THE disappearance of Geraldine Foster was first reported to the authorities on the third day after Christmas, several years ago.Only a desk lamp was burning in the famous private office at the north end of the second floor of Police Headquarters at 240 Centre Street, New York City. The rest of the commissioner's room was darkened with the premature shadows of a raw and gusty winter afternoon. Brooding over a shuffle of blue prints, Thatcher Colt sat at his desk, enchanted with the t...

IT was Friday, the thirteenth.Against the windows in the private office of the Police Commissioner anApril rain pattered rest-lessly. The spring down-pour filled with premature dusk the dark-panelled room in Suite 200, at the north end of the second floor of the old Headquarters Building in Centre Street. On Thatcher Colt's desk a greenshaded lamp spilled a circle of white light. Bent forward in a hunched posture of concentration was the Commissioner, shuffling proof sheets o...

THE TRUTH about the case of the foundling bones should have been apparent from the start. At least, on looking back, it seems so to me. I believe that almost from the beginning, Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt had an idea of the nature of the deed and how it was committed. The problem was to prove it, and in this process, so Colt maintains, the Police Department and not himself deserves all praise. As to that, I make no comment, except to remind the reader that the only reason Thatcher C...

When a seance reveals clues about a long-forgotten murder, Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt is skeptical but intrigued. A scientist-turned-parapsychologist claims a spirit told him of a woman named Madeline who was killed, dismembered, and stuffed into a box thrown into the ocean near a popular beach.Unwilling to dismiss the outlandish story, Colt discreetly dispatches his men to investigate. To his shock, divers discover a decayed wooden box containing over 200 human bones...the ...

A New York, nell'East River, in un afoso inizio d'estate viene trovata una barca alla deriva con dentro due cadaveri: una donna, che è stata uccisa con un colpo di pistola al cuore ed è stata poi quasi decapitata; e un uomo dall'aspetto mite, con un foro di pallottola in fronte. Dagli abiti che indossa, è chiaro che non si tratta di un uomo qualunque, ma del parroco di una chiesa episcopale. Che ci faceva il parroco in compagnia di quella che si rivelerà essere una ballerina? La domanda è ...

Ein Thatcher-Colt-Detektivkrimi von ANTHONY ABBOT New York 1936... Die Geschichte beginnt mit einer Séance: Mr. und Mrs. Lynn, selbsternannte Spiritualisten, berufen sich auf Professor Gilman, einen Wissenschaftler, der sich zur Parapsychologie bekehrt hat, und erfahren durch einem Geist von einem Verbrechen, das sich vor langer Zeit ereignet hat: eine gewisse Madeline wäre getötet, seziert und in einer Kiste verschlossen worden, die in die Gewässer vor einem beliebten Strand geworfen wurd...

WIN, LOSE, OR DIE.Whether it's child's play or for the highest stakes, whether we stick to the rules or cheat, we all play games — for fun, for thrills, for love or money, to prove we're the best or make an opponent knuckle under. And the games we play, with cards or dice or nothing but our wits, reveal something deeply personal about the players.In this powerful new anthology, Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block has assembled an all-star ...

This meticulously edited Sci-Fi Collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Invisible Man… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 20.000 Leagues under the Sea… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Last Man Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel The Scarlet Plague… R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She Willia...

The 'SF Boxed Set: 140+ Intergalactic Action Adventures, Dystopian Novels & Lost World Classics' is a sweeping compilation that charts a course through the realms of speculative fiction. This expansive anthology boasts an impressive array of narratives that traverse the breathtaking boundaries of space, time, and imagination. With its blend of dystopian futures, interstellar expeditions, and mythical lost worlds, the collection invites readers to experience the perennial clash between huma...

The 'Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: 170+ Space Adventures, Dystopian Novels & Lost World Classics' serves as a monumental anthology that traverses vast literary landscapes across the realms of science fiction. This extensive collection showcases a multitude of themes such as exploration of unknown territories, societal evolution in response to technological advancements, and the quintessential conflict between nature and civilization. Comprising a variety of literary styles—from the foundatio...

Dieses Buch enthält folgende Krimis: Alfred Bekker: Der Hurenmörder von Berlin Annie Haynes: Das Verbrechen in Tattenham Corner Anthony Abbot: Mord an einer schreckhaften Lady Gordon Daviot: Killer in der Menge Henry Rohmer: Alain Boulanger und der Irre von Paris Alfred Bekker: Tod in Tanger In Berlin treibt ein unheimlicher Serienmörder mit ganz spezieller Handschrift sein Unwesen. Kommissar Harry Kubinke vom BKA heftet sich an seine Fersen und versucht, den Killer zu stoppen. Schon bald ...

A conversation starter like Three Women but centering the experiences of women of color: a mellifluous chorus celebrating the liberation, individuality, and joy of African women’s multifaceted sexualityThanks to her blog, Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has spent decades talking openly and intimately to African women around the world about sex. For this book she spoke to over thirty African women across the glo...