Edward Rutherfurd opisuje niezwykłą historię, która zaczyna się od majestatycznych pustkowi Nowego Świata, a kończy na drapaczach chmur miasta, które nigdy nie zasypia. Opowiada o drobnych szczegółach dnia codziennego, zarówno z czasów dawno minionych, jak i współczesności, w której życie pędzi z zawrotną szybkością. Jego pióro ożywia przed nami barwną historię czterech stuleci. Rutherfurd wplata w swoją opowieść losy wymyślonych bohaterów i prawdziwych postaci, towarzyszy ...

Babilonia w 6 wieku p.n.e., w czasach panowania Nabuchodonozora. Z domu kupca skradziono złoto. W pościg za złodziejem rzuca się setnik Ribat. Nie udaje mu się jednak dopaść sprawcy, gdyż zostaje trafiony strzałą w nogę. Rozpoczyna się śledztwo, w którym owa strzała jest jedynym dowodem. W sprawę włącza się kapłan z dalekiego północnego kraju bogatego w bursztyn. Trop wiedzie do świątyni boga Marduka.

Do słynnej moskiewskiej galerii Tretiakowskiej przybywa zdolny malarz, który pracuje nad kopiami obrazów Chagalla. Po ukończeniu dzieła malarz znika, a wiszące w ramach obrazy okazują się falsyfikatami. Niedługo później odnalezione zostaje ciało mistrza pędzla. Rosyjska milicja rusza w pościg za zabójcą malarza. W trakcie śledztwa inspektor Karsawin przemierzy kraje bloku wschodniego (Rosję, Polskę, Czechosłowację, Węgry) i nie pozostanie obojętny wobec uroku panny Zosi. ...

Opowiadania Ranpo ewoluowały na przestrzeni lat – zaczynał od typowo detektywistycznych opowiadań w stylu Arthura Conan Doyle’a czy Agathy Christie, z czasem jednak zaczął przesuwać się w stronę opowiadań grozy à la Edgar Allan Poe (od niego również zapożyczył swój artystyczny pseudonim – Edogawa Ranpo wypowiedziane szybko brzmi niemal jak Edgar Allan Poe) i skupiał się na ciemnych zakamarkach ludzkiej psychiki. Wolał szokować, straszyć i zadawać zagadki, niż je rozwiązywać. ...

Every city has its own peculiar voice. Neither the harsh roar of London, the nerve destroying staccato of sound which belongs exclusively to New York, nor the kettledrum buzz of Madrid is comparable with the voice of Paris, which is mainly vocal.""Queer thing about Paris, sir,"” said Jim Selby, „"somebody is always talking.""The staid Vice-Councillor of the British Embassy lifted his head, and, being literally-minded, listened.""I hear nobody–except you,"” he said.""The Ear...

Piłka nożna. Niezmiennie ekscytuje.   Chcesz wygrać z Barceloną, a potem zostać mistrzem świata w piłce nożnej? Musisz być biednym rolnikiem i mieć jedenastu synów. Załóż drużynę piłkarską, a potem będzie już z górki. Rozgrywki ligowe, mistrzostwo kraju...   Idzie za łatwo? Nie martw się! Zaczną się problemy, które do dziś trapią sport: - czy pieniądze są nagrodą, czy celem? - jak zmotywować do walki, gdy przegrywa się w meczu o wszystko? - jak pokonać przeciwnik...

Edgar Wallace, „The Square Emerald”, originally published in 1926 and made in England. The plot involves a young gentleman, secretary to a notable politician, convicted wrongly of forging a check, now released after serving his term in prison, a group of rather sinister society ladies with their sinister butler Druze, who were involved in the check and other activities, and a beautiful young woman detective from Scotland Yard, also from a stylish society background. A femal...

Edgar Wallace was a prolific author of crime, adventure and humorous stories, whose best known creations include „The Four Just Men”, „Sanders of the River”, and „J. G. Reeder”. Although Wallace wrote many „stand alone” novels it is, perhaps, for his series based material always popular with readers that he remains best known. „The Last Adventure” is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallace’s unmatched skill in set...

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence. In this exciting page-turner, originally published in 1929, from the undisputed „King of Thrillers”, Edgar Wallace, we see the br...

This is an enjoyable short story by Edgar Wallace, set in England during the 1920’s. „The Green Rust”, his twelfth crime novel, is one of three books he published in 1919. It begins at the English home of the severely ill American millionaire, John Millinborn. With him are his best friend, Kitson, and a local doctor, the Dutch van Heerden. He is murdered, stabbed to death in his sick bed in the first chapter, having just left his fortune to his niece, Oliva, whom he has nev...

Ex police officer Socrates Smith and his brother Lexington, who is also an amateur sleuth, are invited to spend a weekend at Peter Mandle’s country home. Shortly after they arrive the brothers notice many precautions taken against intruders, a message flashed in Morse code, and someone skulking across the lawn. „Come three oaks”, it spells in Morse code. Early next morning the brothers take a stroll, and there, tied to an oak branch, is a body with a purple mark where the b...

