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Jack Reacher. Nocna runda – ebook
Lee Child
To już reguła: Reacher wysiada z autobusu - Lee Child ląduje na liście bestsellerów. Wysiadł na postoju, żeby rozprostować kości, i na wystawie lombardu zobaczył znajomo wyglądający sygnet. Takie nosili kadeci West Point, kiedy tam studiował. Ten, sądząc po wielkości, należał do kadetki. Jak to się stało, że trafił do lombardu w jakiejś dziurze? Chęć odkrycia tej historii to wystarczający powód,...Data dostępności:
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Taking the Bastile – ebook
Alexandre Dumas
The novel contains love and betrayal, kindness and vileness. The key point in the book is the capture of the famous Bastille. The book will appeal not only to lovers of historical novels, but also simply to lovers of history. Ange Pitu is an orphan who lives after his mother’s death with Aunt Angelica, who is a rather funny example of greed and duplicity. After expelling Abbot Fortier from school,...Data dostępności:
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Fire Over England – ebook
A.E.W. Mason
In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. British sea raiders regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World with the support of Queen Elizabeth I. „Fire Over England” is the story of Robin Aubrey, a supposedly orphaned Etonian whose ambition in life is to both serve his queen and avenge his father who fell foul of the „The Spanish Inquisition”....Data dostępności:
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The Evil That Men Do – ebook
M.P. Shiel
„The Evil That Men Do” is a classic story of horror and unbelievable cruelty by British writer Matthew Phipps Shiel. This novel of mystery about Hartwell from birth, does he inherit his fathers traits? Do great men have great sons and how much does one’s own life’s experiences cause variance to this question? To the ordinary reader there will seem very little in point of morality to choose between...Data dostępności:
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813 – ebook
Maurice Leblanc
Lupin is back after apparently dying in the assault on the hollow needle in the previous novel – but this time, he appears to be a murderer! The mystery, written before the Great War, involves finding a package of letters once written to Bismarck, locating a clock on which the number 813 has significance, as well as causing a reigning emperor to make several journeys incognito. And Lupin, the clever...Data dostępności:
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The Mayor on Horseback – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The young handsome Mayor of Mechester, Daniel Poynton is the owner of a very successful shoe manufacturer, the major employer in the city and the mayor will soon be a Lord Mayor. Never before interested in women, or even in social affairs, he is stricken by the beauty of The Lady Ursula Manningham and falls in love. As the novel develops, Poynton’s factory is threatened by foreign manufacturers who...Data dostępności:
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Mr. Mirakel – ebook
E. Phillips Oppenheim
„Mr. Mirakel” is the last novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim in 1943. Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the German military and command a mechanical battalion. He meets Miss Anne Strangeways in the seaplane terminal. The two board an airboat for London. Shortly thereafter, they meet again at the home of Princess Rosina...Data dostępności:
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Terror Keep – ebook
Edgar Wallace
„Terror Keep” is a 1927 Edgar Wallace thriller featuring perhaps the most memorable of all Wallace’s heroes, Mr. J. G. Reeder. Reeder is at pains to point out that he is not a detective, which is technically true. He is not a policeman, and has no power to arrest suspects. He works as an investigator of banking crime, particularly forgery. He is nonetheless the terror of the criminal classes. This...Data dostępności:
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Eve’s Island – ebook
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era. This novel is framed as several witness’ accounts to a fictious journalist and starts as an entertaining adventure yarn with even some pirate episodes, but the story looses steam at the half-way point when it turns into a very predictable society novel. Wallace follows his passions for horse-racing and adventure, and the title...Data dostępności:
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The Valley of Ghosts – ebook
Edgar Wallace
A murder is committed among the rich of a small town, and with more than one ghost and all the evidence seems to point to a beautiful young woman... „The Valley of Ghosts”, written as one of four detective novels in 1922, is set in the seemingly peaceful community Beverly Green, a place where upper-middle-class families live a secluded life. Why was Stella Nelson with the victim in the middle of the...Data dostępności:
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