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   Záhadná smrt na venkově

   • T. E. Kinsey

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   Píše se rok 1908 a lady Emily Hardcastleová, excentrická, čtyřicetiletá vdova s tajemnou minulostí opouští se svou komornou a důvěrnicí Florence Armstrongovou Londýn, aby se usadila na venkově, kde, jak doufá, povede konečně klidný život. Záhy jsou však obě ženy vtaženy do vyšetřování podezřelé smrti a krádeže drahokamu s legendární minulostí a tajemným názvem – Smaragdové oko. První díl ze série brilantních britských detektivních románů, odehrávajících se na začátku 20. století na anglickém venkově potěší nejen příznivce Agathy Christie, ale také milovníky britského humoru.

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   Na trhu pro vraždu

   • T. E. Kinsey

   • 284 stránek
   • 10 hodin čtení

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   Na jaře 1909 si lehce výstřední dáma, lady Hardcastleová užívá příjemně klidného života na anglickém venkově, kam se přestěhovala po bouřlivém období prožitém převážně v Indii a v Londýně. Idyla však končí po té, co navštíví dobytčí trh a poobědvá v místním hostinci, kde nečekaně dramaticky umírá farmář Caradine. Lady Hardcastleová se svou služebnou Flo se tedy znovu pouštějí do řešení zapeklitého případu vraždy. S typickým britským humorem, vyzbrojeny lstivostí, ale také úderným pravým hákem zjišťují, co se opravdu stalo a proč. A pustí se nejen do vyšetřování vraždy, ale také krádeže, při které nebylo nic ukradeno, a zúčastní se seance s nešťastným duchem. Zápletka se komplikuje, počet podezřelých roste a rozuzlení spočívá v rukou lady Hardcastleové. Pokračování veleúspěšného britského detektivního románu v duchu Agathy Christie.

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   Death Around the Bend

   • T. E. Kinsey

   • 315 stránek
   • 12 hodin čtení

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   "September 1909, and Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, have been invited to Lord Riddlethorpe's country estate for a week of motor racing and parties. They both agree that it sounds like a perfectly charming holiday. But when one of the drivers dies in a crash during the very first race, they discover that what seemed like an uncharacteristic error in judgement may have a more sinister explanation... Closer investigation reveals that the driver's car was sabotaged--and the driver murdered. The local constabulary are quick to dismiss the case, but Flo and Lady Hardcastle are determined to find out just who has committed this dastardly act, and why. As the pair begin to make enquiries of Lord Riddlethorpe's servants and guests, it seems that, below stairs and above, there is more to this case than meets the eye. And, even in the quiet of the countryside, death is always just around the bend."--Page 4 of cover.

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   A Picture of Murder

   • T. E. Kinsey

   • 320 stránek
   • 12 hodin čtení

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   Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady's maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch's Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night's screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another...One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film. With the police left scratching their heads, Lady Hardcastle calls upon her amateur sleuthing skills to launch an investigation, with Flo's able assistance. Surrounded by suspects both human and supernatural, Lady Hardcastle must use a little trickery of her own to unmask the murderer.

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   The Burning Issue of the Day

   • T. E. Kinsey

   • 316 stránek
   • 12 hodin čtení

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   January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent. When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel's innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth. With her trusted maid and confidante, the formidable Flo, Lady Hardcastle sets off in pursuit of the truth as time runs out for the accused suffragette. Was she set up? And if so, is the real culprit a traitor to the cause--or part of a darker conspiracy?

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   Death Beside the Seaside

   • T. E. Kinsey

   • 379 stránek
   • 14 hodin čtení

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   July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they're wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing--and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve. The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government. Gone too are his strongbox and its mysterious contents. By the time Lady Hardcastle has questioned the horde of international guests, her number-one suspect has been dispatched in grisly circumstances--and then the others start vanishing too. As the case begins to look like a matter of national security, Lady Hardcastle takes advice from her brother in the secret service. But could there be an even more personal connection at play? To solve the case, Lady Hardcastle may face a shocking discovery of her own.

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   The Fatal Flying Affair

   • T. E. Kinsey

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   August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve.A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong—with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.In between strolls to the Dog & Duck and planning for the annual village show, the daring duo dust off the Crime Board and go undercover at Bristol Aviation. With international powers investing heavily in aeronautics, the stakes are high—sky high—and the suspects soon mount up.Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead?

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