Der undurchdringliche Mr. Quin, der Gentleman mit dem Gespür für Dinge, die nicht ganz sauber sind, und sein kauziger Gehilfe, Mr. Sattersway, scheinen auf den ersten Blick ein unmögliches Gespann zu sein. Und doch lösen die beiden Fälle, wie sie sich nur eine Agatha Christie ausdenken kann. Und nur eine Agatha Christie bringt es fertig ihren Geschichten so brilliante Pointen aufzusetzen . . . The Mysterious Mr Quin was first published in 1930.Aus dem Englischen von Günter Eichel, Rolph Gail, Adi Oes und Ute Forsyte-Jauch.

«The Amazons are Bartitsu-trained bodyguards and insurgents, saboteurs –  the most radical of the radicals. The real Amazons were literally a secret society and even now we only know the names of a few of the actual women who were involved. I took that as artistic licence to bring in several “ringers” from both fiction and history. Judith Lee, for example, was the protagonist of Richard Marsh’s popular series of  “lady detective” short stories during the early 20th century.»

Nine teller strokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his most brilliant cases, set in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat, fen-country of East Anglia

About the AuthorBorn in Boston, Massachusetts in 1908, Harry Kemelman was the creator of perhaps one of the most famous religious sleuths: Rabbi David Small. His writing career began with short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine featuring New England college professor Nicky Welt, the first of which, "The Nine Mile Walk," is considered to be a classic (the Welt stories were later grouped into a collection with the same title). The Rabbi Small series began in 1964, with Friday the Rabbi Slept Late. It went on to become a bestseller, and won Kemelman an Edgar for "Best First Novel" in 1965. Kemelman died in 1996.

Inspector Alleyn had so many suspects for the murder of the Home Secretary, that, for once, he was at a loss. Except for one detail — one grisly little detail — that only the likes of Roderick Alleyn would ever notice…

Ellery Queen’s arrival in Hollywood did not pass unnoticed. It Brought a pretty, nineteen-year-old girl to his apartment with a tale of murder so strange as to be irresistible to that connoisseur of bizarre crime. the story of a man who scared to death... murdered by a dead dog!..This Ellery Queen’s 25th Detective Mystery, unfolds with a mounting tension as a dead fish, strangled frogs and the skin of an alligator become fantastic components in a grand design for murder.

The first book in the series featuring Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming, set in the 1850s.