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Escape: Dark Mystery Tales
ISBN: 9780982529461 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the quiet English countryside to the gritty streets of Boston's Chinatown, there is a silent commonality among these eerie tales - Polisar's fascination with the darkness of the human psyche. Whether it's murder in a jazz club or deadly assassins, Polisar's intricate storytelling and startling characters will take you on an unforgettable journey from fear and terror to escape.
From the quiet English countryside to the gritty streets of Boston's Chinatown, there is a silent commonality among these eerie tales - Polisar's fasc...
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45,60 zł |
Please, Find Me: An Alicia Mystery
ISBN: 9781440424939 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There's been a horrible car accident that was deliberately caused. The driver is seriously hurt and a girl is missing. Alicia must use her psychic feelings to help find the girl before its too late.
There's been a horrible car accident that was deliberately caused. The driver is seriously hurt and a girl is missing. Alicia must use her psychic fee...
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36,11 zł |
Hide And Seek: An Alicia Mystery
ISBN: 9781440439902 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joel must escape a kidnap attempt and take his sisters to safety. He hides away, hoping his parents will find them soon. Alicia must assist in finding them since his parents are in the hospital.
Joel must escape a kidnap attempt and take his sisters to safety. He hides away, hoping his parents will find them soon. Alicia must assist in finding...
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36,11 zł |
Going, Going, Gone!: An Alicia Mystery
ISBN: 9781440491245 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is corruption going on in a football playoff game. Threats have been made to several players. The threats are ignored and the good guys win, but at what cost. Alicia must help find three missing players before it's too late.
There is corruption going on in a football playoff game. Threats have been made to several players. The threats are ignored and the good guys win, but...
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36,11 zł |
The Best American Mystery Stories
ISBN: 9780547553962 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 includes Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D.... The Best American Series(r)
First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest sho... |
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103,60 zł |
The Best American Noir of the Century
ISBN: 9780547577449 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Well worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection."--New York Journal of Books
In his introduction to The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, "Noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It's the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. It's the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad." Offering the best examples of literary sure... "Well worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have this seminal masterpiece in your collection."--New York Journal of Books...
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108,11 zł |
The Confession
ISBN: 9781604443462 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Excerpts: I am not a susceptible woman. I am objective rather than subjective, and a fairly full experience of life has taught me that most of my impressions are from within out rather than the other way about. For instance, obsession at one time a few years ago of a shadowy figure on my right, just beyond the field of vision, was later exposed as the result of a defect in my glasses. In the same way Maggie, my old servant, was during one entire summer haunted by church-bells and considered it a personal summons to eternity until it was shown to be in her inner ear. Yet the Benton house...
Excerpts: I am not a susceptible woman. I am objective rather than subjective, and a fairly full experience of life has taught me that most of my impr...
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57,25 zł |
We Are the Dead and Other Stories: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Volume II
ISBN: 9781605434834 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second collection in the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Series, edited by John Pelan and Fender Tucker and introduced by Ed Gorman. Its six novellas were published in the 40s and include: We Are The Dead Corpses Come In Pairs Kitten On The Corpse A Slight Mistake In Corpses Thirteen Must Die If The Coffin Fits
This is the second collection in the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Series, edited by John Pelan and Fender Tucker and introduced by Ed Gorman. Its ...
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90,85 zł |
League of the Grateful Dead and Other Stories: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps Volume I
ISBN: 9781605434797 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Day Keene wrote these eight hardboiled tales for the pulps, particularly Detective Stories, in the 40s. John Pelan has selected these for Volume #1 of the Day Keene in the Detective Pulps series. The titles are: League of the Grateful Dead As Deep As the Grave Fry Away, Kentucky Babe Crawl Out of That Coffin Marry the Sixth for Murder Nothing to Worry About Dance with The Death House Doll Dead As in Mackerel The introduction by John Pelan tells more about Ramble House's plan to reprint ALL of Day Keene's pulp stories.
Day Keene wrote these eight hardboiled tales for the pulps, particularly Detective Stories, in the 40s. John Pelan has selected these for Volume #1 of...
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90,85 zł |
Nuggets-Five Plays
ISBN: 9781450274685 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE BLUE YONDER is a play about the peace time Air Force during the cold war. It covers the hilarious interaction among full time and short time military doctors and their wives trying to survive the nuances of military life while dealing with the mandates of a ruthless leader. Is murder a possibility in this setting? See if you can guess the outcome. DANSE MACABRE is a murder mystery set in an English borough ruled by a powerful and wealthy Lord. It deals with the power to control the lives of members of a small community so they fit into preconceived roles (sound familiar?).What do... THE BLUE YONDER is a play about the peace time Air Force during the cold war. It covers the hilarious interaction among full time and short time mi... |
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64,67 zł |
I See You: You Can'T See Me, But I'M Watching
ISBN: 9781440411519 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Liz sees her murderer and must help her best friend, Alicia, who has mysterious powers, and the police solve her murder. She must let her husband know she loves him and will miss him.
