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2023
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A remarkable collection of mysteries starring the brilliant Dr. Thorndyke Silas has diamonds in the heel of his shoe. He is a thief, but until the night he meets Oscar Brodski on the footpath near his house, he has never considered murder. A diamond dealer, Brodski's pockets bulge with more precious stones than Silas has ever dreamed of, and they will be his with one swift, violent act. Silas does the deed and arranges the diamond dealer's body to...
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2023
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Ce roman de l'un des pères fondateurs du roman policier, souvent considéré comme son chef d'oeuvre, nous livre un subtil portrait de la société du 19e. Cette fois, on ne suit pas un enquêteur et, s'il y en a un, son rôle est tout à fait marginal. On suit le prévenu et les angoisses de ses proches. Jacques de Boiscoran, jeune rentier, à la veille d'un mariage qui le comble, est accusé d'un crime odieux. Clamant
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2023
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Pinkerton sends an agent to catch a thief on the Southern railway In the build-up to the Civil War, Montgomery is a thriving town-a local capital grown rich on cotton and the railroad. When $10,000 disappears from the railroad, suspicion falls on a clerk named Maroney, an upstanding citizen whose only vice is a love of horseracing. The railroad hires the South's best detectives to tail Maroney, looking for a clue as to where the money has gone, but...
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2023
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Comprised of six short works of fiction, The Dorrington Deed-Box follows a London-based private detective named Horace Dorrington. Motivated by profit, Dorrington will do whatever it takes to catch criminals-even if that means killing them. This immoral and dishonest behavior extends to his clients as well, as Dorrington will manipulate anyone he can into hiring him. Outwardly polite, even-tempered and charming, Dorrington is socially pleasant but...
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The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie, published in 1928, is a classic addition to Christie's renowned collection of detective novels.
This captivating mystery revolves around the luxurious Blue Train, where a murder takes place during a journey to the French Riviera. The story features the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot, who must unravel a complex web of relationships, motives, and clues to solve the crime.
Christie's masterful...
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2023
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To find a missing archaeologist, Dr. Thorndyke digs for a body After the great success of his latest expedition, the brilliant archaeologist John Bellingham returns from the sandy tombs of Egypt with enough ancient treasures to fill a wing at the British Museum. He visits a friend for dinner and is told to wait in the study. When the friend arrives, he finds the study empty; Bellingham has vanished into thin air. When Bellingham does not reappear,...
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2023
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Rouletabille est un jeune et brillant journaliste. Il est réputé pour avoir démêlé des énigmes difficiles. Il se rend château du Glandier pour y éclaircir une agression, en compagnie de son ami l'avocat Sainclair-narrateur de l'histoire. Le château appartient au professeur William Stangerson, physicien renommé. Il est connu qu'il y mène des expériences avec sa fille Mathilde. Cette dernière se trouve être la victime du crime. Elle est...
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2023
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Visiting a lonely hamlet perched on a cliff above the English coast, forensic detective Dr. John Thorndyke goes for a walk on the long, deserted beach. In the sand he finds two sets of footprints, made some hours apart. They lead to a crime scene. A man has been found stabbed through the heart, his body thrown from the cliffs above. The local police are on the hunt for clues, but Thorndyke is certain the killer's identity can be determined from the...
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2023
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A day after closing down the Whispering Pines country club house for winter break, the narrator is surprised to see what looks like smoke emanating from the building's chimney. Upon investigating, he witnesses his sister's fiancé flee the building crying and, upstairs, finds her dead body. The third book in Green's detective series featuring Caleb Sweetwater, "The House of the Whispering Pines" is a riveting page-turner brimming with intrigue not...
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2023
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The 1st book featuring Monsieur Lecoq - Paris's most perceptive detective, and a precursor to Sherlock Holmes The Widow Lerouge lived alone in an isolated cottage on the outskirts of Paris. When she is not seen for several days, her neighbors alert the gendarmes, who discover that the widow has been savagely murdered in her home. But who would have committed such a monstrous crime? The local police force is stumped. Enter Monsieur Tabaret - a former...
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The Macmillan Company
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Trygve Yamamura is a Hawaii born half-Norwegian, half-Japanese private detective who works as a college professor at Berkeley, California. An expert in the field of Japanese Samurai swords and a skilled marshal artist, he presents a great threat to the criminals in San Francisco Bay Area. When a teaching assistant in the Berkeley history department is found murdered, Yamamura's friend Professor Kintyre gets mixed up over his head, and the witty detective...
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