A third title from John Dickson Carr’s incredibly popular ‘Inspector Bencolin’ series, this story takes place between previous British Library Crime Classic titles It Walks By Night and Castle Skull. John Dickson Carr remains one of the most influential and popular authors in Classic Crime fiction, and this fantastic early novel has been out of print for decades. This book also...(展开全部)

John Dickson Carr lays on the macabre atmosphere again in this follow up to It Walks by Night in which Inspector Bencolin attempts to piece together a puzzle involving a disappearing street, a set of gallows which mysteriously reveals itself to a number of figures traipsing through the London fog, and the bizarre suggestion that a kind of fictional bogeyman, Jack Ketch, may be ...(展开全部)

这是从类似于怪谈的一个故事开始的，Dallings在晚上回家的途中迷路了，在伦敦的大雾中，他隐约看到一扇窗户上有绞刑架的阴影，上面吊着一个类似于人的物体……几天后的晚上，苏格兰场的Talbot探长接到一通神秘的电话，声称一个叫El Moulk的人将会在Ruination Street被处以绞刑。当他由于伦敦没有这样的街道而以为这是个玩笑时，另一个消息传来，来访的Bencolin正带人在伦敦城追逐一辆疯狂行驶的轿车，车上除了早已死亡的司机之外空无一人。那辆车正好属于El Moulk，而El Moulk之前也收到了来自一个叫Jack Ketch的人的恐吓信，更在那天从此失踪，消失在了那个叫Ruination Street的地方……

这是从类似于怪谈的一个故事开始的，Dallings在晚上回家的途中迷路了，在伦敦的大雾中，他隐约看到一扇窗户上有绞刑架的阴影，上面吊着一个类似于人的物体……几天后的晚上，苏格兰场的Talbot探长接到一通神秘的电话，声称一个叫El Moulk的人将会在Ruination Street被处以绞刑。当他由于伦敦没有这样的街道而以为这是个玩笑时，另一个消息传来，来访的Bencolin正带人在伦敦城追逐一辆疯狂行驶的轿车，车上除了早已死亡的司机之外空无一人。那辆车正好属于El Moulk，而El Moulk之前也收到了来自一个叫Jack Ketch的人的恐吓信，更在那天从此失踪，消失在了那个叫Ruination Street的地方……

Smallbone Deceased is a British mystery novel by Michael Gilbert, first published in the United Kingdom in 1950 by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Harper & Brothers. A practicing lawyer himself, Gilbert made the setting of the novel a London solicitor's office. It was Gilbert's fourth novel and, like his three earlier ones, features Chief Inspector Hazlerigg as...(展开全部)

Smallbone Deceased is a British mystery novel by Michael Gilbert, first published in the United Kingdom in 1950 by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Harper & Brothers. A practicing lawyer himself, Gilbert made the setting of the novel a London solicitor's office. It was Gilbert's fourth novel and, like his three earlier ones, features Chief Inspector Hazlerigg as...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

The Unexpected Guest is a 1958 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. On a foggy night, Michael Starkwedder enters the home of the Warwicks through a window in the study. He finds the dead body of Richard Warwick, and finds Warwick's wife, Laura, holding a gun that supposedly killed him. Despite the murder being obvious, and overwhelming evidence pointing towards it, Starkwedder...(展开全部)