managed to keep their feelings pure, the lovers, having gone through all the trials, fin...
The pioneering creator of the inverted detective story, R. Austin Freeman was a popular Edwardian author of novels and short stories featuring Dr. Thorndyke, a pathologist-detective. Freeman’...
In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch th...
„The Valley of Fear” is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes receives a message from Fred Porlock, an agent to Professor Moriarty...
„The Valley of Fear” is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes receives a message from Fred Porlock, an agent to Professor Moriarty. Moria...
The narrative comes from a young doctor who is approached by a strange baron. Why does the house and everyone in it have to be completely white? Who are its inhabitants? Are they really crazy? Who ...
In Chesterton’s second Father Brown book, „The Wisdom of Father Brown,” we get a series of bizarre, sometimes dangerous mysteries that Father Brown must puzzle out. Some of the cr...
A woman goes on a secret errand into the far Northwest. Before it is accomplished the usual characters come into the story – Indians, mounted police, and the villain. Written by Hulbert Footn...
Often considered one of the first mystery novels, The Woman In White follows protagonist Walter Hartright, an art teacher, as he has a mysterious late night encounter on a London street with a lost...
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...
James Edward Preston Muddock also known as „Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock” and „Dick Donovan” (1843-1934) was a prolific British journalist and author of mystery and horror...
There are peaceful people and there are passionate people, and once in a while you encounter someone who is beyond passionate, and probably murderous. Such people often make very clever predators, ...
Powieść kryminalna z elementami thrillera. Akcja rozgrywa się wokół dramatu głównego bohatera. Jest nim mężczyzna, który wyprodukował bardzo niebezpieczną broń. Nie byłoby w ty...
Twelve Men – biographical stories. Each story individually is an autobiographical essay, a portrait of an individual. If we consider the works as a whole, as a collection, then we can trace t...
Bis vor kurzem hat ein Schmuggler Mark McGill mit seinem Partner Ronnie Perryman erfolgreich zusammengearbeitet. Doch dieser ist nun tot. Deshalb ist seine Schwester aus Frankreich gekommen. Sie wi...
This novel is considered to be one of Conrad’s major works and in subject matter is close to The Secret Agent. It is also full of conflict about the historical failures of revolutionary movem...
Ród Podbereskich zamieszkuje pałac na Kresach. Posiadłość jest mroczna, a na piętrze domu słychać nocą jęki i brzęk łańcuchów. W głębi pokoju widać przerażające zielone ślepia, a złe ...
«On affirmait ces jours-ci que le fameux cambrioleur Arsène Lupin, qui, après quelques années de silence, fait beaucoup parler de lui actuellement, aurait ét&eacut...
„Von Bagdad nach Stambul” ist ein Abenteuerroman von Karl May. Von Bagdad nach Stambul zieht sich der Reiseweg unserer Helden. In der Nähe der persischen Grenze treffen die Gef&aum...