Titres dans Détectives traditionnels

M. Peterson vient demander l'aide de Sherlock Holmes pour résoudre un bien étrange mystère : il vient de trouver une escarboucle bleue dans une oie qu'il s'apprêtait à manger. Comment cette pierre de grande valeur s'est-elle retrouvée dans le ventre de la volaille ? Et à qui ce bijou peut-il appartenir ? Sherlock Holmes est une des plus grandes figures de la culture populaire et son seul nom est synonyme de mystère policier, de brouillard londonien et de crimes énigmatiques.

Voici les neuf premières aventures du célèbre gentleman cambrioleur, écrites par Maurice Leblanc. Devant le succès obtenu par la première nouvelle mettant en scène Arsène Lupin, "L'Arrestation d'Arsène Lupin", parue en 1905 dans un journal, Maurice Leblanc poursuivra la saga des aventures du plus distingué et du plus insaisissable des cambrioleurs.

Victor Hatherley vient trouver le docteur Watson pour soigner sa main dont le pouce a été violemment arraché par une presse hydraulique. Le malheureux ingénieur raconte sa rencontre avec l'inconnu qui lui demanda de régler la dangereuse machine. Sherlock Holmes parviendra-t-il à retrouver l'identité de ce mystérieux commanditaire. Et quel était le but de cette manœuvre ?

In Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery Sad Cypress, a woman damned by overwhelming evidence stands accused of murdering her romantic rival, and only Hercule Poirot stands between her and the gallows. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder...

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Sleeping Murder, the indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a perfect crime. Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in...

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A classic Ngaio Marsh novel in which a game of darts in an English pub has gruesome consequences. At the Plume of Feathers in south Devon one midsummer evening, eight people are gathered together in the taproom. They are in the habit of playing darts, but on this occasion an experiment takes the place of the usual game - a fatal experiment which calls for investigation.

Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?

A super spy, a mysterious death and a world of yachts, private planes and underground bases - but only one question – who really is Aldrich Kemp? Enjoy this fast-paced, action-packed series, available for the first time as a complete download. Featuring a stellar cast including Phoebe Fox, Tim McInnery and Nicola Walker.

Poirot Investigates a host of murders most foul—as well as other dastardly crimes—in this intriguing collection of short stories from the one-and-only Agatha Christie. First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond . . . then came the “suicide” that was murder . . . the...

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS. Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring...

L'affaire du sept de cœur débute lorsqu'un jeune homme ouvre le courrier suivant : "à partir du moment où vous aurez ouvert cette lettre, quoiqu'il arrive, quoique vous entendiez, ne bougez plus, ne faites pas un geste, ne jetez pas un cri. Sinon, vous êtes perdu".

A tired and battle scarred surgeon returns to London after being wounded in the third Afghan war. After his money starts to run low, a chance encounter leads him to take a flat with an eccentric man at 221B Baker Street. Thus begins the famous crime-solving partnership of the Holmes and Watson duo.

Showbiz comes to Oxford in the form of Britain's hottest new talent show, and tearoom owner Gemma Rose gets a peek behind the scenes when she's asked to cater for the event. But with the Old Biddies, entering the contest as England's first "granny band", and her little tabby, Muesli, stealing the limelight, Gemma soon ends up with more than she bargained for... and that's before she comes across a frozen dead body! Now, she's on the trail of a murderer, with four nosy old ladies giving her a helping hand, while also dealing with her embarrassing mother, and more.

Time is ticking away for a murderer in Agatha Christie’s classic, The Clocks, as Hercule Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman’s house. Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham...

En vacances dans les Cornouailles, Sherlock Holmes est néanmoins amené à élucider les circonstances d'un drame particulièrement étrange : ayant quitté sa sœur et ses deux frères la veille au soir à l'issue d'une partie de cartes, Mortimer Tregennis les a retrouvés le lendemain à la même place autour de la table. Sa sœur est morte et ses frères sont devenus fous.

A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and a priceless cache of rubies becomes destined for his beloved daughter Rachel. Two days later Rachel is dead - murdered on a train on her way to the Riviera to meet her scoundrel lover: a mysterious, dark man. The suspects line up... only master slueth Hercule Poirot can unravel the mystery and find the truth. Maurice Denhham stars as the great Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels....

Sono ormai passati undici mesi dalla morte della bella e imprudente Rosemary Barton, e il suo ricordo ancora domina su quanti l'hanno conosciuta. All'improvviso però una serie di lettere anonime fa balenare il sospetto che non si sia trattato di un suicidio, come avevano concluso gli inquirenti, ma di un assassinio. Ma chi poteva avere interesse a uccidere la donna? Un marito tradito, una sorella invidiosa, una rivale incattivita o un amante annoiato? O forse Rosemary aveva veramente deciso di togliersi la vita perché tormentata da un oscuro segreto?

Mr. Thipps wakes up to the worst day ever. A dead body in his bathtub wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. So many questions. Luckily, Lord Peter Wimsey catches wind of this – for he has a keen mind for solving crimes, although he is the pampered aristocratic amateur. With the connections that privilege offers, he has returned somewhat battered from the war with a penchant for crime solving. This case of near-sighted nudity, taking place during the plague of 1918, takes on twists and turns both unforeseen and unwelcome.