Library of Congress Crime Classics – serie
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To Catch a Thief
Av David Dodge, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
249 kr
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It takes a thief…“Le Chat” (“The Cat”), an infamous thief, has come out of retirement and is again liberating expensive jewelry from wealthy tourists on the FreRch Riviera. Or is it a “copycat” who is stealing fortunes? John Robie thought he had left his larcenous past behind. Once responsible for …
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Av Octavus Roy Cohen, Leslie S. Klinger
Häftad, 2021
240 kr
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First published in 1923, Jim Hanvey, Detective is a collection of seven stories that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and features private eye Jim Hanvey in classic whodunit style mysteries. Described as the "backwoods Nero Wolfe," the genial Hanvey befriends "good guys" and …
The Metropolitan Opera Murders
Häftad, 2022
240 kr
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When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The …
Average Jones
Häftad, 2022
246 kr
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Average Jones is a brilliant young man of independent means, thanks to the bequest of a wealthy yet jaded uncle. Five years after graduating college, he finds himself bored with travel and his bon vivant lifestyle, and restless for some meaningful hobby to occupy his mind. On the advice of a …
The Conjure-Man Dies
Häftad, 2022
246 kr
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An unmissable entry in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress to highlight the best of American crime fictionWhen the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his …
V As In Victim
Av Lawrence Treat, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
249 kr
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Originally published in 1945, V as in Victim was the first crime novel to feature ordinary cops as the main characters, launching the subgenre known as “police procedurals” and earning Lawrence Treat an important place in the history of mysteries.“So Mitch knew in general why he was a cop. ...But …
Uncle Abner
Av Melville Post, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
256 kr
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First published in 1918, this collection of tales of Abner’s investigations, told by his nephew and chronicled by the prolific Melville Davisson Post, was hailed as the most important volume of American crime fiction since the work of Edgar Allan Poe."It is a world…filled with the mysterious …
Cannibal Who Overate
Häftad, 2026
256 kr
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As manager of New York City's finest luxury hotel The Beaumont, Pierre Chambrun is well acquainted with unreasonable requests from its patrons. When one of the rich rooftop suite owners demands the impossible for his annual birthday bash, Chambrun is unflustered; of course he can have exotic foods …
Florentine Finish
Häftad, 2026
174 kr
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"Smart material, fresh characters, intricate plot, a thumping success!"—New York Herald TribuneHardy is a small-time diamond salesman and ex-cop who knows private deals mean trouble. Against his better judgment he decides to help a rich acquaintance find a special diamond for his wife. Saul finds …
Room to Swing
Av Leslie S. Klinger, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
246 kr
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"It boiled down to a white cop and black me, and he had the 'difference' in his hand."Toussaint Moore is a college-educated, decorated war veteran. Because he's also a Black man, his employment options are limited, so he ekes out a living as a private eye serving Black clients in and around Harlem …
Gentle Murderer
Av Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
256 kr
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The Silent Bullet
Av Arthur B. Reeve, Leslie S. Klinger
Häftad, 2021
162 kr
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"A collection that might have been called CSI: 1912."—Kirkus ReviewsThe seventh book in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress. This short story collection features twelve tales of …
Thinking Machine
Av Jacques Futrelle, Leslie S. Klinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
246 kr
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This entertaining short story collection features Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, nicknamed "The Thinking Machine"-a brilliant but abrasive scientist who proves time and again that any puzzle can be solved by the application of logic.Could you beat the world chess master in one try if you'd …
In the Fog
Häftad, 2024
266 kr
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On the evening following the great fog of 1897, four strangers are dining at the exclusive gentleman's club The Grill, while a fifth--Sir Andrew--is just finishing the last few pages of a pulp mystery novel before he hurries back to the House of Commons to advocate on behalf of an unpopular naval …
