Книги жанра полицейские детективы
Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.‘What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .’Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent cha…
В научно-исследовательском институте неврологии найден расчлененный труп шестнадцатилетней девушки. Лейтенант Кармайн Дельмонико уверен: убийца – сотрудник института, ведь посторонний человек проникнуть в здание не сможет. Но кто из видных ученых совершил это чудовищное преступление? Подозревать можно практически каждого, а между тем таинственный убийца, которого вездесущая пресса называет Призрак…
The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.James Randolph is murdered early one evening and his body is found a few hours later. When the police arrive they discover that Randolph's safe has been ransacked and discarded wrapping paper litters his bedroom floor.Perhaps by chance or perhaps by design, Trent seems to have bee…
The fantastic fourth classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.The Martin Beck series is widely recognised as the greatest masterpiece of crime fiction ever written. These are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell; Graha…
The fantastic fourth classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.The Martin Beck series is widely recognised as the greatest masterpiece of crime fiction ever written. These are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell; Graha…
The excellent fifth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police…
The excellent fifth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police…
‘Deftly entertaining … satisfyingly pushes all the requisite Agatha Christie-style buttons’Barry Forshaw, The IndependentDEATH IN PARADISE is one of BBC One’s most popular series which averages 9 million viewers.DI Richard Poole is hot, bothered and fed up. He’s stuck on the tropical island of Saint-Marie, forced to live in a rickety old shack on a beach, and there isn’t a decent cup of tea to be …
The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Written in the 1960s, they are the work of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo – a husband and wife t…
The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Written in the 1960s, they are the work of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo – a husband and wife t…
A sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich and famous…By day Ernest Bisham is a velvet-voiced announcer for the BBC; the whole country recognises the sound of his meticulous pronouncements. By night, however, Mr Bisham is a cat-burglar, careless about his loot, but revelling in the danger and excitement of his running contest w…
From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third standalone novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’.Seymour Merriman’s holiday in France comes to an abrupt halt when his motorcycle starts leaking petrol. Following a lorry to find fuel, he discovers that it belongs to an English company making timber pit-props for coal mines back home. His suspicions of illegal act…
Не существует ничего более отвратительного, чем музыка без скрытого смысла. Будучи пугающе прагматичным детективом, Харпер Рамсон всегда считала, что умение перебирать струны не гарантирует наличие извилин в мозгу, а способность голосить в микрофон есть у всех, и обычно проявляется при принятии душа. Новое расследование, которое передали под её руководство, прекрасно во всех смыслах. Во-первых, до…
Бизнесмен Николай Савельев был в командировке, когда на его особняк напали неизвестные. Они связали жену бизнесмена и похитили его маленьких детей – мальчика и девочку. Узнав о случившемся, Савельев срочно вернулся в Москву. И буквально через несколько дней на него было совершено покушение. Взявшийся за расследование этого дела полковник Гуров пришел к выводу, что к обоим преступлениям причастна с…
Бизнесмен Николай Савельев был в командировке, когда на его особняк напали неизвестные. Они связали жену бизнесмена и похитили его маленьких детей – мальчика и девочку. Узнав о случившемся, Савельев срочно вернулся в Москву. И буквально через несколько дней на него было совершено покушение. Взявшийся за расследование этого дела полковник Гуров пришел к выводу, что к обоим преступлениям причастна с…