Kota Paris kembali gempar. Seorang jutawan terkenal, Mr. Kesselbach, ditemukan terikat dan tewas setelah mengalami penganiayaan yang cukup berat. Kejahatan ini disusul dengan pembunuhan Chapman, sekretaris sang jutawan. Semua petunjuk berkaitan dengan pembunuhan tersebut mengarah ke satu nama: Arsene Lupin. Namun, masyarakat kota ini tahu bahwa The Gentleman Thief tidak pernah mengambil nyaw…
Petualangan apa lagi yang dihadapai oleh si pencuri aristokrat dari Prancis ini? Kali ini, Arsene Lupin berjuang keras menyelamatkan kekayaannya yang melimpah dari incaran kelompok mafia Amerika bernama Maffia. Semua bermula ketika James Mac Allermy, bos sebuah surat kabar di Amerika ditemukan tewas mengenaskan. Begitu pula asisten setianya. Pihak kepolisian tidak menemukan petunjuk apa pun men…
David A. Adler ; illustrated by Joy Allen.
from the back cover: Murder: the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just an unfortunate accident? Who will triumph, the murderer or the detective? This collection contains a wide range of murder stories, from the astute detection of the famous Sherlock Holmes, to the ch…
from the back cover: Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and…
from the back cover: Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who …
The second novel in the No. ! Ladies' Detective Agency series, Tears of the Giraffe charts the further adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only --and finest-- female detective. quoted from the back of the book.