Miss Mott quickly rose from the sound of knocking at her office door. She was engaged in the typical task of writing her advice to a young woman whose relationship with the acquisition had been pulled in, and she forgot the flight time. Her typist left, her ambassador was a boy and a shy but very nice young clerk who helped her in various activities. In other words, Miss Mott was alone on the top floor of the building, not far from Adelphi, and she did not wait for the subs...
A series of stories telling about the graceful crimes of a high class robber, a forger, a robber, a murderer. Stories in each of which are the same criminal, but under different names travels around the world, assuming new identities, avoiding militias and theft of fate. In one story, he helps the British intelligence in restoring critical documents from a foreign state. In another, he uses his skills to help a servant in trouble. In general, stories are of average quality,...
The Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano’s, it was an ordinary evening. Suddenly a man comes quickly to his desk, begins to eat his food and quietly transfers him a package under the table. This is how Paul Welmsley’s acquaintance with American adventurer Joseph Parker and his beautiful daughter Eve begin. Very interesting adventure story for easy reading.
Positively every one, with two unimportant exceptions, had called upon us. The Countess had driven over from Sysington Hall, twelve miles away, with two anamic-looking daughters, who had gushed over our late roses and the cedar trees which shaded the lawn. The Holgates of Holgate Brand and Lady Naselton of Naselton had presented themselves on the same afternoon. Many others had come in their train, for what these very great people did the neighborhood was bound to endorse. ...
A best-selling author of novels, short stories, magazine articles, translations, and plays, Oppenheim published over 150 books. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. The tiny kingdom of Theos is surrounded by Eastern European powers in this 1902 novel of politics, war, and romance. Russia and Turkey are plotting to take over the peaceful and rural country. A ...
In the sleepy little Devonshire town of Melhampton, the lives of the village stalwarts are revealed in this charming collection of tales by Oppenheim. Mr Tidd, the manager of the local bank branch, has invested his life and savings in the education of his daughter, but has dipped into the banks funds to „maintain appearances.” On the eve of quarterly bank examiners visit, he is confronted with guilt and exposure. In another tale, the town veterinarian is conflicted about hi...
The usual little throng of Americans, journalists, men of business and loiterers, were occupying their accustomed chairs in one corner of the long, green-carpeted room. Around the bar, would-be customers were crowded three or four deep–many of them stalwart Canadians in khaki, making the most of their three days’ leave, and a thin sprinkling of men about town on their way to lunch in the grill-room adjoining. On the outskirts of the group was a somewhat incongruous figure, ...
In 1914, after seven years of service in the most famous room in the Grill Room in London, he dropped his very favorable position and went to France. In 1919, he came from a war with two crutches and many medals. He came to Paris and looked enviously at the funny scenes in the cafe, and thought that it was all over for him.
Aaron Rodd, who was a shy and awkward being, felt unexpectedly at his ease. He was even anxious for further conversation. He had a rather long, pale face, with deep-set eyes and rugged features. He was soberly, even sombrely dressed in dismal black. He had the air of a recluse. Perhaps that was why the young lady smiled upon him with such confidence.
Annabelle Pelissier, for his own reasons, allows Sir John Ferringhall to believe that she is his sister Hannah. Anna continues to cheat and bear the burden of her sister’s reputation, which in any case in Paris is a coquette. Infinite complications occur when both sisters return to London. This is one of the most intriguing stories of E. Philips Oppenheim.
At the corner corner in the restaurant of the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, four very excellent local unforgettable enjoy the noon banquet. Host director Robert was very energetic, with strong dark eyes. On the right side, Mr. Lyon, General Saint-Hilaire, sat with him with bright gray mustaches, who wore his impressive series of tapes with the air of the one who earned them.
The long boat train which had only a few minutes before started from Dover Pier Station on its way to Victoria came to an unexpected halt alongside the almost deserted platform of the Town Station. Habitual travellers, who knew the irregularity of such a proceeding, let down the windows and leaned out from their places. There was little to be seen, however, and nothing to be learnt from the various attendants. About a dozen station officials and a few other men who looked l...
