Detective stories in English were the first of their kind. The tradition started by Edgar Allan Poe endures, or rather thrives, even today. Detective fiction, since its first conception, has found its way into almost every literate household. While Poe was the pioneer, it was Emile Gaboriau who first came up with the concept of […]
As an Englishman who was more Indian than an Indian himself, Jim Corbett led a life full of adventure. His stories of shikar is stuff of the legends. I am no fan of non-fiction. My bookshelves are almost exclusively occupied by fiction novels. But there are always exceptions, and this is one of them. Read
The guns of Navarone hovered menacingly over the narrow strait between the islands of Navarone and Kheros, ready to obliterate and Allied ship that dared to cross those waters. And on the island of Kheros twelve-hundred British soldiers waited. They waited for death to come in the form of a German attack due in a
The sun-browned land of sandstones in the heart of Mesopotamia, or an old English country house during Christmas? Which setting would you prefer for a murder? Well, you can have both.
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Mr Heathcliff’s household seems to be an exceedingly depressing one, and Lockwood hardly feels welcome. But determined to strike close acquaintance with his mysterious landlord, he visits Heathcliff again. This time rough weather conditions force him to pass the night at Wuthering Heights, where he has a singular and grotesque experience.
In a moment of passion and anger, he wishes that his painting must bear the effects of his age and his actions, while he himself will always remain young and beautiful. Unfortunately, his wish comes true.
Four sleuths, four murderers, and a Mephistopheles at a party. Dinner is served. They get up and move into an adjacent room. The four murderers divide themselves into two pairs and play bridge together. The four sleuths do the same, in a smaller adjacent room where the second bridge table has been set up. The Mephistopheles decides to take a nap on a chair in front of the fire. A simple game of bridge turns dangerous, and the Mephistopheles is killed.
