Etiqueta: misterio
Antes de retirarse definitivamente, el famoso detective Hércules Poirot decide resolver sus últimos doce casos a modo de las doce pruebas que el Hércules de la mitología griega tuvo que realizar. De este modo, acepta tan solo los casos que, aun siendo triviales, como la desaparición de un pekinés...
Agatha Christie, la indiscutible «reina del crimen», reúne en este completo volumen nueve de sus más apasionantes relatos de misterio, intriga y suspense: "Testigo de cargo" -que da nombre al volumen-, "La señal roja, S.O.S.", "¿Dónde está el testamento?", "El misterio del jarrón azul", "Villa Ruiseñor", "Accidente" y "El...
Novela juvenil de misterio ambientada en un pueblo pesquero en la costa de Normandía. La acción, que transcurre a lo largo del verano de 1936, está protagonizada por dos adolescentes, chico y chica, que se enfrentan al siniestro misterio que domina la mansión donde la madre de ella trabaja...
'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his...
The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were...
Peter Viney relates us how a man that wakes up in a beautiful room in a strange house. The door is locked. He is in "The Locked Room". Who is he and why is he there? Who is the person in black clothes? Slowly the man remembers.
On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her . . . and throws acid into her face. Then her...
The Leander pearls were stolen nineteen years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy who knows where the pearls are...
Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to...
Clare West collects and edits the present antology of murder: “Crime Never Pays”. The unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just only an accident? Who will...
