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The Iron Grip – ebook
Edgar Wallace
1929 short story collection by Edgar Wallace revolving around the demobbed soldier (WWI) Jack „Wireless” Bryce and his engagement by the law firm „Hemmer & Hemmer”. Operating on the fringes of lawlessness, Bryce uses his brains and brawn to protect a range of the firm’s more vulnerable and downright gullible clients. His new career as a detective creates a compelling tale of adventure. Most of his...Data dostępności:
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The Fourth Plague – ebook
Edgar Wallace
„The Fourth Plague” is an intriguing crime novel that was published in 1913, during the early years of Wallace’s career as a novelist. Here again pits a master detective against a powerful crime syndicate, this time with an Italian background. An Italian secret society, burglary, kidnapping, detectives, mysterious artefacts, remarkable coincidences! This is a tale of the Red-Hand, a criminal organization...Data dostępności:
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The Uttermost Farthing – ebook
R. Austin Freeman
In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch the man. Mr. Challoner is a wealthy savant, and he saved the fingerprints of the robber as well as some of the robber’s strange hair which Challoner’s wife had in her hand. For twenty years Humphrey hunts for...Data dostępności:
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The Thing on the Doorstep – ebook
H.P. Lovecraft
The Thing on the Doorstep is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror fiction. Daniel Upton, the story’s narrator, begins by telling that he has killed his best friend, Edward Derby, and that he hopes his account will prove that he is not a murderer. He begins by describing Derby’s life and career. Daniel Upton’s relationship with his friend Edward Derby...Data dostępności:
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Under Western Eyes – ebook
Joseph Conrad
This novel is considered to be one of Conrad’s major works and in subject matter is close to The Secret Agent. It is also full of conflict about the historical failures of revolutionary movements and ideals. Razumov is a career-motivated young man, unwillingly trapped in a political situation. As he travel to Geneva (from St. Petersburg), brings hope that he is going to go back to his normal life,...Data dostępności:
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Opowieści niesamowite. Mystery Tales – ebook
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe: Opowieści niesamowite - Mystery Tales. Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849 w Baltimore, w stanie Maryland) - amerykański poeta, nowelista, krytyk literacki i redaktor. Przedstawiciel romantyzmu w literaturze amerykańskiej. W jego twórczości dominowały wątki fantastyki i horroru. Zapoczątkował...Data dostępności:
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