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The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes presents eight new stories about Holmes which set the great detective against the background of Victorian England, an era of enormous progress, in science, transport, and medicine but which also witnessed a surge in urban poverty, prostitution and imperial adventurism. Each of the stories in this collection engages with an aspect of this background.

With the arrival of 1887, Sherlock Holmes's reputation had begun to grow. Now, in the year of the classic tales "The Reigate Squires" and "The Five Orange Pips", Holmes is becoming ever more sure of himself –– a trend that will continue as we make our way through his literary chronology. The game is afoot!

STAND-ALONE, #18 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "A COMPELLING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY." A BLIND EYE TURNED, AN INJUSTICE DONE. High in lonely Swinesdale, notorious burglars Jake and Boris Baddun perish in a burnt-out stolen Mercedes. Known associate Dale Spooner leaves his biological signature and the predatory DI Alec Smart moves in for the kill. Spooner is convicted, and now languishes in jail. A rumour reaches Skelgill: Spooner is innocent and can prove it – a cast-iron alibi, a video on a hidden mobile phone. But Spooner will not talk. At stake is the safety of ...

Some cases are cold. These are frozen in time. The world believes Sherlock Holmes has solved his last mystery. But in the quiet basement of Scotland Yard, a dusty filing cabinet holds the secrets of the unsolved, the forgotten, and the dead who were denied justice. It is called the Ashcroft Drawer, and it is about to be reopened. Lured from retirement, a more reflective, world-weary Holmes and a steadfast Dr. Watson return to 221B Baker Street for a new, extraordinary undertaking: to close the cases that have haunted the Yard for a generation. From the tragic tale of a murdered flower girl ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #17 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." TWELVE CLOSE FRIENDS, ONE DEADLY ENEMY. A Ouija board spells out ‘MURDER’ and next morning wealthy widow Daisy Mills is found drowned at a Lakeland beauty spot. Was this a warning from beyond the grave, or an agent provocateur among the house party? Could the earlier death of successful businessman Simon Mills really be the accident it seemed? And was it by coincidence that the same clique of old school friends had met before each tragedy? Pitched into ...

Der Hexenmörder aus dem Nebelwald Ein düsteres Mysterium, das den Atem raubt. Im dichten Nebelwald tauchen immer wieder die Leichen junger, rothaariger Frauen mit grünen Augen auf. Alle tragen dieselbe seltsame Hexenkleidung und eine mysteriöse Kette mit Hexagrammanhänger. In der Hand – ein rätselhafter Briefumschlag, dessen Inhalt viele Fragen aufwirft. Die Leichen hängen an Bäumen, um den Hals geschlungen ein Henkerstrick - aber das ist nicht die Todesursache. Unter den Opfern: ein zerbrochener Hexenbesen – und doch war keine dieser Frauen eine Hexe.

This story begins with a series of murders in Charleston, South Carolina, the Summer of 1994 and ends up in the San Francisco Bay area the Summer of 2004. By the time the Charleston Police Task Force assigned to investigate these crimes determines the killer’s identity, six persons have been killed, the killer disappeared, and the lead homicide detective, Lieutenant Theodore (Teddy) Stokes, is forced into retirement. Now a struggling Private Investigator, Teddy Stokes discovers a murder victim floating in the cold backwaters of San Francisco Bay. This gristly find might save his failing ...

Maigret decide di far visita al vecchio amico ed ex-collega Leduc a Villefranche, nel dipartimento della Dordogna. Prende il treno Parigi-Bordeaux e condivide lo scompartimento con un uomo che lo tiene sveglio tutta la notte a causa della sua agitazione. Al mattino Maigret si accorge che l'uomo sta per saltare dal treno prima dell'arrivo in stazione, e senza pensare alle conseguenze si getta anch'egli dal treno in corsa.

They were just your average suburban family... …until one glitchy AI, a burned agency, and a killer cupcake turned their quiet basement into the most dangerous command center on Earth. Meet the Mulraneys: Claire (ex-intelligence analyst turned overachieving mom), Michael (the dad with classified pasts and a pistol in his golf bag), Lacey (their teen daughter who hacks like she breathes), Maggie (the grandmother who knits explosives), and a talking phone named Bertram. Together, they were supposed to stay in hiding after the collapse of the global surveillance AI known as Needlepoint. But ...

Siempre nos han fascinado las grandiosas aventuras, las dotes deductivas y los clamorosos éxitos de Sherlock Holmes. Pero nunca hemos podido indagar en sus sentimientos y en su corazón… hasta ahora. Ambientado en los años de adolescencia del legendario detective de Baker Street, este apasionante relato nos revela una faceta totalmente desconocida: su lado emocional, su faceta más humana. Conoceremos al joven Holmes, cautivado por una encantadora joven que despierta en él emociones nunca antes experimentadas. Pero su alegría se ve truncada cuando la chica desaparece repentinamente. ...