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a publishing phenomenon in his day, his name being synonymous with the word „thriller,” a genre some would credit him with inventing. 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 Thief in the Night” is an enjoyable easy going, fast moving mystery novella, set in England during the 1928’s. Diamond plaques are being ...

The setting is Nigeria a century ago, and British District Commissioner R.G. Sanders oversees the tribes. He discovers that Bosambo has been acting as chief without approval, but is so impressed with his skills Sanders allows him to remain in place, but Sanders heads to England to marry and unrest follows. The classic Commissioner Sanders stories about Africa by Edgar Wallace. This is the second collection in the series, following „Sanders of the River”. Wallace served in A...

When millionaire Rex Walton mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton assists Inspector Dicker in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal „The Panda” („The Prince of Blackmailers”). You quickly find out that Rex has his own connection to the blackmailer. This is a great example of The Golden Age of Detection. It has many more characters than the typical mystery from t...

A series of enthralling mysteries written by Edgar Wallace. They feature the enigmatic figure of Mr. J.G. Reeder who works for the Public Prosecutor’s office and has the mind of a criminal. At first glance J. G. Reeder is an ordinary, slightly shabby little man with red hair, weak eyes, whiskers, square-toed boots and a chest protector cravat. The eight short stories in this collection deal with a disappearance at sea that is less innocent than it appears to be, with a Hind...

A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. Then two men are searching for James Tynewood, a young tearaway: one is a police inspector, while the other is his solicitor. But Tynewood has mysteriously disappeared... „The Man Who Was Nobody” is an enjoyable lightweight murder mystery thriller that manages to preserve at least some of the characteristic Edgar Wallace atmosphere. During the 1920’s and 30’s, it was said that one of every four books read in England...

The body of a young man is found splayed out in the middle of one of the most august public squares in England. Soon it is discovered that the dead man was at the center of a beguiling web of entanglements and intrigue. Constable Wiseman is at the scene, as is the handsome Frank Merril, nephew of rich John Martin. A small, shabby man in an ill-fitting frock coat and large gold rimmed spectacles pulls a newspaper advertisement from the deceased’s waistcoat pocket. Will the i...

This novella was created by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre. Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film „King Kong”, he was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. „The Man Who Killed „X"” is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallace’s unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. It’s all great fun and Wallace ke...

Thomas Maple lives on Crystal Palace Road with his niece Verity. He works for a firm of bank note engravers. However, the dollar bills he shows Wentworth Gold are forgeries – perfect except for the missing Treasury sign. When Verity meets her new employer she develops serious misgivings, and arriving back home she can hear a menacing voice. „"A Debt Discharged"” is a novel about forged dollar bills and a young girl’s investigations into her suspicious new employer. These we...

This book belongs to the pen of a well-known British author of mystery genre Edgar Wallace and was written during the Great War (the WW1). It is set in a possible 1925, ten years after the war has ended. Wallace utilized his experiences of the Boer War in two Future-War novels „Private Selby” and „1925: The Story of a Fatal Peace”. „1925” accurately predicts that a short peace would be followed by a German attack on England. As you get closer to the end you wonder how on ea...

A man ends up stabbed to death on a street in London’s Tidal Basin, victim of the almost mythical murderer roaming the streets of London, the Devil of Tidal Basin. But why is another bandit suddenly sighted in Tidal Basin as well? What connection had the Devil with White Face? Superintendent Mason, one of the Yard’s Big Five wanted to know, and what Superintendent Mason wanted to know he generally found out. Criminals knew him as „Sympathetic” Mason, because of his curious ...

„The Secret House” by Edgar Wallace is a mystery set about 1920 in England. Scandalous periodical „The Gossip’s Corner” is run by a supposed blackmailer whose identity has baffled the police. Inspector T.B. Smith of Scotland Yard, a singularly acute Assistant Commissioner, has got a lot to sort out. Introduced as an „eccentric”, though there is little evidence provided for this assertion, the characterless Smith tangles with dodgy doctors, dangerous criminals and a missing ...

During 1907 Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) travelled to the Congo Free State, to report on atrocities committed against the Congolese under King Leopold II of Belgium and the Belgian rubber companies, in which up to 15 million Congolese were killed. Isabel Thorne of the Weekly Tale-Teller penny magazine, invited Wallace to serialize stories inspired by his experiences. These were published as his first collection „Sanders of the River” (1911), a best seller. This volume, grouped...

W pozornie sielską koegzystencję różnych narodowości Pokucia (Zachodnia Ukraina) wkracza polityka. Za sprawą organizacji nacjonalistycznych odżywają nadzieje Ukraińców na niepodległe państwo. Wybuch wojny zrywa dotychczasowe więzy szkolnej przyjaźni Fedora, Romana, Stiepana, Grzegorza, Michała oraz Izaaka. Ukraińcy Fedor, Roman i Stiepan wstępują do OUN. Żyd Izaak sympatyzujący z komunistami w 1941 roku ucieka z Armią Czerwoną do ZSRR, by powrócić w kwietniu 1944 ...