E-böcker / Deckare & spänning
En njutbar död
Edinburgh, 1849. Trots att Edinburgh är i framkanten av den medicinska forskningen, dör patienter i ovanligt hög takt i hela staden. Läkarskrået står maktlösa. Men det är inte bara ...
The Silver Hatchet
Graf von Schulling died and his legacy got sent to the University of Budapest. The legacy consisted of letters and weapons, one of which – a silver hatchet. A few days after the ob ...
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The politician Neil Gibson wants Sherlock Holmes’ help to solve the mystery of his wife's murder. Maria’s body was found lifeless on a bridge on their estate. He hopes Holmes will ...
The Mystery of Cloomber
General Heatherstone, who was a while ago a part of the Indian Army, moved to Cloomber Hall. The general was however acting strange and was paranoid for most of the time. His fears ...
The Dancing Men
Mr. Hilton Cubbit married a young American girl, named Elsie, a few years ago. Elsie had warned her husband of her dark past and she begged him not dig deeper and ask questions. He ...
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Australian Charles McCarthy is brutally murdered in Hertfordshire, England. His son James is the prime suspect, having been the last person seen at his side. Yet he claims to b ...
The Adventure of the Second Stain
Trelawney Hope, secretary for European Affairs, reaches out to Holmes. A very important letter was stolen from Hope’s safe and he wants Holmes to track it down. The letter’s conten ...
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
Reginald Musgrave, a school friend of Holmes, saw his butler searching through private family papers. The butler Brunton got caught red handed with an ancestral ritual of the Musgr ...
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
The rugby player Staunton is missing. His friend, the rugby team coach, Cyril Overton, reaches out to Holmes and Watson begging them to take up the case. Holmes and Watson find out ...
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Holmes has been following the diamond thief, Count Negretto Sylvius, and is convinced that the man is going to try to kill him. The detective has therefore set up a clever visual t ...
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
Sherlock has retired. Now living in Sussex, he’s enjoying a pleasant walk along the beach when he runs into a friend, Harold Stackhurst, headmaster at The Gables. The two acquainta ...
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
Sir James comes to 221B Baker Street in the name of an anonymous but illustrious client. It concerns General de Merville’s daughter, Violet, who has fallen for the Baron Adelbert G ...
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
Mycroft, Sherlok Holmes’ brother, has a story to tell. Mycroft’s friend Mr. Melas is an interpreter who got himself in great trouble. He was hired as a translator in a business mee ...
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
A murder was committed at the old professor Coram’s house. His secretary Smith was killed while the professor was still in bed. Coram would have been the first suspect if it was no ...
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" which is a part of "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" sends us back to the very first case of Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was still a student, ...
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
A thick smog has fallen over London. Mycroft comes to visit his brother Sherlock Holmes, asking for his help. A ten-page secret document has gone missing and three pages have just ...
The Masque of the Red Death
E. A. Poe’s short story follows Prince Prospero and his friends’ futile attempt to outrun and outsmart a deadly plague, called the Red Death. The heart of the story is presented as ...
The Man Who Knew
A classic whodunit crime story, "The Man Who Knew" is about the death of a rich South Africa magnate, dealing with diamonds. The actual man who knows so much is Saul Arthur Mann, a ...
The Crimson Circle
When a man ignores his last warning to pay pund100,000, it is his son who finds him dead on the next morning. Revolving around a mysterious circle, specializing in blackmail, call ...
Under Western Eyes
Kyrilo Razumov is a student in the University of St. Petersburg in the early 1910s. His life is quiet as he takes no clear position on any of the great questions of his time. One ...
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson invite their readers to follow their adventures one last time, as they solve more mysteries from the criminal underworld. This last collection about t ...
The Night: A Nightmare
Guy de Maupassant's short story 'The Night: A Nightmare' depicts a vivid portrayal of the streets of Paris. Our narrator roams the streets of the city after hours, embracing and ex ...
Dubbelgångaren : bröderna Paine på nya äventyr
Det är en härlig dag ute på de amerikanska slätterna. Morgonsolen kikar in genom fönstret när Alan öppnar ögonen till en ny dag. Det luktar nybryggt kaffe och frukost från köket. M ...
Maktens Vägar: Vägen ut
Jarel har tillbringat flera år på resande fot. Han har inte lyckats finna någon ro i tillvaron. Han har inte nått det som han trodde skulle vara hans mål: sitt livs kärlek. Alla ha ...
Svar till syster X
Det är inte lätt att få en barnflicka till en familj med sex barn. Och mamma Stina behöver avlsatning. Fingal och Thomasine, de två äldsta får napp på en annons från en kvinna som ...