In the autumn of 1971, Cleveland Police Lieutenant Alex Wesner is given a case that may be no case at all, or it may be several cases tied together. Did a workman perish in a vat of molten steel, or is his disappearance part of an elaborate ruse? To find the answers the lieutenant and his team must navigate the Byzantine procedures and furnaces of the Rubicon Steel Corporation while relying on mostly unhelpful witnesses: an enigmatic young man who might be talking in riddles, or a left-for-dead comatose security guard, knifed like so many other victims. The lieutenant's investigative team ...

A hazardous race to stop an extinction. A mysterious death linked to the past. Can a silver-haired sleuth navigate the clues in time to save a life? ‘Mama Rose’ Hardie has always fought to conserve Kenya’s precious wildlife. Officiating at an off-road fundraising race in the famous Maasai Mara game reserve, she’s shocked when a vehicle crash claims the life of a colleague. And worse still, this was no accident… When a good friend is accused of plotting a deadly sabotage, the clever amateur sleuth vows to clear his name. But with motives between teams reaching deep into an ...

الجو يزداد برودة والنهار يقل طولًا...إنه الوقت المثالي للاستلقاء أمام نار المدفأة المشتعلة والاستمتاع بقراءة هذه الجرائم الشتوية من المؤلفة الأسطورية أجاثا كريستي. تزخر هذه المجموعة بقصص القتل والضيوف الغامضين، كما ستلتقي فيها بالمحققين المشهورين في جميع كتابات أجاثا كريستي، مثل المحقق هيركيول بوارو والأنسة ماربل. إنها مجموعة قصصية شاملة وأساسية لعشاق كتابات أجاثا كريستي.

Wales is just coming out of Lockdown and accountant Frank Hill is looking forward to mixing business with pleasure in Pembrokeshire where his daughter Jane is working and learning at a riding centre run by a client in need of financial advice. He encounters once again the vain body-builders, Gary Edwards and his son Martin. The youngsters enjoy wild beach-parties, taking no account of social distancing. But it is not a virus that kills one of them. Is it a hate crime or part of something bigger? Frank needs the help of all his family as tries to prevent a miscarriage of justice and catch ...

Detective Inspector Tom Brand has moved from London to his childhood home in the sleepy village of Relby to look after his elderly father and take a job as lead detective in the village's new police station. Before he has a chance to settle into his new life, tragedy strikes. Two twelve-year-old boys pretending to be detectives in a mysterious game disappear. Tom is thrown into the most important case of his career. Families are torn apart by the disappearance of the boys, and the only clues are frustratingly indecipherable.

A second collection of twelve cases for M. McDonnell Bodkin’s insightful but self-deprecating detective Paul Beck, a man who claims no more genius than “a little common sense,” and says of himself that “I just go by the rule of thumb, and muddle and puzzle out my cases as best I can.” Including the disappearance of a millionaire; murders on a golf links and on a train; a fabulous diamond necklace lost in the sea, and the theft of an actress’ rubies; a lucky discovery in a Hansom cab; and a doctor found standing over the dead body of his fiancée’s brother.

Late at night on a deserted Chester ring road, a man is run down and killed. But is it an accident, suicide, or murder? First thing next day Inspector Walter Darriteau is on the case. The dead man was a lay preacher up for promotion. Surely that couldn’t be relevant, but they are zealous and jealous in that game. Or could it be something more sinister? Why didn’t the driver stop? And the wife doesn’t seem too upset about it. Her main concern is the insurance policy that should pay off their mortgage. Where was she when it happened? “The Murder Diaries – Seven Times Over” is the ...

A funeral service in Oxfordshire has been held for the late chatelaine of Mistram Manor. The subsequent wake is disrupted by a further death. Suspicions are aroused, and Scotland Yard is called upon to investigate. DCI Philip Bryce takes charge, supported by DS Haig and DC Kittow.

A vanished groom. A sealed room. A wedding no one will forget. Retired but restless, Sherlock Holmes accepts an invitation to a lavish wedding in sun-drenched Marrakesh — only for the groom to disappear during the ceremony from a room locked from the inside. Now Holmes and Dr. Watson must navigate a city of secrets, superstition, and simmering tensions to uncover the truth. Was it a magician’s trick, a lover’s betrayal, or something far more sinister? As shadows lengthen and another body turns up, Holmes faces a mystery more personal — and dangerous — than any he’s known since ...

When a body is found in the village pond, Convent Mother Helen and DI Cromwell are brought together to solve the crime and figure out what actually happened to Father Jack. The duo embark on an unlikely friendship as they bring their heads together to solve the murder. It’s not long before the two super sleuths are at it again when a precious icon goes missing from the church.