Mõrv kõrvalhoone numbris 3

"He looked overweight around the midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the night conducting his investigations..." For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary... until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden - and tragic - accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a...

Ten years since it was first published in hardback, and now for the first time as an eBook, this volume of short stories by the cream of British crime writing talent celebrates 75 years of the quintessential Detection Club.The Detection Club represents the cream of British crime writing talent. Founded on the cusp of the 1930s, the Club’s first President was G.K. Chesterton, and since then the mantle of Presidency has passed to some of the most significant names inthe history of crime fiction,...

Inspektor Morse ei tea kohe, mida arvata Oxfordi kanalisse visatud pea ja jäsemeteta laibast, aga ta kahtlustab, et see võib olla kõik, mis on jäänud järele vanaldasest õppejõust, keda nähti viimati mitu päeva varem Londoni rongi peale minemas. Olgu tõde milline tahes, inspektor on kindel, et lahendus ei ole lihtne – kunagi ei ole. Käies mööda professor Browne-Smithi jälgi läbi Londoni poolilma toplessbaaride ja nooblite bordellide, saab tema veendumus kinnitust. Tõendeid aina lisandub, aga ka...

The excellent fifth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s – the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre.Gunvald Larsson sits carefully observing the dingy Stockholm apartment of a man under police surveillance. He looks at his watch: nine minutes past eleven in the evening. He yawns, slapping...

Joanna Franksi surnukeha leiti Oxfordi kanali Duke’s Cut’i nimeliselt lõigult kolmapäeval, 22. juunil 1859 umbes kell pool kuus hommikul. Umbes kell 10.15 ühel 1989. aasta laupäeva hommikul toimetati peainspektor Morse’i keha – tõsi, sugugi mitte surnud – Oxfordi John Radcliffe’i haiglasse. Perforatsiooniga maohaavandi ravi osutus hiljem õnnestunuks. Haiglas paranedes satub Morse’i silma alla Joanna Franksi surmajuhtumi uurimine ja kohtuprotsess ning asja lähemalt uurides kasvab temas...

Joanna Franksi surnukeha leiti Oxfordi kanali Duke's Cut'i nimeliselt lõigult kolmapäeval, 22. juunil 1859 umbes kell pool kuus hommikul. Umbes kell 10.15 ühel 1989. aasta laupäeva hommikul toimetati peainspektor Morse'i keha – tõsi, sugugi mitte surnud – Oxfordi John Radcliffe'i haiglasse. Perforatsiooniga maohaavandi ravi osutus hiljem õnnestunuks. Haiglas paranedes satub Morse'i silma alla Joanna Franksi surmajuhtumi uurimine ja kohtuprotsess ning asja lähemalt uurides kasvab temas...