defense

Welcome to 1922 and E. P. Oppenheim’s „The Evil Shepherd”. A businessman is found stabbed through the heart, the obvious suspect his partner: Oliver Hilditch, a cold-eyed fellow with a paper-thin alibi. Francis Ledsam is a defense barrister and is congratulating himself on a brilliant performance which has just seen Oliver Hilditch acquitted of murder. His ego is pricked by Margaret Hilditch confessing...

Originally written in 1907, „The Red Thumb Mark” opens the series by R. Austin Freeman featuring Dr. Thorndyke, who is a sort of Sherlock-Holmes type character. A single fingerprint is found at the scene of a crime. When the police are able to identify that fingerprint, the case seems closed. But Dr. Thorndyke, the detective/barrister/medical doctor who takes on defense of this suspect, thinks he can...

Mroczny thriller autora bestsellerów z listy New York Times! Co łączy przysięgłą w procesie seryjnego zabójcy z mrocznymi snami dziecka będącego świadkiem makabrycznej zbrodni sprzed lat? Alex Delaware nie przyjmuje już prywatnych pacjentów, ale na prośbę detektywa Sturgisa robi wyjątek i postanawia pomóc Lucy Lorell skarżącej się na powracające koszmary senne. Psycholog szybko ustala, że kobieta...