Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunts International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq... It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of «Lovely Louise», wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his sons overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning there was one passengerwer. An American lay dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. With tension mounting, detective Hercule Poirot comes up with not one, but two solutions to the crime.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 921 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 378) Аннотация: When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say: Its been hushed up very nicely, hasnt itBut he was murdered, wasnt he? In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the myste.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: At a Halloween party, Joyce — a hostile thirteen-year-old — boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the evil presence. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer ...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the suicide that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoahs tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her priceless rubies are missing.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Roaming the pristine landscape of Earth, cared for by machines and aliens, the few remaining humans alive since the war with Titan play Bluff, allowing them to win or lose property and also form new marriages in order to maximise the remote chance some pairings will produce a child. When Pete Garden, a particularly suicidal member of the Pretty Blue Fox game-playing group, loses his current wife…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: «Marking 70 years since publication, the definitive edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's first book, sporting a facsimile of his original cover design and complete with fold-out maps and his own drawings and paintings. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Isabel Allende’s powerful tale of one boy’s escape from the slums of Los Angeles. This magnificent novel tells the story of Gregory Reeves, the son of Charles, an itinerant preacher. As a boy, Gregory accepts the endless journeying and poverty which is his family’s lot, never questioning the validity of his father’s homespun philosophy of life – the Infinite Plan. But, as manhood approaches,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Can a ghost from the future save a life in the past? A chilling tale of dark forces and revenge… The ghost turns up one summer day, alone in a world she once knew, among people who were once her family. She knows she is one of four sisters, but which one? She can be sure of only one thing – that there's been an accident. As she struggles to find her identity, she becomes aware of a malevolent…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Agatha Christie’s first ever murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: «Beloved by generations, «Charlotte's Web» and «Stuart Little» are two of the most cherished stories of all time. Now, for the first time ever, these treasured classics are available in lavish new collectors' editions. In addition to a larger trim size, the original black-and-white art by Garth Williams has been lovingly colorized by renowned illustrator Rosemary Wells, adding another dimension…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A classic tale from Doris Lessing, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness'. Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David…
Скачать книгу (размер 830 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 164) Аннотация: A new edition of Tolkien's Tree and Leaf, complete with his rare translation and commentary of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, the Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Dru has finally beaten her bad-girl rep, only to have her quiet life shaken by J.D Carver's arrival. The fact that this handsome, hard eyed tough guy pushes all her right buttons only proves how wrong he is for her. But how long can she resist a heart that aches to trust in love again.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: Koko. Only four men knew what it meant. All were as different as men could be. And now they are joined together again on a quest that could take them from the graveyards of the Far East to the human jungle of New York, hunting an inhuman ghost of the past risen from nightmare darkness to kill.