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Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern „thriller”. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens – one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. „The Governor of Chi-Foo” is a rare short story collection, long out of print which contains 16 thrilling stories: „The Wit...

Inspector Wembury’s day turns from bad to worse when a legendary assassin who was supposed dead in Australia returns to England seeking vengeance for the murder of his sister. The detective teams up with Lomond, a police doctor, to try to find „The Ringer” who is a mysterious, revenge-driven serial killer and master of disguise. When a lawyer receives a bouquet with a note informing him that he’ll be dead in forty-eight hours, Wembury and his men embark on a frantic quest t...

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. „The Ghost of Down Hill” is an entertaining mystery novella, based on the idea that a ghost of a monk haunts a house built on top of former holy ground. This novella has upbeat tone and surprising outcome. „The Queen of Sheba’s Belt” features the disappearance of a priceless belt ...

The second of Edgar Wallace’s two short story collections about Scottish airman Tam during World War I. In this book Tam is joined by a new young American protégé Billy Best. The stories of Tam the pilot are not mysteries. They are the entertaining stories of the exploits of a cockney aviator who supposedly was Charles Lindbergh’s childhood inspiration to fly. Tam is a real person, and all the adventures set forth have actually happened, though names and places are necessar...

„The Fourth Plague” is an intriguing crime novel that was published in 1913, during the early years of Wallace’s career as a novelist. Here again pits a master detective against a powerful crime syndicate, this time with an Italian background. An Italian secret society, burglary, kidnapping, detectives, mysterious artefacts, remarkable coincidences! This is a tale of the Red-Hand, a criminal organization that makes Count Festini, its secret head, the most dangerous man in E...

Written in 1905, it is one of Wallace’s many popular thriller novels. „Four Just Men” was the start of a series about a determined band of European vigilantes who decide to kill off people in the world whom the law cannot punish. Their ingenuity and ability to keep several steps ahead of those who would thwart them, including police, are the essence of the plot. When the British Foreign Secretary Sir Philip Ramon decides to push through a law which will allow the enforced r...

The creek between the canal and the river flows under Lady’s Stairs, a crazy wooden house inhabited by Li Yoseph – known to the police as a smuggler. The neighborhood suspects he is rich, and knows he is mad. Inspector Bradley is out to break a drug-smuggling gang which operates from an old house overhanging the Thames; the gang is headed by a criminal called Mark McGill. The disappearance of young Ron Perryman – whom McGill has murdered and dumped in the river – gives the ...

„The Gambling Girl”, by Edgar Wallace is a book of short story mysteries. Bill and Mary met at a gambling casino and both are imprisoned for reasons that are murky. Bill was a former detective with the American Army at G.H.Q. Mary’s past was more mysterious. From that day forward however, neither of their lives would ever be the same again. Fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual mystery scheme and a little romance. It’s all great fun and Wallace keeps the action...

W gliwickim parku zostaje brutalnie zamordowana młoda dziewczyna. Przypomina to lokalnej społeczności o seryjnym mordercy, który zabijał kobiety w Bytomiu, Gliwicach i Zabrzu. Skazany za te zbrodnie Wampir z Szombierek niedługo wyjdzie na wolność. Niezależny dziennikarz Sebastian Strzygoń wraca do sprawy sprzed lat. Pomaga mu antropolożka Anna Serafin. To ona podejmuje się przeprowadzić wywiad z wampirem. Mnożą się pytania, komuś bardzo zależy, by przeszłość pozostała pog...

Forged notes have started to appear everywhere. Mr. Cheyne Wells of Harley Street has been given one. So has Porter. Peter Clifton is rich, but no one is quite certain how he acquired his money – not even his new wife, the beautiful Jane Leith. Jane, newly married to this man she does not love, is plunged into a nightmare of murder and madness. What is the secret of her husband’s immense fortune? Is he „The Clever One” who has baffled the police, the banks and the world wit...

Edgar Wallace was an English novelist, journalist and playwright, who was an enormously popular writer of detective, suspense stories, and practically invented the modern „thriller”. His popularity at the time was comparable to that of Charles Dickens – one of Wallace’s publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. „The Flying Fifty-Five” is a novel set in the horse racing community and follows the ups and downs of turf life. It’s all g...

When Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate a ruthless murder at Mark’s Priory, the grand ancestral home of the Lebanon family, he quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. The household is controlled by the family physician, the footmen behave more like guests than servants and the secretary Isla is afraid for her life. Why are these two American „toughs” employed as footmen? Why is Lady Lebanon so unwilling to answer any questions? What he does know is th...

Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition. „Znak czterech” (inny tytuł polskiego przekładu: „Znamię czterech”) – powieść kryminalna autorstwa sir Arthura Conana Doyle’a wydana w lutym 1890 roku, druga powieść o przygodach Sherlocka Holmesa. Jest to jedyna powieść o Sherlocku Holmesie niepodzielona na dwie części. Do detektywa amatora Sherlocka Holmesa zgłasza się z prośbą o pomoc panna Mary Morstan (przyszł...

Jack Reacher, który właśnie zawitał do Atlantic City, nadaje się do tej roli idealnie. Na prośbę ambitnej agentki Secret Service przyjmuje to nietypowe zlecenie, nie mając pojęcia, że zagrożenie jest jak najbardziej realne. Prawdziwi zamachowcy są doskonale zorganizowani i gotowi na wszystko. A Reacher stanie na linii ognia.

Contents of the collection: Moonlight at the crossroads Selling Miss Minerva The heart of the loaf Possessions The dollar chasers Idle hands The girl who paid dividends A letter to Australia Nina and the blemish Broadway Brocade. Earl Biggers was a master of stories that highlighted the madness of human nature, both good and bad. The reader wants to see the roots for disadvantages and feel guilty for the villain. These stories are the last epoch when the romantic flourished...

„The Feathered Serpent” is a mystery-thriller novel penned by the remarkably prolific Edgar Wallace. A number of people receive threatening cards emblazoned with the device of a feathered serpent, a device that we later find is associated with ancient Aztec religion and with a cult that still exists in Mexico and Central America. Reporter Peter Dewin suspects the card mysteriously left in the handbag of actress Ella Creed is a publicity stunt. He soon discovers that a wealt...

„The Exploits of Airman Hay” is a series of ten stories about an intrepid aviator by the name of Captain Murray Hay. The stories fast-paced with some surprising twists and turns, well written and great to read. The book presents the stories under the titles found in Edgar Wallace’s manuscript, most of which correspond to those used in Topical Times. Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include „The Four Jus...

„The Fellowship of the Frog” is a typical, fast-paced Edgar Wallace thriller. The plot centers around the identity of an arch-criminal who is using down and outs to do his dirty work. The Frog is a menace to Society. A criminal mastermind who has organized the tramps of Britain into an unlawful army. He murders, he robs, he blackmails... He must be stopped. But who is he? There is no shortage of suspects – and no shortage of twists. Richard Gordon, a prosecutor, and Sgt. El...

„The Face in the Night” was written in the year 1924 by Edgar Wallace. Leaving her chicken farm and moving to London to seek her sister, Audrey Bedford is caught passing the Queen of Finland’s stolen necklace, and allows herself to be sent to prison for a year rather than implicate her guilty sibling. Once released, she takes a position as scribe to the mysterious Mr. Malpas, who lurks in his electrically-automated apartment and only allows himself to be seen from across a ...

Author Hulbert Footner (1879-1944) brought the excitement of the 1920s and 1930s to Madame Storey's cosmopolitan adventures, moving away from Edwardian and Victorian flavors of the mystery genre. Beautiful and aloof. Her secretary/narrator/companion is Bella Brickley. Rosika lives near Gramercy Park in NYC and has a pet monkey. She seems to solve cases by use of good guesswork, "practical psychology" and fortuitous prior knowledge of certain facts or people.

‘"When Rogues Fall Out” incorporates some wonderful conundrums to hoodwink and hinder the cleverest of crime readers. This book contains three interconnected stories. In the first, a respectable collector of antiques falls victim to temptation. In the second a police inspector is found dead in suspicious circumstances in a railway tunnel. This section includes an interesting „essay” on the early use of fingerprint evidence. The third is a classic locked room mystery where s...

A collection of crime fiction short stories featuring Mme. Rosika Storey and her resourceful assistant Bella Brickley. Mme. Storey unravels complex cases with thorough investigation and an understanding of human nature. Her way to resolve the mystery is original and bring you in a new world. She is Madame Storey, like Sherlock has fantastic powers of deduction and understanding of psychology, and her secretary is like Watson though she does’t have a degree in medicine. Thes...

