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»Kein Beobachter, der sich in Unkenntnis der Situation befand, hätte vermutet, dass der Tod ganz in der Nähe lauerte und nur wenig entfernt vom Funkeln des Tafelsilbers und dem Stimmengewirr zwei Opfer stumm auf dem Boden des Ateliers lagen.« Zwölf Gäste hat Lord Aveling zu einer Party auf sein Landgut Bragley Court geladen. Darunter befinden sich eine Schauspielerin, ein Journalist, eine Krimiautorin sowie die schöne und mysteriöse Witwe Na...

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An Heiligabend bleibt ein Zug im Schneetreiben in der Nähe des Dorfes Hemmersby stecken. Mehrere Passagiere suchen Zuflucht in einem verlassenen Landhaus. Die Tür ist offen, der Kamin brennt und der Tisch ist zum Tee gedeckt, doch niemand scheint da zu sein. Aufeinander angewiesen, versuchen die Reisenden das Geheimnis des leeren Hauses zu lüften - als ein Mord passiert. Trotz heftigen Schneefalls hat eine skurrile Ansammlung von Reisenden L...

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Ted Lyte, amateur thief, has chosen an isolated house by the coast for his first robbery. But Haven House is no ordinary country home. While hunting for silverware to steal, Ted stumbles upon a locked room containing seven dead bodies. Detective Inspector Kendall takes on the case with the help of passing yachtsman Thomas Hazeldean. The search for the house's absent owners brings Hazeldean across the Channel to Boulogne, where he finds more th...

È la vigilia di Natale e durante una tempesta di neve un treno viene bloccato in aperta campagna. Alcuni passeggeri, stanchi di aspettare, decidono di raggiungere a piedi la stazione più vicina, ma smarriscono la strada e solo dopo molto girovagare, e ormai allo stremo delle forze, trovano rifugio in una villa isolata. Al suo interno non c'è nessuno, eppure il camino è acceso e la tavola è apparecchiata per il tè. In cucina il bollitore è sul ...

In einem dunklen, unheimlichen Haus in London laufen die Spuren eines Juwelendiebstahls zusammen. Die Diebe, ein Landstreicher, ein Police-Detektive und ein junges Mädchen wollen die gestohlene Halskette in Sicherheit bringen. Die Jagd nach dem Schmuckstück endet schließlich in einer wilden Verfolgungsjagd zwischen einem Eisenbahnzug und einem Bus.

Republished for the first time since the 1930s golden age of British crime fiction, this is an evocative and suspenseful novel set at Christmas. Heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt, several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house - where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea...

The first classic crime novel to feature Ben the Cockney tramp, from the author of "Mystery In White". First published in 1931, it includes an introduction by H.R.F. Keating.

No observer, ignorant of the situation, would have guessed that death lurked nearby, and that only a little distance from the glitter of silver and glass and the hum of voices two victims lay silent on a studio floor.'On a fine autumn weekend Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, Bragley Court. Among the guests are an actress, a journalist, an artist and a mystery novelist. The unlucky thirteenth is John Foss, injured at the...

Ben the tramp's uncanny knack of running into trouble is unsurpassed in the final crime thriller written for him by J. Jefferson Farjeon.

Ben the tramp, with his usual genius for trouble, runs into danger when he finds a dead body and decides to help out.

The return of Ben, the prince of tramps with his rich Cockney humour and naive philosophies - and in trouble as usual.

Ben the tramp, the awkward Cockney with no home and no surname, turns detective again - and runs straight into trouble.

Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific.

With his usual knack of getting into trouble, Ben the tramp finds himself hunted by the law and the lawless.in this breathless adventure.

Ben the tramp is back at sea, a stowaway bound for Spain in the company of a wanted man - the Hammersmith murderer.

The first book featuring Ben, the lovable, humorous ex-sailor and down-at-heels rascal who can't help running into trouble.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.