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 ...

„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...

Marshall Allerdyke w środku nocy dostaje telegram od swego kuzyna Jamesa, który prosi go o pilne spotkanie w hotelu w Hull. Biznesmen wyrusza niezwłocznie. Po drodze spotyka tajemniczą kobietę, która za wszelką cenę usiłuje dogonić ekspres do Londynu. Po przybyciu na miejsce Marshall znajduje zwłoki Jamesa. Dowiaduje się też, że kuzyn przewoził cenną biżuterię, po której nie ma teraz śladu. Postanawia wykryć mordercę. Jedyną poszlaką jest klamerka od damskiego pantofla, znal...

Oryginalna opowieść o Pocahontas, The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, została wydana po raz pierwszy w 1906 roku. Pocahontas (Matoaka, później znana jako Rebecca Rolfe, ok. 1595-1617) była Indianką z Wirginii, znaną z powiązania z kolonialną osadą Jamestown w Wirginii, córką Powhatana, wodza plemion w regionie Tidewater. W znanej anegdocie historycznej mówi się, że uratowała życie indiańskiemu jeńcowi, Anglikowi Johnowi Smithowi, w 1607 r.Jak bardzo oryginalna wer...

Fletcher’s understanding of human nature is evident in his writing, where his characters embody every facet of human existence in very well-written prose and dialogue. Mistress Spitfire is a simple account of some of the episodes in the history of Richard Coop, Ghent, and his cousin Mistress Alison French during the Revolution of 1642-1644.

Jacob Herapat, wealthy real estate developer and Member of Parliament. found dead. With a gun at my side. But, it seems, an hour later the coachman brings him home. And what according to his will, what surprises she will open. Several people, including the police, are trying to solve the mystery.

Kompendium wiedzy o zaangażowaniuZaangażowanie zespołu nie bierze się znikąd, nie pojawia się jak za dotknięciem magicznej różdżki, nie znika też bez przyczyny. Jest efektem pracy w duchu DISC D3 - pracy każdego członka zespołu z liderem na czele. Wysoki poziom zaangażowania, przyjmowanie osobistej odpowiedzialności za cel indywidualny i zespołowy, niski poziom absencji czy nagłych odejść jest efektem umiejętnego wykorzystania wiedzy o różniących ludzi cechach osobowości...

Further collection of 24 war-time short stories about Smithy, the soldier and his comrades Nobby and Spud in the British army before WWI. This is the second anthology in Wallace’s „Smithy” series in which the famous character T. B. Smith makes his appearance. Also Smithy’s pal „Nobby” Clark has now emerged very much as the main character in these, usually humorous stories of pre world war one British army life. These stories are more clearly set in the Boer war. While the f...

This collection of stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of „Smithy” and „Nobby”. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life – the Sanders stories – was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. He was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era. However, he was well aware that the irrepressible spirit of Kipling’s famous rankers would live on, and he wrote his own tales of ordi...

Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army relating the escapades and adventures of privates Smith (Smithy), Nobby Clark, Spud Murphy and their comrades-in-arms. Set at a later-and, when first published, contemporary time, and on a different stage, this substantial collection of the Smithy stories finds our incorrigible hero and his scurrilous band of confederates malingering, scheming and conniving th...