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Lata trzydzieste, dwór przysypany śniegiem i morderstwo w wigilijną noc – czegóż więcej mógłby sobie życzyć miłośnik kryminałów retro? „Adrian Gray urodził się w maju 1862 roku i zginął z rąk jednego ze swoich dzieci w czasie Bożego Narodzenia w 1931 roku”. Tak zaczyna się klasyczna powieść kryminalna, fascynujący portret psychologii mordercy. Co rok w grudniu Adrian Gray zaprasza swoją...

An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. The new Mrs. Meredith has invited all her friends from her freer, wilder life in London to meet with her at her husband’s family home. However, she is seemingly taken ill and can’t accompany the party on their final jaunt to a neighbor’s house after dinner. Later she is dead of a gunshot wound,...

An excellent crime novel which contains a cunning villain, love, revenge and locked room murder by the master of British thrillers. The hero John Lexman, is a mystery writer, like the author himself, and is married to a lovely woman who hides a secret. The Greek aristocrat, Remington Kara is stunningly handsome and immensely rich and he nurses an unrequited passion for Lexman’s wife. When Lexman gets...