Зарубежные детективы
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежные детективыIncident off Land's End
“Mr. Amberley,” the Captain continued, raising his gaze from the floor and staring into nothingness, “I have to inform you that this ship is presently in the control of pirates.”<P> The Chief Purser took an instinctive step forward, felt immediately the pressure of a gun in his back, and was aware that a third man, the one who had locked the door, was still behind him.
It's Always Too Late
Harvey Caldwell's wife, Millie, is constantly nagging him to make more money. She never dreamedl his new career choice would be bank robber!
The Wonderful Scheme of Mr. Christopher Thorne
When Kwan Yung, Chinese inventor, gets cheated out of $32,000, it sets off a whirlwind set of circumstances that will affect financier Christopher Thorne, his beautiful daughter, Alicia, and his loyal employee, Philip Erskine – for better or for worse! Throw in a brain-teaser and you’ve got the makings for one of the most complex webwork mysteries to escape the mind of Harry Stephen Keeler. You also get a third solution to the Marceau Case, which has baffled Scotland Yard. The action ranges from Chicago to New York to New Orleans in this classic work by Chicago’s own Harry Stephen Keeler.
The Mystery of Rainbow Gulch (Ted Wilford 12)
The 12th volume in the Ted Wilford series! <P> Ted and Nelson stay at Bob Fontaine's ranch. As the boys arrive, a plane crashes, and one occupant vanishes. Meanwhile, a mystery surrounds an old hermit, and footprints indicate that someone has been watching the ranch… An excellent entry in the series!
True to Type
When a war of words between two rival printers gets out of hand, the town banker steps in. And it may be the best thing for everyone.
I Don't Fool Around
Fischer pulled up at a curb and we got out of the car in a hurry, heading for the black Chevy with the people standing around it. The precinct cop made room for us and we went on through. As far as I was concerned, this was just a formality. I knew who was dead and I knew who had killed him. Taking a good long look at the corpse wasn’t going to change that.<P>A rare classic short story by Lawrence Block!
The Baseball Mystery (Ted Wilford 11)
When «The Town Crier,» the semi-weekly newspaper for which Ted Wilford writes and Nelson Morgan takes pictures during their college vacations, decides to bring the statewide baseball tournament to Forestdale, Ted and Nelson need about ten hands and a forty-eight hour day to handle it all. Ted is in general charge of all the complicated scheduling and housing arrangements, while Nelson is an official scorer. Suddenly, in spite of the apparently smooth progress of the tournament, they begin to suspect something is wrong somewhere, and know they had to do something about it…
Cleopatra's Tears
Several men find themselves stranded by a flooding river on Bleeker’s Island. The jewels known as Cleopatra’s Tears are missing, and one of the men is believed to be Actor Hart, notorious killer and thief – maybe even the one who stole the jewels. Can the sheriff figure out which one is Hart – and make sure he’s the one without a life jacket when the dam upriver gives way?
The Scarlet Ace #3: Hell House
The third installment in the Scarlet Ace series originally appeared in All Detective Magazine, July 1933.
The Bottle with the Green Wax Seal
The poor souls who spent the first two books of the Big River Trilogy stranded on a small island waiting for the dam upriver to break are still there, but this time there are more than four. And you can bet that each man has a convincing story why he’s not Actor Hart, the ruthless killer. <P> There are not enough life jackets to go around and the Sheriff must figure out which is the criminal so that Hart is the one left to die when the waters begin to rise. <P> Vintage Keeler, chock full of outrageous dialect and plot reversals. (Written in 1939. Published in U.S. by Dutton in 1942.) Third and final in the series that began with The Portrait of Jirjohn Cobb and Cleopatra’s Tears.