British Library Publishing
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Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
Regarded as one of the great Carr/Dickson locked-room mysteries among Carr connoisseurs, one of the highest-rated authors of the genre. The Ten Teacups features one of his famous series detectives Henry Merrivale (previously appearing in…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
First published in 1946 and set in the fell country of Lunesdale over the course of a rainy September, The Theft of the Iron Dogs is the very picture of a cosy crime mystery and…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
After nuclear testing causes global sea levels to plummet, journalist Philip Wade seeks the truth from an evasive government as society faces the horrors of a world in which the water has run out.297 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
This collection repositions the famed literary hostess Violet Hunt in terms of her significant contribution to the development of uncanny fiction in the early twentieth century.363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
‘Well,Â’ he said, looking at the waiter and giving him a sly wink, ‘all I can tell you is that I think it was pigÂ’s meat.Â’ ‘You mean youÂ’re not sure?Â’ ‘One can never be…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
First published in 1922, The Undying Monster secured Jessie Douglas Kerruish''s place in the history of British Weird fiction. The novel was adapted for the screen in 1942, and remains one of the definitive twentieth-century…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
The spiritual successor to the popular Tales of the Weird anthology The Haunted Trail. This collection takes the reader to wilder spaces and into some more modern horror, weird pieces hailing from 1879-2014.363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
Motionless now and in absolute silence, she awaited her doom, the moments growing to hours, to years, to ages; and still those devilish eyes maintained their watch. Seen by contemporaries as a natural successor to…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
A new and definitive collected works of neglected master of weird fiction, including never-before-published stories from the author's archive. With introduction by Haynes expert Craig Lamont, and a foreword by Johnny Mains, it features spellbinding…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
A creepy collection of 10 unsettling horror stories from a master storyteller The splash from something enormous resounds through the sea-fog. In the stillness of a dark room, some unspeakable evil is making its approach.…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
First published in 1936 and adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938, Ethel Lina White's suspenseful mystery remains her best-known novel, worthy of acknowledgement as a classic of the…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Science Fiction
''Back from the shouting floor and ceiling came the chorus of images that stormed and clamoured for expression. Jones lay still and listened; he let them come. There was nothing else to do.'' Algernon Blackwood…561 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
G. B. Stern's writing perfectly crafts an engaging tragicomedy, lacing farce and absurdity into compelling psychological drama. A darkly entertaining look at a non-traditional family structure in the 1930s and unapologetic women. The next title…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, when events take a sinister turn. A painting is mutilated, a dog stabbed, and a man strangled. Death strikes more than one of the house…297 Kč Koupit
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