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London is abuzz as the beautiful Ray Marcable’s final shows at the West End approach. Before she jets off to perform in America everyone in the city is clamoring to see her once more. The lines wrap around the street and crowds are tightly knit together. One fateful night, just as he is nearing the box office, a man drops to the ground—dead. Although a knife protrudes from his back and there were countless potential witnesses, no one knows the poor man and no one saw who did the deadly deed. It is up to Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard to solve this case.

The Detective Novels Collection is a stunning collection of 8 classic detective novels and stories, read by three award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; AA Milne; Edgar Allan Poe; Josephine Tey; and Freeman Crofts Wills.

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection The Edinburgh Mystery. Born in Inverness, Elizabeth MacKintosh enjoyed literary success under two pseudonyms, and it was Josephine Tey that she is most widely recognised as for her detective fiction under. Madame Ville d’Aubier is a curious little story describing a couple’s encounter with a mysterious French woman.

From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style. Witness the excess and luxury of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby, experience profound meditations on death in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, as well as Poirot's very first murder case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Call of the Wild, by Jack London; The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes; The Great Gatsby, by F.

The Definitive Detective Collection brings together the finest deductive minds in fiction. Join Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin as he invents the detective genre in the mid-1800s, and follow the logical clues to the most famous detective ever committed to paper, Sherlock Holmes, in Victorian London. Along the way you'll also meet Josephine Tey's formiddable Inspector Alan Grant, as-well as G. K. Chesterton's beloved Father Brown, as they solve crimes in wondorously inventive and ingenious ways.

The Daughter of Time is a 1951 detective novel by Josephine Tey, concerning a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England. It was the last book Tey published in her lifetime, shortly before her death. In 1990 it was voted number one in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list compiled by the British Crime Writers' Association. Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant (a character who also appears in five other novels by the same author) is feeling bored while confined to bed in hospital with a broken leg.

Als Schauspielstar Christine Clay tot an den Klippen des Städtchens Westover gefunden wird, glaubt man zunächst an Selbstmord oder Badeunfall. Doch der Mantelknopf, der sich in ihrem Haar verfangen hat, weist auf etwas ganz anderes hin. Mordverdächtige gibt es plötzlich wie Sand am Meer, allen voran der mittellose Tisdall, dem sie kurz vorher noch ein stattliches Erbe zugedacht hatte.

Ein Ermittlungserfolg mit 400 Jahren Verspätung Inspector Alan Grant von Scotland Yard muss mit einem gebrochenen Bein das Bett hüten – und fühlt sich wie im Gefängnis. Erbärmlicher noch, denn im Krankenhaus ist Haftverkürzung selbst bei guter Führung ausgeschlossen. Beinahe so demütigend wie die Erinnerung an seinen lächerlichen Sturz ist der schroffe Ton der Krankenschwestern. Am schlechtesten aber erträgt Grant die Langeweile. Eine Freundin rät ihm, sich an einem der vielen ungelösten Rätsel der Kriminalgeschichte zu versuchen, und versorgt ihn mit Porträts berühmter Verbrecher.

Skolflickan Betty Kane kommer tillbaka efter att ha varit spårlöst försvunnen i en månad. Hon har blivit kidnappad och hållits som fånge av mor och dotter Sharpe som bor på det otillgängliga Privilegiet utanför Milford.

Ob Inspektor Grant von Scotland Yard diesen Fall lösen wird? Als Schauspielstar Christine Clay tot an den Klippen des Städtchens Westover gefunden wird, glaubt man zunächst an Selbstmord oder Badeunfall. Doch der Mantelknopf, der sich in ihrem Haar verfangen hat, weist auf etwas ganz anderes hin. Mordverdächtige gibt es plötzlich wie Sand am Meer, allen voran der mittellose Tisdall, dem sie kurz vorher noch ein stattliches Erbe zugedacht hatte.

The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume One is the first instalment in our classics collection focusing on the most important and iconic novels, stories, and poems of the 20th century. Featuring 22 essential modern classics from Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Herman Hesse, Agatha Christie, Virigna Woolf, and many more, and read by a cast of incredible narrators including David Rintoul, Robert G. Slade, Karen Cass, Nathan Osgood, amongst others, this is an essential addition to your library.

The Classic Crime Collection is a collection of 18 classic detective novels, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic crime writers in history, including Dorothy L. Sayers; Arthur Conan Doyle; Agatha Christie; Dashiell Hammett; Wilkie Collins; Josephine Tey; and more.

The Greatest Female Crime Writers of All Time is a collection of 17 classic detective novels and stories, read by three award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest female crime writers of the 20th century: Agatha Christie; Dorothy L. Sayers; and Josephine Tey.

Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, & Detective Alan Grant: The Complete Collection is a wide-ranging collection of 20 classic detective novels and stories from three of the greatest crime writers of the 20th century and their most iconic characters.

The Lord Peter Wimsey and Detective Alan Grant Collection is a collection of 11 detective novels and stories from Dorothy L. Sayers and Josephine Tey, read by award-winning narrators Karen Cass and Jonathan Keeble.

The Detective Novels Collection is a stunning collection of 13 classic detective novels and stories, read by four award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the greatest crime writers in history, including Agatha Christie; Arthur Conan Doyle; AA Milne; Edgar Allan Poe; Dorothy L. Sayers; Josephine Tey; and Freeman Crofts Wills.

The Definitive Detective Collection brings together the finest deductive minds in fiction. Join Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin as he invents the detective genre in the mid-1800s, and follow the logical clues to the most famous detectives ever committed to paper, Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, in London. Along the way you'll also meet Josephine Tey's formiddable Inspector Alan Grant, as-well as G. K. Chesterton's beloved Father Brown, and the more modern creations of Miss Marple, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Sam Spade as they solve crimes in wondorously inventive and ingenious ways.