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Quattro Natali, quattro decenni, quattro storie milanesi. E quattro personaggi memorabili. Marlon, il detective già noto ai lettori creato da Giorgio Maimone, che si muove in una Milano dei ruggenti anni Sessanta, sfidato dall'Enigmista, serial killer amante dei giochi di parole. Il commissario Miletta, poliziotto del Sud che si trova a vivere la città meneghina nel suo periodo più buio, gli anni di piombo, raccontata da Oscar Logoteta. Il gommista virile di Paola Varalli che, con l'idraulico Pino e il barista Viliam, si improvvisa investigatore nella Milano da bere degli anni Ottanta.

Fiktive Ich-Erzähler berichten über ihre Begegnungen mit der dunklen Seite der Täter. Durch die involvierende Erzählperspektive werden die Hörerinnen und Hörer ein Teil der Geschichte und können die Charaktere persönlich kennenlernen. Grausame Fakten eingebettet in spannende Augenzeugenberichte lassen keinen Zweifel: Das Interesse an Kriminalfällen ist so alt wie das Verbrechen selbst.

Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. A rookie cop is assigned to the department’s file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. Each story is entirely distinct. And with their economical prose and unexpected twists, each could only have been written by the creator of Jack Reacher.

Enjoy three full-cast performances with immersive sound design and stirring musical scores. "A Royal Scandal": A mysterious royal visitor, a beautiful and clever antagonist, and an adventure of disguise and subterfuge...has Sherlock Holmes met his match at long last? "The Speckled Band": Perhaps the most famous of all Sherlock Holmes adventures, "The Speckled Band" tells the story of a young bride-to-be whose sister was murdered. "The Lost Legacy of Tilly Whim": Join the iconic detective duo as they navigate a treacherous web of deceit and revenge within the depths of the Tilly Whim caves.

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window', the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchock's classic film. Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.

An anthology of three Anastasia Pollack mini-mysteries, companions to the bestselling and critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series. Crewel Intentions Crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack receives a desperate phone call from former American Woman fashion editor Erica Milano. Erica is now in Witness Protection and living under a new identity in Western Pennsylvania. But someone is stalking her, and Erica has compelling reasons why she can’t go to the police or notify her Witsec handlers.

Als Beth und ihre Geschwister nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter nach Hause zurückkehren, geht der Albtraum für sie erst richtig los, als sie auf ein altes Video stoßen, das ihren seit Jahren vermissten Vater mit einem lange ungelösten Verbrechen verbindet. Die Wahrheit über das Verschwinden von Emma Harper liegt tief vergraben – genauso wie die Geheimnisse ihrer Familie. In einer Stadt, in der jeder jeden kennt, ist Vertrauen gefährlich, und die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht einfach verdrängen.

The Cabman's Story (sub-titled The Mysteries of a London "Growler") is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published anonymously in the Cassell's Saturday Journal on 17 May 1884. A cabman tells one of his clients three stories he experienced. The first one is about a dead passenger, the second about a passenger with a mysterious box, and the last one tells the story of a passenger who is a terrorist.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892; the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices.

"The Blue Cross" is a short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was the first Father Brown short story and also introduces the characters Flambeau and Valentin. It is unique among the Father Brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the Father himself, but rather those of Valentin. It was first published on 23 July 1910, under the title "Valentin Follows a Curious Trail", in the Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia. Re-titled as "The Blue Cross", publication in London followed, in The Story-Teller magazine of September 1910.

The tenth story in The Innocence of Father Brown is entitled The Eye of Apollo. At the beginning of this short story, Flambeau has just opened his detective agency in a new building located near Westminster Abbey. The other tenants in the building are a religious charlatan named Kalon, who claims to be "the New Priest of Apollo," and two sisters, who are typists. Flambeau and Father Brown instinctively distrust Kalon, who has installed a huge eye of Apollo outside his office.

In the title story, a white aspiring professor is convinced she is being followed. No need to panic - she has a handgun stowed away in her purse, just in case. But when she turns to confront her black male shadow, the situation isn't what she expects. In "The Rescuer" a promising graduate student detours to inner-city Trenton, New Jersey, to save her brother from a downward spiral. But she soon finds out there may be more to his world than to hers.

Agatha Christie's shocking courtroom drama, read on audio by her grandson, Mathew Prichard. When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls to Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine informs the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood.

An original and entertaining selection of crime stories all committed on the railways. Authors include Baroness Orczy (most famous for The Scarlet Pimpernel) and Maurice Leblanc (most famous for Arsene Lupin.)

"The Secret Garden" is a short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was originally published in The Story-Teller in October, 1910. It is the second story in the collection The Innocence of Father Brown. It is the second story about the French detective Valentin and completes his plot arch, begun in The Blue Cross.

Birds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcock’s groundbreaking work.

Seit einiger Zeit wird der Vikar von Gutt's Hill von religiösem Eifer heimgesucht. Immer häufiger drehen sich seine Predigten um die Wahrheit und schließlich geht er sogar so weit, sein Amt opfern zu wollen, um endlich dazu fähig zu sein, die Wahrheit vollumfänglich zu verkünden. Als er schließlich ein letztes Ultimatum stellt, versetzt das seine Gemeinde in großen Aufruhr, denn nicht wenige seiner Schäfchen haben ihm intimste Geheimnisse anvertraut. Und so sind jene natürlich die Hauptverdächtigen, als man den Geistlichen erschlagen in der Kirche auffindet.

Trick I - The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear - each as dead as the other. Trick II - From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of 12 feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back - a feat utterly impossible to perform yet brazenly and undeniably done.

In dieser Kurzgeschichte geht es um Thomas, einen Archäologen mit dem Traum, einmal die eine große Entdeckung zu machen, um wie andere Entdecker auch, in den Geschichtsbüchern zu stehen. Allerdings kommt es auf einer Expedition etwas anders und Thomas widerfährt ein ungewöhnliches Schicksal.

Der Höllenhund ist zurück: In drei neuen Kurzromanen und zahlreichen Stories und Artikeln richtet Ellroy sein Mega-Spotlight vor allem auf L.A. und erzählt bissig und schonungslos über dunkelste Obsessionen, korrupte Bullen, ungelöste Mordfälle und seinen eigenen Werdegang. Er berichtet über seinen Vater, die Todesstrafe, die Justiz und die Opfer von vierzig Jahre zurückliegenden Verbrechen. Wir begegnen einem verrückten Detective, der von einer Schauspielerin aus Hollywood besessen ist, und auch Danny Getchell läuft uns über den Weg.