Great Detectives

An anthology featuring famous sleuths: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter", Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Crooked Man" and G.K. Chesterlon's "The Man in the Passage".

A vacation to Florida is a dream come true for Ricky and his friends. But when their hotel room is robbed, it is only the beginning of a nightmare that leads Ricky, Joel, and Lisa deep into the Everglade. . .and to a man-eating alligator.

Drugged, manacled, condemned to a dank cell in the depths of London's infamous Newgate prison, the world's greatest literary detective awaits execution by a vengeful crew of formidable enemies. Escape is impossible; death, a certainty. But not for Sherlock Holmes, who, in a stunning display of intellect and derring-do, will elude his hangman's noose and live to fiddle, spy, and ratiocinate another day.

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook. Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran. In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.

On October 24, 19289, the stock market crashed. Stories of suicides abounded. So did murders. Rosalie Fitzwilliam discovered a young couple in an alley in the Financial District. Dead. She acts logically. She runs to her friend, Dr. Tabitha. Together, the two of them and their husbands and Sergeant Johan Klassen engage in the pursuit of justice that could end up going very badly for them. The story is set in New York City, Vermont and Miami after the crash. Many people suffered. A few used the disaster for a grab for power and money. Does what happened back then have lessons for the present...

A must-read for mystery and fantasy fans of all ages. New from the San Francisco Bay Area's Broadwayworld nominee director and award-winning artist. John DeGaetano releases nine new Sherlock Holmes adventure stories. The first book in the story series, these new adventures, like his 10 Minutes Play Series, are adaptable for the stage as well. The book also includes a stunning gallery of full-color images to follow along with as the stories unfold. Based in part on Holmes' long-time friend Dr. Watson's career writings. The witty, well-crafted stories pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

As the early years of detective fiction gave way to two separate golden ages - of hard-boiled tales in America and intricately-plotted, so-called “cozy” murders in Britain - the legacy of Sherlock Holmes, with his fierce devotion to science and logic, gave way to street smarts on the one hand and social insight on the other, but even though these new sub-genres went their own ways, their detectives still required intelligence and clear-sightedness as characterized the earliest works of detective fiction: the trademarks of Sherlock Holmes, and of all the detectives featured here.

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 5 is an exciting addition to this series, featuring the finest short-story mystery fiction by the most acclaimed writers, past and present. This unique collection of master writers, including such notables as Isaac Asimov, Ogden Nash, and Mickey Spillane, edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

Una antologia policial unica. Alrededor de tres de los mas grandes y famosos detectives de la novela policial se ha hecho esta antologia que presenta historias protagonizadas por Sherlock Holmes, un genio de la deduccion y precursor de la narracion policial moderna; por Hercules Poirot, la satirica creacion de Agatha Christie y el Padre Brown, el curita que aplica los dogmas religiosos a la solucion de crimenes.

Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, are off to San Francisco! They're going to visit Nate's cousin Olivia Sharp. She's a detective, too, and a very busy one. Olivia isn't around to solve her case number 22. Her client, Duncan, has lost his joke book. He tells Nate that if the book isn't found - and soon - the world will come to an end. Nate takes the case. He and Sludge cruise up and down and around San Francisco in the limo, tracking down clues. Sticky, icky clues, big and small clues, all-around-the-town clues that take them to a pancake house, over the Golden Gate Bridge, and finally to a place that seems wrong but could be right.

Mma Ramotswe has a deft hand in delicate cases, and never allows an act of injustice to pass unanswered. So, when it comes to her attention that a matter involving dubious motives has arisen, and that it will require the utmost discretion to resolve, she has no choice but to lend her skills in the arts of detection and reconciliation. She is, after all, head of Botswana’s premier detective agency, but that doesn’t mean she can’t use the help of Mma Makutsi and Mma Potokwane.

April, 1867. A train departs King's Cross station bound for Lincoln. Among the passengers is a man attired in the garb of one in high ecclesiastical office.

In a London choked by The Great Fog, crime finds its perfect ally... and Sherlock Holmes finds his greatest challenge. An unnatural, persistent fog blankets London, turning familiar streets into treacherous labyrinths and empowering the criminal element like never before. Seeking refuge from personal grief, Dr. Watson returns to Baker Street, finding Holmes invigorated by the unique puzzles emerging from the gloom, yet strangely protective of his old friend. Join the world's greatest detective as he pierces the seemingly impenetrable shroud to solve some of his most baffling cases: a ...

Friends Become Strangers, and Strangers Become Friends... When Ricky Kidd first hears about the curse of the Jewel of Madagascar, he is pretty sure he doesn’t believe in it. But almost immediately, strange things start happening. First he knocks over a statue that crushes part of Mrs. McEwan’s antique jewelry collection. Ricky is convinced his life is over—paying off the debt will take years! As if that weren’t bad enough, all of his friends seem to be deliberately avoiding him. And then there is Mrs. McEwan’s mysterious nephew—Ricky is sure he is not who he seems. Can the curse...

Shastri Philip stories have been highly popular for the last three decades. However, they came to Kindle only in 2014. In the present story, Shastri Philip tries to solve a theft of hundreds of kilograms of diamonds that took place in the Sonapur Palace in a prosperous kingdom in India. So great is the mystery that you are sure to read the entire story in a single sitting!!

Seven stories of mystery and adventure from R Austin Freeman; including an audacious theft from London's National Gallery; the sudden self-confidence of a normally timid curate; a very remarkable funeral; a ghostly lawyer's repentance; a lucky find for a rural bricklayer; and two investigations for the celebrated forensic detective Dr. John Thorndyke...

An engrossing collection of detective stories featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, J. G. Reeder, and C. Auguste Dupin. 1.The Tea-Leaf by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace 2.The Queer Feet by G. K. Chesterton 3.The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes by Ernest Bramah 4. The Club of One-Eyed Men by Arthur Somers Roche 5.Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin 6.The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah

The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, Volume 6 is an exciting addition to this series, featuring the most acclaimed writers, past and present. This unique collection of master writers, including Wilkie Collins, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, edited by multi-award winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler, is a delightful mixture of mystery and suspense.

In the Highlands of 1950s Scotland, a boy is found dead in a canal lock. Two young girls tell such a fanciful story of his disappearance that no one believes them. The local newspaper staff - including Joanne Ross, the part-time typist embroiled in an abusive marriage, and her boss, a seasoned journalist determined to revamp the paper - set out to uncover and investigate the crime. Suspicion falls on several townspeople, all of whom profess their innocence.

Lights! Camera! Action! The latest book in the Big Book Series takes us behind the curtain to uncover the stories that became some of the greatest films of the silver screen. Among these are Robert Louis Stevenson's horrifying tale that was later turned into the iconic movie The Body Snatcher, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff; and "Cyclists' Raid", the short story that formed the basis for the legendary Brando film The Wild One.