Überfallkommando. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Bis vor kurzem hat ein Schmuggler Mark McGill mit seinem Partner Ronnie Perryman erfolgreich zusammengearbeitet. Doch dieser ist nun tot. Deshalb ist seine Schwester aus Frankreich gekommen. Sie will wissen wie ihr Bruder gestorben ist. Deshalb hat Mark sie an diesem Abend nach Ladys Stairs gebracht. Dort soll sein Untergebener Li Yoseph ihr erzählen, dass die Polizei ihn umgebracht hat. Mich kannst du nicht umbringen, Mark sagte der alte Li Yoseph leise. Ich werde wiederkommen. Zwei Schüsse folgten kurz aufeinander dann hörte Mark McGill, wie der Körper des Alten auf das Wasser klatschte. Ein Jahr später berichtet man Mark: Li Yoseph ist wieder in London aufgetaucht.

Dziadek do orzechów

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Baśniowa opowieść o małej Klarze, która w wigilijny wieczór jest świadkiem niezwykłych wydarzeń: otrzymany w prezencie Dziadek do Orzechów staje na czele armii ołowianych żołnierzyków, aby stoczyć nierówną walkę z Królem Myszy. Choć nikt nie wierzy dziewczynce, wydarzenia mają dalszy ciąg. Wkrótce okaże się, kim tak naprawdę jest Dziadek do Orzechów...

The Face in the Night

Edgar Wallace

The Face in the Night was written in the year 1924 by Edgar Wallace. Leaving her chicken farm and moving to London to seek her sister, Audrey Bedford is caught passing the Queen of Finlands stolen necklace, and allows herself to be sent to prison for a year rather than implicate her guilty sibling. Once released, she takes a position as scribe to the mysterious Mr. Malpas, who lurks in his electrically-automated apartment and only allows himself to be seen from across a darkened room. When Malpas neighbor, the Australian Mr. Marshalt is murdered in the lair, Audrey is enmeshed in a tangle of lost diamonds, a long-burning feud, the fate of her father, and the affections of Captain Dick Shannon, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard.

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

Emmuska Orczy

By the author of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard is a collection of short stories featuring Lady Molly Robertson-Kirk, head of the Female Department at Scotland Yard in and around 1910. The book contains all twelve Lady Molly adventures and is narrated by Lady Mollys assistant Mary Granard. Lady Molly has a keen and brilliant mind, never failing to unravel a case that baffles the entire Scotland Yard force. Feisty, brilliant, and beautiful; precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn, Lady Molly, and her faithful sidekick and admiring chronicler Mary, began appearing in Orczys entertaining stories years before the first Englishwoman did in fact become an officer of the law. Mystery readers and fans of detective fiction and the police procedural are in for a real treat with these interlaced stories.

The Dust of Conflict

Harold Bindloss

Appleby has a steady look and the ability to quickly make the right decisions as well as composure in action. These qualities are useful in more serious cases than shooting from the game, and for Appleby, who was poor, lucky that he possessed them. Appleby had something uncertain in his head. He had fearlessness in his eyes. And no one knew what was on his mind. Whether to be afraid, or to admire.

Le Chevalier dHarmental

Alexandre Dumas pere

Un exellent roman o se mlent laventure et lamour. Il nous plonge dans lépoque de la guerre entre les princes héritiers de la couronne de France apres la mort de Louis XIV. Raoul dHarmental est un jeune homme qui va faire partie dune conspiration dans laquelle il devra enlever le régent Philippe dOrléans. Utilisant un capitaine un peu particulier Roquefinette, dHarmental se rendra vite compte que comploter contre le pouvoir nest pas sans difficulté... surtout lorsquon tombe amoureux.

The Cure of Silver Caon

Max Brand

Do you love stories about the untamed days of the Old West? In "Seor Coyote", Frank Pollard, a small-time rancher down on his luck and owing the bank $500, looks to his legendary friend, Slip Liddell, to give him the money before the banker, Foster, forecloses on his ranch. Liddell refuses to pay Foster, even for his friend. Pollard threatens to do something about it, and then the bank is robbed and Foster shot. Will Liddell help when his friend is accused of the crime? "The Cure of Silver Canyon" is a wonderful Max Brand Western short that blends plenty of drama, action, and emotion into an exciting read. Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!

The White Glove

Fred M. White

A simple story to read, but as always fascinating and make you plunge into a new story written by Fred M. White. A simple man with financial problems is recruited by a rich old man to spy on a scam who robbed his diamonds. Such an adventure has never ended in anything good. But this story may end differently.