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Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it's packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen.

Andy Carpenter isn't sure what to think when he gets a mysterious phone call from a good friend, policeman Pete Stanton, asking him to drop everything, drive to an unfamiliar address, and bring his girlfriend, Laurie Collins. He certainly isn't expecting to show up at a crime scene. But that's exactly where he arrives - at the house where Pete has just discovered the body of ex-convict Danny Balfour. Upstairs are Danny's now orphaned four-year-old son and basset hound. And that, Andy discovers, is why he and Laurie were called to the scene - Pete wants them to take care of the boy and the dog so they won't get thrown into the "system". This is already asking a lot, but soon Pete needs another big favor from Andy. Pete himself has come under suspicion for Danny's murder, and he needs defense attorney Andy to represent him - and to find out what really happened in Danny's house that day!

Seguramente un sentimiento de inquietud se apodera del oyente y lo empuja a seguir con la escucha. Un sentimiento que se alimenta de un homicidio terrible, y se convierte en el motor que crea el suspense propio de toda narración de estas características.

Poirot se enfrenta a uno de los casos más desconcertantes de su carrera. Sir Charles Cartwright debería habérselo pensado dos veces antes de invitar a cenar a trece personas en su casa. Pues la velada concluye con uno de los invitados muerto tras haber ingerido un cóctel en el que no se...

Sembra essere una giornata tranquilla a Lugano quando, in una lussuosa residenza di via Bossi, viene scoperto un cadavere quasi decapitato con una scure a fianco, una scena che sembra uscita direttamente dalle pagine tormentate di Dostoevskij. Il delegato Ezechiele Beretta, poliziotto che ben conosce Delitto e castigo, si trova di fronte a un caso che rispecchia il dramma di Raskol'nikov, ma questa volta il movente potrebbe essere una distorta giustizia personale.

El libro que lanzó a la fama a Agatha Christie, ahora en formato audiolibro. El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd rompió todas las reglas de la novela policíaca y convirtió a Agatha Christie en un nombre reconocible. Roger Ackroyd sabe demasiado. Sabe que la mujer que ama envenenó a su brutal...

Hatty Doran, fille d'un millionnaire américain, disparaît peu après son mariage avec Lord Robert St Simon. Sherlock Holmes apprend qu'un étranger lui avait apporté des fleurs peu avant la cérémonie... Accompagné de son fidèle ami le docteur Watson, Sherlorck Holmes décide de résoudre le mystère de cette tragique disparition. Sherlock Holmes est une des plus grandes figures de la culture populaire et son seul nom est synonyme de mystère policier, de brouillard londonien et de crimes énigmatiques.

"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive." In her astonishing New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even...

Der neue Hörbuchbesteller von Nele Neuhaus Ein tödlicher Unfall und eine eiskalte Mordserie Ein Bauunternehmer hängt kopfüber im Rohbau eines Frankfurter Hochhauses, den Fuß in einem Seil verfangen und qualvoll erstickt. Eine Frau erfriert in der Kryokammer ihrer Villa im Taunus. Was...

La famiglia Sancasciano è stata sterminata a Collegno, in provincia di Torino, senza un apparente movente. L'Ispettore Milani viene chiamato a indagare sul delitto in quanto la scena del crimine, raccapricciante e complessa, è la copia esatta dell'assassinio che sterminò la sua famiglia venti anni prima. Si tratta del medesimo killer o di un segreto ancora più terribile? Per scoprirlo dovrà confrontarsi con il suo passato trovandosi di fronte a inaccettabili segreti, morti improvvise e ritrovamenti inspiegabili.

The twenty-eighth and final novel in the thrilling, wickedly funny Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series by bestselling author Andrea Camilleri. ‘Contrary to what you think, I’m carrying out this investigation as best I can. But let’s do this: if I get stuck, if I find I can’t go forward...

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

Charlie Harris has sworn off investigating murder and mayhem after a recent close call. Instead, he's delighted to cheer on his daughter, Laura, who's starring in a production of Careless Whispers. Laura is upset to learn that Luke Lombardi, an overbearing actor she knew from her time in Hollywood, will also be taking part in the production as a guest artist. When he collapses and dies on stage after drinking from a glass Laura handed him, she becomes the chief suspect in his murder. Charlie knows his daughter is innocent.

Read by Hugh Fraser In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could...

In this comedic masterpiece, three young men, increasingly given to thoughts of hypochondria, decide to embark on a journey along the river Thames. Confident that the fresh air and daily exercise will grant them immunity from a myriad of illnesses and diseases, they pack up their frying pans, toothbrushes, food and canine companion, Montmorency, and set off on an unexpected adventure.

There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, Wolfe is inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people.

Firefighters race to put out a blaze at a remote farmhouse. They discover two young girls alone in the house. Their mother is gone, and in her place is the dead body of a man, frozen naked in the fetal position. Two chess pieces made of ice have been left on the doorstep. Then it happens again. A missing woman. A frozen body. Chess pieces made of ice. Detective Dove Milson and her team are on the case, but time is running out to stop a serial killer. 

The powerful Lord complains loudly to the local bishop, who asks Father Max Tudor, vicar of Nether Monkslip and former MI5 agent, to investigate. Just as Max comes to believe the poisoning was accidental, a body is discovered in the cloister well. Can Max Tudor solve the case and restore order in time to attend his own nuptials?

Una mañana de invierno Holmes recibió una carta del inspector Stanley Hopkins desde la granja Abbey, en Marsham, Kent, que le pedía urgentemente que fuera a ayudarle para poder desentrañar el misterioso asesinato de Sir Eustace Brackenstall. Cuando llegan a la granja Abbey se encuentran con Lady Brackenstall, una mujer de una extraordinaria belleza e ideas avanzadas para su época.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.