Sir Joseph is a brilliant surgeon from Australia who went mad after operating on vast numbers of soldiers during World War 1. His terrible hobby is cutting people’s heads open to steal bits of their brains. His wife is a former nurse who went mad alongside him. They are pursued across England and the continent by Mr. Daniel Rocke, codebreaker of the Foreign service: Miss Ann Lancaster, daughter of one of Londe’s victims, and Sir Francis Worton, known as Q20, head of the sec...
Young Maurice Teyl, just turned 21, shy, non-drinker, non-smoker and the richest man in America, has been raised by his rigid Grandmother on a remote ranch in California but he shuns the limelight. So when a world tour is arranged by his guardian he is none too keen. He misses his train to begin the jaunt and meets up with a young English actress, Lucy Compston, and so begins a friendship and the slight deception, as he does not want her to know exactly who he is. He then g...
A novel of crime and conscience by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), the self-styled „prince of storytellers.” „The Profiteers” was written about the stock market post-World War I and pre-1929 crash. The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam. From that auspicious start, the family and its eponymous company would go on to „build the world,” from the ...
E. Phillips Oppenheim was a British writer known for his thriller novels. He is credited with writing over 100 novels including suspense, international intrigue, romance, parables, and comedies. His protagonists are known for their love of luxury, gourmet meals, and their enjoyment of criminal activities. „The Pawns Count” is a novel during World War I and intrigue. German, Japanese, British and Americans play roles in this novel. A chemist, Sandy Graham, has discovered a n...
Turmoil over Thurlow House. The new tenant of the garden house has barely moved in when a grisly murder happens. Is Mister Brown, the new tenant guilty? Who is he, anyway? His past is shrouded in mystery and nobody seems to know anything about him other than that he is wealthy? Strange things continue to happen... „The New Tenant” is a devious mystery from the „the prince of storytellers” Phillips Oppenheim who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. Very much in the gen...
This early work from the „prince of storytellers” E. Phillips Oppenheim published as a novel in 1897. Mr. Norman Scott is a young, hardworking, distinguished physician with a busy practice in London. He is called to visit a patient, Mr. Humphrey Deignton, who suffers from gout and who is murdered later. Dr. Scott is suspected. Two years later, we meet Mr. John Martin, postmaster and chemist in Market Deignton. A lonely, bitter, impoverished man. He is living near the home o...
This is another great novel by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, the prolific English novelist who was in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers and spy novels, and who wrote over a 100 of them. He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. „The Ostrekoff Jewels „ is the story of a Russian prince, princess and the end ...
Another great collection of stories from the British author E. Phillips Oppenheim who achieved worldwide fame with his thrilling novels and short stories concerning international espionage and intrigue. 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 in...
„The Mystery Road” an antique book written by E Phillips Oppenheim follows the heroine on her journey to true love and independence from family pressures. An orphan French girl, Myrtile, who is living with her stepfather horrifies at the prospect to marry to a local barkeep and runs away from the farm. Struck by Myrtile’s desperation and beauty, two Englishmen rescue her and bring her to Monaco with them, buy her new clothes, and try to find her a respectable position. One ...
Sir Francis Kernham has returned from 10 years in the colonies where he has made a fortune. He is looking for Marcia, the struggling young actress who shared his misery in a Chelsea boardinghouse. He searches everywhere for her, fearful of what she may have become, only to discover by chance that she has also elevated herself and is now the Princess Hohenmahn, married to an elderly debauched member of royalty. Will they now find love and happiness together, or has time and ...
If you have a fondness for mystery you should find this novel to be an entertaining read. Lord Alceston, the Earl of Harrowdean, statesman, philanthropist, nobleman, is murdered in his own study on the night of a great ball given at his home. On the same night a mysterious woman is murdered in the slums of East London. The valet disappears. Thus begins a moody and dramatic tale of love, jealousy, and revenge. This is the second published novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim and d...
„The Passionate Quest” is the story of Rosina, Philip and Matthew, who work in rural England in the glass factory owned by Rosina’s uncle. All three dream of a different life: Rosina wants to be an actress, Philip a poet, and Matthew hopes for a career in high finance. They all go off to London in „the passionate quest” for their dreams. This 1927 novel by Edward Phillips Oppenheim where problems arise in a family business. Oppenheim inherited a leather company from his fat...
Uncommon Oppenheim novel tells a strong story of the complicated love affairs, thrilling and mystifying revelations in the life of a young occult. Mr. Henry Rochester is an honest and honorable landowner in rural England. One evening he is walking his estate when he happens across the boy who is meditating on a hillside, and after a conversation, takes it into his head to give the boy money and see what he’ll make of himself. Unfortunately, he also tells the boy that if he ...
