The Skeleton Speaks
ISBN: 9781484098554 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gert O'Connell and her amateur sleuthing friends, Judith and Henry Geeth, find themselves once again in the middle of a baffling murder case, this time at a sinister ancient Irish castle during the ghoulish season of Samhain. It is Hallowe'en night in 1953, and the eccentric owner of the Castle Bronmore, Colin Keeley, is throwing a costume party for some friends and relatives, but all is not fun and games. It soon becomes clear that Colin has plans to indulge a longstanding grudge against some of the party guests in a most macabre fashion - plans that include the skeleton of an old Irish...
Gert O'Connell and her amateur sleuthing friends, Judith and Henry Geeth, find themselves once again in the middle of a baffling murder case, this tim...
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41,14 zł |
The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore: Sebastian McCabe and Jeff Cody #4
ISBN: 9781780924564 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When popular mystery writer Sebastian McCabe agreed to take part in a literary debate in London, he had no clue that he would wind up as both investigator and suspect in the strangest case of his amateur sleuthing career. Arthur James Phillimore, investment guru to the stars and member of an elite Sherlock Holmes society, steps back into his home to fetch an umbrella one rainy day and is never seen alive again. The mystery is eerily evocative of one of Dr. Watson's most famous untold tales, the disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore. But this Phillimore soon reappears - dead. Jeff Cody and...
When popular mystery writer Sebastian McCabe agreed to take part in a literary debate in London, he had no clue that he would wind up as both investig...
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81,92 zł |
The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes: The Sherlockian Artwork of Norman Schatell
ISBN: 9781780924045 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Norman Schatell was the leading Sherlock Holmes artist of the 1970s. 'The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of over 300 humorous cartoons and illustrations based on the characters that appear in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's' famous stories. Many of the cartoons and drawings originally appeared in 'The Baker Street Journal', the British 'Sherlock Holmes Journal', 'The Armchair Detective', 'The Baker Street Miscellanea', and 'The Serpentine Muse'. Murder Ink, a former New York City mystery book shop, used fifteen of the cartoons to illustrate a line of stationery. The book includes...
Norman Schatell was the leading Sherlock Holmes artist of the 1970s. 'The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of over 300 humorous cartoo...
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144,76 zł |
The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes: The Sherlockian Artwork of Norman Schatell
ISBN: 9781780924052 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Norman Schatell was the leading Sherlock Holmes artist of the 1970s. 'The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of over 300 humorous cartoons and illustrations based on the characters that appear in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's' famous stories. Many of the cartoons and drawings originally appeared in 'The Baker Street Journal', the British 'Sherlock Holmes Journal', 'The Armchair Detective', 'The Baker Street Miscellanea', and 'The Serpentine Muse'. Murder Ink, a former New York City mystery book shop, used fifteen of the cartoons to illustrate a line of stationery. The book includes...
Norman Schatell was the leading Sherlock Holmes artist of the 1970s. 'The Lighter Side of Sherlock Holmes' is a collection of over 300 humorous cartoo...
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96,42 zł |
Blue Octavo
ISBN: 9781939140739 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ' A] well-planned story ... thrilling ... persistently interesting.' - "Times Literary Supplement"
'Intelligent, well characterised murder mystery with expert secondhand book trade setting.' - Maurice Richardson, "The Observer" ' A] stylish, genuinely chilling author . . . He can be depended upon to sustain swift, sure, exciting, and absorbing stories . . . undoubtedly one of England's best practicing novelists in the tradition of the thriller novel.' - "St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers" 'An interesting ... case concerning a rare book which some madman is collecting... ' A] well-planned story ... thrilling ... persistently interesting.' - "Times Literary Supplement"
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103,26 zł |
The Story and Scripts Behind No Place Like Holmes: Select Episode Scripts from the Hit Sherlock Holmes Web Drama Comedy
ISBN: 9781780924243 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2009 Ross K.Foad founded No Place Like Holmes, A Sherlock Holmes media entity group that has risen from obscurity to becoming the Number 1 Sherlock Holmes Fan Video Site. From its humble start as a low key web drama comedy based upon the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle it evolved to define Sherlock Holmes book video reviews . To cover "The Great Sherlock Holmes Debates," to obtain interviews with key Holmesian figures and of course become the virtual host to the legendary "Howard Ostrom Holmes and Watson Autograph Collection." But at its core is still the ever growing web drama comedy...
In 2009 Ross K.Foad founded No Place Like Holmes, A Sherlock Holmes media entity group that has risen from obscurity to becoming the Number 1 Sherlock...
