Historical Thrillers
epub |eng | 1941-01-02 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

Ten I Superintendent Harper stood looking at the charred and twisted heap of metal. A burnt-up car was always a revolting object, even without the additional gruesome burden of a ...
( Category: Murder May 25,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Josephine Tey [Tey, Josephine]

CHAPTER NINE "Do you know that the Bill attainting Richard III before Parliament didn't mention the murder of the Princes in the tower?" Grant asked the surgeon next morning. "Really?" ...
( Category: Murder April 23,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:Leslie Charteris

9 “Hardly anything,” she said. “He happened to be living close to where the accident happened, and father was taken to his house. Father took such a fancy to him ...
( Category: Crime March 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Leslie Charteris

8 Later that evening Farnham said meticulously, “Of course, Johnny, between ourselves, the Governor’ll have to approve my recommendation and confirm your appointment himself. But I don’t think we’ll have ...
( Category: Murder March 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:Leslie Charteris

THE WATER MERCHANT “I’ll tell you what I think of Foreign Aid,” said the Saint, thoughtfully twisting the newspaper into the semblance of a short rope. “I think that if ...
( Category: Murder March 30,2015 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rendell, Ruth [Rendell, Ruth]

It was three days since he had last seen Clifford Sanders and in that time Burden’s enquiries had confirmed most satisfactorily that he had indeed worked as a gardener for ...
( Category: Murder March 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Fiona Buckley

14 Captive Bird I parted Clem from his mother by calling Sybil and asking Cecily to advise her on a local supplier for some new wall hangings. Then I fetched ...
( Category: Murder February 15,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-11 | Author:Agatha Christie

'Yes, in a sense. There is Dr Maverick, one or two of the staff are often with us, there are the servants - but frankly, what possible motive could they ...
( Category: Murder February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-02-11 | Author:Agatha Christie

Chapter 19 A Great Lady The visit that we received on the following morning was to my mind one of the most surprising things about the whole affair. I was ...
( Category: Murder February 9,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1993-01-02 | Author:John Le Carre

"But Derek and I have already met, I think, Dicky!" the Dutch banker carolled to Roper, who was standing before the place where the marble fireplace would have been, if ...
( Category: Espionage January 6,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-30 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

"Any idea who Robert Underhay was, Superintendent?" David asked. "Suppose you tell me, sir." "Robert Underhay was my sister's first husband. He died in Africa some years ago." "Quite sure ...
( Category: Murder January 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Wentworth, Patricia [Wentworth, Patricia]

* * * XXII << ^ >> Mr. Bobby Markham opened the door of the hut on Linwood Edge. A complete and dense blackness confronted him. The battery of his ...
( Category: Suspense November 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-28 | Author:Andrew Taylor [Andrew Taylor]

51 As to time, Mrs Frant was as good as her word. Hooded and cloaked, with a pair of pattens in her hand, she met me in the passage. We ...
( Category: Murder November 23,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-18 | Author:L. Ron Hubbard

Chapter Seven AT midnight, Grant had made his decision. They would have to get out of there by morning, if they got out at all. They lacked the water to ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense November 19,2014 )
mobi |es | 2009-08-25 | Author:JOHN KATZENBACH

18 Aquel día, más tarde, o puede que después, pero seguro que en algún momento durante el desfile constante de enfermos mentales conducidos al despacho de Lucy Jones, se me ...
( Category: Murder November 11,2014 )