Книги жанра зарубежные детективы
A mysterious stranger appears at a New Year’s Eve party, becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite…So far, it had been a typical New Year’s Eve house party. But Mr Satterthwaite – a keen observer of human nature – sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold.So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin? And why…
Рассказы об отце Брауне – это маленькие шедевры британского классического детектива, ставшие настоящим литературным феноменом. Об этом герое писали пьесы, сочиняли мюзиклы и даже рисовали комиксы. Рассказы Честертона не раз экранизировали в Англии и США, Германии и Италии, и неизменно экранизациям сопутствовал успех. И до сих пор читатели во всем мире снова и снова восхищаются проницательностью зн…
Юного скаута Эдвина высадили на безлюдный остров и поручили собрать грибы и ягоды для общего котла. Но его ждала находка иного рода – простреленный человеческий череп. Пытливый подросток понимает, что должен немедленно показать его своему соседу по дому и старшему другу, комиссару полиции Эверту Бекстрёму. Официальное следствие начинается с генетической экспертизы, которая устанавливает личность у…
Впервые на русском – «головоломная, и притом совершенно органичная, смесь „Аббатства Даунтон“ и „Дня сурка“, Агаты Кристи и сериалов типа „Квантовый скачок“» (Sunday Express). «Эта книга свела меня с ума», – пишет маститая Софи Ханна, и ей вторит автор «Женщины в окне» А. Дж. Финн: «Освежающе оригинально, нечеловечески хитроумно… Жаль, что не я сам это написал». Итак, на бале-маскараде в Блэкхит-х…
Ларс Мартин Юханссон – легенда шведской полиции, детектив от Бога, три года назад ушедший на пенсию, – попал в больницу с сердечным приступом. День за днем возвращаясь к жизни, он, неожиданно для самого себя, начинает негласное расследование одного из самых гнусных преступлений – изнасилования и убийства девятилетней девочки. Юханссон узнает все подробности бездарного ведения следствия и отлично п…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.When Mr. Satterthswaite visits a new exhibit at the Harchester Galleries there is one painting with a male figure that bares a more than unusual likeness to a mysterious acquaintance of his, a Mr. Quin. And with one bold move purchases the canvas on the spot, and in another invites the artist of ‘The Dead …
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A smashed mirror convinces Hercule Poirot that the apparent suicide of a client is far too convenient an explanation for what is obviously a gruesome case of murder…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Mr Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp that he can solve the case before the police, and without leaving his flat.
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Urgently called to the house of a jewel collector, Poirot and Hastings attempt to locate the stolen rubies and emeralds, an apparently easy task as the foolish thief has left behind two clues. But Poirot finds himself up against an impressive foe…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Hercule Poirot is slightly reluctant to answer a letter demanding his services by the reclusive and eccentric millionaire Benedict Farley. Entering the strange world that Mr. Farley inhabits and accounting for each stagy nuanced oddity Poirot is a little at a loss at his ability to help. Poirot is apparent…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.What is the mystery of the velvet-suited doll that appears to move from place to place? Is someone responsible, or can it be possible that it possesses its own sinister qualities?
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A dowdy lover is cast aside by a shallow man in favour of a beautiful young woman in this gripping tale of jealousy and infidelity…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A lawyer, a doctor and a clergyman are discussing the details of a peculiar case of a woman suffering from a multiple personality disorder. Remarkably, in an impossible feat of strength she strangled herself to death. A stranger who knew the woman overhears their conversation and reveals a disturbing truth…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Around the dinner table, Mrs Bantry recounts the tale of a dinner where everyone became ill and one young lady died from poisoning, after foxglove leaves had been mixed in with the sage and fed to everyone. The group decide that this mixed up stuffing was no accident and play twenty questions to deduce the…
A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A man confides in a friend that he has a fear of gypsies stemming from childhood nightmares. When he sees a gypsy in a red scarf he becomes unhinged. Encapsulated in fear he doesn’t listen to her warnings…