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IN THE MANSION OF MURDER… <P> A self-made millionaire, whose true story was not fit to print… <P> His beautiful «friend»… <P> His wife, and her friend, a very suspect psychiatrist… <P> And a man from the haunted past, with his father's blood on his hands, and every reason in the world to kill and kill again… <P> "You'll find screams at midnight, multiple slaughter, knockout drops, love and money in generous quantities…much brilliancy." – New...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
Disaster at sea! When the yacht «Helsinor» strikes a reef in the Lesser Antilles, the passengers take to a lifeboat. Upon their return to the United States, accusations fly. Did one of the survivors drug the others and pitch the millionaire owner of the yacht, Lawrence Thacker, into shark-infested waters? Lt. Valcour begins an informal investigation. When one of the heirs to the Thacker millions is poisoned, Valcour's investigation becomes official. Of course, the logical thing to do is to...
| Автор | Rufus King |
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition – 36 original tales with a culinary bent! Included are:<P> A Cup of Tea, by Parnell Hall<BR> Brown Recluse, by Marcia Adair<BR> A Slice of Heaven,, by Laura Brennan<BR> The Extra Ingredient, by Joan Long <BR>A Death in Yelapa, by Leslie Budewitz <BR>The Pie Sisters, by Richard Cass<BR> Too Many Cooks Almost Spoil the Murder, by Lynne Ewing ...
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Rotschimmernde, spinnenwebartige Bahnen rannen zum Boden herab, wo sich rasch Pfützen bildeten. Blut!, peitschte es durch Brittanys kapitulierenden Verstand, Blut spritzt aus den Wänden dieses Hauses! Dann wurde ihr schwarz vor Augen.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Camilla Davies nimmt an einer Séance teil. Dort geschieht etwas Grauenhaftes: Ihr Medium verschwindet spurlos und taucht Tausende Meilen entfernt an einem unbekanntem Ort auf. Camilla irrt durch fremde Gassen, sieht fremde Menschen. Wo befindet sie sich? Und – was hat es zu bedeuten, dass plötzlich Blut vom Himmel regnet? Björn Hellmark alias Macabros macht sich auf die Suche nach der Verschwundenen …
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Wo ist Björn Hellmark? Noch immer ist er verschollen. Carminia Brado und ihr neuer Verbündeter Rani Mahay versuchen alles, aber sie finden einfach keine Spur. Bis sich der Inder Ajid Lekarim bei Rani meldet. Er behauptet, zu wissen, wo sich Björn befindet und wie man ihn zurückholen kann. Rani macht sich auf den Weg nach Kalkutta – und folgt Björn auf einen wahren Horror-Trip!
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
The eleven stories in <i>Murder on Wheels</i> put the pedal to the floor and never let up! Whether by bus, car, tractor, or bike, you'll be carried along at a breakneck pace by the talented Austin Mystery Writers. These eight authors transport you from an eighteenth-century sailing ship to the open roads of modern Texas, from Alice's Wonderland to a schoolbus yard in the suburbs of Dallas. Grab your book, hold on to your hat, and come along for the ride!<P> Included...
| Автор | Reavis Z. Wortham |
Cotton Moon has his hands full in the Case of the Holiday Homicide. He gets mixed up in a murder investigation on New Year's Morning because of (1) a rare tropical nut and (2) a large fee he is sure to collect. At his side is Bert Stanley, an assistant who was hired because he was once a bartender who could take dictation and type – and swing the stiffs out of a waterfront bar at closing time. With a line-up of suspects and a fast-moving plot sure to please every reader, here is one...
| Автор | Rufus King |
Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction.<P> Introduction, by Debra H. Goldstein<BR> The Wannabe, by Lida Bushloper<BR> Nova, Capers, and a...
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13 writers spin tales crime around the theme of animals. A pet groomer. A pet crow. A dog named Rasputin. Exploding cattle. Even an octopus figures in a mystery. Contributors include: Chris Grabenstein (Introduction), Shari Randall, Carla Coupe, KM Rockwood, Alan Orloff, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Robin Templeton, Barb Goffman, Marianne Wilski Strong, Linda Lombardi, Josh Pachter, Joanna Campbell Slan, Cathy Wiley, and Karen Cantwell.
