Nero Wolfe has always considered murder slightly illegal, but in the three stories in this volume It becomes something far worse — a personal affront. He is in fact, “ruffled beyond the bounds of tolerance” — three times For usually murder...
A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation.For Mary Marston has received several large pearls – one a year for the last six years – and now a...
Der Inspektor, der Maigret bei der Klärung einer Reihe von mysteriösen Verbrechen in der Kleinstadt Concarneau helfen soll, sammelt eifrig Informationen. Unterdessen sitzt sein Vorgesetzter scheinbar untätig in einem Cafe und...
Faith Fairchild is momentarily shocked to find her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, embracing Lora Deane -- and relieved to discover the distraught nursery school teacher is merely seeking solace and advice. Lora has been receiving...