Libri gialli e mistery
Libri mistery, romanzi gialli e storie del mistero
The wisdom of father Brown. E-book. Formato Mobipocket G. K. Chesterton - Enhanced Media Publishing, 2016 -
First published in 1914, The Wisdom of Father Brown is the second of G. K. Chesterton’s mystery anthologies featuring his eponymous Roman Catholic sleuth. These mysteries are the original source material for the current hit BBC TV show Father Brown starring Mark Williams.Chesterton’s priest-sleuth was loosely based on Father John O'Connor, a parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922. By bringing murder and mayhem into the genteel setting of a village parish, Chesterton pioneered the ‘cozy’ mystery genre which Agatha Christie and others would further develop in subsequent decades.There are twelve Father Brown mysteries in this collection:The Absence of Mr Glass.The Paradise of Thieves.The Duel of Dr Hirsch.The Man in the Passage.The Mistake of the Machine.The Head of Caesar.The Purple Wig.The Perishing of the Pendragons.The God of the Gongs.The Salad of Colonel Cray.The Strange Crime of John Boulnois.The Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
The Thirty Nine Steps (Illustrated). E-book. Formato Mobipocket John Buchan - Enhanced Media Publishing, 2016 -
The Thirty Nine Steps, John Buchan’s groundbreaking espionage thriller featuring spy Richard Hannay, has been called the first great espionage novel. It has been embraced by each new generation and shows no sign of losing popularity.Richard Hannay arrives in London on the eve of World War I, where he meets an American agent seeking help in stopping a political assassination. Before long, Hannay finds himself in possession of a little black book that holds the key to the conspiracy — and on the run from both the police and members of a mysterious organization that will stop at nothing to keep their secrets hidden.The book has formed the basis for a number of film adaptations, notably: Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 version; a 1959 color remake; a 1978 version which is perhaps most faithful to the novel; and a 2008 version for British television.
The MoonstoneSpecial 'Magic' Edition. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Wilkie Collins - Enhanced Media Publishing, 2016 -
The Moonstone was described by T. S. Eliot as "the first and greatest of English detective novels."Published in 1868, it is one of the two books (with The Woman in White) for which Collins is most famous. Several incidents in the story are taken from the real life Constance Kent Road Case and the plot is Collins at his diabolical best. Many of the story's elements have since become classic features of the detective novel: the eventual conviction of the least-likely suspect; a bungling investigation led by local police and taken over by a more perceptive, slightly eccentric detective, the idea of a 'mcguffin' or object (in this case a diamond) that everyone wants and around which the plot pivots - to name but a few of the classic tropes first seen here.