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H.C. McNeile
The events of the story take place during the Second World War. Jim Brent, a soldier who serves Belgium, learns that his lover is marrying another. In desperation, he doesnt care about his destiny anyway, and he rushes into battle with a hot head. He offers to blow up the bridge, which could cost him his life.
H.C. McNeile
Jim Maitland is a crazy, wandering wanderer. He crosses the globe wherever he pleases. At the beginning of the book, he is in the southern seas and meets storyteller Dick Leyton, who becomes his traveling companion. Wherever they go, they will need to prove their decency and face criminals.
Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder
Frank L. Packard
A Canadian novelist Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) wrote about 30 thrillers including ones with the character Jimmie Dale, aka Gray Seal and Smarlinghue, a safecracking Robin Hood who uses his criminal talents to right wrongs, save lives and reputations, and expose wrongdoers to the light of day. Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder is 4 and the last book in the Gray Seal series. In it, Jimmie Dale tries to protect his friend who received a threat in the form of a mysterious blue envelope, but when the friend is found dead, Jimmie is accused of the murder. To clear himself, Jimmie must resolve the envelopes mystery and find out who stands behind the murder, and he must do it while avoiding the police and his old enemies from the underworld.
Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
Frank L. Packard
The third book Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue in the Gray Seal series is quite fantastic! Jimmie Dale, alias The Gray Seal, alias Smarlinghue, the gentleman adventurer, is back on the scent with the King of crim and quarry. Over the head of the woman he loves hangs a menace from the gang, she and Jimmie have often thwarted, and through the previous volume saw the leader disposed of, and they free to marry and live their own lives. But Marie knows that there is still one, The Phantom, who menaces her. She again disappears to work out her own salvation... Jimmie too resumes his underworld work. A fast-paced, adventurous story riddled with aliases, disguises, gunfire and opium dens.
John Adderley (tom 3). Cichy ptak
Peter Mohlin, Peter Nyström
W ptasim gnieździe zostaje znaleziona część ludzkiego szkieletu, co wywołuje niemałe zamieszanie. Trzydzieści lat wcześniej bliźniacy Brodin w tajemniczy sposób zniknęli z miejskiego placu zabaw. Czy kość może pochodzić od jednego z chłopców? Dlaczego akurat teraz wychodzi to na jaw? Na ulicy przy której mieszkali chłopcy znów zaczynają się spekulacje. Kiedy na miejsce wraca dawno nieobecny mężczyzna, w sąsiedztwie rozprzestrzenia się nieprzyjemna energia. Coś się dzieje. Były agent FBI John Adderley obecnie funkcjonariusz policji w Karlstad ma się zająć nowo rozpoczętym śledztwem. Jest jednak rozdarty. Prowadzenie śledztwa w sprawie morderstwa i jednoczesna opieka nad dziewięcioletnią siostrzenicą wystawiają go na zupełnie nową próbę. Duet Mohlin & Nyström powracają z trzecią książką o Johnie Adderleyu. To historia, która zarówno głęboko porusza, jak i wywołuje dreszcze napięcia. Kreacje bohaterów i umiejętnie utkana fabuła sprawiają, że od książki nie można się oderwać.
Edgar Wallace
Acht bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Männer von Scotland Yard bewachen einen Transport von 73000 Pfund Sterling. Aber der Geldtransporter mit Geld und seine Bewacher verschwindet auf der Straße von London nach Tilbury. Nach dem mysteriösen Verschwinden fehlt jede Spur. As wirklich geschehen?
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Edward, a handsome young soldier, considers Mary a charming child. John, the widow, is sick and poor, and asks Edward to keep an eye on Mary after his imminent death, whenever that happens. John stands in line, behind several other relatives, to inherit a huge mansion and income, and he warns Edward if he ever happens before his own death, beware of the evil relative who is next in line after himself because this person will do everything to snatch the inheritance from Mary.
R. Austin Freeman
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 scientific analysis. He aids the purposes of justice by reading out a completely unforeseen decision from a set of clues that the authorities have misinterpreted.