Madame Rosika Storey was one of the most celebrated fictional female private investigators during the Golden Age of the mystery (1920-40). She is a beautiful detecative who solves four cases for you in a manner most effecative, arriving at conclusions by processes subliminal, since intuition is her guide in locating the criminal. See what happen in each case, both dangerous and difficult. And since her intuition is so perfectly reliable, and backed up by ingenious proof who...

A historical romance and tale of adventure, set in England during the fourteenth century. Descendent of a noble family, Nigel Loring is the last of his race, and living alone with his aged grand-mother, upon a small remnant of their great estate. In service to King Edward III, Sir Nigel Loring must prove himself worthy of the hand of his the Lady Mary by performing three deeds in her honor. On his way to the altar, Nigel rescues a woman from dishonor, fights a pirate leader...

„Beyond the City” explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle-class lives. As the web of lust and deceit dr...

After a minimal education in Canada, Footner emigrated to New York in 1898 and worked at a variety of jobs, including an unsuccessful stint as an actor. He turned to journalism and worked for a time as a freelancer, contributing articles to periodicals such as Field and Stream. His first works were primarily travelogues of various river trips in Canada and the U.S., although he did produce some adventure novels. He is also credited with introducing the first American female...

Narrated by the character for whom the title is named and set in the late 1600’s, Micah Clarke describes the battle of peasants against the existing king of England in the hopes that they can replace the monarch with his brother who feels he has been unjustly denied the throne. Micah Clarke, a young, innocent peasant joins forces with other peasants, among the Puritans, to fight for this pathetic duke’s cause. It was attempt by Conan Doyle to present the story of the Purita...

„The Under Dogs", published in 1925, is the first novel about Rosika Storey, told by her trusty secretary, Bella Brickley. Beautiful, intelligent Madame Rosika Storey, a respected investigator, becomes interested in the case of a young girl accused of jewel robbery. Although Melanie is desperate, she rejects Mme. Storey’s help, because the gang that is after her is ruthless and, she thinks, unstoppable. When Melanie is kidnapped, Mme. Storey goes undercover herself, and wal...

Love humor writing? Can’t get enough of classic adventure tales? First published in 1902, „The Adventures of Gerard” are the autobiographical reminiscences of an old fictional brigadier soldier who served under Napoleon. He never hesitates to embellish his own bravado, importance, and attractiveness to the ladies, to such an extent that it can’t help but be humorous. Etienne Gerard, a hussar of the French Army, is dashing, flamboyant, and unbelievably full of himself. The b...

As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. „Rodney Stone” is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, „a pretty conspiracy – a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts”. The book is narrated by Rodney, in 1851 thinking back over the events 1803, when Rodney was 17 and his best ...

„A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus” is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1899. The novel features the story of a happily married couple which is threatened by a previous lover of the husband. Also, the novel tells the adventures of a young couple, starting from their wedding preparation and ending with the birth of their first child. They are funny and cute, love each other, passionate and want always to be together. They make rules for family l...

Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 – 30 January 1935) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. Jackie Farnish has grown up in a grindingly poor household, and as she reaches adulthood she resolves to do whatever is necessary to claw her way out of poverty. She is loved by her childhood playmate Joe Bartle, but takes him for granted and feels that he lacks the spark or ambition to match...

This novel takes place in the London parish of Paddington. The story opens with the murder of an old Jewish pawnbroker. Our Scottish hero, Andrew Lauriston, a penniless aspiring writer, has the misfortune of finding the body, and is accused of killing and robbing the old man. But then it’s found the pawnbroker had had in his possession an extraordinary South African diamond worth over eighty-thousand pounds – a diamond that’s now missing. It falls to Melky Rubenstein to unr...

Viner stumbles upon the body of a murdered man whilst just following through his ordinary day routines. Little does he know that this find would make him a key figure in solving a big mystery. Well its soon discovered that the murdered man’s name was Ashton and some important documents were stolen from him, but the true purpose for killing him and his real identity and that of his charge, make for a rather excitingly interesting murder-mystery... Nevertheless, Mr. Fletcher ...

Richard Austin Freeman, the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing is best known for his character Dr. John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. „Shuttlebury Cobb” is a completely different sort of book. In it Freeman demonstrates his sense of humor and whimsy as he f...

