In the early hours of the morning, the corpse of a young girl whom no one knows will be found in the library of the manor house. Where did she come from? How did she get to the library? And who, anyway, in that house could want her dead? The facts, appare
Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) is a novel in which Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a seemingly insignificant old woman. The story takes place in the English village of Broadhinny, where Mrs. McGinty, a cleaning lady, is found dead, murdered with a
Globus, 1977.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of seemingly minor thefts in the university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns into a case of mysterious murder.
Seven short, independent stories in the "pocket crime novel" format by the master of Croatian crime fiction: fast, tense, concise, with unexpected twists and Pavličić's typical blend of everyday life and crime.
Narodna knjiga, 1984.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.26 €
British literature • Humor and Satire • Detective Stories • Novel
Mistakenly kidnapped and tied to a ceiling beam, Sam Jones tries to remember her special love adventure. The painful blows, along with her innate humor, will encourage the heroine to focus all her peace of mind on solving life's problems.
Škorpion, 2002.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
7.36 €
American literature • Detective Stories • Thriller
Topaz is a Cold War suspense novel by Leon Uris, published in 1967 by McGraw-Hill. The novel spent one week atop The New York Times Best Seller List, and was Uris's first New York Times number-one bestseller since Exodus in 1959.
Otokar Keršovani, 1970.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.