told stories about how he'd show off and how he'd lie and the idiotic things he'd do, and gradually the police got him straight in their minds. They chose two or three of the boarders for witnesses at the inquest and I had to go too.
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including uncollected stories by Ngaio Marsh and John Dickson Carr.
Originally published in 1931, The Floating Admiral is a classic literary collaboration by members of the Detection Club, in which each chapter is written by a different mystery author, with G. K. Chesterton adding a prologue after the novel ...
As a solution, the home secretary brings in four brilliant detectives to solve the murder: Mrs. Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Roger Sheringham.
本书讲述发生在"莱登庭"庄园一桩离奇的杀人案.
本书讲述:罗杰·薛灵汉跟他的朋友阿莱克·古连森滞留"莱登庭"的时候, 庄园主人斯坦瓦斯被人发现死于自内上锁的书斋里, 他的头被手枪射穿, 桌上有疑似他亲笔留言的字条, ...
本书讲述:班迪克斯先生把别人寄给尤斯特爵士的巧克力拿回了家, 他的太太吃了之后中毒身亡.警方侦办这个奇特的案件, 立刻陷入困境.这时, ...
事实之前
毒巧克力命案
When Joan Bendix makes a bet with her husband for a box of chocolates, no one imagines that winning will cost her her life. The seven she eats poison her and the two her husband eat nearly kill him
"'She ought to be shot!
A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer.
The Silk Stocking Murders
The Layton Court Mystery is his first book in the Roger Sheringham Cases, which includes The Poisoned Chocolates Case and The Silk Stocking Murders, among other titles. “Certainly, Berkeley’s short and fascinating career deserves to be ...
So it’s up to her footman, a down-on-his-luck young army veteran, along with the lovely lady he once hoped to marry, to solve a mystery that soon turns to murder, with the only suspects being the eccentric party guests . . . “Detection ...
After an academic conversation with friends Lawrence Todhunter decides that he is going to commit a murder - so he does.
Did Lord Wellacombe die of natural causes or was the threat on his life made good?
Lord Wellacombe, Secretary of State for India, dies whilst giving a speech to introduce a new bill on the floor of the House of Commons.