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81,92 zł |
The Papers of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. I
ISBN: 9781780924274 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spanning events over thirty years, Volume I of The Papers of Sherlock Holmes relates narratives of Holmes and Watson's days in Baker Street, as well as particulars of Holmes's supposed retirement. Follow along as The Master and his Boswell travel from the streets of London to the Kent countryside, to Oxford and Sussex. Written in traditional canonical style, these stories provide fresh details of Holmes's world. Join us as we climb the seventeen steps to the Baker Street sitting room, where Holmes and Watson prepare to begin their next adventure. The game is afoot
Spanning events over thirty years, Volume I of The Papers of Sherlock Holmes relates narratives of Holmes and Watson's days in Baker Street, as well a...
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81,92 zł |
Beggar's Pardon
ISBN: 9781927623404 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beggar's Pardon is the first novel length Lady Marmalade Mystery.
Lady Marmalade is traveling up to Puddle's End to visit an old school friend, Florence Hudnall. She's heading up to share her famous marmalade recipe with her and to enjoy some much relaxed time. While in Puddle's End, Lady Marmalade and Florence are invited to one of Florence's friend's home for dinner. Ginnie Forsyth is a sweet and caring woman, with a big heart and kind spirit. So it comes as a terrible shock when Ginnie is found murdered in her greenhouse the very next day. And to make matters... Beggar's Pardon is the first novel length Lady Marmalade Mystery.
Lady Marmalade is traveling up to Puddle's End to visit an old school frie... |
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86,05 zł |
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
ISBN: 9780062311917 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On November 11, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair at the Bellona Club. No one knows exactly when his death occurred--information essential in determining the recipient of a substantial inheritance. But that is only one of the mysteries vexing Lord Peter Wimsey. The aristocratic sleuth needs every bit of his amazing skills to discover why the proud officer's lapel was missing the requisite red poppy on Armistice Day, how the Bellona Club's telephone was fixed without a repairman, and, most puzzling of all, why the great man's knee swung freely when the rest of... On November 11, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair at the Bellona Club. No one knows exactly when his death occurred--in... |
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73,32 zł |
Unnatural Death
ISBN: 9780062311924 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The wealthy old woman died much sooner than the doctor expected. Did she suddenly succumb to illness--or was it murder? The debonair detective Lord Peter Wimsey begins to investigate, with the help of his trusted manservant, Bunter, and Miss Alexandra Katherine Climpson, a gossipy spinster with a gift for asking the right questions. The intricate trail leads from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat, where a deliberate test of amour, staged by the detective, will expose the elusive truth once and for all. The wealthy old woman died much sooner than the doctor expected. Did she suddenly succumb to illness--or was it murder? The debonair detective Lord... |
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81,95 zł |
Speak of the Wolf
ISBN: 9781490396156 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the Fourth Little Wychwell Mystery in the series and follows Did Anyone Die?, A Very Quiet Guest and All that Glisters is not Silver. Priscilla has once again been persuaded to stay at The Old Vicarage in Little Wychwell while Elodea and John are both away. But what is it that Barnabus and Angel are trying to conceal from her? Who is the beautiful blond man who lives at Upper Storkmorton Manor with Angus Throckmorton? Did Barnabus see a ghost or was it just a local prankster amusing himself? Priscilla and Barnabus catch 'detective fever' again and investigate the latest mystery in...
This is the Fourth Little Wychwell Mystery in the series and follows Did Anyone Die?, A Very Quiet Guest and All that Glisters is not Silver. Priscill...
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58,91 zł |
The Domino Deaths
ISBN: 9781458209801 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a Thames-side village in 1946, it's time for retired police surgeon Toby Hunt to make good on his promise to rehabilitate a former criminal. After all, since his retirement, Toby has had nothing but gardening to occupy his time. Despite the strenuous objections of his wife, Sarah, Toby takes on the challenge. But when Ken Livingstone arrives, suspicious deaths begin--one after the other, like dominoes toppling. Harriet Parker, linchpin of good works and Ken's half sister, is found dead of an unknown cause. Toby eventually unravels the motives behind Harriet's death, but before he can... In a Thames-side village in 1946, it's time for retired police surgeon Toby Hunt to make good on his promise to rehabilitate a former criminal. Aft... |
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92,39 zł |
The Tiger's Head
ISBN: 9781484991022 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The murderer known as the "Suitcase Killer," who has been causing panic by leaving dismembered bodies in London's railway stations, vanishes into thin air when cornered cutting up his latest victim. The detective team of Dr. Twist and Inspector Hurst receive a tip that he resides in Leadenham, a sleepy village twenty miles from the capital. Another resident, a retired major of the Indian Army, claims he can summon an evil genie by rubbing an artifact known as "The Head of the Tiger." He and a doubter stay in a room where not only is every door and window locked from the inside, but each is...
