The fourth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.
When the Photographer is hired to kill the police commandant of Lisbon, he concocts an elaborate scheme to frame his fellow plane passenger, a man named Verahos, of the crime…
Down Shanghai's famous Bund swept the red tide of terror – until Captain North discovered the secret of the four copper coins, of the dying man who whispered, «Carol's doll,» and of the murderer whose goal was an empire!
American smuggler and gun-runner Denis Burke, abroad in Morocco, is dramatically confronted by French inspector Captain Crepin, who warns him he will catch him on his next run…
A new Joe Friday detective story, taken from the files of the Los Angeles police. In The Case of the Crime King, by Richard Deming, Lieutenant Joe Friday knew who the Crime King was and how he operated – but not where he was. And the victims wouldn't talk!
While on holiday in Brighton with Hastings, Poirot cannot resist the case of a missing necklace. Also published as «The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan.»
Poirot and Hastings are entertaining Japp when the conversation turns to the recent disappearance of a banker, Mr. Davenheim, from his large country house, the Cedar. No trace of Davenheim can be found.
The fiancée of Philip Ridgeway asks Poirot to prove his innocence. Ridgeway is the nephew of Mr Vavasour, the joint general manager of the London and Scottish Bank and a million dollars of bonds have gone missing whilst in his care.
Poirot receives a visit from Miss Mary Marvell, the famous American film star on her visit to London. She has received three letters, handed to her by a Chinese man, which warn her to return her fabulous diamond jewel, the «Western Star», to where it came from – the left eye of an idol – before the next full moon.
Towards the end of the First World War, Hastings calls on Poirot in his rooms to discuss the sensational news of the day – the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister, David MacAdam. They are interrupted by two visitors: Lord Estair, Leader of the House of Commons and Bernard Dodge, a member of the War Cabinet. They enlist Poirot to help with a national crisis – the Prime Minister has been kidnapped.