„The Talleyrand Maxim" belongs to the pen of an outstanding British journalist and writer Joseph Smith Fletcher. Linford Pratt is a suave and clever law clerk looking for a chance to better himself. Opportunity knocks when he gets possession of a rich man’s will that would mean the ruin of the present heirs. His thoughts turn to blackmail, since he assumes the wrongful heirs would pay a high price to hang onto their wealth. Pratt’s personal hero is the subtle, wily diplomat...

This novel, first published in 1922, is a good example of J. S. Fletcher’s complex plots. The story starts with a famous actor gone missing in suspicious circumstances in northern England. But other dark deeds soon take our attention. Copplestone, the young dramatist, helping to solve the mystery, found himself suddenly in love; and the solution and his happiness were discovered together. In the search for Oliver, we find ourselves on a wild and lonely coast off the North S...

This is a story of graft and corruption set in one of Fletchers favoured Northern towns. The mayor who is on a clean-up campaign is found dead in his parlour and our hero, his younger cousin, is determined to find out who killed him. Was he eliminated for this reason? There are entanglements involving city officials and his proposed reforms plus jealousy related to relationships. Lots of twists with a surprise murderer. The plot is cleverly centered around the inquest, whic...

Another fast-paced murder mystery by J.S. Fletcher told in the first person. He wrote about 200 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. He was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the „Golden Age”. It was first published in 1920, and has just the right stock of truly good characters, balanced by a couple of nasties. A young apprentice solicitor in a rural English town bordering Scotland, is riding his bike through lonely stretches of...

A quaint and idyllic English community is rocked to its very core when a dead body of a man is found and foul play is suspected. Did he fall or was he pushed? The inquest records a verdict of death by misadventure but more than one person is dubious about the death. But with few clues to go on and no likely suspects, it appears that the brutal crime may remain unsolved. There’s another murder, lots of behind the scenes investigation into burial and marriage records, questio...

Fans of golden-era mysteries will relish the twists and turns of J. S. Fletcher’s „The Chestermarke Instinct”. This cleverly crafted mystery begins with what seems like a common enough occurrence: a bank manager is late for work one morning. But what first appears to be simply a matter of a missed train soon is revealed to be a much more vexing problem. Has the manager, formerly a pillar of honesty, absconded with the missing bank’s items, or has something more sinister occ...

„The Borough Treasurer” (1921) by J.S. Fletcher is a tale of blackmail, murder and a secret quarry. He has quite a large cast of interesting characters in this one, and manages to bring them all to life with great detail. This novel tales place in an obscure small town by the Yorkshire moors – an ideal spot for two ex-cons to start life over. Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and...

Charlie Chan, the first Chinese detective in literature, is modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life police detective in Honolulu. A family originally from Boston, the Winterslips, has some members living in Hawaii. You can almost feel the gentle trade winds of Hawaii during the 1920s in this classic novel by Earl Derr Biggers. One of the wealthy Winterslips living in Hawaii is murdered. A younger member of the family, John Quincy Winterslip, has been sent to Boston to check ...

Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a hurry, but Allerdyke’s mind is elsewhere. When he finally arrives in Hull, he finds his cousin dead in his hotel room and a valuable consignment of jewels missing. Allerdyke’s only clue rests with that woman hurrying off to Scot...

When an elderly man’s body is found on the steps of chambers in the Midde Temple, one of the Inns of Court, it falls to newspaperman Frank Spargo and Detective-Sergeant Rathbury to solve the crime. There is no indication as to the idetity of the corpse, whose pockets are completely empty apart from a scrap of paper bearing the names and chambers address of an aspiring young barrister. Who is the victim? Why was he killed? Who is the murderer? These are the questions that Sp...

The pioneering creator of the inverted detective story, R. Austin Freeman was a popular Edwardian author of novels and short stories featuring Dr. Thorndyke, a pathologist-detective. Freeman’s detective and mystery tales offered an innovative approach to the genre, selling thousands of copies on both sides of the Atlantic. Robert Hawke is a man on the run. After returning from business in London, he finds that a sworn enemy, Will Colville, has been shot dead and the murder ...

No sooner had Bob from the Silver Star ranch reached Italy than a telegram arrived asking for $1,000. A pretty woman was behind it, but that wasn’t all. This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1916. „The Ebony Stick” is one of Biggers shorter stories, published after his death. The son of Robert J. and Emma E. (Derr) Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University in 1907. While on holiday in Hawaii, Bigger...

