Wendover is a journalist with Fleet Street’s Daily Herald. He, like any other journalist, is at the epicenter of events. On the day in question his mind is occupied with a criminal conspirator and a slim blonde beauty. Not knowing what he will face, but he sets off on the most important journey of his life, with the hope of uncovering a crime.

Already by the name it becomes clear that this story contains many secrets and mystics. All events revolve around Miss Ellen Marchant, confidential clerk and typist to James Melrose. Mr. James Melrose, the eminent head and only partner in the firm of Melrose and Clapstone. Her father was rich, everyone knew that he led the „"dark"” affairs. He had a large Crocksands estate that Ellen could get. She gave up everything that connected with her surname and decided to start a ne...

Ravenspurs is a quiet, dignified family, as rich and respectable as they come. However, recently they have become victims of mysterious crimes. But who is behind these tragedies? The last of the family must figure out before the whole line is destroyed.

The main characters of this story are a wealthy lawyer named Jim Gourdon and his tanned, adventurous friend Gerald Wenner traveling the world who amazes Gurdon and readers with his own story about the alleged millionaire Fenwick, his daughter, and some other noteworthy characters. After all, Fenwick has recently become a millionaire, it seems that posing as another. And his daughter is full of past secrets.

Fred M. White wrote a story about a real feminine and beautiful lady. For example, his story begins so: when a tall figure in black velvet and diamonds and lace appeared at the head of the staircase. Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram was tall and dark, and, although she was almost seventy years old, there was no gray hair on her smooth head. Her features were beautiful and arrogant, as befits Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram of Caradoc; her eyes were restless and changeable. She pledged her income to...

Jaka jest największa z ludzkich przywar? Zdaniem autorki – obłuda. Brzydzi się nią bardziej niż czymkolwiek na świecie, dlatego książkę, którą trzymasz w ręku, napisała na wskroś szczerą, pełną trafnych spostrzeżeń i ostrych, ale niepozbawionych racji ocen. Czytając „Myśli nieupaństwowione”, pewnie nie raz poczujesz przykre ukłucie, zastanowisz się, czy czytany fragment nie dotyczy również Ciebie. Na tym polega siła tej książki, jej siła rażenia. Autorka nie boi się wsk...

„The Gold of the Gods” was first published in 1915. By then, Arthur Benjamin Reeve’s series of mysteries involving Professor Craig Kennedy and his sidekick, journalist Walter Jameson, had become something of a household name. Altogether, he wrote 18 novels featuring these two characters, and several short stories. Our story follows a theft of an ancient Inca dagger from an archeology professor. He asks Kennedy to assist in bringing it back. But there are threats beyond ones...

Znakomita autobiograficzna powieść o utracie i próbie pogodzenia się ze śmiercią bliskiej osoby. Pewnego dnia Carolina otrzymuje od swojego chłopaka Aksela dziwny e-mail zawierający hasła do komputera i inne instrukcje na wypadek jego śmierci. Aksel kończy swoją wiadomość słowami: „Bądźmy dobrej myśli!”. Pięć miesięcy później już nie żyje. Debiutancka powieść Caroliny Setterwall opowiada o intensywnym uczuciu, które łączyło ją z Akselem, i szoku, kiedy pewne...

In „The Riddle of the Mysterious Light”, consulting detective Hamilton Cleek is en route to meet with Scotland Yard detective Narkom when he’s intercepted by a roving gang of nefarious ne’er-do-wells. Can he muster his mighty intellect and physical prowess and hatch a plan to escape his captors? Hamilton Cleek is the central figure in dozens of short stories that began to appear in 1910 and were subsequently collected in a series of books. Cleek is a detective as remarkable...

No manly boy ever grows tired of sea stories – there is an irresistible fascination about them, and they are a recreation to the mind. A tale of being adrift on the Pacific Ocean, with Dave discovering a mysterious cave. Full of startling incident, clever dialogue, admirable descriptions of sky and water in all their aspects, and plenty of fun. Originally written for young men, this adventure tale is great reading for the whole family. The four-volume „Deep Sea” series was ...

„The Dagger and the Cord,” „The Green Pearl,” „The Unlawful Adventure” and other thrilling tales of mystery and intrigue have made Mr. de Brune popular with Australian fiction readers. Nineteen novel length serials, two novella serials, and eighteen short stories, all except one published in Australian and New Zealand newspapers between 1926 and 1935. „The Grays Manor Mystery” enhances his reputation. It is a story packed with mystery and intrigue and Aidan de Brune keeps t...

„The Carson Loan Mystery” novel is one of mystery by Aidan de Brune, and deals with complications arising out of a loan of a large sum of money, concerned with the unscrupulous activities of several more or less shady characters. The locale of the story is Sydney, and introduces many places familiar to those who have visited that capital. The author knows Sydney, and also knows passing well the procedure in police and detective departments, besides having a passing acquaint...

