Зарубежные детективы
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежные детективыMurder in Black Letter
A pre-Renaissance manuscript, an old treatise on witchcraft, and black magic feature in the murder of a quiet, young teacher at the University of California.<P> <P>"The writer, already well know to science fiction readers, gives us a startling detective in his Norwegian-Japanese Trygve Yamamura who, this time, finds the murderer of a young university who knew too much about a medieval Book of Witches and who was tortured before his death. Good suspense and excellent puzzle." – The Cincinnatti Enquirer
Death Sentence
They were just rabbits in a cage, but their death sentence meant a lot more than was apparent on the surface…<P> A classic sci-fi/espionage tale by classic pulp author Chester S. Geier!
Bencher
There wasn’t much a one-armed, middle-aged man could do in that nice, clean, small town, after the army sent him home. Money was no problem. Finding a job was. So he spent his days on a bench in front of the courthouse, watching people, enjoying the sun, and knowing more than he really wanted to about the goings-on around him. Of course, when the sheriff found the bodies, Bencher was the one to ask about them…
A Royal Flush, or, Nick Carter’s Pursuit of a Living Mystery
Originally published October 14, 1911, here is issue #772 of The New Nick Carter Weekly. This ebook contains the complete novel originally published in the Nickel Weekly, entitled THE ROYAL FLUSH.
Grave Danger
"P.I. Johnny Liddell tangles with mobsters, molls – and murder!<P> ""…the [Johnny Liddell] books are classic examples of the hard-boiled private eye formula…[The] books are often distinguished by a gritty, authentic portrayal of New York cops and their methods…"« —St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers»
The Beautiful Miss Borgia
Bob could see Pam’s thoughts mirrored in her eyes: Please. Bob. Steve’s a regular guy. He hated to do what he did to you. But he was a cop. He had to.
Die, Darling, Die!
Joe Morley is fond of watching Miriam sunbathe nude (behind a screen). Unfortunately, she is the wife of the bank robber Frank Garret. Complicating matters, a contract hitman is looking for Garret, who has double-crossed his employer on a bank job…
First Case
Miss Elsie Petty is a former copywriter who quit her last job to attend the murder trial of Maria Valdez, accused of smothering to death her illegitimate child. The son of her ex-lover, Winston Knight, is counsel for the defense…
Something In the Air
Bardo, an agent for the secret police in an unspecified «Capital,» is in a particular town to bodygurd a local official, who is there to announce a new tax policy. Suspecting trouble, Bardo lingers long after the official leaves, observing peasants acting suspiciously around a run-down building. Does it hold a secret arms cache? There is more here than meets the eye!
The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s
At the age of eleven, while a bootblack working in Barnaby's Tavern in Boston, he first met The Man Who Always Wept.