The murderer known as the "Suitcase Killer," who has been causing panic by leaving dismembered bodies in London's railway stations, vanishes into thin...
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72,45 zł |
The Papers of Sherlock Holmes: Vol. II
ISBN: 9781780924458 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spanning events over thirty years, Volume II of The Papers of Sherlock Holmes relates further narratives of Holmes and Watson's days in Baker Street, as well as particulars of Holmes s supposed retirement. Follow along as The Master and his Boswell travel to Yorkshire, where surprising new details of Holmes's past are revealed, and even to the United States in 1921. Written in traditional canonical style, these stories provide fresh details of Holmes's world. Join us as we climb the seventeen steps to the Baker Street sitting room, where Holmes and Watson prepare to begin their next...
Spanning events over thirty years, Volume II of The Papers of Sherlock Holmes relates further narratives of Holmes and Watson's days in Baker Street, ...
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81,92 zł |
The Making of a Man: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
ISBN: 9781780924748 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This extraordinary story unfolds in the dim streets of Victorian London's notorious East End. Poverty, squalor and crime fester and proliferate, blighting the lives of all who are unfortunate enough to dwell there. Yet from within the gloom, a random illumination- a beam of light. The light of human dignity; just sometimes, righteousness, decency and justice win out. In this dramatic play-out of the everlasting human conflict of good versus evil, various giants of their time, immortal beings, come into conflict. They form unlikely alliances, each presenting a differing prism of perception,...
This extraordinary story unfolds in the dim streets of Victorian London's notorious East End. Poverty, squalor and crime fester and proliferate, bligh...
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81,92 zł |
Whose Body?
ISBN: 9780062307545 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A corpse has been found in the bath of an architect's flat, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. A financier has seemingly vanished into thin air from his bedroom. The ever-curious Lord Peter Wimsey is intrigued by these odd events. Ignoring the clumsy efforts of the official investigator looking into the death, the aristocratic amateur sleuth, accompanied by his valet, Bunter, a skilled photographer, begins his own inquiry. The gentleman detective soon becomes convinced that the two cases are somehow linked. Now, he must uncover the connection--and the investigation... A corpse has been found in the bath of an architect's flat, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. A financier has seemingly vanished into ... |
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73,32 zł |
Kristie's Shadow: A Sir Walter Cromwell Novel
ISBN: 9781482667905 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kristy is a high school girl who witnesses a brutal murder by an unknown being. Kristy is so traumatized by the events that she is committed to a state hospital for a while and the doctor there tries many harsh methods to get her to remember the actions and the murderer, but to no avail. Meanwhile Kristy's parents buy a small resort motel on Grand Lake. Shortly after her release Sir Walter Cromwell a retired inspector and writer of police procedure books comes to stay at the resort. He has come to persuade Janet Anderson a longtime friend to join him in investigating paranormal phenomenon, as...
Kristy is a high school girl who witnesses a brutal murder by an unknown being. Kristy is so traumatized by the events that she is committed to a stat...
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76,99 zł |
Craven Place
ISBN: 9781484029879 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack."
An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising, ancient power that may be culprit. The hag has waited long for visitors, and guests are encouraged to extend their stay. For whatever remains of their lives. Welcome... to "Craven Place..." ""Part horror, part thriller and part mystery, it's almost in a genre all it's own. I don't want to spoil anything, trust me. Part of the joy of Craven Place is letting it unfold and... "The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack."
An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it... |
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69,06 zł |
The Wisdom of Father Brown
ISBN: 9781627553667 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes but he is also, to quote Rufus King, 'in all senses a most pleasantly fascinating human being.' You will be enchanted by the scandalously innocent man of the cloth, with the umbrella, who exhibits such uncanny insight into ingeniously tricky human problems.
Father Brown's powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes but he is also, to quote Rufus King, 'in all senses a most pleasantly f...
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54,47 zł |
Medal for Murder
ISBN: 9781250042712 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs... They make excellent heroines.- --Literary Review Frances Brody's -refreshingly complex heroine- (Kirkus Reviews), picks up a case that takes her to the refined streets of 1920s Harrogate in A Medal for Murder A pawn-shop robbery -Kate Shackleton joins Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs... They make excellent heroines.- --Literary Review Frances Brody's -... |
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99,21 zł |