Why not destroy someone’s memory in the hope that they will remember past lives. It turned out that this is a reverse scenario of Pygmalion. He fell in love with the girl and then destroyed her. I like the idea that a person is a common set of his experiences and experiences, but if they are erased, the person who is left will be completely different. Probably one of the best opengame stories.
Elegantly written novel, which tells about a young man who can not forgive his newly found father, because he left him and his mother. But after many living trials in many ways teach them both, they realize that there are other more important priorities and forces. A pleasant, easy-to-read, and thought-out essay.
A very interesting and early novel is extremely popular in the 1920s and 1940s by the famous author E. Phillips Oppenheim. It differs from its later works, here are considered more gloomy themes and a tragic plot. This story tells of a wealthy Englishman who fell in love with the daughter of an Italian nobleman who lives on the island of Krutha in the Mediterranean Sea. The very dark influence of the Catholic Church in this period will not prevent the victory of love and ha...
The state of the working class in the early 20th century caused significant changes in the left-wing political parties. The Liberal Party, which enjoyed the support of the working class, was threatened by the Party of Labor and trade unions that were in the forefront of the socialist and communist movement. In this novel, we are talking about a great deal of sympathy for the poorest workers who lost their jobs due to automation, recession and mass layoffs. The use of taxes ...
The marathon supports the radical form of general strikes to put the entire English industry on its knees and begin a long struggle for the redistribution of wealth. In many eloquent speeches, he claims the cause of poverty. Lord Foley, by contrast, believes that the enemies of England are waiting for mass actions aimed at the collapse of the country, during which they will invade and win. The marathon is obstructed from all sides by opposition forces that are trying to bri...
The novel tells about the struggle of a young man for wealth in colonial Africa and about his search for happiness in this country. Although he is trying to do everything right and honest, he is prevented by many opponents who bring only a great calamity. But despite all the difficulties, the story ends with a happy end.
In this romantic story tells about how in 1905 a young British tourist accidentally witnesses a strange meeting in Germany. Then, in Paris, he tells about it not in the company where it could be shared. His sister, who had to meet with him finds his brother’s baggage at the hotel, but he himself disappeared. The French police are pretending to be looking for him persistently, but then the sister himself disappears. A childhood friend who is in love with her is asking her fr...
A collection of nineteen stories, by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, mostly from the 1890’s and early 1900’s, published in magazines, and collected in 1913. Ghost stories, bizarre adventures, strange appearances and disappearances, and improbable love are the themes of these very enjoyable stories by the master storyteller. Young men courting women, psychic phenomena, and humorous characters abound. „Those Other Days” stories are almost Victorian in their diction and flavor, wit...
The secretive financier and Press baron Warren Rand is working to bring about Global Peace and Disarmament, against the plotting of England, France, Germany, and Russia. The story expands to include the chief characters in Rands life: his security chief a British officer Tellesom who falls in love with Rand’s estranged daughter, the financier John Glynde and a large cast of evil Russian and German spies. His machinations of the gold market and international sabotage bring t...
This third novel by Oppenheim was published in 1895. It was originally published under the title „A Daughter of the Marionis” and was reprinted several times. The story of a vendetta, makes a capital plot for the novelist who takes characters from Southern life for his story, and in Margharita, „a daughter of the Marionis,” we have a not impossible character. She does not appear till late in the story, but takes up the vendetta of her uncle with a will. Marionis himself is ...
„BEHOLD! „ cried Sabul Ahmid, with an upward sweep of his bare, brown arm, „behold the Sacred Temple of the people of Astrea! „ I stood up in the boat, my portfolio under my arm. High on the mountain’s side, crowning a thick mass of laurel undergrowth, and flanked by a grove of deep, cool, byana trees, was the building to which my servant was pointing. The material whereof it was fashioned I could not at that distance determine. Only in the broad, tropical sunlight it flash...