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England 1895: Seltsame Begebenheiten sorgen in Baelbrow-House für Angst und Schrecken. In nächtlicher Stunde werden die Hausbewohner angegriffen und schließlich kommt es sogar zu einem Todesfall. â Geisterjägerâ Flaxman Low vermutet, dass es sich hier um keine natürlichen Verbrechen handelt.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 15 beinhaltet die Geschichten: «Aylmer Vance – Abenteuer eines Geistersehers» und «Aylmer Vance – Neue Abenteuer eines Geistersehers» von Alice & Claude Askew.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Der Programmierer Anton Pfeiffer verspätet sich auf dem Weg zu einem Kongress um eine Stunde. Jedoch kann er sich nicht erklären, wie es zu dieser Verspätung gekommen ist. Als er herauszufinden sucht, was passiert ist, stößt er das Tor zu einer kybernetischen Scheinwelt auf, wo es kafkaesk und surreal zugeht. Bald schon muss sich Pfeiffer zwischen Schein und Wirklichkeit entscheiden – doch weiß er nicht, was real und was fiktiv ist…
| Автор | Tobias Bachmann |
"Pfarrer Morgan steckt in der Klemme. Eines seiner Schäfchen hat ihm einen Mord gestanden, doch das Beichtgeheimnis verdammt ihn zum Schweigen. Er bittet seine Kollegin Bailey um Hilfe, die für ihn Licht ins Dunkel bringen soll. Doch ganz raushalten kann sich Morgan schließlich doch nicht, immerhin handelt es sich bei dem Mordopfer um die Tochter von Polizeichef Stanley – und der will schnellstens Köpfe rollen sehen."
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
The strangling of a wealthy woman at an opulent Andirondack estate brings Lt. Valcour to investigate. He knows immediately who committed the crime, but can he prove it? <P> "Good yarn. Valcour has a hard time getting evidence against a peculiarly successful criminal, though he spots the guilty one at the start." – Kirkus <P> "Designedly transparent as mystery, but suspense keeps up to concert pitch all the way." – The Saturday Review
| Автор | Rufus King |
The game was up. Jimmie Rezaire knew it, but he was sure that his carefully laid plans would enable him to escape. They were complete to the last detail; nevertheless every second was valuable. His pals must shift for themselves; even Viv, much as he hated to leave her. <P> Then an unforeseen delay occurred. A lost minute put disaster only a step away. For twenty-four desperate hours, Jimmie evaded pursuit. Every minute prolonged the agony and raised the threat of discovery. Jimmie could...
| Автор | Anthony Armstrong |
An extortionist's note, demanding $20,000 in cash and threatening the kidnapping of Kate Willett's two mentally unbalanced sons, sent Lieutenant Valcour rushing up to the Willetts' Adirondacks camp.<P> There, death struck with slashing suddenness while Valcour was talking to young Arthur Willett, who was sprawled on a sofa smoking a cigarette. Listening to the crackling roar of flames in the fireplace, Valcour detected the odor of burning cloth. He glanced at Arthur to find...
| Автор | Rufus King |
"Sixty original tales of Sherlock Holmes – which one is the best? In sixty essays, sixty Sherlockians make the case for each of the stories. Their arguments range from the playful to the academic, and are as varied as the authors themselves. As editor Christopher Redmond says, «„What they have written is compelling evidence that any one of the Sherlock Holmes stories can be the best; it’s all a matter of what the reader is looking for.“» <P>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales range from...
| Автор | Dan Andriacco |
Rufus King, master of the macabre, penned a modern Bluebeard thriller of such unbearable suspense that Hollywood jumped at the chance to produce it as a movie. MUSEUM PIECE No. 13 (later renamed to match the movie) was filmed as SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR, starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave, and produced by Fritz Lang. It became an instant noir classic, as tense, shocking, and suspenseful as the original novel.<P> Lily Rumney, lovely and in love, could see no evil in her husband. Not...
| Автор | Rufus King |
Der Student Nathanael leidet seit seiner Kindheit unter einem schrecklichen Erlebnis, das der Familie den Vater entriss. Die Märchengestalt des Sandmanns ist für ihn daher die Ausgeburt eines schrecklichen Albtraums, die ihn in immer neuen Gestalten heimzusuchen scheint und neues Unheil stiftet
| Автор | E.T.A. Hoffmann |
Der Rachedurst des Geistes der auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannten Hexe Katrina van Kampen ist auch nahezu dreihundert Jahre später noch nicht gestillt. In einer schaurigen Halloween-Nacht sehen sich die beiden letzten Nachkommen des damaligen Hexenjägers, zwei pensionierte Lehrerinnen, im beschaulichen Städtchen Newport einer tödlichen Gefahr gegenüber
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
The girl had lost her guitar-playing boyfriend, but he had left her the most deadly legacy of all – fear. And now it was up to me to protect her from the gun-carrying thugs who were relentlessly tracking her down. Hoodlums, hootenannies, and homicide! <P> #10 in the Mac detective series! <P> "Mac is one of our best private eyes." – San Francisco Chronicle <P> "Thomas B. Dewey is one of detective fiction's severely underrated writers!" – Bill Pronzini ...
| Автор | Thomas B. Dewey |
"One of the beat mysteries of the year." – Providence Journal <P>When an innocent young woman finds herself knee-deep in gambling – and up to her beautiful neck in debts – there's apt to be trouble.... And trouble is what Janey Blake had plenty of. She had written a pile of bad checks. And she was fighting to keep her husband from the arms of another woman.... <P>But other people had trouble too. Doc Wemitz, for example. He was afraid of something. And apparently he had...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |