Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time div…
There’s more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel…An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot’s interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items – including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup – he congratulated th…
«Редкий талант быть невероятно непредсказуемой – вот что объединяет Софи и Агату Кристи. Обе способны показать, как невозможное становится возможным». – Sunday Telegraph «Ханна и Кристи – поистине союз, заключенный на небесах». – The Times Самый любимый сыщик мира, Эркюль Пуаро, возвращается в стильном, дьявольски закрученном детективе Софи Ханна – гордости современной британской прозы. Возвращаяс…
Agatha Christie’s first Tommy and Tuppence mystery adventure, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their …
В полицию Лос-Анджелеса поступает анонимный звонок: в сточной трубе на дамбе найдено тело неизвестного. Похоже на типичную смерть наркомана от передозировки. Но блестящее чутье полицейского помогает детективу Гарри Босху замечать то, чего не видят другие. Он уверен: этого человека убили, а перед смертью пытали. Босх узнает убитого – двадцать лет назад они вместе воевали во Вьетнаме, таких солдат н…
В триллере Франка Тилье «Головоломка» герои Илан и Хлоэ, профессиональные охотники за сокровищами, внедряются в таинственную игру, где главный приз составляет триста тысяч евро, а цена ее – человеческая жизнь. Правила игры им неизвестны, они знают лишь ее название: «Паранойя». В горах на территории заброшенной психиатрической лечебницы восемь участников должны бросить вызов своим самым потаенным с…
Detectives Fry and Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller, perfect for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald HillBuilding work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains… two human are discovered, seemingly buried years apart.With little forensic evidence to go on, Detectives Diane Fry and Ben Cooper have to look back into the farm's history, wh…
Soon there will be a killing. Close your eyes and breathe in the aroma. I can smell it right now, can’t you? So powerful, so sweet. So irresistible. It’s the scent of death.‘It’s perfectly simple. All you have to do is find the dead place’The anonymous caller who taunts the Police with talk of an imminent killing could be a hoaxer, his descriptions of death and decomposition a sick fantasy. But De…
An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.On a rain-swept Derbyshire moor, hounds from the local foxhunt find the body of a well-dressed man whose head has been crushed. Yet an anonymous caller reports the same body lying half a mile away. Called in to investigate the discovery, detectives DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper become entangled in the violent …
‘So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder’ Sunday TelegraphDetective Superintendent Andy Dalziel investigates murder close to home in this first crime novel featuring the much-loved detective team of Dalziel and Pascoe.Home from the Rugby club after taking a nasty knock in a match, Sam Connon finds his wife more uncommunicative than usual. After passing out on his bed …