Классический детектив

Died in the Wool
“Murder. What a beastly soft sound the word makes!” With a corpse in a pack of raw wool…
Final Curtain
Sir Henry Ancred, the celebrated Shakespearian actor, wishes to have his portrait painted in th...
A Wreath for Rivera
When Lord Pasern Bagott takes up with the hot music of Breezy Bellair and his Boys, his disappr...
Night at the Vulcan
“Gas!” Parry Percival said under his breath. Martyn, who thought the Doctor was doing well, gla...
Spinsters in Jeopardy
Peering into the early morning dark as his train neared its destination, Alleyn glimpsed a horr...
Scales of Justice
A cry of mourning, intolerably loud, rose from beyond the willows and hung on the night air. A...
Death of a Fool
When the Sword Dancer's mock beheading becomes horribly real, it is Superintendent Roderick All...
Singing in the Shrouds
Hyacinths… mad singing… Scattered pearls… and a strangled beauty every ten days… Inspector Alle...
False Scent
The guests ranged themselves at both sides of the door, like the chorus in a grand opera, A fig...
Hand in Glove
Suspicion runs rampant among the gentry of an English village, as Inspector Alleyn tries to fin...
Dead Water
“The body” was discovered by Inspector Roderick Alleyn himself, old friend of the deceased, eig...
Killer Dolphin
A glove made for Shakespeare's son Hamnet by his grandfather - is it genuine? Is it worth killi...
Clutch of Constables
While Agatha Troy Alleyn is on a river cruise and enjoys true Constable landscapes, her husband...
When in Rome
It was April in Rome, and gathered together in the church of San Tommaso in Pallario was the ki...
Tied Up in Tinsel
Christmas time in an isolated country house and, following a flaming row in the kitchen, there'...
Black As He Is Painted
Tension mounts as Inspector Alleyn works against time to collar a vicious killer and avert a po...