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This is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes I collection.

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and his friend and chronicler, Dr. John Watson, who later became two of the most famous characters in literature. Conan Doyle wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the following year.

Utazni mindig kaland, hiszen nem tudhatjuk, mi tárul a szemünk elé a következő sarkon. Új tájak, sosem látott emberek, paradicsomi élmények, de mi történik, ha az idilli környezetbe egy cseppet sem illő gyilkosságról szerzünk tudomást? Hirtelen az az érzésünk támad, csak gyanúsítottak vesznek minket körül. Tizenhárom rejtély, tizenhárom vérbeli Agatha Christie történet.

Verdadero icono de la novela policíaca japonesa, la celebridad de Edogawa Rampo se extendió también fuera de su país. Publicado el año 1934, este libro no sólo es una de sus obras más emblemáticas, sino también un claro ejemplo de la figura del investigador entendido como gran maestro de la deducción y de la lógica, en la línea del Auguste Dupin de Poe y el Sherlock Holmes de Conan Doyle.

A Gyilkosság az Orient expresszen a krimi királynőjének legismertebb műve és Hercule Poirot talán legrejtélyesebb esete. A híres Orient expressz a hóban vesztegel. Az egyik utas holtan fekszik kabinjában, testét tizenkét késszúrás járta át. Gyorsan kiderül, hogy az elkövető még nem hagyhatta el a vonatot. Ki mástól érkezhetne a segítség, mint a nagy bajszú kis belgától, aki nem tagadja meg magát, beveti felbecsülhetetlen értékű szürkeállományát.

Sherlock Holmes reappears in London after a three-year absence, shocking Dr. Watson, who believed his good friend had been killed in a confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Holmes is compelled to outwit the “second most dangerous man in London” who has a good reason to hope for Holmes’ demise.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter, with the language targeted at learners of English.

The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.

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In Agatha Christie’s short story “The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge”, Poirot and Hastings are enlisted by a Mr. Roger Havering to help investigate the murder of his aristocrat uncle at his hunting lodge. Hastings discusses the murder with the housekeeper on the scene, but Poirot quickly deduces that her story doesn’t add up.

In this cozy crossover between The Susan Wiles School House Mysteries and The Sugarbury Falls Mysteries series, retired teacher Susan Wiles and her husband, Mike, take a trip to visit their dear friends in Sugarbury Falls. They barely cross the Vermont border before their relaxing vacation takes a turn toward mystery. On a fall foliage walk with their hosts, Mike spots something orange floating in the water off the pier. A lifejacket? Hooked around a deadman? With no boat in sight? Emily and Henry Fox are no strangers to sleuthing, and Susan loves nothing better than a mystery to solve. ...

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When TV psychic Oscar Whitehouse is found murdered inside a locked room, private detective Kempston Hardwick and his friend Ellis Flint are called in to investigate. Within a matter of days, a second murder takes place in the small village of Tollinghill and a local resident claims she saw the already-dead Oscar Whitehouse at the scene, apparently alive and well. Hardwick and Flint realize they have more than just a conventional mystery on their hands. Can they uncover the secret of the Tollinghill murders before it’s too late?

Tras la repentina e inesperada muerte de Sherlock Holmes que sumió a todos sus seguidores en una profunda desilusión, en la casa deshabitada vamos a empezar a vislumbrar una luz al final del camino. En esta historia vamos a conocer de primera mano todos los detalles de lo que le pasó a Sherlock, desde que Watson lo viera por última vez en Suiza siendo perseguidos por Moriarty.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter, with the language targeted at learners of English.

"The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.

Arnold Landon finds himself drawn into another bitter dispute over land—in which a defenseless old woman pays the ultimate price. To the casual observer, Penbrook Farm might seem like a ramshackle hovel, buried deep in the woods of Northumberland. But to fragile old Sarah Ellis, it’s home. And the developers can have the place over her dead body. Of course, no one ever expected it to come to that.

"The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem".

تقَعُ فِي مَنزِلِ آبي جرينج جَرِيمةٌ نَكرَاءُ يُقتَلُ عَلَى إِثرِها السير يوستاس براكينستال داخِلَ غُرفَةِ الطَّعام. يُرسِلُ المُحقِّقُ ستانلي هوبكنز بَرقِيةً إِلى هولمز يَدعُوهُ فِيها إِلى الحُضُورِ لِحَلِّ القَضِيةِ الغامِضَة. وَيَصِلُ هولمز والدُّكتُور واطسون إِلى مَوقِعِ الجَرِيمةِ فِي الصَّبَاحِ فَيجِدَانِ مَسرَحَ الجَرِيمةِ عَلى حَالِه، وَتَبدَأُ السَّيدَةُ براكينستال فِي إِعادَةِ سَردِ وَقَائِعِ اللَّيلَةِ الماضِيَة، مُشِيرةً إِلى أَنَّها كانَتْ جَرِيمةَ سَرِقةٍ ارتَكبَتْها عِصَابةُ آل راندال الشَّهِيرة.

Das Klassentreffen des Elite-Internats Rosenberg findet im Luxuszug Mireille statt, doch Lara Thomas ist nur ungern da: Nicht nur weil sie den Schlafwagen ausgerechnet mit ihrem ehemaligen Schulrivalen Aarón Juez teilen muss, sondern auch weil auf der Fahrt alte Streitereien hochkochen. Und Erinnerungen. Und Gefühle. Doch dann wird das Event durch eine schockierende anonyme Beichte unterbrochen: »Ich habe getötet.« Ein Mörder ist im Zug! Lara und Aarón tun sich zusammen, um der Wahrheit auf den Grund zu gehen.