Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more.If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction's best-loved private detectives and his ...

Contraint de rester a la maison a cause d'une affreuse bronchite, Philippe s'est trouve une occupation : espionner ses voisins avec les jumelles de son papa. Mais ce petit jeu pourrait bien devenir dangereux, surtout si le nouveau voisin est un gangster recherche !Une enquête d'observationCe roman policier invite le lecteur à suivre cette enquête d'espionnage où l'observation est une grande qualité. Vos voisins ne vous sembleront plus jamais les mêmes après cette aventure...

The original breath-taking psychological thriller behind Hitchcock’s legendary film—the story of a man tormented by his search for the truth, and ultimately destroyed by a terrible secretIt could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the he...

An irresistible gift edition of the mindbending thriller that inspired Hitchcock's VertigoHe isn't a cop anymore, but when an old friend asks Flavières to keep an eye on his dazzlingly beautiful wife, how can he refuse? And so he begins to scour the streets of wartime Paris in search of a woman who belongs to no one, not even to herself.Soon, intrigue is replaced by obsession, and dreams by nightmares, as the boundaries between the living and the d...

Un gran clásico de la novela negra.«Boileau y Narcejac indagaron en una fórmula que mantuviese lo bueno del “policial” clásico y añadiese lo nuevo de la “serie negra”».JUAN TALLÓN, Jot DownEl representante de ventas Fernand Ravinel no puede aguantar más la vida asfixiante y rutinaria que lleva con su esposa Mireille en una modesta casa en Enghien, al norte de París. Por eso, junto a su amante, una ambiciosa doctora, urden un elaborado plan para asesinarla. ...

A couple's murderous plot goes horribly awry in this French noir classic that later inspired the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece PsychoEvery Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne—an ambitious doctor—and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan.Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub. But before the "ac...

Every Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne, an ambitious doctor, and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan.Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub, but in the morning, before the "accidental" death can be discovered, the corpse is gone-so begins the unraveling of Ferdinand's plot, and his sanity...This classic of French ...

Der Originaltitel des 1954 erschienenen Romans von Pierre Boileau und Thomas Narcejac lautet "D'Entre Les Morts". So lebt auch Ex-Polizist Roger Flavières. Die Toten verfolgen ihn. Bei einem Einsatz stürzt sein Kollege vom Dach – Flavières kann nichts tun, er ist nicht schwindelfrei. Voller Schuldgefühle gibt er den Beruf auf. Nun soll er die Frau eines Bekannten beschatten. Der sorgt sich: Madeleine leidet an Melancholie. Wie ihre Urgroßmutter, die sich das Leben nahm. Tatsächlich rettet ...

In einem Anfall von Wahn hat sich die Geliebte des Privatdetektivs Flavière von einem Kirchturm in den Tod gestürzt. Damit hat das Leben für ihn jeden Sinn verloren. Das ändert sich, als er die junge Renée kennenlernt, die seiner Geliebten täuschend ähnlich sieht. Ist es dieselbe Frau? Und wer war dann die Tote auf dem Kirchplatz? Es mehren sich die Zeichen, dass Flavière Opfer einer Verschwörung geworden ist. Das Krimi-Hörspiel des rbb erzeugt einen so schwindelerregenden Sog wie Hitchcoc...

The sinister, mind-bending roman noir that inspired the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring James Stewart and Kim NovakIt could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the heart to refuse. Soon, he would be scouring the streets of Paris i...