Weird mystery with rationalized supernaturalism featuring private detective Matthew Grimlock. „A Studio Mystery” is a secret, and there is not much of a secret about the murder of the artist Arnold. The suspicions of the reader fall at once on Gustave. There is a certain ingenuity, however, in the working out of the motive of the crime. Altogether, „A Studio Mystery” is a fairly good specimen of its class written by Frank Aubrey. Francis Henry „Frank” Atkins (1847–1927) was...

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, received praise for her accurate, well plotted stories. Her novels have always been one of the groundworks of mystery and detective fiction and The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow is a great example of the ingenious and thrilling story. In this novel, a young woman is killed by an arrow in the middle of the museum, so all of the other visitors are closed inside while the crime is investigated! A g...

Early detective novelist Anna Katharine Green was a unique writer in several respects, including the fact that many of the detectives featured in her novels are women. In this mystery, protagonist Constance Sterling takes on the seemingly impossible task of uncovering the true culprits behind the drowning death of a popular well-respected clergyman who is believed to have killed himself. The news is fatal to his fiancée. Why? And why are her two sons behaving in such a sini...

A detective story which solves in an exceedingly clever manner the inexplicable death of a prosperous stockbroker and the secret of his life. The reader’s attention is first caught by a mysterious letter, the key to the situation, and is held to the end by a series of ingenious devices. A dying stockbroker accuses one of his sons of his murder. Can Mr. Gryce and Caleb Sweetwater get to the bottom of the mystery. A young lawyer, who witnesses the murder decides to help. A ni...

„Masterpieces of Mystery” is a scintillating collection of suspenseful stories of murder and mayhem from pioneering American detective-story writer Anna Katharine Green, one of the first female writers of detective fiction. Green’s many thrillers were characterized by logical construction and a knowledge of criminal law. Her stories are full of mystery and written in an elegant manner, true to the time period in which the story is set. This collection includes the classic s...

This novel was first published in 1920 and is along the lines of a classic whodunnit. Lord Loudwater is brash, short tempered and always bullying people. He was loved by none, feared by many and hated by all. When he is inexplicably found fatality stabbed with a letter opener, the list of suspects seems endless. Unfortunately for Detective Flexen, who is to investigate the case, Lord Loudwater was not a very agreeable sort of fellow and almost every person in his vicinity h...

A chance encounter irrevocably alters the course of one man’s life, and the tensions between France and Germany boil over... In „The Woman of Mystery”, Leblanc paints a wonderful tale of WWI in France, twined together with the mystery surrounding the murder of main character Paul’s father. Maurice Leblanc became famous for the creation of Arsene Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. Leblanc was born to a wealthy family, studied law, worked as a police reporter fo...

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux, known as the author of fantastic detectives. The Mystery of the Yellow Room – this intriguing and confusing story is a classic of detective literature. The main mystery of the novel: how could a crime be committed in a locked room, in which there are no signs of penetration? This is a hard brainteaser for readers.

Między nami dziewczynami. Kobiecość, związki i szczęśliwe życie po francusku. W KAŻDYM WIEKU! Dzieci wyfruwają z gniazda, mężowie wolą młodsze, w pracy ścieżka kariery zamieniła się w ślepy zaułek, a postarzali rodzice wymagają opieki… Ale one tym się nie przejmują. Francuzki w średnim wieku dobrze wiedzą, że jesień piękniejsza jest od lata. N’est pas? Jak dbają o siebie i jak układają relacje w domu i damsko-męskie? Czy chodzą do wróżki? Co robią w wolnym czasie i il...

Po raz pierwszy na świecie, pióro w pióro, Adam Silvera i Becky Albertalli! Twórca głośnej, adaptowanej przez HBO, powieści Nasz ostatni dzień w duecie z autorką zekranizowanego Twój Simon! Bestsellerowi autorzy, Becky Albertalli i Adam Silvera, łączą swoje umiejętności, tworząc błyskotliwą opowieść o dwóch kompletnie różniących się od siebie chłopakach, którzy nie są do końca pewni, czy los chce ich złączyć, czy rozdzielić. Arthur jest w Nowym Jorku tylko ...

Czy można pokochać cudze dziecko? Nadia i Anita to skłócone siostry, które jeszcze w dzieciństwie rozdzielił mur wzajemnej niechęci. Są absolutnie różne, ale łączy je pewne wspólne doświadczenie życiowe: ich partnerzy mają dzieci z poprzednich związków. Zbieg okoliczności, a może przeznaczenie, sprawia, że po latach milczenia obie spotykają się na zajęciach grupy wsparcia, to tu kobiety, będące w podobnej sytuacji, mogą porozmawiać o tym, do czego nie wypada głośno się ...

"Niegdyś, za czasów powstania styczniowego, Otto von Bismarck rzucił pod naszym adresem zdenerwowane pytanie: Czy ludzie rozsądni żadnego wpływu na wypadki polityczne u was nie mają? Nasz naród jest dzisiaj tak nieszczęśliwy, że nie stać mnie na obiektywne zastanowienie się, czy Bismarck miał, czy nie miał wtedy racji. Ale pod adresem naszego byłego wielkiego sojusznika, żołnierzy którego żołnierze nasi byli lojalnymi towarzyszami broni, a którego rząd nie dotrzymał nam układ...