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When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with the city and in need of a private driver - in other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simpson searching his wallet for traveler’s checks. Soon Simpson finds himself blackmailed into driving a suspicious car across the Turkish border. When he is caught again, this time by the police, he faces a choice: cooperate with the Turks and spy on his erstwhile colleagues or end up in one of Turkey’s notorious prisons.

Is someone systematically killing the judges called to the British Columbian bar? At least one has been murdered and several have disappeared. Arthur Beauchamp returns from retirement once again to take on the case, this time defending his former nemesis, backwoods poet Cudworth Brown. He finds himself chasing all kinds of leads, including tracking down a mystery novel that Brown’s unreliable former lawyer has been writing, just as Beauchamp’s own wife, Margaret, has announced her candidacy for the Green Party.

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A palm reader notifies Lord Arthur that murder is in his future. But not his murder - he’s the murderer. This really throws a wrench into his wedding plans, for Lord Arthur is soon to be married to the most beautiful lady in London. In fact he loves her so much, he decides to postpone the wedding until his business is done. Now, for a tasteful homicide....

Lawyer Arthur Beauchamp is facing the most explosive trial of his career: the defence of seven boisterous environmentalists accused of sabotaging an Ontario plant that pumps out a pesticide that has led to the mass death of honeybees. The story zigzags between Toronto, where the trial takes place, and Arthur’s West Coast island home, where he finds himself arrested for fighting his own environmental cause: the threatened destruction of a popular park. The Toronto trial concludes with a tense, hang-by-the-fingernails jury verdict.

Un attore, famoso e narcisista, si barrica in casa perché riceve avvisi, sempre più minacciosi. La scoperta del mittente dei messaggi di morte è affidata all'archivista della polizia. L'impresa di Jelling si complica: un omicidio che non si sa bene se compiuto effettivamente e un'inchiesta su premesse ipotetiche, mirante a smontare la sua stessa tesi investigativa.

Like all great mysteries this begins with a corpse, five in fact, five and a bit if you count the severed head. This particular case has remained undisclosed for almost three decades. Sworn to secrecy, never to divulge the truth while the living were still at risk of reprisals. I've refrained from publishing or even speaking of those Regent's Park murders. It's only safe to do so now due to the fact that those involved are either dead or never to be found again. It remains one of the most astonishing moments in Holmes' career and exposes a shocking revelation about his character.

First published in 1897, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles, including "Arthur Morrison: Depicting Life in the East End", "Arthur Morrison: A Bibliography" and "London's East End: Crime in the 1800s". A collection of seven mystery stories, including "The Case of the Ward Lane Tabernacle", "The Ivy Cottage Mystery", "The Nicobar Bullion Case", "The Flittterbat Lancers", "The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby", "The Case of Janissary", and "The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre Co."

Il milionario Déravans, accecato da un incidente, può essere guarito solo dall'ardita chirurgia del professor Linden. Questi riceve una minaccia di morte prontamente eseguita, minaccia trasmessa per mezzo di una bambola cieca. Il timido archivista capisce che l'unica via da seguire è capire cosa Déravans non avrebbe dovuto vedere se restituito alla luce.

Per contagiare l'ascoltatore, a Scerbanenco bastano pochi tratti. Già la presentazione iniziale, secca e lapidaria, degli Steve, i "filosofi", e del loro "antro", è sufficiente a rendere inevitabile il crimine. Il giallo si preannuncia subito come il dramma del fanatismo e delle sue conseguenze fatali.Sono quattro gli Steve, cultori teorici e pratici di scienze morali, vivono monacalmente in una squallida villetta di periferia, l'antro dei filosofi.

La terza indagine dell'archivista della polizia di Boston Arthur Jelling. È stato ucciso un uomo durante una partita di caccia, e il suo compagno è reo confesso, senza dubbi, senza tentennamenti, con piena convinzione di tutti. Solo Jelling resiste all'acquietamento generale e per dimostrare la sua ragione si intestardisce nella più astrusa delle dimostrazioni per assurdo. Avendo archiviato casi su casi, lui sa benissimo che la realtà supera sempre la fantasia.

First published in 1912, this new Cyanide Publishing edition contains the original text as well as background articles.

"Deve essere difficile per il vero colpevole sfuggire alle vostre investigazioni. Può non aver lasciato alcuna traccia materiale, ma voi cercate invece quelle morali e finite per trovarlo". Di Scerbanenco colpisce, soprattutto nei cinque gialli della serie con Arthur Jelling, il miscuglio di realismo e fantastico, di logica investigativa e psicologia. Un insieme che, ben amalgamato, dà ai suoi polizieschi una vaga atmosfera da cruda fiaba. L'effetto fiabesco è marcato dalla singolarità del timidissimo investigatore, dotato di una profondità psicologica da veggente.

Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen und andere Geschichten von Oscar Wilde, gelesen von Peter Bieringer. Die titelgebende Erzählung des englischsprachigen Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde ist wahrscheinlich das bekannteste Werk aus der Kurzgeschichtensammlung: Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen und andere Geschichten, die zusammen mit den hier versammelten Geschichten 1887 erschienen ist.

Nuestro protagonista Lord Arthur Savile acude a una fiesta organizada por Lady Windermere en la que reúne a personajes muy diversos de la aristocracia londinense, incluido su quiromántico particular. Personaje enigmático capaz de leer el pasado y futuro en las líneas de la mano. Lord Arthur se presta entusiasmado sin saber que su decisión marcará su destino y su libertad para decidir su propio camino. Oscar Wilde nos presente un alegato enérgico contra la superstición, un relato característico del ingenio y estilo del autor.

Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story "Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime" by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison. B. J.