The old man on the bed stirred uneasily, and his white beard twitched. His wide-open eyes looked at his son with a blank look, as Michael had looked at him all his life. With a slightly trembling h...więcej »
The Magic Casket – Thorndike solves the mystery of the box in order to locate a jewel stolen from a client and get rid of the dastardly Japanese who are after them in every way.więcej »
A tale of the sinister afterlife of Sir Robert Depard, a local magnate who lived a dissolute life in Yorkshire. The story is told by an unnamed gentleman who travels around Holland with his brother...więcej »
There are eight unrelated shorts in this book. The author tells us about the cottage she lives in and the memorable experience she had during the war.więcej »
This is the story of two friends Esther and Rachel who have known each other since childhood and see each other as a kindred spirit. They are both smart, moral and modern in the sense that they wan...więcej »
The author draws attention to the catastrophe of the future – the destruction of the world as a result of careless and deliberate poisoning by human beings of the atmosphere, earth, seas and ...więcej »
In this collection of short stories, the reader learns the killer’s identity long before the brilliant medical detective takes the stage. These are brilliant early examples of open secrets wh...więcej »
‟Votes for Men” by Mary Cholmondeley, a tribute to the famous suffragist play „Votes for Women”. It begins with „in two hundred years, maybe less,” which tells you eve...więcej »
Most of the stories were written in a cottage in Suffolk. Everyone now has a so-called cottage. This is a story about how a seemingly simple cottage won the heart of the protagonist and it happened...więcej »
Gdy ciemne interesy warszawskiej Pragi wychodzą na światło dzienne…Prawobrzeżna Warszawa kryje mnóstwo klimatycznych miejsc, ale i niebezpiecznych zaułków, w kt&oac...więcej »
On the same night, two brothers were killed at a distance of 400 miles from each other. Their bodies were apparently searched by the killers, but money and valuables were left on the corpses. What ...więcej »
The author gives a satirical view of village life, which is so present in the work of her famous predecessors. The moral here may well be that swearing to keep someone else’s secret safe is t...więcej »
Thieves Wit is a detective story. Aspiring Confidential Agent in search of a pearl necklace. The villain sets up her lover, but the detective foils the evil plot. A story that keeps you in suspense...więcej »
Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. This book opens with the first page of his experienc...więcej »
Dr. Thorndike is a physician and lawyer who lectures on medical jurisprudence. He is also a Grade A detective with a first-rate brain and excellent powers of observation, as well as a talent for sc...więcej »
The idea behind this book is that before going to bed, Yorkshire farmer Mr. Poskitt liked to tell a little story or „nightcap”. Thus, J.S. Fletcher recorded and collected these stories ...więcej »
This is a short story about a young English boy whose cousin is kidnapped by a Spanish nobleman. He ends up in Mexico and finds himself on a galley bound for Spain. Francis Drake raids a galley and...więcej »
A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less ...więcej »
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, ...więcej »
Joseph Smith Fletcher is an English journalist and writer. He wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English mystery writer...więcej »