Anthony Berkeley Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn't solve!

A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age - perhaps the first ever psychological crime novel - by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the author.

A unique anthology for crime aficionados seven of the world s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier s mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand Seven of the world s greatest crime writers turn their hand to some of the world s most spine-tingling mysteries all of them astonishingly TRUE. This remarkable collection from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral, Ask a Policeman and Six Against the Yard back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the most accomplished authors of their generation retelling real-life murder mysteries with all the relish of the tastiest crime fiction."

A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer. Investigating the disappearance of a vicar's daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by her own silk stocking. Reports of similar deaths across the capital strengthen his conviction that this is no suicide cult but the work of a homicidal maniac out for vengeance - a desperate situation requiring desperate measures.Having established Roger Sheringham as a brilliant but headstrong young sleuth who frequently made mistakes, trusted the wrong people and imbibed considerable liquid refreshment, Anthony Berkeley took his controversial character into much darker territory with The Silk Stocking Murders, a sensational novel about gruesome serial killings by an apparent psychopath bent on targeting vulnerable young women.

O percursor do policial e um dos seus mais emblemáticos autores. A Carta Roubada, de Edgar Allan Poe Justiça do Acaso, de Anthony Berkeley

Swept away by an admirer's charm, Lina McLaidlaw finds herself settled in a life she could never have imagined. Her husband Johnnie is feckless and irresponsible, and even though she accepts he's a murderer, Johnnie still adores her - doesn't he?

Nel 1931 Agatha Christie e altri dodici celebri scrittori di gialli, soci del cosiddetto "Detection Club", nel quartier generale di Kingly Street a Londra, decisero di collaborare alla stesura di una detective story unica. Ogni partecipante doveva mettersi all'opera, continuando la storia che un altro membro del Club aveva precedentemente imbastito. Nessuno sapeva cosa ne sarebbe venuto fuori, né quale soluzione al giallo avessero in mente gli altri. Questa la storia che scrissero... Nella tranquilla cittadina sul mare in cui vive, l'ispettore Rudge non ha spesso occasione di trattare casi di omicidio. Ma quando un vecchio marinaio trascina a riva una barca che trasporta un cadavere da poco pugnalato al petto, l'ispettore non può perdere tempo e fa partire immediatamente le indagini. La vittima sembra essere l'ammiraglio Penistone che, in pensione ormai da qualche anno, viveva da poco più di un mese in una villa nella campagna circostante, insieme alla nipote Elma e a tre domestici. Ma la vicenda si rivela fin da subito molto più intricata di quanto l'ispettore pensasse: troppe le persone coinvolte e quasi nessuna disposta a parlare. Il proprietario della barca sta evidentemente nascondendo qualcosa, la nipote della vittima è scomparsa dal paese e l'identità stessa dell'uomo assassinato è tutto fuorché certa.

This collection features 42 crime stories by authors such as Margery Allingham, G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and L.P. Hartley.

"It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter." The great and good of the county are out in force for the annual tennis party at the Bickleighs,' though few if any have talent or enthusiasm for the game. Like many an English custom, the party exists for other reasons. Charmingly mannered infidelity is now the most popular mode of entertainment in the small but exclusive Devonshire hamlet of Wyvern's Cross. Which is why, in his own garden, diminutive host Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is fighting desperately to conceal two things on his mind. A mounting passion for Gwynyfryd Rattery. And the certain conviction that he is going to kill his wife... France Iles turned the crime novel on its head with the brilliantly gripping tale of psychological suspense. Here, for the first time in crime fiction, knowing the identity of the muderer is only the beginning.

Sei "Armchair-Detektive" si interrogano su chi abbia avvelenato le praline che costarono la vita a Mrs. Bendix. Il capo ispettore Moresby di Scotland Yard non riesce a progredire nelle sue indagini. Anche i sei membri del "Kriminalzirkel" si sforzano di trovare una soluzione. Alla fine, ognuno di loro propone una diversa e convincente spiegazione. Quale sarà quella giusta?

Případ záhadné vraždy herečky Jeane Norwoodové. Kdy byla zabita, a který ze dvou mužů, kteří zabíjeli, byl vrah a který „zabil“ již jen mrtvé tělo?

Když Daily Courier vyšle svého novináře Rogera Sheringhama pracovně do Hampshiru, je to práce přesně podle jeho gusta. Pod útesy v Ludmouth Bay bylo nalezeno tělo ženy a místí policie případ uzavřela jako nešťastnou náhodu. Přítomnost inspektora Moresbyho ze Scotland Yardu však svědčí spíše o opaku. Sheringham sám nedokáže odolat a vydává se na dráhu detektiva amatéra. Události ho vedou do jedné slepé uličky za druhou...