„The Milan Grill Room” is a series of ten connected short stories featuring the character of Louis, a crippled veteran of World War I and maître d’hôtel, who solves crimes from his table in the Grill Room of the hotel and who is able to provide invaluable assistance to the British police and Secret Service. Tracking spies, catching traitors, uncovering plots, often in the company of Major Charles Lyson of the Secret Service, Louis is never ruffled, and always resourceful. T...
The young handsome Mayor of Mechester, Daniel Poynton is the owner of a very successful shoe manufacturer, the major employer in the city and the mayor will soon be a Lord Mayor. Never before interested in women, or even in social affairs, he is stricken by the beauty of The Lady Ursula Manningham and falls in love. As the novel develops, Poynton’s factory is threatened by foreign manufacturers who want to establish a cooperative monopoly with him. At the same time, Poynton...
Captain Jan Henderson master of the cargo ship Henrietta Anne trading between London and Holland is working with mysterious conspirators (Sir Gregory Fawsitt and Lady Judith Martellon) to smuggle goods from Holland to London. His deck boy, David, falls in love with Judy, a pretty dancer. When Anthony Loman, an haggard traveler, staggers up the stairs of the tenement house at Bunter’s Buildings, Judy listens while he is flung to his death. As Police Sergeant Sanders’ investi...
In this novel we have Oppenheim’s as it best, with the story of a man hunt set in an English village, and involving a well-known banker and the Lord of the Manor. The story is a thriller built on several interlaced mysteries which are suddenly thrust on the sleepy village of Sandywayes: three men committing shockingly unexpected suicides, three strangers with questionable backstories but no obvious connections simultaneously appearing in town, and large amounts of money qui...
Arnold (a writer), Allan (an artist) and Arthur (works in finance) all live together. Once their attention is caught by a middle age man and a young girl about sixteen who seems frightened. They overhear where they are eating and continue to watch the couple and Arnold even goes over to offer her assistance. Then a surprising thing happens, his acquaintance shoots the man she’s with and disappears. Amid all the confusion and hospital and police, Arnold stays with the young ...
This 1929 novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim neatly describes some of the frothy financial dealings of the late stage of the roaring 20’s in England and centered around a commercial chemical formula. The formula for the process is carefully guarded from it’s own employees, but is stolen one night by a band of five adventurers who plan to ransom it for 1 million pounds. Two men are killed during the robbery. Plans to ransom the process are put on hold, and the documents are depo...
Cruelly betrayed by the testimony of Reuben Argels, his business partner and close friend, Moran Chambers is sentenced to 10 years in Sing Sing Prison. Haunted by the feeling that Chambers will exact revenge, Argels flees on the next boat to London, where he finds their third partner, the dour Scotchman Andrew Pulwitter, and Moran’s mistress, the lovely actress Ambouyna Kotinzi. Argels finds success in London, but is all the while haunted by the thought – when will Chambers...
Lady Wilhemina Thorpe-Hatton lives a life of extraordinary wealth and privilege. She is visiting her extensive estate in England, which includes the town of Thorpe, and all it’s inhabitants. When Victor Macheson, a young man chock full of ideals and theories about how to make the world a better place, petitions her for the use of a barn where he can speak on these subjects, she refuses. He is dismissed and harried out of town by the son of the estate manager Stephan Hurd. B...
This story takes place before WWI and follows the adventures of a disgraced English politician who hasn’t given up on his country in her hour of need. His nemesis is a suave but evil German prince who is plotting the downfall of he British empire. The only thing that stands in his way is our hero... and two beautiful women. „The Mischief-Maker” presents a fascinating picture of the political mindset of the day to go along with the twists and turns of the story. And so on, a...
In the courtroom of Lord Malladene, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Richard Lebur stands accused of murdering his lover’s lover. Lebur is convinced to change his plea to guilty to avoid a death sentence. At the last minute, as he is being taken to jail, he shouts out that he is innocent. Seven years later, Martin Campbell Brockenhurst, Viscount and ex-policeman, with Scotland Yard, pursues the case further, convinces that Lebur is innocent, motivated by his love for Leb...
Captain Austen Rotherby is on a mission of revenge in Paris and chances upon Louis, the head waiter of his favorite restaurant. Bored, he follows Louis to a shady café where he spots a pair he’s long been intrigued by – a South American gentleman and a young girl. Because of certain complications, Captain Rotheby finds himself forced to leave Paris, only to find himself travelling with the aforementioned gentleman, Mr. Delora, and his niece, Felicia. Arriving in London, Mr....
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!
