Who Killed Charmian Karslake? – The riddle around the murder of Charmian Karslake, an American actress, gets murkier at every step with names of even the honourable County family being dragged in the mire. Will Inspector Stoddart be able to join the pieces and solve this puzzle? Annie Haynes (1865-1929) was a renowned golden age mystery writer and a contemporary of Agatha Christie, another famous crime writer, which often led to her comparison with the latter, and unfavourably so....
Timothy Jessup is a wise and sensitive 11 year old orphan boy. He has an inseparable friend, a beautiful and fiery toddler Gabriella, who is called Lady gay, and a faithful dog named Rags. They are forced to take care of themselves and Timothy takes the role of guardian for Lady Gay. Forces of circumstance bring the children to White Farm where they are, reluctantly and quite temporarily, taken in by two older women. During their stay at the farm, they are both dealing with anguishing issues...
"Ich wurde am 2. Januar 1870 geboren. Die Welt, die ich anzuschauen bekam, ließ es sich von meinem guten Platze aus gefallen, dem Eckhaus am Markt, wo ich vom Balkon herab einen Leichenzug mit herzlichem Hurra begrüßte, da ich den Unterschied von einem Schützenausmarsch noch nicht wahrnahm." Zehn Jahre vor seinem Tod legt der deutsche Bildhauer, Grafiker und Dichter Ernst Barlach beim Verlag Bruno Cassirer in Berlin seine Autobiografie unter dem Titel «Ein selbsterzähltes Leben» vor....
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