Зарубежные детективы
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежные детективыSherlock Holmes: Found Dead
Former schoolmaster Collin Melrose is found dead, but why is he sitting in the wrong chair? And did Lily Klimpton kill herself after her lover’s death, or did she die at the hands of another? In Found Dead, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return to unravel two mysterious tales by the devious Lyn McConchie. Local squire’s daughter Miss Bibiana Paget befriends the ailing Collin Melrose, who lives near her family’s estate. Melrose does not have long to live, so Miss Bibi isn’t shocked when she visits his cottage and discovers him dead. Yet why would a man who couldn’t walk unaided be sitting in a chair that was not his favorite, the one he always sat in? Something is very wrong, and Miss Bibi consults Holmes and Watson. Can they untangle the knotted threads of Melrose’s past and expose a killer? <P> In their second case, Holmes and Watson visit the Isle of Sheppey to investigate Lily Klimpton’s death. Was it suicide, as everyone but her family believes, or was she murdered? And is her death related to that of Alistair Johnson, her erstwhile employer and paramour? Holmes and Watson’s investigations uncover a far deeper evil than they first suspected—but can they prevent more deaths and capture those responsible?
The Plunge: An Aggie Mundeen Lake Mystery
When Aggie Mundeen accompanies San Antonio Detective Sam Vanderhoven on a weekend getaway to Lake Placid, she thinks it’s going to be fun in the sun. What could be better than caretaking a friend’s cottage on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas? Never mind that Sam intends to discretely investigate the theft of that friend’s boat…<P> Unfortunately, the weather has plans of its own. Buckets of rain and gusting winds roil the lake, turning the peaceful Guadalupe into an angry, raging river. As darkness descends, lightning reveals two people arguing on a dock across the river. When lightning flashes again, they are gone. Did Aggie and Sam witness an accident? A drowning? A murder?<P> The Plunge sweeps readers along with the threat of looming disaster, helpless before an untamable force, where sleuthing takes a back seat to survival…<P> Nancy G. West is an award-winning suspense author and the creator of the Aggie Mundeen Mysteries. Every book in the series has either won or been nominated for an award. The Plunge launches Aggie in a new direction.
The Girl in Murder Flat
Somewhere in the elegance of Beekman Place, the stone refuge of the very rich, she lay naked and sprawled across an heirloom of a bed in the grotesque position of sudden and violent death. <P> She was beautiful Patsy Burton Lonergan, 22- year-old wife, mother—and sole heiress to seven million dollars. <P> She had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy brass.candlestick handsomely inlaid with green glass. The room was a shambles. <P> The following dawn Toronto police took into custody Patsy Lonergan's husband, Wayne, a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet. He had two gashes on his chin. <P> Thus burst over the nation one of the most sensational and sordid cases in the annals of modern crime. The trial of Wayne Lonergran for the murder of his wife revealed a bizarre design for living that shocked even the most jaded—a trial that erupted into a Roman circus when the morals of a generation of wealth were exposed to a world avid for the details.
Burn Forever
The town was dark and heavy with doom. Hate, generations old, flowed through it like a malevolent river. Julie knew the force of that hate… and the violence which had issued from it in the past. It could erupt again; she lived in terror.<P> Ben, the stranger, saw Julie and fell in love. A secret voice warned him to stay away, but he did not. They clung together in the darkness; meanwhile, through the midnight shadows of the town a killer moved to wreak his vengeance on them both.
My Man Bertram
Jacob Hay gives a sly nod to Jeeves and Wooster with his classic crime tale of a butler, a dim-witted master – and murder!
Prowler!
An unfaithful husband finds much more than he bargained for when he tangles with a prowler.
A Question of Ethics
The first installment in James Holding's classic «The Photographer» series about a professional assassin. One of his best.
The Corpse That Spoke
This fast detective story gives a well-rounded picture of small town in the grip of a political boss who rules, plunders, and murders. A series of crimes surrounding and deriving from a bank robbery that offered a juicy opportunity for the boss comprises the case that must be cracked in this mystery. Its intricate coalition between crime and politics is a miniature of large scale metropolitan evil. The only opposition not cowed by the power of the boss is a lone private detective. He had previously helped the police solve many a baffling case. Now his only ally is a man whom he was engaged to shadow. The detective must not only be smart enough to out-think the criminals, but also shrewd, quick, and fearless enough to outmaneuver the boss and his well-oiled machine.
Black Cat Thrillogy #7: Sexton Blake
This volume collects 3 Sexton Blake adventures: «The Chilworth Emerald,» «Poker Work,» and «After Business Hours.»
Shortfalls: A Stan Wade L.A. P.I. Collection
The first collection of Stan Wade short stories assembles five tales of this 1950s Los Angeles private detective! Included are:<P> A Wisp of Memory<BR> The Bad Sleep<BR> The Magnificent Score<BR> Double Injeopardy<BR> A Private Eye's Worst Day<P> Also features a new introduction by John Hegenberger.<P> The series has won The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award (2016, for Spyfall).