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When a young woman’s body is found at a cave entrance by the pretty fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay, DCI Tom Raven is called to investigate. A trail of footprints leads from the body on the shore to the nearby youth hostel. But the killer’s identity is far from clear as the picturesque façade of Robin Hood’s Bay conceals more than it reveals.

This short story collection from Queen of Crime Agatha Christie features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford solving mysteries one after the other, from The Affair of the Pink Pearl to The House of Lurking Death, and is sure to please fans of Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes.

From the Queen of Crime, a Golden Age detective mystery featuring friends sharing a country house and the practical joke that becomes a heinous crime. During a weekend party at The Chimneys, a historic English country house, a group of friends decide to play a prank on a friend infamous for oversleeping. Only the eight alarm clocks they set up in his room don't wake him up and, in the morning, they discover Gerald isn't just dead asleep. He's dead. Was it an overdose of the sleeping draught beside his bed? Or is there a murderer afoot? Led by Lady Eileen Brent, the houseguests investigate.

הרוצח עכשיו בינינו – ברכבת..." סמוך לחצות הליל רכבת האוריינט אקספרס המפורסמת נעצרת על המסילה מפאת השלג הכבד. עם בוקר מתגלה גופתו של המיליונר סמואל אדוארד ראצ'ט בתאו הנעול, הוא נדקר תריסר פעמים. הרכבת מבודדת בשלג, איש לא עלה לקרון בסּופה - אחד מן הנוסעים האחרים מוכרח להיות הרוצח. הבלש הרקול פוארו, שנמצא ברכבת בדרכו מאיסטנבול ללונדון, חייב לפתור את התעלומה לפני שיהיה עוד רצח - מי משנים עשר הנוסעים ירצה לפגוע בראצ'ט? מתברר כי לכל אחד ואחד מהם עשוי להיות מניע משלו. ספרה הנודע של אגתה כריסטי רואה כעת אור בעברית בתרגום חדש ועדכני של מיכל אלפון.

רוצח סדרתי מסתובב באנגלייה, והארץ כולה אחוזה בהלה. את קורבנותיו, מתברר, הוא בוחר לפי סדר האלפבית: אל"ף – גברת אליס אשר באנדובר, בי"ת – בטי ברנרד בבקסהיל, וגימ"ל - סר ג'פרי גלדסטון בגמפטון־און־סי. מרצח לרצח הוא צובר ביטחון, אבל שובל הרמזים שהוא מותיר אחריו כדי להתגרות בבלש המהולל הרקול פוארו יהיה כנראה טעותו הראשונה, והיא שתביא עליו את סופו.

Nick Cardillo (author of The Feats of Sherlock Holmes) presents seven improbable adventures of the World's Greatest Detective collected for the first time in one place. These tales of mystery and suspense will test the minds of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson like never before as they confront a wide array of monsters, madmen, impossible crimes, and the wildest aberrations of nature beyond their wildest nightmares.

The newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts has a staffing problem - one minister dead within six months of its inception, his successor snuffed out shortly before the General Election. When a third victim, Permanent Secretary Edwin Pompfret is fatally crushed by the fall of a giant bust, Inspector Julian Rivers is drawn into a case of murder of artistic devilment.

The first three mysteries in the Inspector Marco series: The Cardiff Bay Murders, The Cardiff City Murders and The Roath Park Murders. Have you met Inspector Marco? He’s a detective in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. He loves his mother and football - not always in that order. And he loves to lock up the bad guys.

When a practical joke at the manor house of Chimneys takes a deadly turn, the discovery of a murdered guest and a strange clock point to a deeper conspiracy. Bundle Brent, a spirited and clever heroine, sets out to unravel the enigma of the Seven Dials Club—a shadowy group whose motives remain shrouded in mystery. As Bundle pieces together cryptic clues and faces growing peril, she discovers that the truth may come at a shocking price.

تبدأ أحداث القصة في أحد أيام شهر أبريل حينما يقوم المحقق شارلوك هولمز بايقاظ صديقه الدكتور واطسون في الصباح ليخبره بقدوم سيدة تدعى هيلين تطلب المساعدة في حل قضية ما . تحكي هيلين بعض الأحداث الغريبة التي وقعت بالمنزل الريفي في ستزك موران ، والتي كانت تعيش فيه هي وأختها جوليا مع زوج والدتهم الدكتور رويلوت ، وفي إسهاب عن شخصية الدكتور رويلوت تحكي هيلين أنه رجل ذو شخصية عنيفة ، عاش لسنوات بالهند قبل زواجه من والدتها الأرملة ، والتي توفيت منذ بضعة سنوات لتتركها هي وأختها جوليا في عهدة زوجها الثاني رويلوت. .