Major Andrew Forester is a retired British Army officer, of no discernible occupation, who wanders about Europe, England and the United States. He is looking for adventure, but not outside the bounds of the acceptable. He is willing to skirt the law, but not break it. His peripatetic life style brings him in contact with scam artists, gold-diggers, art thieves, industrial spies, taxi dancers, and flappers. Sometimes he benefits from these associations, but at other times he...
Napięcie, zagadka, zbrodnia, śledztwo - literatura kryminalna to królestwo wyjątkowych postaci próbujących odkryć różnorakie tajemnice. I właśnie za to jest uwielbiana - najlepsze kryminały pełne są suspensu i nagłych zwrotów akcji, które sprawiają, że nie możemy się od nich oderwać. Choć początkowo kryminał uważany był za pośledniejszą, lekką rozrywkę dla osób, które chciały umilić sobie długie podróże, teraz to jeden z najpopularniejszych gatunków literackich. Czytanie kryminałów to przyjemność szczególnie dla miłośników silnych emocji - ale nie tylko! Niezwykle popularne są chociażby komedie kryminalne, sięgające po pastisz i groteskę, a równocześnie przedstawiające skomplikowane zbrodnie oraz ich okoliczności. W Polsce w tym obszarze królują Maryla Szymiczkowa (a raczej Jacek Dehnel i Piotr Tarczyński), Joanna Chmielewska, Alek Rogoziński czy Jacek Galiński. Do najchętniej czytanych polskich autorów kryminałów zaliczają się z pewnością Katarzyna Bonda, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, Katarzyna Puzyńska, Remigiusz Mróz, Wojciech Chmielarz i Marek Krajewski. Nie sposób jednak mówić o bestellerach kryminalnych, nie wspominając o takich pisarzach jak Harlan Coben, czy Lee Child, a także znanych twórcach kryminałów skandynawskich, Camilli Läckberg, Stiegu Larssonie lub Jo Nesbø. Stworzone przez nich historie to gwarancja intensywnych wrażeń i wciągających opowieści - szukajcie ich na Woblinku w formatach książek papierowych, audiobooków oraz ebooków.
Ludzkie namiętności, niewyjaśnione morderstwa, tajemnicze zniknięcia bez śladu, zagadki sprzed lat - tylko niewielka grupa osób jest w stanie się z nimi zmierzyć i je rozwiązać. Do jednych z najchętniej czytanych w ostatnich latach na świecie powieści kryminalnych należą kryminały skandynawskie. Jo Nesbø, Camilla Läckberg, Arnaldur Indriðason, Lars Kepler, Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell i Yrsa Sigurðardóttir od pierwszych zdań pozwalają nam na zagłębienie się w krainy dalekiej Północy. Ten zimny, pełen ciemności świat pełen jest zbrodni i zdeterminowanych śledczych, gotowych ujawniać nawet najbardziej makabryczne i skomplikowane tajemnice. Kurt Wallander, Jona Linna czy Harry Hole to najlepsi przewodnicy po bestsellerowych seriach powstających w Szwecji, Danii, Norwegii czy Islandii. Sięgnijcie chociażby po Trylogię Millenium Stiega Larssona, by poznać najpopularniejszą skandynawską serię kryminalną XXI wieku. Na Woblink mamy dla Was pakiet wszystkich trzech tomów ("Mężczyźni, którzy nienawidzą kobiet", "Dziewczyna, która igrała z ogniem" i "Zamek z piasku, który runął") w formacie wygodnego audiobooka! Najlepsze współczesne kryminały często włączają do swoich fabuł elementy powieści sensacyjnych, zwłaszcza charakterystyczne jest dla nich użycie suspensu i nagłych zwrotów akcji. Kryminał jednak zawsze skupia się przede wszystkim na zbrodni - jej okolicznościach, przyczynach, a zwłaszcza na schwytaniu przestępcy. Nierzadko detektywi i policjanci mierzą się z przypadkiem seryjnego mordercy - tak dzieje się chociażby w serii powieści Remigiusza Mroza z komisarzem Wiktorem Forstem w roli głównej. Ebooki "Ekspozycja", "Przewieszenie" i "Trawers" to pierwotna trylogia opowiadająca historię komisarza, który niestrudzenie poszukuje na Podhalu zbrodniarza ochrzczonego mianem Bestii z Giewontu. Ci antybohaterowie, przez których działania odkrywane są coraz to nowe ciała zmarłych, odgrywają ogromną rolę w wielu najlepszych książkach kryminalnych. Niewątpliwie zasłużonym specjalistą od seryjnych zabójstw jest Harry Hole, główny bohater serii powieści autorstwa Jo Nesbø, bezkompromisowy i niepokorny policjant, który często używa niekonwencjonalnych sposobów by dotrzeć do prawdy. Ebooki z jego udziałem, takie jak "Czerwone gardło", "Upiory", "Pragnienie" czy "Krwawy księżyc" znajdziecie także w księgarni internetowej Woblink.
