Зарубежные детективы
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежные детективыHercule Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
Hastings is at a friend's house with several other people when the talk turns to flats and houses. Mrs Robinson tells the party how she and her husband have managed to obtain a flat in Knightsbridge for a very attractive price. Poirot is interested in this strange event and starts to investigate.
Sherlock Holmes in Dead Fell
Miss Emily Jackson and her brown Burmese cat Mandalay are staying in the beautiful and remote Fell District, but even there Mandalay rushes headlong into trouble! Mandalay finds an injured Pekingese dog named Ching Tao, who leads Miss Emily to the precipitous edge of Dead Fell… and the body of an unknown woman. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrive at Miss Emily’s request, and their investigation uncovers a family’s dark secrets. But before they finish, will they become the target of a ruthless killer, willing to strike again?
The Photographer and the Professor
The fifth installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best series.
Miami Papers Please Copy
Mr. and Mrs. Benson were enjoying their cruise around the world, oblivious to the criminal types around them. After all, as Americans, they had nothing to worry about. Not even in Los Angeles, last stop before the Orient. Or did they?
The Man from H-to-M
Originally published in the May, 1969 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, here is a classic spy spoof by Jacob Hay.
The Murder on the Links
"The Murder on the Links" takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was «a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him.»
The Budapest Parade Murders
#8 in the Hugh North series. Captain Hugh North of the American Army's G-2 division is on hand when a peace advocate is attacked and robbed on his way to the Budapest Peace Conference, on the eve of World War II. Only North can figure out the intricate plots going on behind the scenes.
The Photographer and the Jockey
Criminally underpaid assassin Manuel Andredas is hired to kill a famous jockey – for a particularly paltry sum.
Road Hog
Barlow drove too fast, didn't stay in his own lane, abused other drivers on the road, and even drank too much for safe driving. A story of menace, danger – and horror!
Sudden, Sudden Death
Barlow drove too fast, didn't stay in his own lane, abused other drivers on the road, and even drank too much for safe driving. A story of menace, danger – and horror!