Geoffrey West falls in love at first sight with a girl in a hotel breakfasting with her father. They’re all Americans, but the scene is London on the eve of the Great War. Both Geoffrey and his ladylove Marian are reading the personals (The Agony Column) of the Daily Mail. Later that day he has an idea to place an ad to catch her attention, and vows to send her a letter each day for a week to win her heart. Each letter becomes more interesting than the previous because West...

Earl Derr Biggers’ second Charlie Chan novel took the detective to the California desert where he uncovers the reason for the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire. Biggers was always a great romance writer who simply incorporated mystery into his books to propel the story forward. The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. Charlie Chan embarks on an incognito journey across the desert to find the answer to a ...

The death of Hollywood actress Shelah Fane in her Waikiki beach house brings Charlie Chan of the Honolulu police to seek the identity of the killer. The story behind her murder is linked with the three-year-old murder of another Hollywood actor and also connected with an enigmatic psychic named Tarneverro. Through the confusion of alibis, false clues, and bizarre characters, Chan moves with the utmost calm – until the classic „gathering of suspects” climax, when his form of...

One of the most thrilling novel ever, this is a medley of mystery, farce and intrigue an especially fine example of the American mystery play and one of the outstanding dramatic successes of modern times. A hotel closed for the winter, a snowy night, our hero and a key begin this delightful mystery. As we soon learn, our hero looking only for solitude, isn’t the only one with a key. Other colorful characters arrive one by one... men and women with stories of love, loss, and...

Just as in Biggers’ first Charlie Chan mystery, „The House Without a Key,” that romantic link between the Hawaii of a different era and the city of San Francisco is explored and holds the key to the mystery. Henry Drew has cheated young Winthrop out of a partnership in a Hunan mine. Other shady deeds abound in the past of this rich and outwardly respectable old man. Despite his antagonism to Drew, Winthrop accepts the old man’s invitation to a birthday dinner, mainly to be ...

The fifth of the Earl Derr Biggers Charlie Chan books books involves the Honolulu detective in a case of murder that stretches around the world, as members of a tour group are dying, one by one. Charlie’s old friend Chief Inspector Duff from Scotland Yard comes to his rescue in this book. Duff is investigating the murder of Hugh Morris Drake, a sweet old man strangled in London’s famous and exclusive hotel, Broome’s. Drake is with a tour group encircling the globe. While Du...

In this last written adventure, the plot unfolds with an intriguing scenario. Wealthy and hospitible Dudley Ward gathers together Charlie Chan along with Ellen’s three later husbands to his large house on Lake Tahoe. After hearing his former wife, Ellen Landini, may have been pregnant when she left him, Dudley Ward is determined to find his son. There are four ex-husbands, including Ward, all of them angry with Landini, who is about to marry a fifth husband, also present, w...

Biggers’ third book in the Charlie Chan series involves the detective in a case that spans decades and continents, culminating in the city of San Francisco. This time Charlie pulls aside the curtain that conceals a mystery far in the past. The plot links a present day murder with another murder some year previously, combined with a series of disappearances of young women. Charlie Chan is still trying to leave San Francisco after a vacation that turned into a job of detectio...

Eine Geschichte im Stil der Zeit des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts von der ersten Bestseller-Autorin der Welt – Eugenie Marlitt. Balduin Lamprecht, attraktiver und stolzer Chef der Firma Lamprecht und Sohn, hat früh seine Frau verloren. Er lebt mit seinen zwei Kindern und den konservativen Schwiegereltern zusammen in der imposanten Fabrikantenvilla. Die Dienerschaft des Hauses tuschelt schon länger über Geisterscheinungen, erst recht seitdem diese verwunschene junge Frau von...

Elisabeth lebt mit ihrem Bruder und ihren Eltern zusammen bis ihr Onkel sie dazu auffordert mit ihrer Familie auf sein Schloss Gnadeck zu ziehen, das seit Jahrhunderten von der adeligen Familie Gnadewitz bewohnt wird. Wird sie dort ihr Glück finden? Elisabeth, liebevoll wegen ihres schönen blonden Haares auch Goldelse genannt, kann sich nicht vorstellen was es bedeutet jemanden leidenschaftlich zu lieben und glaubt es gäbe keine andere Liebe als die zu Eltern und Geschwiste...