Liz sees her murderer and must help her best friend, Alicia, who has mysterious powers, and the police solve her murder. She must let her husband know...
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36,11 zł |
From Vegas with Blood
ISBN: 9780982589427 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Las Vegas visitor finds a job as a salesperson at a kiosk on the Strip. Her trainer, Daniela, gives her a special book containing 11 stories of love, mystery, and suspense. As she reads the book, she realizes Las Vegas--and Daniela--are not what they seem.
A Las Vegas visitor finds a job as a salesperson at a kiosk on the Strip. Her trainer, Daniela, gives her a special book containing 11 stories of love...
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60,34 zł |
Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead
ISBN: 9780446555883 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,13 zł |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Special Collectors Edition: With an Introduction by the Basil Rathbone Society
ISBN: 9781936828050 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this first collection of Holmes stories, the beloved detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious bank robber, and to save an innocent son accused of patricide. This special collector's edition contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first twelve stories and includes such famous cases as "The Red-headed League," in which Holmes uncovers a well-concealed, devilishly clever criminal plot; "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," in which Holmes must trap a jewel thief--with astonishing results; "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," in which Holmes and...
In this first collection of Holmes stories, the beloved detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious ban...
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127,37 zł |
Christmas at the Mysterious Bookshop
ISBN: 9781593156770 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year, for the past seventeen years, Mysterious Bookshop proprietor Otto Penzler has commissioned an original Christmas story by a leading suspense writer. These stories were then produced as pamphlets, just 1,000 copies, and given to customers of the bookstore as a Christmas present. Now, all seventeen tales have been collected in one volume, showcasing the talents of:
Charles Ardai - Lisa Atkinson George Baxt - Lawrence Block Mary Higgins Clark - Thomas H. Cook Ron Goulart - Jeremiah Healy Edward D. Hoch - Rupert Holmes Andrew Klavan - Michael Malone Ed McBain - Anne... Each year, for the past seventeen years, Mysterious Bookshop proprietor Otto Penzler has commissioned an original Christmas story by a leading suspens...
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95,13 zł |
Ghost in Trouble
ISBN: 9780061915024 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Bailey Ruth and Wiggins will delight readers who prefer their mysteries light and seasoned with wit and the supernatural. "This could be Hart's best series yet." Spectral sleuth Bailey Ruth Raeburn from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions is on the case again in Carolyn Hart's delectable Ghost in Trouble--the third in the multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author's acclaimed mystery series sprinkled with wonderful wit and more than a touch of the paranormal. The follow up to the acclaimed... "Bailey Ruth and Wiggins will delight readers who prefer their mysteries light and seasoned with wit and the supernatural. |
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34,57 zł |
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection
ISBN: 9780062073716 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters--brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Christie's short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator--an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that...
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense--creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, me...
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69,17 zł |
Death March of the Dancing Dolls and Other Stories: Vol. 3 Day Keene in the Detective Pulps
ISBN: 9781605435367 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and has a cover by Gavin L. O'Keefe. Day Keene is well-known for his hardboiled novels but his short stories from the pulps are almost completely forgotten, until now. This volume contains these stories: Stay As Dead As You Are, Detective Tales, October 1946 The Charlie McCarthy Murders, Detective Tales, March 1942 Doc Egg's Graveyard Reunion, Dime Mystery, February 1946 Death March of the Dancing Dolls, Dime Mystery, September 1945. So Sorry You Die...
DEATH MARCH OF THE DANCING DOLLS is the third volume of the series: Day Keene in the Detective Pulps. It is introduced by Texas' own Bill Crider and h...
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90,85 zł |
The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9781935774884 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians of the mystery story credit Edgar Allan Poe with the invention of both the fictional detective and the detective story. With the publication of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841, Poe initiated a genre that has survived and prospered to this day. His creation, the detective Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin served as a model for many subsequent sleuths, and he introduced many of the staples of the detective story such as the locked room. Resurrected Press has brought together the three Dupin stories, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined...
Historians of the mystery story credit Edgar Allan Poe with the invention of both the fictional detective and the detective story. With the publicatio...
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59,00 zł |
A Patchwork of Stories: 9 Tales from Sunny Side Up to Over Hard
ISBN: 9781456348571 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nine previously published tales from sunny side up to over hard. Includes Agatha nominated short story of 2010.This collection includes the story nominated for an Agatha in 2010, a diet spoof, a Walmart people short short, and much more. These stories originally appeared in Hard Luck Stories, Mouth Full of Bullets, Mysterical-E and others.
Nine previously published tales from sunny side up to over hard. Includes Agatha nominated short story of 2010.This collection includes the story nomi...
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27,21 zł |