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Edward D. Hoch

    Edward D. Hoch was một trong những nhà văn bí ẩn được vinh danh nhất mọi thời đại. Ông nổi tiếng với những câu chuyện bí ẩn ngắn gọn, đầy thử thách, thường xoay quanh các vụ án hóc búa và những thám tử thông minh. Hoch đã để lại một di sản phong phú cho thể loại bí ẩn, với nhiều tác phẩm tiếp tục thu hút độc giả bằng cách giải quyết vấn đề tài tình của ông.

    Great British Detectives
    Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop
    Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries
    Hoch's Ladies
    Soukromé očko
    12 detektivů
    • 12 detektivů

      • 245 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Hochova každoroční antologie nejlepších detektivních příběhů roku je dychtivě očekávána čtenáři a spisovateli na celém světě. Nikomu se nedaří s takovou jistotou dosáhnout následujícího: vybrat vítěze ještě před udílením cen. Není tedy překvapením, že L. Blockova povídka (oceněná Mystery Writers America cenou Edgar) je zde zahrnuta spolu s řadou datších jedenácti dokonalých povídek. Hochovi se také daří dosáhnout něčeho, co mnozí považují za nemožné: sestaví antologii, která je natolik hluboká a zároveň široká, že zaujme prostě každého. Když zvážíme různorodé spektrum čtenářstva, je to opravdu vzácný a mimořádný výkon. Edward D. Hoch je spisovatel — sestavovatel antologií a autor detektivních povídek. Jeho práce se pravidelně objevují na stránkách časopisů Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine a Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

      12 detektivů
      3,0
    • Soukromé očko

      • 602 stránek
      • 22 hodin čtení

      Co člověku vytane na mysli, když se řekne soukromý detektiv? Možná Sherlock Holmes nebo Phil Marlowe, drsný, cynický samotář s náklonností k pití, který brázdí zlé ulice velkoměsta. Čas však přinesl nové postavy, jako McBainův Milt Davis, jednoruký intelektuál Dan Fortune či hrdinky Sue Graftonové, které čelí nástrahám osudu s podobnou bravurou a přidávají špetku sexu či humoru. Drsný život soukromých detektivů je součástí detektivního žánru odjakživa a jeho přitažlivost neuvadá. Tato antologie obsahuje čtyřiadvacet povídek, které patří k nejlepším za posledních padesát let. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na příběhy od autorů jako Raymond Chandler, Fredric Brown, Ross Macdonald, Sue Grafton a mnoha dalších. Každá povídka přináší napětí a jedinečné pohledy na svět detektivů. Co zbývá? Otevřít knihu, rozsvítit ve všech místnostech a zkontrolovat okna... a začít číst.

      Soukromé očko
      4,4
    • Hoch's Ladies

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      "Edward D. Hoch was the most ingenious of modern mystery writers. His stories off fair play cluing, convincing settings, and elaborate (sometimes bizarre) plots. [...] Hoch's ladies were often faced with seemingly impossible crimes -- throat cutting in a locked room, shooting of giant cacti, murder in a giant hot air balloon, stabbing in a shower with no one present, poisoning of Chinese food as a last meal of a murderer, and more ingenious methods that will keep the reader guessing."--Page 4 of cover.

      Hoch's Ladies
      4,0
    • Set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War, the collection features thirteen stories of Alexander Swift, who interacts with iconic figures like George Washington and Benedict Arnold while serving the Continental Army. Complementing this historical narrative are five intriguing tales of Gideon Parrot, a flamboyant detective from the Golden Age, renowned for his clever problem-solving skills. Together, these characters offer a blend of historical intrigue and detective mystery.

      Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries
      4,1
    • Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop

      Tis the Season to Be Deadly, Stories of Mistletoe and Mayhem From 17 Masters of Suspense - Advance Reader's Copy

      • 245 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Each year, for the past seventeen years, Mysterious Bookshop proprietor Otto Penzler has commissioned an original Christmas story by a leading suspense writer. These stories were then produced as pamphlets, just 1,000 copies, and given to customers of the bookstore as a Christmas present. Now, all seventeen tales have been collected in one volume, showcasing the talents of: Charles Ardai Lisa Atkinson George Baxt Lawrence Block Mary Higgins Clark Thomas H. Cook Ron Goulart Jeremiah Healy Edward D. Hoch Rupert Holmes Andrew Klavan Michael Malone Ed McBain Anne Perry S. J. Rozan Jonathan Santlofer Donald E. WestlakeSome of these stories are humorous, others suspenseful, and still others are tales of pure detection, but all of them together make up a charming collection and a perfect Christmas gift for all ages.

      Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop
      3,7
    • -Leslie Charteris, "The Beauty Specialist:" The Saint battles a master criminal called the Z-Man.G.K. Chesterton, "The Oracle of the Dog:" This novella, about an impossible crime, is considered by many to be the best of the Father Brown stories. The Mystery Writers of America chose it as one of the best mysteries of all time.Michael Gilbert, "The Cleaners:" The only novella featuring Inspector Patrick Petrella. Mr. Gilbert won the 1987 MWA Grand Masters Award.Dorothy Sayers, "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey:" In a rare adventure outside of Britain, Lord Peter becomes involved in strange doings in the Basque region of northern Spain.

      Great British Detectives
      3,6
    • Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels

      Complete & Unabridged

      • 515 stránek
      • 19 hodin čtení

      Novels by Doyle, Maugham, Charteris, MacDonald, Gardner, Woolrick, and Fleming deal with spies and secret agents in World Wars I and II and the cold war

      Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Espionage Novels
    • When a government official dies on the operating table, the president calls in the computer copsOn Venus, a radical exile escapes from a maximum-security prison, pledging to return to Washington and assassinate the president. Transport between Earth and the solar colonies is tightly regulated, but the exile knows a shortcut: the top-secret transvection machine, an experimental device that could theoretically be used to teleport men from planet to planet. Vander Defoe, the tool’s creator, is busy securing it when he feels a pain in his stomach: His appendix is about to explode.Defoe dies in the operating room during routine computerized surgery, and the case falls in the lap of the Computer Investigation Bureau, which has jurisdiction over all computer-related crimes. As the team tries to determine who corrupted the system that killed Defoe, it finds that in this case, all roads lead to Venus.

      The Transvection Machine