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Cold Blood- novels 4-6 in the Ian Drake series in one great value box set. Dead on Your Feet: When the dead body of a woman is found on public display, the murder scene bears all the hallmarks of a famous work of art. As more murders take place, each copying a famous work of art, Drake faces a murderer who always seems to be one step ahead. Drake knows he is getting closer to unmasking the culprit, but can he stop the killer before their grand finale - and a very public murder?

The first three mysteries in the Inspector Marco series: The Cardiff Bay Murders, The Cardiff City Murders and The Roath Park Murders. Have you met Inspector Marco? He’s a detective in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. He loves his mother and football - not always in that order. And he loves to lock up the bad guys.

Neil Kettle is a detective chief inspector with Devon and Cornwall Police Force, in charge of the major crime investigation team. A widower, he comes through depression by using his work as support. A countryman, the son of a farmer, Neil is in touch with the landscape as he hunts down serial killers, murderers, drugs and weapons smugglers, human traffickers, rustlers, and even the Beast of Bodmin Moor.

Scones, a tea shop in England, a kitty, and a murder...yes, please! Enjoy the first three books in the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, in one handy collection! Join tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose, her mischievous feline Muesli, and the nosy Old Biddies as they tackle murder and mystery in the beautiful city of Oxford - not to forget the delights of delicious baking and afternoon tea in a quaint English village!

The suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life. Persuaded to seek help from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke confides in Inspector Joseph French about a gambling scam by a mysterious trio of crooks and that she believes her friend was murdered. When the girl fails to turn up the next day and the police later find her body, French's inquiries reveal that similar girls have also been murdered, all linked by their jobs and by a sinister stranger with a purple scar....

Lydia Grajauskas will never forget the face. The face of the trafficker who brought her to Stockholm: the man responsible for three unrelenting years of forced prostitution and slavery. DCI Ewert Grens will never forget the name. The name of the prisoner the day his life was destroyed: the man responsible for 25 years of torturous heartache. Sweden will never forget their revenge....

The call from ex-Klansman Aaron Crown couldn't have been more unexpected. Sentenced to forty years for the decades-old shooting of a civil rights activist, Crown should have been out of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for good. Election candidate Buford LaRose wants Detective Dave Robicheaux to ignore Aaron's calls, promising Robicheaux a lucrative job when he makes governor. Worse still, Buford's wife, Karyn, seems unhealthily interested in getting very close to Robicheaux—just like old times. The LaRoses, each for their own reasons, want Crown's case buried.

In The Eyes of Max Carrados, our blind hero, who can read a newspaper headline with the touch of his fingers and shoot a villain by aiming at the sound of his beating heart, discovers a story of murder, suicide and a desperate daughter’s quest to clear her father’s name. As the First World War rapidly approaches, we arrive in a sleepy south coast town where Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, is soon investigating the sudden death of the local museum curator. All is not as it seems, as our blind hero finds himself on the cliff top in a duel to the death.

Einst fesselten sie ein Millionenpublikum, heute sind sie Kult: die Hörspielklassiker um den smarten Londoner Kriminalisten Paul Temple, der 30 Jahre lang im britischen Äther Karriere machte und mit der Stimme von René Deltgen auch Deutschland wie im Flug eroberte. Geschaffen wurden sie von Francis Durbridge, dessen Mehrteiler echte »Straßenfeger« waren. Die Hörspielbox umfasst sechs Hörspiele, in denen der Gentleman-Detektiv Paul Temple mit seiner bezaubernden Frau Steve die kniffligsten Fälle mit britischer Gelassenheit und unbeirrbarem Charme löst.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio. Sitting in front of a fire, Hastings listens as Poirot recounts his greatest failure. When a wealthy French deputy dies, everyone believes it is from natural causes. Poirot is on vacation from the Belgian police when a young lady comes to him convinced the man was poisoned. She creates a guise for him to enter the house as a journalist to investigate....

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the 12 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon and second of the eight stories from His Last Bow in most American versions.

"Wenn man das Unmögliche ausgeschlossen hat, muss das, was übrig bleibt, die Wahrheit sein, so unwahrscheinlich sie auch klingen mag." Sherlock Holmes ist der berühmteste Detektiv aller Zeiten. Mit seinem Freund und Assistenten Dr. Watson geht er im viktorianischen London auf Verbrecherjagd. 55 spannende Fälle werden in dieser Box vereint und laden dazu ein, das berühmte wie auch clevere Ermittlerduo durch die dunklen Gassen Londons zu begleiten.

Die Sherlock Holmes Box 14 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Der Gezeiten-Strom", "Das Grauen von Old Hall", "Ludwig II. - Der Tod im Würmsee".

Alan Fenwick steht am Rande eines Nervenzusammenbruchs. Der ehrbare Buchdrucker sucht Holmes und Watson auf, weil er in der Nacht von Jack Skillington, einem ruchlosen Raubmörder, heimgesucht wird. Das wäre eigentlich ein Fall für den Yard, wenn es da nicht ein makabres Detail gäbe... Jack Skillington wurde bereits hingerichtet und sucht den armen Fenwick nun als Geist auf... Mit Christian Rode als Sherlock Holmes und Peter Groeger als Dr. Watson.

Welcher Verbrecher kann so skrupellos sein, ein Kind zu ermorden? Holmes nimmt die schreckliche Tat persönlich, denn der tote Junge war einer seiner Baker Street Boys. Doch zunächst hat der berühmte Ermittler eine ganz andere Nuss zu knacken. Gleich zehn Menschen sind auf mysteriöse Art und Weise ums Leben gekommen. Alle starben in einem von innen verriegelten Raum.

Der rätselhafte Tod zweier prominenter Londoner Gentlemen versetzt die gehobene Gesellschaft in helle Aufregung. Doch Scotland Yard tappt im Dunkeln und Inspector Lestrade sieht sich gezwungen, Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe zu bitten. Eine heiße Spur führt den Detektiv in eine Londoner Freimaurerloge. Für Holmes und Watson drängt die Zeit, denn einige Anzeichen sprechen dafür, dass der Mörder bald wieder zuschlagen wird. Aber dann nimmt der Fall eine unerwartete Wendung.

"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the twelve "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" in most British editions of the canon, and the second of the eight stories from "His Last Bow" in most American versions. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893. Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon receives a parcel in the post that contains two severed human ears packed in coarse salt.

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the twelve Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and the second of the eight stories from His Last Bow in most American versions. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893. Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon receives a parcel in the post that contains two severed human ears packed in coarse salt. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard suspects a prank by three medical students whom Miss Cushing was forced to evict because of their unruly behaviour.

Die Sherlock Holmes Box 16 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Geheimsache Styles Court", "Der Mann im Speisewagen", "Die vierte Flasche" und "Das Musikzimmer".

Es geht weiter mit einer neuen Geschichtensammlung rund um Sherlock Holmes, den berühmtesten Detektiv aller Zeiten. Mit seinem Freund und Assistenten Dr. Watson geht er im viktorianischen London auf Verbrecherjagd. 28 spannende Fälle werden in dieser Box vereint und laden dazu ein, das berühmte wie auch clevere Ermittlerduo durch die dunklen Gassen Londons zu begleiten. Ein Muss für Fans der BBC-Serie "Sherlock", aber auch für Freunde klassischer Kriminalliteratur.