Im Schillingshof leben zwei Familien – eine adlig, die andere bürgerlich. Eine bürgerliche und eine altadlige Familie geraten aneinander. Die Konflikte resultieren aus einem kriminellen Fall von Wirtschaftsspionage. Doch es geht auch um Gefühle wie Hass, Hochmut, Stolz, Liebe und Eifersucht... Der Bestseller Im Schillingshof zählt zu den wichtigten Büchern im umfangreichen Werk von Eugenie Marlitt. Eugenie Marlitts Bestseller Im Schillingshof bringt Spannung und historische...

Detailgetreu zeichnet die Autorin jede einzelne ihrer Figuren. Feinsinnig webt sie eine Geschichte in eine höfische Umgebung hinein, in der ernsthafte Kritik sowohl an den festgefügten Familien- und Lebensbedingungen des Adels als auch am überkommenen Ständesystem und an tradierten Hierarchien geschickt verpackt transportiert wird. Der reiche Baron Raoul von Mainau nimmt die verarmte Gräfin Juliane von Trachenberg zur Frau. Was Juliane nicht ahnt: Es ist keine Heirat aus Li...

Als die Spielersfrau Meta d’Orlowska unter tragischen Um-ständen auf der Bühne stirbt, wird ihre vierjährige Tochter Felicitas von der wohlhabenden Familie Hellwig aufgenommen. Dort hat das Mädchen ein schweres Leben. Vater Hellwig beschützt das Mädchen so gut er kann, und lässt sie wie seine eigenen Kinder von Privatlehrern ausbilden. Doch bald stirbt auch ihr Beschützer, der alte Kommerzienrat. Verständnis und Zuneigung findet die kleine Fee nur bei der alten Mamsell, ein...

Eugenie Marlitt (1825-1887) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie wird als erste Bestsellerautorin der Welt angesehen. Eugenie Marlitt arbeitete bis zu ihrem Tod im Jahr 1887 an ihrem Roman „Das Eulenhaus” den sie jedoch nicht mehr vollenden konnte. Diese Aufgabe übernahm dann Wilhelmine von Heimburg. In ihrem letzten Roman thematisiert Marlitt die gesellschaftlichen Problematiken die ihr am Herzen lagen wie gleiche Bildungschancen für Frauen, soziale Gerechtigkeit und ge...

Eugenie Marlitt (05.12.1825 – 22.06.1887) war eine deutsche Schriftstellerin. Sie gilt als erste Bestsellerautorin der Welt, allerdings hat die Literaturkritik ihr Werk stets zwiespältig beurteilt. Marlitt wollte mit ihren Frauengestalten ein Vorbild für ihre Leserinnen geben. So sind wohl ihre Heldinnen die Verkörperung ihres Frauenideals. Im Mittelpunkt der Romane steht weniger die Liebesgeschichte, als das ganze Leben der Heldinnen, ihre Ansichten, Handlungsweisen, Erleb...

Das Buch „Reichsgräfin Gisela” enthält alles, was man von einem Roman erwarten kann – große Liebe, Verbrechen und Happy End -, aber auch Kritik an korrupter Politik und hochmütigem Adel. Die junge Gräfin Gisela leidet schwer unter den Verhältnissen, die das Leben bei ihren Stiefeltern prägen. Strenge Erziehung, Unterdrückung und Gängelung prägen die Kindheit des Mädchens, das mit den Jahren feststellen muss, dass ihre Stiefeltern sie zudem schamlos ausnutzen. Dann taucht ei...

Marlitts Erzählung „Die zwölf Apostel” wurde 1865 veröffentlicht. Der Schauplatz der Erzählung „Die zwölf Apostel” befindet sich in einem Kloster und in geheimnisvollen unterirdischen Gängen, wie es sie in Arnstadt tatsächlich gibt, wo Eugenie Marlitt geboren wurde. Dieses Städtchen, welches im Herzen von Thüringen liegt, hat der Autorin zahlreiche Anregungen für ihre bis heute viel gelesenen Romane geboten. Eugenie Marlitt gilt als erste Bestsellerautorin der Welt.

