Who could have tried to murder Mademoiselle Stangerson, beautiful daughter of a famous radium scientist? And how could they have entered and escaped from a completely locked and watched room? With the Surete`s top sleuth vying against him, Rouletabille is determined to prove only he can solve the case.

ISBN: 978-1-84022-647-8
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9780099474692
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: январь 2015

A prince has disappeared and it seems that twin babies are the only clue. Has the prince been kidnapped?

ISBN: 978-1-4052-0401-9
Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2012

Mystery Of The Blue Train, The

ISBN: 978-0-00-712076-5
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

Three men, a boy, and a dog are trapped in a hot air balloon flying over the Pacific. One of the men and the dog fall out, and the rest crash on a strange island.

ISBN: 978-1-4082-7811-6
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011

Read about the strangest things in the universe other worlds, strange objects and peculiar happenings. How much do you believe? Encounter the evidence and make up your own mind!

ISBN: 978-1-4058-5212-8
Издательство: Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011

The famous case that launched the career of Hercule Poirot. When a wealthy heiress is murdered, Poirot steps out of retirement to find the killer. As the master detective makes his way through the list of suspects, he finds the solution in an elaborately planned scheme almost impossible to believe.

ISBN: 9780486296951
Издательство: Dover
Дата выхода: июль 1997

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is the first part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07151-7
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018

An ingenious, intriguing and breathtakingly good novel from the world`s number one psychological thriller writer In a glamorous area of Los Angeles, the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware and

ISBN: 978-0-7553-8047-3
Дата выхода: май 2012

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This book is the first part of a "Mysteries and Adventures" series, containing author`s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural. .

ISBN: 978-5-521-08053-3
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

With an Introduction by Alex Dolby Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his `extraordinary voyages` was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In "The Mysterious Island" a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island`s bountiful resources, eventually constructing a...

ISBN: 978-1-84022-624-9
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

ISBN: 9781444941517
Дата выхода: январь 2019

After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory.Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement ...The first Hercule Poirot mystery, now published with a previously deleted chapter and introduced by Agatha Christie expert Dr John Curran.

ISBN: 9780007527496
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

ISBN: 9781292110387
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: январь 2007

Classic / British English There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them there. Are there other people on the island? Where is the other man and his dog? Will they see their homes again?

ISBN: 978-1-4058-4289-1
Издательство: Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave Boyle is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay - demons that urge him to do horrific things. When Jimmy Marcus` daughter is found murdered, Sean Devine is assigned to the case. His personal life unravelling, he must go back into a world he...

ISBN: 978-0-553-81824-6
Издательство: Bantam
Дата выхода: июнь 2012

When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car drove up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con. And Dave is trying to hold his marriage together and keep his demons at bay-demons that urge him to do horrific Jimmy`s daughter is found murdered, Sean is assigned to the case. His investigation brings him into serious conflict with Jimmy. And then there is Dave, who came home covered in someone else`s blood the night Jimmy`s daughter died. While Sean attempts to use the law to return peace and...

ISBN: 978-0-380-73185-5
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: февраль 2012

Told with all of Susan Howatch`s drama, intelligence, and emotional depth, Mystical Paths is a breathtaking novel about the powerful, often painful, but finally indestructible ties between parent and child. And like its four highly praised predecessors in the Church of England series, this novel celebrates the redeeming power of self-knowledge and faith.

ISBN: 978-0-449-22122-8
Дата выхода: июль 2011

There are more "Myth-adventures" with this second omnibus edition of Asprin`s classic series. In "Myth Directions, " beautiful Tanda wants the trophy, and it will take more than luck for Skeeve to fulfill her desire. And in "Hit or Myth, " King Rodrick leaves Skeeve in his place to marry his homicidal fiance and face the Mob`s fairy godmother.

ISBN: 0-441-00943-3
Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

ISBN: 1-59222-111-4
Дата выхода: май 2008

When the sheepish Wuhses are taken advantage of by the overbearing Pervects, Skeeve teams up with Zol Icty - self-help expert and bestselling author of "Imps Are from Imper", "Deveels Are from Deva" - on a mythion in personal empowerment.

ISBN: 978-0-441-01182-7
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011

Apprentice magician Skeeve, his scaly mentor Aahz and beautiful ex-assassin Tanda are back — and this time they`re treasure hunting in a dimension that combines the Wild West with the vampire-cursed hills of Transylvania — where gold is common as dirt, and danger lurks behind every sagebrush.

ISBN: 978-0-441-00962-6
Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: август 2011

Someone is collecting animated treasures and keeping them from their heroic destinies. Reunited with the lovely Trollop Tananda, Aahz the Pervect must help out a sword called Ersatz, and embark on a quest that just may restore his lost magical powers.

ISBN: 978-0-441-01572-6
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011

ISBN: 978-0-441-00953-4
Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: июль 2012

Someone—or something—masquerading as Skeeve the Magnificent is racking up hundreds of thousands of gold pieces of debt. It`s up to Aahz the Pervect (not pervert!) to find the myth-creant and put an end to the shopping spree.

ISBN: 978-0-441-01311-1
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011