Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novels but his early promise did not bear fruit. His wife Sybilla is a glittering actress, unforgiving of Bruce's failure, and the couple lead separate lives in their house at Regent's Park. When Bruce is called away on a sudden trip to Paris, he vanishes completely until his suitcase and passport are found in a sinister artist's studio, the Belfry, in a crumbling house in Notting Hill, and Inspector Macdonald must uncover B...

The Robert Macdonald Mysteries: Volume One brings together three of E.C.R. Lorac's finest works, offering a masterclass in Golden Age detective fiction. This illustrated collection introduces Inspector Robert Macdonald, a sharp-witted and steadfast investigator whose logical mind and empathetic approach make him a standout among classic literary detectives. - Death on the Oxford Road A seemingly routine accident on the iconic Oxford Road reveals a sinister truth: a murder cloaked in deceit...

Un nuovo caso per l’ispettore Macdonald: un mistero capace di stupire anche i più disincantati lettori di crimini.I Surray e i loro cinque figli sono famosi scrittori. Dopo una serata con editori e artisti nella loro casa di campagna dell’Oxfordshire, Ruth, la figlia di mezzo, viene trovata morta nella sua camera, apparentemente suicida. Ma una lettera postuma della stessa defunta recapitata al fratello Richard scombina le carte...Con il segnalibro ...

««Ma a che scopo mutilare un corpo in modo tanto brutale?» «Lo scopo è f in troppo chiaro», rispose l'ispettore. «Per impedirne l'identificazione.»»E.C.R. LoracLondra. In una serata nebbiosa, un gruppo di amici si riunisce a casa di Bruce e Sybilla Attleton. Con i suoi romanzi Bruce Attleton ha incantato la scena letteraria londinese ma la sua stella sta ora tramontando. Al contrario, sua moglie Sybilla è un’attrice brillante all’apice del successo ...

«Il corpo era completamente freddo, aveva la temperatura dell'acqua vorticante che scendeva dalla brughiera. La donna era annegata, su questo non c'erano dubbi, e il resto poteva aspettare.»E.C.R. LoracImmerso nella brughiera, Milham è il paese ideale per chi desidera un po’ di pace. Almeno fino alla morte della direttrice dell’orfanotrofio, sorella Monica. Chiamato a indagare, l’ispettore Macdonald si scontra con il silenzio ostile degli abitanti. ...

Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of the Graham Coombe, the celebrated publisher of Murder by Mesmerism. The clues of the hunt have been devised by Coombe's thriller-writer friends, disguised on the night under literary pseudonyms. The fun comes to an abrupt end, however, when 'Samuel Pepys' is found murdered in the telephone room in bizarre circumstances. Amidst the confusion of too many fake names and convoluted alibis, Macdonald and his all...

«Be', è di certo una seccatura… In effetti, è una maledetta seccatura», replicò la donna, «ma potrebbe anche essere un crimine.»E.C.R. LORACEleanor Clarke, segretaria del celebre scrittore Vivian Lestrange, informa la polizia che il suo datore di lavoro è svanito nel nulla. Ma nessuno, a parte la segretaria e la governante, anch’essa scomparsa, sembra aver mai visto l’autore in carne e ossa. Toccherà agli ispettori Bond e Warner fare luce su un mist...

Case in the Clinic by E.C.R. Lorac is a classic mystery novel featuring Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald. The story is set in a quiet English village where the seemingly peaceful life is disrupted by a perplexing murder. Dr. Raymond Ferens, a well-regarded local doctor, is found dead in his clinic. The circumstances of his death are suspicious, leading to an investigation by Chief Inspector Macdonald. As Macdonald digs deeper, he uncovers a host of potential suspects, each with their own s...

Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. Reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself looking for publicity, it appears that crime is afoot when Lestrange's housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and a potentially fictional victim, as ...

When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in North Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close to moor and sky. At first, they see only its charm, but soon they begin to uncover its secrets—envy, hatred, and malice.Everyone says that Sister Monica, warden of a children's home, is a saint—but is she? A few months after the Ferens' arrival her body is found drowned in the mill-race. Chief Inspector Macdonald faces one ...

Trouble is brewing for the Hoggetts and their friend Chief Inspector Macdonald in Lunesdale, deep in the Lancashire fell country. By the jagged cliffs and chilling depths of a secluded quarry pool, strange noises disturb the night, and after an architect surveying the area is nearly hoisted into the cold waters by an unseen assailant, suspicions of a cold current of crime running through the area become a matter for the police. First published in 1949, this classic of Lake District crime f...

They were five strangers on a fogbound train—a psychiatrist's pretty secretary,an agitated young mana tweedy lady with a deep voicea stockbrockerish businessmanand an eel-like "spiv."One was brutally attacked in the choking black fog in Paddington Station. Attempted murder became bona fide manslaughter, and examination of the intimate lives of the passengers involved Chief Inspector MacDonald in a macabre game of hide-and-seek in which one man tr...