Do najpopularniejszych autorów kryminałów należy wielu naszych rodzimych znakomitych pisarzy i pisarek. Wspomniany już Remigiusz Mróz jest jednym z nich - jego seria powieści z Joanną Chyłką w roli głównej zyskała tak dużą popularność, że doczekała się ekranizacji w postaci serialu. W polskich książkach kryminalnych znajdziecie wielu intrygujących bohaterów i zbrodnie, których skomplikowanie nie pozostawia polskich detektywów oraz policjantów daleko w tyle za ich zagranicznymi kolegami. Polacy świetnie radzą sobie z kryminałami retro - polecamy tutaj szczególnie powieści autorstwa Marka Krajewskiego z cyklu o Eberhardzie Mocku, do którego należą między innymi tomy "Śmierć w Breslau", "Mock. Golem", "Diabeł stróż" czy "Moloch".
Do klasyki kryminału amerykańskiego, a także gatunku kryminału noir z pewnością zaliczyć należy dzieła Raymonda Chandlera - jego "Wysokie okno", "Żegnaj laleczko" czy "Siostrzyczka" to powieści, których popularność na świecie nie maleje od dekad. Jeśli interesują Was bardziej współczesne historie, na pewno przypadną Wam do gustu dzieła, których autorami są Harlan Coben i Lee Child. Powieści tego ostatniego, skupiające się wokół postaci byłego majora amerykańskiej żandarmerii wojskowej Jacka Reachera, to wyjątkowe połączenie kryminalnych zagadek, napięcia godnego thrillera i dynamiki charakterystycznej dla powieści sensacyjnych. Twórczość Harlana Cobena także przypadnie do gustu szczególnie miłośnikom mistrzowskich połączeń kryminału i sensacji, okraszonych dużą dawką humoru. Seria z Myronem Bolitarem w roli głównej, trylogia z bratankiem Myrona, Mickieyem, oraz liczne powieści autonomiczne Harlana Cobena czekają na Was niecierpliwie na Woblink! Polecamy Waszej uwadze także jeszcze jednego przedstawiciela kryminału skandynawskiego, Jørna Liera Horsta. Jest on autorem nie tylko popularnych powieści, których głównym bohaterem jest komisarz William Wisting (między innymi tomy "Kluczowy świadek" i "Psy gończe"), ale także powieści kryminalnych dla młodszych czytelników, takich jak seria "CLUE" czy "Biuro Detektywistyczne numer 2". Nieważne, czy sięgniecie po książki kryminalne jako książki papierowe, audiobooki czy ebooki - z pewnością najlepsze kryminały, które znajdziecie na Woblink dostarczą Wam niezapomnianej rozrywki. Pełne napięcia i wciągających zagadek nigdy nie pozwolą się Wam nudzić!