Znakomicie napisany futurystyczny thriller jednego z najpopularniejszych duńskich pisarzy. Susan Svendsen ma wyjątkowy dar – jest ekspertem w skłanianiu ludzi do odkrywania przed nią swoich tajemnic. Podczas zwykłej rozmowy z nią wszyscy nieświadomie zaczynają wyjawiać najskrytsze myśli i sekrety. Susan wykorzystywała to przez całe życie, lecz teraz, kiedy jej i całej jej rodzinie grozi więzienie, ten niezwykły talent staje się ostatnią deską ratunku. Oferta...

Klimatyczny włoski kryminał osadzony w stolicy prosecco! Zbliża się Boże Narodzenie. Jakiś maniak napastuje piękne sprzedawczynie z Treviso, niebezpiecznie burząc spokój radosnego czasu zakupów. Inspektor Stucky musi bezzwłocznie interweniować, ale wciąż się gubi pośród zaułków miasta i rozkoszy podniebienia. W tym samym czasie niejaki Max Pierini opowiada na kozetce psychoanalityka swoją tragikomiczną epopeję bohatera miejskich odpadów, założyciela rodzinnego przedsi...

Współczesny terroryzm jest narzędziem politycznym, ukrytą przed światem wielką grą. W brutalną walkę wielkich mocarstw jak zawsze uwikłana jest Rzeczpospolita. Jej tarczą i ostrzem są służby wywiadowcze oraz siły specjalne.Adam Thomal, policjant z Centralnego Biura Śledczego Policji, zostaje wysłany na przymusowy urlop. Jednak już w samolocie staje się, mimo woli, uczestnikiem międzynarodowej rozgrywki.

Stephen Narth ist hochverschuldet. Seine Lage scheint aussichtslos. Doch dann eröffnen sich ihm Möglichkeiten, den drohenden Konkurs noch abzuwenden – einzige Bedingung: Er muss eine seiner weiblichen Verwandten an den mysteriösen Goldminenverwalter Clifford Lynne verheiraten, um an das Erbe des Millionärs Joseph Brays zu kommen. „Zwei Stunden nach Sonnenuntergang wird Clifford Lynne durch das Tor des Wohltätigen Reises nach Siangtan kommen. Tötet ihn und bringt mir alle Pa...

Die junge Edna Gray kommt nach dem Tod ihres Vaters aus Argentinien zurück nach England. Edna möchte ihr Leben auf dem Landsitz Ihrer Familie verbringen, doch es gibt Personen, die etwas dagegen haben. Das gefällt dem bisherigen Pächter Elijah Goodie überhaupt nicht. Der skrupellose Rennstallbesitzer versucht Ednas Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Dafür ist jedes Mittel recht.

Es handelt sich dabei weniger um einen richtigen Roman als vielmehr einige Kurzgeschichten, die durch eine gemeinsame Rahmenhandlung verbunden sind. Die Geschichten handeln vom aufgeweckten Versicherungsdetektiv Robert Brewer, der immer dann herangeholt wird, wenn es gilt, die reichen Kunden (und damit die Versicherung selbst auch) vor Vermögensschäden jeglicher Art zu schützen. Mehrere Fälle von Betrug, Diebstahl und Einbruch, verbunden durch eine gemeinsame Rahmenhandlung...

Der Alte ist ein geisteskranker Verbrecher, unter Verwahrung im Sanatorium von Sketchley Hill bei London. Doch dann bricht er aus. Nach 24 Jahren hat der „Der Alte” genug, er erschlägt den Wärter und bricht aus der Irrenanstalt auf Sketchley Hill aus. Nur wenig später trifft Lord Arranway auf einen Einbrecher in seinem Schloss. Wäre nicht Lady Arranway, hätte er den Verbrecher auf der Stelle erschossen. Und doch brennt das Schloss einige Zeit später bis auf die Grundmauern ...

Mr. Reeder war ein seltsamer Mann. Er arbeitete nicht für Scotland Yard, aber als Beamter der Staatsanwaltschaft gab er dem Yard seine Rechercheergebnisse jeweils gerne weiter. In der Öffentlichkeit galt er als Detektiv. – Als Ena Panton verschwand, war Mr. Reeder schon seit geraumer Zeit auf der Spur des sogenannten Captain Mannering. Mannering, von allen „Der Captain” genannt, lebt in Hexleigh Manor, einem Landgut in schlechtem Zustand, das in einem großen Park liegt. Mr....