Mystery Detective Fiction category: 469 books

The Secret of the League is a 1907 dystopian novel by Ernest Bramah, which describes the overthrow of a democratically-elected British Labour Party Government through a carefully prepared plot by members of the upper classes, and depicts such an overthrow as being a positive and desirable outcome....

Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series features a protagonist who, together with his best friend, serves as champion of, intermediary between, and observer of a variety of nondominant groups, including women and the Northern Cheyenne. The blend of mystery and cultural exploration highlights the importance...

Extrait :  Ce que peut supporter la patience d’une femme, ce que peuvent accomplir le courage et la constance d’un homme, cette histoire le dira. Si tout événement qui prête aux soupçons pouvait être éclairci par les engins compliqués de la loi,...

Durant les fêtes de la Nativité de l’an de grâce 1198, trois jongleurs arrivent au château de Saint-Gilles. L’un d’eux est un monstre, un nain avec une face poilue le faisant ressembler à un chat. Accusés d’être au service du démon, deux...

ROMANZO BREVE (71 pagine) - GIALLO - Sherlock Holmes su una strada tortuosa tra mondo fisico e metafisico Il racconto vede l'ultra-razionale Sherlock Holmes su una strada tortuosa che si snoda avanti e indietro tra il mondo fisico e quello metafisico. La storia inizia con Holmes messo in difficoltà...

When Agatha Christie died in 1976, she was the bestselling mystery writer in history. This collection of new essays brings fresh perspectives to Christie scholarship with new readings and discussions of little-known aspects of her life, career and legacy. The contributors explore her relationship...

Carl Hiaasen has been described as “one of the funniest crime writers in decades,” “America’s finest satirical novelist,” and a “great American writer about the great American subjects of ambition, greed, vanity, and disappointment.” A columnist for thirty years, Hiaasen also wrote several...

Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents The Girls of Central High (1914) The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna (1914) The Girls of Central High at Basketball (1914) The Girls of Central High on the Stage (1914) The Girls of Central High on Track and Field (1914) The...

There is a Mole in the Police Force Two men are murdered a third survives. They are thousands of miles apart yet they have one common denominator. They all testified against a career criminal called Banks. He went to jail but escaped and is seeking revenge. The survivor is Peterson. Peterson has...

Giallo - racconto (19 pagine) - Perché rubare degli scarponi? Una tranquilla sera londinese, un uomo sta ritornando a casa quando viene aggredito e derubato dei suoi scarponi. Il ladro stava forse cercando qualcosa nascosto all’interno? Da dove provenivano gli scarponi? Solo il fiuto di...

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, a été relu et corrigé. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.Dans un roman antérieur qui a été fort bien accueilli par le public français, La grande Ombre, Conan Doyle avait abordé l'époque de la lutte...

Un hombre despierta solo, en una habitación en penumbras y sobre una cama de sábanas empapadas con sangre. No recuerda dónde se encuentra ni quien le ha asestado un inefable golpe en la frente. Tampoco recuerda su nombre ni es capaz de reconocer su rostro en el espejo del baño. Pronto descubrirá,...

It is 1938 -- a year when most Americans are still coping with the Great Depression and wondering how long they can avoid the inevitable war and Nazi threat in Europe. When thirteen-year-old Orville Switzer discovers the bodies of twin sisters lying frozen beneath the snow in a St. Paul, Minnesota...

Raymond Chandler never wrote a memoir or autobiography. The closest he came to writing either was in—and around—his novels, shorts stories, and letters. There have been books that describe and evaluate Chandler’s life, but to find out what he himself felt about his life and work, Barry Day,...