Sapper
Author
Publisher
Naxos Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hrs, 38 min..) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"When Captain Hugh Drummond, DSO, MC placed that advertisement, he was looking for adventure. What he finds is an international plot headed by the greatest criminal mastermind in the world. For the sake of the beautiful Phyllis, he faces murderous schemers, acid baths and even wild animals in his attempts to save her father -- and his own life"--Publisher's description.
Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Braveheart won five Academy Awards and made William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish warrior, an unforgettable Hollywood character. But how historically accurate is the film?
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction. This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years, during which British society, and life in country houses, was transformed out of all recognition. It includes fascinating and unfamiliar twists on the classic closed circle plot, in which the assorted guests at a country house party become suspects when a crime is committed....
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations...
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First US trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan...
