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The Franchise Affair is a mystery novel by British writer Josephine Tey (1896–1952). The novel is based on the investigation of the crime of the Sharpe mother and daughter, accused of kidnapping a young girl. Their defense is led by local lawyer Robert Blair. The mystery of the Sharpe family’s guilt or innocence remains until the very end.

The second volume of the four-volume illustrated books by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) includes the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles and 12 short stories. The legend of the fearsome, diabolical hound that haunts the Baskervilles has turned into a terrifying reality. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to save the last descendant of this family—Sir Henry.

The novel The Law and the Lady by the English writer William Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) has a detective plot. Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville, but a few days after the wedding, she begins to suspect her husband of hiding a dark secret in his past. She discovers that he was on trial for his first wife’s murder. Valeria sets out to save their happiness by proving her husband innocent of the crime.

The mysterious murder that Sherlock Holmes investigates in the novel The Valley of Fear is connected with ancient events in a distant land. The victim of the persecution manages to happily avoid death, but on his way there is a genius of the criminal world Professor Moriarty.

In his thriller stories Poe tries to show psychic side of the crime from the inside. He is not interested in social roots of the crime, but in unmotivated actions that go beyond normal behavior of a person in the society.

The third volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) presents the collection of short stories The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reader, published in 1925. The collection includes the works The Poetical Policeman, The Green Mamba, The Stealer of Marble, The Troupe, Sheer Melodrama, The Investors, The Strange Case, and The Treasure Hunt.

The outstanding English writer, publicist and journalist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) wrote historical, adventure and fiction novels. But he entered world literature as the creator of the extraordinary detective Sherlock Holmes, for whom there are no hopeless cases.

The second volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) offers the thriller novel Black, which was first published in 1926, and two short stories. Black is a mysterious story about a Londoner named James Morelake, who has many secrets and an interesting set of skills.

The Man in the Queue is a detective novel by the British writer Josephine Tey. It was the first in her series of six novels featuring the Scotland Yard detective Inspector Grant.

The first volume of Scotland Yard Book by the English writer Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) included the thriller novel The Clue of the Silver Key.  In the story, Surefoot Smith of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate when petty thief Tom Tickler is murdered and left in a cab with £100 in his pocket. His discovery eventually leads to the mysterious businessman Washington Wirth.

A Shilling for Candles is a gripping detective story by British writer Josephine Tey (1896–1952).
Film star Christine Clay is found dead on a beach in Kent. The evidence points to murder. Inspector Alan Grant quickly identifies the suspect, Robert Tisdall, whom the victim included in her last will and testament the day before. Grant is about to arrest Tisdall, but the man disappears. However, for some reason, Inspector Grant begins to doubt that the case is so obvious.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a horror novel by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). Charles Dexter Ward, a young man from a famous family, mysteriously disappeared from a mental hospital. Family doctor Willet tries to investigate the cause of Ward’s insanity and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward has been trying to find the grave of his ancestor, Joseph Carven, for the past few years.

Як і властиво Юрію Винничуку, «Вілла Деккера» віртуозно балансує на межі ретродетективу й політичного трилера — так само, як герої книжки балансують у невизначеному межичасі буквально за кілька днів до початку Другої світової.

Він приходить лише у ночі. Безшумно проникає у дім. Крадеться до спальні, де тільки но прокинувшись від сну, самотні жінки потрапляють до приголомшливого кошмару. Зважаючи на те, що він робить зі своїми жертвами, можна припустити, що злодій знається на медицині. Саме через це його називають Хірург.

Це Різдво мало стати дивом. А перетворилося на кошмар. На очах Джейн Ріццолі руйнується багаторічний шлюб її батьків, а подруга Мора зізнається у гріховних стосунках зі священником. Одне за одним відбуваються моторошні вбивства, схожі на ритуальні жертвоприношення. Шокована детектив Ріццолі починає свою звичну роботу: пошук убивці. Розслідування виводить Джейн на таємничий фонд «Мефісто», члени якого переконані: ці вбивства — справа рук демона, що ходить поміж людей. Що в їхніх словах правда, а що — вигадка? Що приховує директор фонду, Ентоні Сансоне? І чи справді його організація прагне допомогти, чи лишень зводить поліцію на манівці? Запитань так багато. А тим часом убивця вже готовий завдати нового удару...

Поліційний детектив Алекс Кросс обіцяє своїй родині відійти від справ, бо його професія створює чимало проблем для близьких.

Після інсценування власної смерті поп-зірка Ерік Торн змушений повернутися на сцену.