ذهب متعهد العروض المسرحية «كليفورد بارومان» غاضبًا إلى المحقق الشهير «شيرلوك هولمز» وصديقه دكتور «واطسون»؛ فقد تسلل أحد اللصوص إلى مكتبه في منتصف الليل وسرق ساعةً ذهبية لا تُقدر بثمن كان يملكها الروائي الفرنسي الشهير جوستاف فلوبير. وما زاد من سخطه هو أن الشرطة أخبرته أنها حادثة سرقة كغيرها وأنهم سينظرون في الأمر.

Inspector Yash had just retired from the police force and moved to a quiet place nestled in greenery. But no one told the criminals that! When the house he moves into, proves to be haunted, Yash is in great danger.

Um Homem atormentado por dívidas e pela perda de um parente de grande importância, levando-o a realizar ações questionáveis e extravagantes para evitar a falência. Surge a questão: conseguirá nosso estimado SHERLOCK HOLMES desvendar os planos que ele está tramando?

An English country home during a house party becomes the scene of a double mystery. One of the three detectives employed on the case is a woman whose common sense, calm, and plain logic are skillfully employed in straightening the tangle.—NY Times Book Review, Aug 16, 1914.

The year is 1888. A pall of fog blankets London, obscuring the gaslit streets and lending an air of sinister mystery to the unfolding events. The city, a labyrinth of opulent mansions and impoverished slums, is gripped by fear. A killer stalks the shadows, leaving behind a single red rose as their chilling calling card the Rose Killer. Their victims, plucked from the diverse tapestry of London life from the women of the night to unsuspecting patrons are found with a horrific brutality that sends shockwaves through the metropolis.

మల్లాది వెంకట కృష్ణమూర్తి నవలలు అంటే కచ్చితగా ఎదో ఒక కొత్త ప్రయోగం తో కథలు ఉంటాయి అనే అభిప్రాయం పాఠకుల్లో ఉంది. ఎప్పటికప్పుడు మంచి ప్రయోగాలతో కథలని అల్లి చదువరులను అలరింపజేయడం లో మల్లాది వారు దిట్ట. ఈ పున్నమి అనే నవల లో కథ అంతా పున్నమి డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ చుట్టూ తిరుగుతుంది. అయితే ఈ డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ హత్యలు చేసేవారిని కనిపెట్టదు. దూరం అయిన ప్రేమికులని వెదికి కలిపే కేసులని మాత్రమే ఈ ఏజెన్సీ పరిష్కరిస్తుంది. సరికొత్త గా గమ్మత్తయిన కథ కథనం లో ఈ నవల అందరినీ తప్పక అలరిస్తుంది.

זוהר בר, פרוד טרי מאשתו, מרצה מן החוץ לספרות אנגלית בקולג' נידח בקליפורניה, מקבל הצעת עבודה: לבלות את חופשת חג ההודיה בבקתה של ישראלים אמידים בהרי הסיירה, ולהעביר סדרת הרצאות בנושא התמחותו - הספרות הבלשית. אבל העיסוק בבילוש, מתברר, לא יהיה אקדמי בלבד. הרחק בהרים המעצורים נפרצים, והאמת, אותה ניסו להסתיר משך שנים, מאיימת לצאת לאור. האם ייתכן כי אחד מהאורחים הוא רוצח?

When Abby Carlson’s job as a dietitian comes to mind now, it’s accompanied by a looming threat: the Minneapolis serial killer who's been targeting women based on the first letter of their jobs, and who's ripe to pick a “D” victim. He follows his gruesome routine—preserving and posing the corpses per their professions, then posting his exploits on social media. But the threat is abstract in a city as big as Minneapolis...until Abby finds herself drugged in the back of a van, the latest potential viral hit.

Helen Stoner worries her stepfather may be trying to kill her after he contrives to move her to the bedroom where her sister had died two years earlier. Will Holmes and Watson reveal the real culprit?

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed. What is K.K.K and who are the real killers?