Životopisný román Heinricha Schliemanna, průkopníka archeologie, který uskutečnil svůj dětský sen - vykopat Tróju. Autor si klade za cíl vylíčit autentickou Schliemannovu osobnost, proto se přidržuje jeho deníků, zápisků a korespondence, z nichž často cituje.
Hořká bída a nepopsatelné bohatství, závist, nenávist a intriky, záhadná smrt a politická vražda – to je rámec, v němž se odehrává největší archeologický objev tisíciletí: akce Tutanchamon. Čtvrtého listopadu 1922 odhalil Angličan Howard Carter, vyučený malíř, vchod do hrobky Tutanchamona: faraona zapomenutého už před třemi tisíci lety. Právě tento zapomenutý faraon se stal takřka symbolem egyptské historie a jeho zlatá posmrtná maska, vážící přes sto kilogramů, je nejznámějším uměleckým dílem na celém světě. O Tutanchamonovi bylo napsáno bezpočtu knih, ale muž, jemuž dějiny vděčí za tak významný objev, zůstává v pozadí: Howard Carter. Kdysi si začal vydělávat peníze portrétováním koček a papoušků ze sousedství. Pro bohatého sběratele pak kopal už v sedmnácti letech v egyptském poušti. Tam také našel první stopy po zapomenutém faraonovi. Autor nám nabízí příběh, který rozkrývá situaci i nitky z pozadí. Okolnosti této takřka neuvěřitelné historie, zasuté v zaprášených archivech v Káhiře a Oxfordu, vyhledal a doplnil pátráním u posledních očitých svědků. Knihu doprovází bohatá fotografická příloha.
"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead, stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored; and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.
A wave of murders rocks a sanitarium—and it's up to the patients to stop them Broadway producer Peter Duluth sought solace in a bottle after his wife’s death; now, two years later and desperate to dry out, he enters a sanitarium, hoping to break his dependence on drink—but the institution doesn’t quite offer the rest and relaxation he expected. Strange, malevolent occurrences plague the hospital; and among other inexplicable events, Peter hears his own voice with an ominous warning: “There will be murder.” It soon becomes clear that a homicidal maniac is on the loose, and, with a staff every bit as erratic as its idiosyncratic patients, it seems everyone is a suspect—even Duluth’s new romantic interest, Iris Pattison. Charged by the baffled head of the ward with solving the crimes, it’s up to Peter to clear her name before the killer strikes again. Reprinted for the first time in over thirty years, A Puzzle for Fools is the atmospheric and complex mystery that first introduced Peter Duluth; the character and his love interest Iris went on to star in eight more novels, two of which were adapted for film.
Prescription for Miss Marple: After the doctor had gone, his nurse, Miss Knight, bustled in. "There," she said to Miss Marple, "we look much more cheerful. Did the doctor recommend a tonic?" "He recommended I take an interest in murder." "A nice detective story?" "No," said Miss Marple. "Real life." "Goodness," exclaimed Miss Knight. "But there's not likely to be a murder in this quiet spot." "Murders," said Miss Marple, "can happen anywhere. And do." "At the Development, prehaps?" mused Miss Knight. "A lot of those Teddy Boys carry knives." But the murder, when it came, was much closer to home.
Intellectual dandy Philo Vance comes to the aid of District Attorney Markham in the case of murdered stockbroker Alvin Benson fascinating - shot from within his locked house and missing toupee and false teeth. Phenomenally popular when first published, this is a thrilling classic for all crime and mystery fans. New Glossary and biography.
Příběh Elleryho Queena Stalo se ve tmě, inspirovaný skutečnou událostí, se odehrává v New Yorku postiženém poruchou elektrické rozvodné sítě. Místo krvavého zločinu halí naprostá tma. Paralyzované město neumožňuje kapitánu Corriganovi přivolat pomoc specialistů, kteří by sejmuli otisky a provedli pitvu. V souboji s tajemným vrahem se tedy musí spolehnout pouze na svůj rozum. A tutéž šanci dává autor i čtenáři.
Grand Canary is a novel by author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1933. It tells the story of Dr. Harvey Leith, an English physician who is wrongfully blamed for the deaths of three patients and leaves his country in disgrace, ultimately finding redemption when thrust into the middle of a yellow fever epidemic in the Canary Islands.
At a Halloween party, Joyce, a hostile 13-year-old, boasts that she once witnessed a murder. Within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night Hercule Poirot is called in to find the killer.
