Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose. However, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed t…
An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared after visiting her twenty years ago. A present-day discovery that intimately connects three people and unveils a web of secrets and lies. A masterful and propulsive novel that asks searing questions of ambition, power, gen…
Suatu pagi, Munarto, seorang pematung terkenal sekaligus orang terkaya di Desa Ledok Awu, ditemukan mati. Di pondok kerjanya, sedang memahat patung batu yang tak punya tubuh selain bagian kaki, bersimbah darahnya sendiri. Pertanyaan “Siapa?” hanya akan memunculkan segerombolan tersangka. Meski bergantung nafkah padanya, ada terlalu banyak penduduk desa yang menginginkan kematiannya. Dend…
"When the impossible has been eliminated the residuum, however improbable, must contain the truth."
'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop... There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth, stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white' The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter becomes embroiled in the…
Moinon memang berbeda. Dia mengejar kematian dirinya sendiri. Kehidupannya yang tidak bahagia membuatnya ingin mati. Sejak kepergian orangtuanya tidak ada yang peduli kepada Moinon. Hebatnya dia bertahan hingga usia lima belas tahun. Sampai Bibi yang membesarkannya membawa Moinan ke asrama. Mendapat ruang kebebasan di asrama, Moinon bermain-main dengan hidupnya. Dia bermain petak umpet denga…
The Gianis's and the Kronons. Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit...Twenty five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus Kronon, Zeus' headstrong daughter Dita was found murdered. Her boyfriend, Cass Gianis, confessed to the crime. Now Cass has been released from prison into the care of his twin, Mayoral candidate Paul Gianis,…
It took Mike Hammer seven years to find out that Velda, the girl he loved, was still alive. They came together in passion, but it wasn't long before Mike discovered that being with Velda still meant danger. Velda had offered protection to a girl who was convinced she was to be killed. Mike Hammer had to shoot and fight his way out of many desperate situations before he was able to solve the …
In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent. Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law, but when a murderer starts to kill at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient s…