Best of
Mystery
1924
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - 1924
Shreffler, long-time member of the famous Sherlock Holmes society known as 'The Baker Street Irregulars'
The Man in the Brown Suit / Crooked House
Agatha Christie - 1924
In fact, adventure comes looking for her—and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails.The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: "17-122 Kilmorden Castle"?Twisty, clever, and intriguing, The Man in the Brown Suit showcases Agatha Christie once again at her very best.CROOKED HOUSEThe Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancé of the late millionaire’s granddaughter.